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Bradenton.com: Politics (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
In his latest essay distributed to official media, the ailing 82-year-old former president wrote that with Obama “a conversation can be held wherever he wants,” and that Cuban officials don’t expect the new U.S. administration to be marked by violence and war.
i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Fidel Castro has said that President-elect Barack Obama is a man Cuba can talk with and indicated that communist officials would be willing to meet with him wherever he wants. In his latest essay distributed to official media, the 82-year-old former president wrote that with Obama "a conversation can be held wherever he wants," and that Cuban officials don't expect the new US administration to
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Havana-based Circles Robinson wonders how Cuban audiences will react to the new film about Che Guevara, while diaspora blogger Uncommon Sense advises readers to enroll in “The Ché Guevara Re-Education Program.”
euronews24 (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
HAVANA - Acclaimed filmmaker Mike Leigh was in Cuba to receive an award at a film festival that will screen 10 of his best productions, according to local reports. Havana's 30th Latin American Cinema Festival was to screen "Bleak Moments" 1971, Le
Cuba Journal (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
www.theaustralian.news.com.au December 05, 2008 Article from: Agence France-Presse CUBA'S economic growth topped more than 4 per cent in 2008, despite a year of crises for the island. “The Cuban economy grew by just over four per cent in 2008,” said Finance Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez, quoted by the official AIN news agency. Mr Rodriguez, who also serves as Cuba's vice-president, stressed that 2008...
Havana Times, ope (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Only Pope John Paul II had succeeded in bringing Cuban leaders to mass. That was until President Dmitry Medvedev was accompanied by President Raul Castro to a religious service to consecrate the Russian Orthodox Church’s Our Lady of Kazan cathedral, in Old Havana.
Cuba Journal (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The Globalist Wednesday, December 03, 2008 With the new administration in Washington built on the concept of "change" — will there also be the possibility of change when it comes to U.S.-Cuba relations? César Chelala, an international health policy adviser, discusses the U.S. embargo on Cuba and the likelihood of a meeting between Cuban President Raúl Castro and U.S. President-elect Barack Obama....
Havana Times, ope (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
When the Havana Film Festival agreed to show Steven Soderbergh’s production, the foreign press speculated that it must have received former president Fidel Castro’s approval. Che is revered by government leaders, much of the general citizenry, as well as by people who see in him ideals they think have been sidetracked over 50 years of the ups and downs of revolution.
Stabroek News (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
The third Caricom/Cuba Sum-mit is set for Monday in Santiago de Cuba. In a press release Caricom said the meeting will mark the first official meeting ...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | yesterday
MOSCOW -- -- Russia does not need to build permanent naval bases in Cuba or Venezuela, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, speaking amid a Kremlin push to increase Moscow's influence in...
Cuba Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thu Dec 4, 2008 2:02pm EST By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON ( Reuters ) - President-elect Barack Obama should start soon to loosen five decades of trade curbs on Cuba and begin a comprehensive review of U.S. policy toward the communist-run island, U.S. business groups said on Thursday. "We support the complete removal of all trade and travel restrictions on Cuba. We recognize that change may not come all...
Sister Toldjah (Free subscription) | yesterday
Well, maybe it is, unless you’re someone who lives there who dares to openly criticize your government. No comment yet from the CNN (aka the Cuba News Network), Castro-loving Hollyweirdos and other assorted far left Cuba fanatics. Nor do I suspect there will be comment from these fruitcakes, come to think of it. They’ll [...]
Political Animal (Free subscription) | yesterday
AN 'UNPRECEDENTED SHIFT' ON U.S. POLICY TOWARDS CUBA.... For more than a half-century, the U.S. policy towards Cuba was clear, consistent, and woefully ineffectual. The idea was to break off ties and impose a trade embargo, which would pressure the...
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cuba is reporting progress in what it calls its "energy revolution", after substituting 95 per cent of inefficient refrigerators, light bulbs and water pumps in homes across the country, with more energy-saving equipment.
International Trade Law News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Twelve leading business groups today sent a letter (PDF) to President-elect Barack Obama, urging his administration to reexamine current U.S. Cuba policy and consider new approaches that would benefit U.S. national security and economic interests and the Cuban people. The associations, which include the American Farm Bureau Federation, American Society of Travel Agents, Business Roundtable, Coalition...
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tg4m | 22/08/2008
* A critics interview with the making of the history making film Love & Suicide cast and crew, on their accomplishment in filming a feature length film in Havana, Cuba without the expressed consent of either government. LOVE & SUICIDE A Film by Lisa France A Luis Moro Production After their film Anne B. Real, which was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards, had been accepted into the Havana International...
baslamak | 17/06/2008
TUESDAY, 17 JUNE 2008 The US government is still fighting the cold war against Cuba Below is an article by Duncan Campbell which highlights the cold war the US government is fighting against Cuba; and the lengths the worlds most powerful nation goes to in its attempt bring the Cuban economy to its knees. Perhaps those leftists who criticize Cuba for not being a paradise on earth, should take such
