Daily Archives: October 24, 2015
Poverty, the Cuban Dictatorship’s Recourse / Jeovany Jimenez Vega Posted on October 22, 2015
Jeovany Jimenz Vega, 12 October 2015 — Doctor A, with 20 years of uninterrupted work to his credit, owes nothing to the little he receives in… Continue reading
Cuba: With Hard Currency the Embargo is a Joke / Ivan Garcia Posted on October 22, 2015
Ivan Garcia, 22 October 2015 — The Commodore Center Mall, to the west of Havana, is one of the preferred shopping sites for… Continue reading
The United States Continues Opening the Door to Cubans / Ivan Garcia Posted on October 22, 2015
Ivan Garcia, 10 October 2015 — Dressed in black, a young and elegant female officer from the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy… Continue reading
Learning To Run a Business / 14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar Posted on October 22, 2015
14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, Havana, 21 October 2015 — In the middle of Los Sitios neighborhood, in the heart of Central Havana, the Jesuits have a project… Continue reading
Cuba’s “New Man” Steals in Miami and Spends in Havana / Ivan Garcia Posted on October 23, 2015
Ivan Garcia, 20 October 2015 — In Guanabacoa, a town southeast of Havana, you still hear stories about Gilberto Martinez Suarez, alias… Continue reading
Mariela Castro Absent from Human Rights Hearing on LGBTI Discrimination in Cuba / 14ymedio Posted on October 23, 2015
14ymedio, 20 October 2015 — An independent group of transgender activists in Cuba denounced for the first time, on Monday, LGBTI… Continue reading
Tania Bruguera is Finalist for the 2016 Hugo Boss Prize / 14ymedio Posted on October 23, 2015
14ymedio, 23 October 2015 — Tania Bruguera has been selected along with five other candidates as a possible winner of the 2016 Hugo… Continue reading
Proposals for the Cuban Press / 14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar Posted on October 23, 2015
14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, 21 October 2015 — In the last half century the Cuban media could be categorized as private monopoly in the hands of the… Continue reading
Electoral Verses / 14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar Posted on October 23, 2015
14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, 23 October 2015 — Poet, teacher and literary critic Guillermo Rodriguez Rivera has published an interesting article about the Cuban electoral system in the blog Segunda… Continue reading
13 Cuban migrants make landfall on Long Key BY WILLIAM AXFORD waxford@keynoter.comOctober 24, 2015
Thirteen Cuban men reportedly traveling across the Florida Straits from Matanzas, Cuba, arrived on Long Key early Wednesday morning.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent Frank… Continue reading
Catholics in Cuba call on government to remove religious restrictions
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct. 23, 2015–Through one of its media outlets, the Havana archdiocese on Thursday called on the Cuban government “to definitively remove the restrictions that weigh down upon all… Continue reading
Namibia, Cuba To Accelerate Manufacturing Sector Projects
WINDHOEK, Oct 24 (Bernama) — Namibia and Cuba are embarking on concrete steps to accelerate projects in the manufacturing sector, the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Peya Mushelenga says.
The deputy… Continue reading
Cuba confirms maritime progress Greg Miller 23 October 2015
Even before the US embargo is lifted, Cuba is pursuing an aggressive development plan for its shipping and port sectors, according to a representative of the country’s transport ministry.
“We have… Continue reading
Oddity: In Castro’s Cuba, some pigs more equal than others By Andrea Rodriguez Associated Press Published: October 23, 2015 3:23PM
Jailing of street artist has Orwellian feel
HAVANA — The Cuban street artist known as El Sexto was freed this… Continue reading
Delta plans to start charter flights to Cuba in April October 23, 2015
Delta Air Lines has filed plans to begin charter flights from Atlanta to Havana, Cuba starting April 2.
Atlanta-based Delta’s route filing says it plans to fly… Continue reading
Hawaiian Shirts and Mojitos Will Not Free Cuba US Tourism Only Lines Castro’s Pockets, Says Exiled Journalist Ninoska Pérez VANESSA ARITA OCTOBER 23, 2015 AT 10:14 AM
Despite the ongoing repression of citizens on the island, Cuba is set to… Continue reading
Cuba stands to benefit as Russia and the United States vie for its attention By Nick Miroff October 23
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Cuban President Raul Castro attend a ceremony at the Mausoleum of the Soviet Internationalist Soldier in… Continue reading
