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Louisiana state government spent more than $150,000 on Cuba trip By Julia O’Donoghue, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune on December 29, 2016 at 4:30 PM, updated December 30, 2016 at 11:23 AM
The Louisiana state government spent at least $150,134 on… Continue reading
250 Ghanaian medical students ‘neglected’ in Cuba call for help
Ghanaian medical students in Cuba have called for immediate restructuring of the Cuban-Ghana medical program after decrying what they termed “maltreatment” suffered under the programme for years.
The 250 students… Continue reading
Cuba passes law that bans naming sites after Fidel Castro Reuters
Cuba’s National Assembly approved a law on Tuesday that bans commemorative statues of Fidel Castro and naming public places after him, in accordance with the wishes of the revolutionary… Continue reading
2017: ‘Muy malo’ for Cuba By Silvio Canto, Jr. December 29, 2016
For 10 years, Raúl has benefited a lot from having Fidel around. Fidel always showed up at the big celebrations or wrote a column.
Forget that. It won’t… Continue reading
More U.S. carriers are cutting back on flights to Cuba ABEL FERNÁNDEZ abfernandez@elnuevoherald.com
Silver Airways plans to trim its flight schedule to Cuba starting early next year, becoming the second U.S. airline to reduce the frequency of flights to the… Continue reading
Trump Could Ice Thawing U.S. Relations with Cuba By Marissa Piazzola Published December 27, 2016 Cuba FOX Business
The United States’ relationship with Cuba has thawed over the last two years, thanks in part to a December 2014 agreement between… Continue reading
Cuba faces deep financial woes Tourism increase is great hope in 2017.
HAVANA (AP) — Alex Romero was delighted when President Barack Obama came to Havana in March bearing the promise of a bright new future.
Like so many other… Continue reading
‘Feliciadades’: The Word the Taunts the Official Sobriety
14ymedio, Havana, 24 December 2016 — Few details reveal that it is Christmastime for Cubans. The austerity imposed this year-end, promoted from the Government due the recent death of former President Fidel… Continue reading
Cuban Faces of 2016: Carlos Lechuga, Filmmaker (b. Havana, 1983) / 14ymedio
14ymedio, Havana, 24 December 2016 – Cuban Faces of 2016: The film Molasses (2013), director Carlos Lechuga’s debut, garnered much applause, but it was his second feature which… Continue reading
Cuba’s ‘Weekly Packet’ is Caught in the Crossfire / 14ymedio, Luz Escobar
14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana, 23 December 2016 – “Over my dead body!” echoes across a living room in Florida, Camaguey, Cuba, the day Jorge Angel discovered his family… Continue reading
Cuba after Fidel Castro Published December 4, 2016 By Arthur I. Cyr
The death of Cuban revolutionary and dictator Fidel Castro is a major moment in the midst of important economic changes. Acknowledging his importance as an epic Machiavellian survivor… Continue reading
Cuban President Raul Castro faces deep problems in 2017 Castro must manage economic and diplomatic challenges during a year of transition Published: 16:15 December 26, 2016 AP
Havana: Alex Romero was delighted when President Barack Obama came to Havana in… Continue reading
2016 was a truly historic year for Cuba BY NORA GÁMEZ TORRES ngameztorres@elnuevoherald.com
The death of Fidel Castro marked the end of a truly historic year for Cuba.
After years of false rumors that he had died, the former Cuban… Continue reading
Billionaire philanthropist David A. Straz Jr. has spent years quietly uniting Tampa and Cuba Paul Guzzo, Times Staff Writer Thursday, December 22, 2016 11:00am
Former banker and Tampa philanthropist David Straz Jr. is interviewed in his Tampa office. Straz is… Continue reading
Gilberto ‘Papito’ Valladares, Barber (b. 1969) / 14ymedio
At 16, Gilberto Valladares, known as Papito, began to work in hairdressing, self-taught. At the beginning of the nineties he worked as a hairdresser in the Habana Libre Hotel, but with the… Continue reading
The Faces Of 2016 / 14ymedio
14ymedio, 24 December 2014 — Putting a face to a year like 2016, in which several historical events indelibly marked the Cuban reality – for better or worse – is a task as difficult… Continue reading
The One Who Left Ashes / Miriam Leiva
Cubanet, Miriam Leiva, Havana, November 29, 2016 – Fidel Castro died on November 25 at 10:29 p.m. and, according to his own will, his remains will be cremated, according to the brief… Continue reading
It Is Not Because Fidel Says It, It Is Because I Believe It / Somos+, Arlenys Miranda Mesa
Somos+, Arlenys Miranda Mesa, 21 December 2016 — December 3rd was the ceremony in Santiago de Cuba after the death of Fidel… Continue reading
Opposition Leader José Daniel Ferrer Released / 14ymedio
14ymedio, Havana, 22 December 2016 — José Daniel Ferrer, general coordinator of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (Unpacu), was arrested on Thursday around one in the afternoon when he left the organization’s… Continue reading
In realist foreign policy, Obama found limits By Bradley Klapper?|?AP December 23 at 3:18 AM
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s foreign policy legacy may be defined as much by what he didn’t do as by what he did.
Over eight… Continue reading
Donald Trump and Raul Castro / Dimas Castellano
Dimas Castellano, 29 November 2016 — The great majority of Cubans were surprised by Donald Trump’s electoral victory. Surveys in other countries, and the official Cuban press, labelling Hillary Clinton as the… Continue reading
On Your Marks, Get Set…Trump / 14ymedio, Marcelo Hernandez
14ymedio, Marcelo Hernandez, Havana, 21 December 2016 – Walking around the block with a suitcase in hand has been added to the rituals to mark the end of the year, as… Continue reading
We need a Cuba policy that truly serves the Cuban people José R. Cárdenas
As the 2016 presidential campaign began heating up – and Florida appeared more and more winnable – the Donald Trump campaign began increasing its criticisms of… Continue reading
How will Cuba react if relations with the US reverse under Trump? It’s hard to know what direction US-Cuba relations will take once Donald Trump is in the White House, but Cubans are already contemplating the consequences of a reversal… Continue reading
Top Cuba charter follows others out of market as Tampa commercial flight debuts Paul Guzzo, Times Staff Writer Monday, December 19, 2016 11:44am
Tessie Aral knew for months it was happening, yet she wept tears of both joy and sadness… Continue reading
Party In A Whisper: The End Of The Year To Come / 14ymedio, Marcelo Hernandez
14ymedio, Marcelo Hernandez, Havana, 15 December 2016 — Celebrations postponed, revelry suspended and a call not to party in the street, is the reality for… Continue reading
Cuba slashes internet costs
AFP December 19, 2016
Havana (AFP) – Cuba cut the price of internet access by 25 percent Monday, but getting online still costs more than a day’s wages for the average worker in one of the… Continue reading
Doing Business in a Post-Fidel Cuba Pablo González AlonsoAlec Lee DECEMBER 19, 2016
President Obama’s historic visit to Cuba in March 2016 drove excitement for businesses considering the market that the island could become. The move made it possible to… Continue reading
Cuba cracks down on dissidents after Fidel Castro’s death A roundup in the country’s east snared dozens and derailed street protests planned to demand that political prisoners be freed. By: AFP | Havana | Published:December 19, 2016 7:06 am
Authorities… Continue reading
In Cuba, American tourists increase demand for hotels December 17, 2016 at 3:51 PM EST
Two years ago, President Barack Obama restored diplomatic relations with Cuba. Since then, Cold War-era travel restrictions that prohibited most Americans from visiting were lifted,… Continue reading
The EU lies and bites its tongue ROBERTO ÁLVAREZ QUIÑONES | Los Ángeles | 17 de Diciembre de 2016 – 22:23 CET.
The Council of the Union European (EU) is lying when it says that the agreement signed with the… Continue reading
‘El Sexto’s’ American Lawyer and Two Activists Arrested in Havana / 14ymedio
14ymedio, Miami, 16 December 2016 – Kimberly Motley, an American attorney, and the activists Gorki Aguila and Luis Alberto Marino were arrested this Friday as they prepared to… Continue reading
Threats and Arrests if Dissidents Continue in Cuba / 14ymedio
14ymedio, Havana, 15 December 2016 –The leader of the Ladies in White, Berta Soler, was arrested Thursday in the morning when she was about to leave the headquarters of the… Continue reading