Cuban military commands mobilisedHAVANA - The Cuban government has mobilised its military commands as part of the strategic drill ‘Bastion 2009′ aimed at strengthening country’s defence against enemy attack, mainly by the US, a Prensa Latina report said. Obama answers top Cuban dissident blogger, says Cuban gov’t must change to improve relations
Hugo Chavez invites ex-Cuban leader Fidel Castro to meeting of ALBA trade bloc in Havana
Hugo Chavez invites Fidel Castro to trade summit Cuban, Chinese firms to jointly produce television setsHAVANA - Chinese electrical appliance company Haier and Cuban Group of Electronics will set up a joint company here to produce television sets, the firms announced Friday. Boosters hope ‘baseball diplomacy’ can help thaw US-Cuba relations
Can baseball help bring US and Cuba together? Cuba art auction falls short of expectationsHAVANA - An auction of 69 lots of Cuban plastic and decorative art raised some 400,000 euros (about $600,000), less than half the expected total, organisers said here. Castro as political junkie: Cuban leader offers long stream of commentary on all things Obama
Husband of top Cuban blogger challenges wife’s assailants to verbal street duel
Cuban blogger’s husband out to avenge her assault Delegation of 8 American scientists arrive in Cuba for short visit of ’science diplomacy’
US scientists visit Cuba for ’science diplomacy’ Too many idle hands on Cuba’s state farms: ReportHAVANA - One of the major ills of Cuba’s state-run agricultural enterprises is “the excess of non-productive personnel”, Communist Party daily Granma reported. Cuban weekly warns of more austerityHAVANA - The weekly publication of Cuba’s only legal labour union says residents of the communist-ruled island will have to get used to belt-tightening “with intelligence” amid a severe recession and little prospect of improvement in the short term. State Department ‘deplores assault’ on Cuban blogger who claims harassment by state security
US State Dept ‘deplores assault’ on Cuban bloggers Vatican official says he would like Roman Catholic Church to have more access to Cuban media
Vatican official seeks more access to Cuban media Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez says she is briefly detained, harrassed by state security agents
Cuban blogger says she is briefly detained EU urges Cuba to carry out democratic reformsHAVANA - Cuba must carry out democratic reforms in the country as a step to normalise relations with the European Union (EU), an official of the 27-member bloc said. EU commissioner says Cuba should offer gestures to show it’s serious about human rights
EU leader: Cuba must make human rights gestures Russia to prospect for oil in CubaHAVANA - Russian and Cuban governments have signed four agreements for oil exploration and production on the Caribbean island, official media reported. Cuba to host international folklore conferenceHAVANA - Cuba will host the 39th Conference of Organisations for Folklore Festivals November 8-15. Juanita Castro’s autobiography a commercial stunt in bad taste: CubaHAVANA - Cuba has said the autobiography of Juanita Castro, in which she revealed her association with the CIA and her estranged relationship with her elder brothers Raul and Fidel Castro, is “a commercial venture in bad taste and of low morality”. Cuba slashes purchases from US in 2009 by 37 percentHAVANA - Cuban purchases from US companies will total some $580 million by the end of 2009, down 37 percent from last year, the head of the state corporation Alimport said. Cuban tourism booms for sixth year in a rowHAVANA - Cuba has seen two million tourists coming from all over the world to the country’s tourist destinations for sixth year in a row, a tourism ministry report said. AP Interview: Foreign Minister says Cuba prepared for talks with the US ‘on any level’
Fearing more food shortages, Cubans protest government takeover of farmers markets
Cubans fear more gov’t control of farmers markets World Health Org. plans 200 million doses of swine flu vaccine for 100 developing nations
WHO to send 200M swine flu vaccines to 100 nations World Health Org. director says Fidel Castro walking, talking at length: looks ‘wonderful’
WHO head says Castro looks stronger, ‘wonderful’ Cuba plans to increase rum exports to RussiaHAVANA - Cuban rum producers intend to increase supplies to Russia to more than a million litres a year, a vice-president of a rum producing company said. Cuba frees two political prisonersHAVANA - The Cuban government has freed two political prisoners and released on bail a Spanish businessman in a gesture to mark the just-completed visit by Spain’s foreign minister to Havana , diplomatic sources said. AP Interview: New Orleans mayor says Cuba’s all-powerful government an asset during hurricanesHAVANA — Under Cuba’s communist system, the government calls all the shots all the time — but during monster hurricanes that may not be such a bad thing, New Orleans’ mayor says. Cuba frees political prisoner from ‘03 crackdown, paroles Spaniard following Spanish FM visitHAVANA — Cuba has freed one of the 54 political prisoners still behind bars following a state crackdown on dissent six years ago and also paroled a Spanish businessman awaiting trial for bribery, officials in Spain and a Cuban political opposition group said Tuesday. Spain to increase aid to CubaHAVANA - Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said here his country’s new policy towards Cuba “has already had one result,” the renewal of aid to the island state, which will continue to increase, a report said. |
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