They sailed on jam-packed ships, having sold everything to pay for passports and visas. The first thing they saw entering Havana harbor was El Morro castle. Beyond it was hope, but who knew what else.
Cuba ratificó su solidaridad con Venezuela, ante cualquier amenaza a su soberanía, durante la reunión sostenida en Chile entre los cancilleres Bruno Rodríguez, representante de La Habana, y Jorge Arreaza, por Caracas.
MIAMI – Three Cuban Catholic priests urged Gen. Raul Castro Wednesday to allow political, economic and social openings as the island prepares for a change in leadership.
MIAMI, Estados Unidos.- Tres sacerdotes de la Iglesia católica cubana han llamado este miércoles al general Raúl Castro, actual gobernante del país, a permitir una apertura en el país de cara a un cambio de mandato en la isla.
WASHINGTON. Five former American diplomats issued an appeal today to 12 heads of state and the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Dr. Luis Almagro saying that the murdering of “Venezuelans who demanded a return to the rule of law and democracy … will not be [resolved] without democratic governments [taking] every step needed to bring peace, justice and democracy to the Venezuelan people.”
I almost feel sorry for The Miami Herald’s reporter Mimi Whitefield that has been assigned with the task of selling everything and anything from Cuba to the local readers.
We end the year 2017 with a regrettable report of 12 documented deaths in Cuba of a political nature with a dreadful awareness that this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Venezuela's President, Nicolás Maduro, says the country's main opposition parties are banned from taking part in next year's presidential election.
Doctors treating the U.S. embassy victims of suspected attacks in Cuba have discovered brain abnormalities as they search for clues to explain hearing, vision, balance and memory damage, The Associated Press has learned.
Raúl Castro promised a better life for Cubans when he launched timid economic reforms and opened a few doors to private business. But after a decade in power, he will likely retire in the spring with the economy in recession for the second year in a row — an economic outlook that is worse than when he took control.