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Arrests show Cuba not yet ready for reform
Arrests show Cuba not yet ready for reform by Staff Writers Havana (UPI) Jul 25, 2012 Cuba’s wide-scale crackdown on dissent that led to arrests at a funeral shows the Central American country isn’t ready for credible political reform despite its ambition to embrace a market economy. For more than two years Cuba has been [...] Continue reading
Citizen Demand for Another Cuba – 536 Signatures and Counting
Citizen Demand for Another Cuba – 536 Signatures and Counting Translating Cuba Citizen Demand for Another Cuba As Cubans, legitimate children of this land and an essential part of our nation, we feel a deep sorrow at the prolonged crisis that we are experiencing and the demonstrated inability of the current government to make fundamental [...] Continue reading
Caso de corrupción roza al presidente de la Asamblea Nacional de Cuba, Ricardo Alarcón
Publicado el jueves, 06.07.12 Caso de corrupción roza al presidente de la Asamblea Nacional de Cuba, Ricardo Alarcón Juan O. Tamayo jtamayo@elnuevoherald.com Miguel Alvarez, principal asistente del presidente de la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular de Cuba, y su esposa, ambos ex agentes de inteligencia, llevan dos meses bajo custodia policial. El caso podría estar [...] Continue reading
Cuban police arrest top aide to parliament speaker Alarcón
Posted on Wednesday, 06.06.12 Cuban police arrest top aide to parliament speaker Alarcón A senior aide to Ricardo Alarcón, Cuba's long-serving parliament president, was arrested along with his wife, a former intelligence agent. By Juan O. Tamayo jtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com The top aide to the president of Cuba's parliament, Ricardo Alarcón, and his wife — both former [...] Continue reading
The Pope’s Visit to Cuba: Expectations and Possibilities / Intramuros
The Pope's Visit to Cuba: Expectations and Possibilities / IntramurosIntraMuros Editorial 24The Catholic Church and the official press have announced that His Holiness the Pope Benedict XVI "is considering visiting Mexico and Cuba during the spring of the year 2012". At the same time, the spokesman of the Holy See has declared that the State [...] Continue reading