Daily Archives: November 15, 2010
Pitts: Cuba needs to learn how freedom of expression worksLeonard Pitts Jr., THE MIAMI HERALDLETTERS TO THE EDITOR »Published: 7:25 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010
Dear Cuba:
Maybe you've got a point.
I refer to your outrage over a new… Continue reading
Dutch firm to expand marina in CubaBy IBI Magazine
Amsterdam-based Romar Finance said it plans to expand the marina at Tarará, a gated luxury community in East Havana. The company's subsidiary, Romar Q-Hospitality, started plans for overhauling the 270-slip marina… Continue reading
CG Rescues, Repatriates 4 CubansNovember 15, 2010U.S. Coast Guard
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Sawfish repatriated four Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabanas, Cuba, Nov. 14.
A group of seven Cuban migrants were rescued from their… Continue reading
Freed dissident warns of chaos if Cuba resists sweeping reformsIsabel SanchezNovember 16, 2010
HAVANA: Freed after years in prison and refusing to go into exile, a dissident economist, Arnaldo Ramos, has slammed the communist government, saying chaos looms if Cuba… Continue reading
Cuba Frees Jailed Dissident Without Forcing Exile
Meanwhile over in Cuba another jailed political prisoner has been set free and is reportedly on parole.
Arnaldo Ramos Lauzurique has been released after being arrested and then imprisoned with 74 other dissidents… Continue reading
Killing Castro
Killing Castro My first, perhaps my only visit to Cuba came last week in a video game that asked me to kill the man responsible for taking my grandfather's property from him and who changed the country so… Continue reading
Posted on Monday, 11.15.10Cuban migrants report abuses in MexicoSince a deal between Cuba and Mexico was made two years ago, Cubans traveling through Mexico to get to the U.S. say their journey has become riskier and costlier.By PENILEY RAMIREZSpecial to… Continue reading
Posted on Sunday, 11.14.10Cuban baseball player defects to Nicaragua; has his eye on the majorsYasiel Balaguer, 17, is the latest Cuban baseball player to defect with hopes of someday playing professionally in the United States.BY JORGE EBROEl Nuevo Herald
One… Continue reading
Posted on Sunday, 11.14.10Freed Cuban dissident to keep fighting for changeBy ANNE-MARIE GARCIAAssociated Press
HAVANA — A Cuban dissident vowed Sunday to keep up his political activism and predicted a chaotic future if the country does not further embrace free-market… Continue reading
Publicado el lunes, 11.15.10Preso liberado: Cuba va del estancamiento al caos sin una aperturaPor ISABEL SANCHEZ/AFPLA HABANA
El gobierno de Cuba liberó el sábado a Arnaldo Ramos, el primer excarcelado del grupo de presos políticos que rechaza el exilio,… Continue reading
Publicado el lunes, 11.15.10Cuba: Comunistas debaten cooperativismo y nueva ley tributariaPor ANDREA RODRIGUEZThe Associated Press
LA HABANA — Los principales dirigentes comunistas cubanos debatieron los temas que tratarán en un Congreso en abril y sacaron a relucir cuestiones sensibles como… Continue reading
Publicado el lunes, 11.15.10Cuba, ¿hacia el capitalismo?By JOSE AZEL
El VI Congreso del Partido Comunista de Cuba que ha de tener lugar en abril para ratificar las directivas económicas de Raúl Castro, incluyendo el despido de 500,000 trabajadores estatales, es… Continue reading
Diario Las AmericasPublicado el 11-15-2010
Fidel Castro llama a Obama "rey mago" que "anda repartiendo puestos" en la ONU
LA HABANA (EFE)
El líder cubano Fidel Castro comparó al presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, con un "rey mago"… Continue reading
Diario Las AmericasPublicado el 11-15-2010
Cuba tendrá que modificar varias leyes para aplicar sus reformas económicas
LA HABANA (EFE).
El Gobierno de Cuba admite que hay cosas que bajo fórmulas estatales "no funcionan" y que será necesario modificar varias leyes… Continue reading
Internet en casa, un sueño a largo plazo en CubaPor Patricia Grogg
LA HABANA, nov (IPS) – La próxima entrada en operación de un cable submarino de fibra óptica que elevará considerablemente las velocidades de conexión a Internet en Cuba… Continue reading
Congresos para quéMiguel Iturria Savón
LA HABANA, Cuba, noviembre (www.cubanet.org) – La otra noche, mientras esperaba al meteorólogo que ofrece el parte del tiempo en el Noticiero Nacional de la Televisión, escuché el llamamiento del General Castro al… Continue reading
Los ladrones de Alí BabáAdolfo Pablo Borrazá (PD)
LA HABANA, Cuba, noviembre (www.cubanet.org) – Como un felino inteligente, el cubano ha aprendido a robar y estafar de muchas maneras. En los centros de trabajo y negocios privados los… Continue reading
Subsanación de erroresFrank Correa
LA HABANA, Cuba, noviembre (www.cubanet.org) – Subsanación de errores es un cuerpo jurídico empleado comúnmente en Cuba, que trae consigo una serie de trámites burocráticos, nada cómodos en medio del periodo especial que vive… Continue reading