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WFP to Support Food Project in Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 12 (acn) The World Food Program (WFP) will provide financial support to grain production in the Cuban provinces of Guantanamo and Matanzas, Juventud Rebelde newspaper reported.
Such cooperation shall be… Continue reading
Castro government funded ‘flu shot’ abortion doctor’s education in Cuba 12:37 PM 06/16/2013
The doctor who compared abortion injections to a “flu shot” received her medical training in Cuba, fully funded by the regime of Fidel Castro, and returned… Continue reading
Cuba cuts back on free assistance to region’s health sector Monday, June 17, 2013
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — The St Lucia Government says several policy changes taking place in Cuba will severely affect Havana’s contribution to the health sector… Continue reading
Posted on Sunday, 06.16.13
Dissidents say they are returning to Cuba reenergized BY JUAN O. TAMAYO JTAMAYO@ELNUEVOHERALD.COM
When Berta Soler, leader of Cuba’s dissident Ladies in White, returned to the island last month after her first-ever trip abroad, she felt… Continue reading
FARC Money Laundering in Cuba / Juan Juan Almeida Posted on June 16, 2013
On May 26, 2013 in Havana’s convention center it was announced that the parties involved in peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrilla… Continue reading
Cuba Grants (US $4 million) Up for Grabs June 15, 2013
HAVANA TIMES – The United States State Department is seeking proposals for $4.35 million in projects aimed at boosting independent journalism, labor rights, Internet activism, racial equality and research… Continue reading
High Statistical Indices / Rebeca Monzo Posted on June 13, 2013
Talking with some Colombian teachers were sightseeing in “my world,” they mentioned to me the magnificent statistical indices that we had in education and health. I, of course,… Continue reading
National Values / Fernando Damaso Posted on June 13, 2013
When the state-run media writes or talks about education in Cuba, they always start with the obligatory preamble, discussing how bad things are in the rest of the world, including… Continue reading
Ministry for Foreign Affairs publishes reports on human rights situation
The human rights reports, presented by Sweden’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs in spring 2013, cover the 35 countries of the Americas. The reports reflect the Government’s ambition to integrate human… Continue reading
June 11, 2013, 2:42 pm
Cuban Blogger Who Reveres Castro Pushes for Reform By NATALIE KITROEFF
Elaine Díaz may be the most important Cuban dissident you’ve never heard of. But that is perhaps because she doesn’t even call herself a… Continue reading
The Locomotive of Cuba’s Economy: Health Services Abroad June 10, 2013 FERNANDO RAVSBERG*
HAVANA TIMES — Contributing some US $5 billion to Cuba’s economy every year, the 40,000 Cuban health professionals currently offering medical services in 60 countries around… Continue reading
Prison Diary XXV: Open Letter to the Journalists of the Commission / Angel Santiesteban Posted on June 9, 2013
Editor’s note: This open letter is to international journalists who were permitted a carefully orchestrated visit into selected Cuban prisons who… Continue reading
Yurisdislaidis’ Fifteenth Birthday / Rebeca Monzo Posted on June 8, 2013
After a disastrous first marriage which bore no “fruits,” Isabel — a slim, young brunette — met a young laborer with whom she fell hopelessly in love. They decided… Continue reading
Gay Parents in Cuba Demand Legal Right to Adopt By Ivet González
HAVANA, Jun 4 2013 (IPS) – Many lesbians and gays in Cuba find different ways of achieving their dream of becoming mothers and fathers and forming families. But… Continue reading
Cuban Port Town Swamped by Sewage Posted by News Editor in Latest News, RSS, Waste on June 6, 2013 9:51 am / no comments By Osniel Carmona Breijo
HAVANA, Cuba, June 6, 2013 (ENS) – Residents of a port town… Continue reading
That’s Socialism For You / Rebeca Monzo Posted on June 4, 2013
This morning I went with my friend Magy to buy some bananas and ingredients for us to make a nice salad. We stopped at the EJT (Ejército Juvenil… Continue reading
Cuba wants to swap drugs for Dominican products Jun 5 at 8:54 AM Havana.
Santo Domingo.- Havana proposed to Santo Domingo a swap of its drugs and other local products, Cuba’s Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Center (IGBC) director Luis Herrera… Continue reading
Free Health Care in Cuba? June 1, 2013 Moses Patterson
HAVANA TIMES — A much heralded triumph of the Cuban revolution is the “free health care system”. Cuban propagandists will even favorably compare the Cuban system to US health care… Continue reading
Cubans Prefer Shortcuts to Get on the Web / Luis Felipe Rojas Posted on June 1, 2013
Cuba’s Ministry of Communications has announced the opening of a hundred Internet cybercafes throughout the whole country for June 4. The official press… Continue reading
Posted on Thursday, 05.30.13
In Vietnam, a Cuban rat poison finds new market By CHRIS BRUMMITT Associated Press
HANOI, Vietnam — His wares banned in much of the world, the Vietnamese salesman hawking a rat poison laced with salmonella… Continue reading
Havana, Between Filth and Social Indiscipline / Ivan Garcia Posted on May 29, 2013
Although a sputtering Russian-made truck and its crew passed through the Sevillano neighborhood picking up trash and garbage in the streets the night before, debris had… Continue reading