Chavez begins 5-nation tour in Cuba

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez starts a 7 day 5 nation tour by calling on Cuba first. " © AP 2008-09-21 21:20:02 - CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is starting a five-nation tour...

Genocide and the latest anti-Cuba propaganda show

"  THE economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States for 50 years is the main obstacle to Cuba’s development, the well-being of the Cuban people and, under the current circumstances,...

Cuban officials foresee 6-month food crisis

" © AP 2008-09-19 02:24:04 - HAVANA (AP) - Cuban agriculture officials said Thursday they expect a six-month food crisis after hurricanes Ike and Gustav ravaged 30 percent of the island's crops, and they are...

Cuba agrees to resume political dialogue with EU

After the EU lifted sanctions on Cuba last June, bilateral relations keep improving. " HAVANA (AFP) -- The Cuban government accepted the resumption of political dialogue with the European Union (EU) Tuesday,...

Cuban artists and intellectuals appeal for end of US blockade

" To end the blockade and for solidarity with CubaCuban artists and intellectuals appeal to their colleagues worldwideBY MIREYA CASTAÑEDA NOTABLE figures in the Cuban arts announced a call appealing to the...

Fidel Castro: Cuba rejected hypocritical US aid for Hurricane Gustav

" Reflections of Fidel:The good-guy role, at whose expense? (Translated by Granma International) WHEN the U.S. government hypocritically offered $100,000 as aid in the face of the disaster brought about by Hurricane...

Fidel warns that it would be a disaster if Chávez was assassinated

"  CARACAS.—The assassination of President Hugo Chávez would be a disaster for the homeland of Simón Bolívar, warned Cuban leader Fidel Castro in a letter read out on television by the Venezuelan president...

Rice: Not wise to end Cuban economic embargo now

Speaking during her tour to Africa, State Department Secretary Condolezza Rice stated US Bush administration saw no wisdom in ending economic embargo to Cuba. Se added that US would respond to " a Cuban regime...

Fidel Castro says Gustav like atomic bomb on Cuba

" 2008-09-03 18:45:03 - HAVANA (AP) - Fidel Castro likened Hurricane Gustav's destruction in Cuba to an atomic explosion, saying Wednesday it could mean billions of dollars in losses for the communist...

Call from Spain in support of the Cuban Five

" Call from Spain in support of the FiveBy Deisy Mexidor THE eminent poet Marcos Ana, a symbol of anti-fascist culture, heads the list of a group of Spanish former political prisoners who have signed a call for...

Fidel Castro warns of harassment on Cuban Olympic team

This time, Fidel Castro has devoted one of his weekly reflections on the Cuban Olympic team and all the difficulties they have endured and the luring dangers ahead. Had there not been an US embargo on Cuba,...

56 Canadian MPs call for justice in Cuban five case

Just like in other countries, 56 Canadian MPs have backed the the international campaign to demand freedom for the Cuban Five based on findings of human rights organizations and the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (May 27, 2005) Cuban citizens,Fernando González,...

Panama's Supreme Court overturns 2004 pardon to terrorist Posada Carriles

As an the Panama´s Supreme Court overturns the unconstitutional pardon given to notorious terrorist and ex CIA agent Luis Posada Carriles, international pressure on current US administritation for his...

Castro Legacy Lefts Despair and Power

"Earth Times reports: - Cuban state television late Tuesday aired the first new images of Fidel Castro in five months. The short video clip was shot during a 90-minute meeting Tuesday morning that the ailing Cuban...

Chavez visits Cuba and meets Fidel Castro (updated)

UPDATES: After a five months absence from public view. 81 year old Fidel Castro appeared in a footage with President Chavez during his recent visit to Cuba. Castro is seen wearing sport garments and in an improved...

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