Daily Archives: October 11, 2009
Obama's Nobel win positive, says Fidel CastroIANS Sunday 11th October, 2009
The decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama was 'a positive measure and compensates his defeat in Copenhagen when Rio de Janeiro was… Continue reading
Publicado el sábado, 10.10.09Revista Encuentro despide a empleadosPor WILFREDO CANCIO ISLAwcancio@elnuevoherald.com
La revista Encuentro y el diario digital Encuentro en la Red, editados por exiliados cubanos en Madrid, despidieron esta semana a sus empleados por falta de fondos y… Continue reading
Publicado el sábado, 10.10.09ENTREVISTA EXCLUSIVAYoani Sánchez: ''Mi vida está en otra Cuba, no en otra parte''Por WILFREDO CANCIO ISLAwcancio@elnuevoherald.com
Yoani Sánchez, la bloguera que ha ganado reconocimiento internacional por su crítica al castrismo, aún no ha obtenido permiso de… Continue reading
Exiliados cubanos esperan que Moratinos se reúna con los disidentesEFEMadrid
Varias asociaciones de exiliados cubanos en España han expresado a EFE su deseo de que el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores español, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, se reúna con los disidentes al… Continue reading
La bloguera más famosa de Cuba, prisionera del régimen castrista
Yoani Sánchez no puede recibir un importante galardón a su labor periodística otorgado por una universidad norteamericana porque las autoridades comunistas no le permiten salir de la islaVer galerias de… Continue reading
ConsumoBrascuba lanza nueva marca de cigarrillos
La mayoría de los ciudadanos se mantiene al margen de estos productos, que se venden desde 60 centavos de dólar hasta 1,20 dólares el paquete.
Agencias | 11/10/2009
La compañía cubano-brasileña Brascuba, líder de… Continue reading
PolíticaFidel Castro califica de 'positiva' la concesión del Nobel a Obama
En cambio, el portal Cubadebate dijo que la concesión era un premio 'a las promesas y las buenas intenciones'.
Agencias | 10/10/2009
Fidel Castro calificó de "positiva" la… Continue reading
EL ESTADO CUBANO NO GARANTIZA LA ALIMENTACIÓN REQUERIDA A LOS ENFERMOS2009-10-10.José Escobar Sánchez, Red Cubana de Comunicadores Comunitarios
(www.miscelaneasdecuba.net).- Holguín, 9 de octubre de 2009.- Según la declaración de Madelaine Escobar Barceló, vecina de Mariana de la Torre… Continue reading
FALTA DE MEDICAMENTOS CREA MALESTAR EN LA POBLACIÓN2009-10-10.José Escobar Sánchez, Red Cubana de Comunicadores Comunitarios
(www.miscelaneasdecuba.net).- La Sra.Magda Barceló Navas, vecina de Mariana de la Torre 64, altos, municipio cabecera de Holguín, consumidora de los medicamento Levotiroxina sódica… Continue reading
Cuba announces first swine flu deaths(AFP) – 9 hours ago
HAVANA — Cuba announced that three pregnant women died after contractingswine flu, the first report of A(H1N1) casualties on the communist island.
"We unfortunately have to regret three confirmed cases… Continue reading
Paradise Lost
Cuba's beaches are no longer as beautiful as they were in the 1940s and1950sBy Ana Menendez | NEWSWEEKPublished Oct 9, 2009
I have photos of Cuba's Varadero beach from when my father was growingup there in the 1940s… Continue reading
Journalist Proposes Cuba Ditch Ration BooksBy PAUL HAVENTHE Associated PressPublished: Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 1:22 a.m.
HAVANA | Cuba may soon be saying adios to ration books.
The system that allows islanders to buy food at deeply subsidized priceseach… Continue reading
Friday October 9, 2009ANALYSIS – Domestic challenges put brake on U.S.-Cuba thawBy Jeff Franks
HAVANA (Reuters) – U.S.-Cuba relations have warmed under U.S. PresidentBarack Obama, but domestic political and economic problems weighing onboth governments are likely to slow any… Continue reading
Could Cuba be ready to get rid of ration book?By PAUL HAVEN (AP) – 11 hours ago
HAVANA — Cuba may soon be saying adios to ration books.
The system that allows islanders to buy food at deeply subsidized priceseach… Continue reading
Cuba hits at Obama 'lip service' and Nobel PrizeFri, 09 Oct 2009 19:21:29 GMT
The peace prize which was awarded to Barack Obama for his internationaldiplomacy initiatives has met with criticism in Cuba, where the word isthe president of the… Continue reading
Jamaica hijacker given 20 years
The aircraft had been bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia
A man who tried to hijack a Canadian charter jet in Jamaica in Aprilthis year has been jailed for 20 years.
Stephen Fray, 21, forced his… Continue reading
Cuba-Venezuela Sea Cable in MotionOctober 9, 2009
HAVANA TIMES, Oct. 9 – The installation of the underwater fiber-opticcable that will join Cuba and Venezuela will begin on October 14,informed Jesse Chacon, minister of Science, Technology and BasicIndustries of Venezuela.… Continue reading
Cuban envoy: "Everything is possible once we sit down at the table"Fri, 10/09/2009 – 5:28pm
Following State Department official Bisa Williams's trip to Havana lastmonth, the discussion of changes to U.S. Cuba policy has taken off,bringing together an unusual amalgamation… Continue reading