President Hugo Chavez was to arrive in Havana Friday and sign 3.2 billion dollars' worth of deals tightening economic links between the two leftist governments, a top Venezuelan official said. Ministers from both countries have finalized details of some 285 agreements that Cuban President Raul Castro and Chavez will sign on Saturday, Venezuelan Oil and Energy Minister Rafael Rodriguez told reporters. Rodriguez said relations between the two countries have evolved from 17 agreements worth 30... Read Full Story
HAVANA (Reuters) - Hundreds of government supporters drowned out two small opposition protests in Cuba's capital on Thursday, chanting and jeering at the dissidents as they marched to mark International Human Rights Day. About 30 female relatives of political prisoners walked silently through the ramshackle Havana streets carrying flowers and Cuban flags before being surrounded and jostled by some 250 people shouting "Traitors" and "The street belongs to Fidel." Former Cuban leader Fidel... Read Full Story
Hundreds of government supporters shouted insults and pro-Castro slogans at about 50 wives, mothers and other female relatives of Cuban political prisoners as they marched Wednesday through a crowded Havana neighborhood in the name of human rights. There were no injuries among the "Women in White," a political opposition group that holds small, silent marches along Fifth Avenue in a wealthier part of the Cuban capital each Sunday after attending Roman Catholic Mass. The women dress head-to... Read Full Story
Activists from 32 little-known organizations opposed to Cuba's communist government issued a call for an end to social repression on the island at a Thursday gathering in the home of a prominent human rights activist. The event took place in the western Havana home of internationally known activist Francisco Chaviano, a veteran Cuban dissident who was released in 2007 after 13 years in prison. Participants crowded into a small room where Chaviano read a statement on behalf of the grass-roots... Read Full Story
Hugo Chavez says he is going out to "bomb" clouds now that Cuba has provided Venezuela with cloud-seeding help in an effort to produce rain and alleviate the effects of a severe drought. The Venezuelan president said Saturday night that specialized equipment, sent by Fidel Castro and Cuban President Raul Castro, is starting to be used to seed clouds from planes. "We're bombing clouds," Chavez said during a televised speech. "We have some planes there, and some equipment that Fidel and Raul... Read Full Story
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to urge the United States to lift a nearly half century-old economic embargo against Cuba, making its now ritual call amid some easing of U.S. ties toward the communist-run island. The assembly passed a non-binding resolution -- with 187 votes in favor, three against and two abstentions -- for the 18th consecutive year, reflecting the world's disapproval of Washington's longstanding effort to isolate... Read Full Story
There is a strong rumour around that Fidel Castro is dead. Reports have been circulating from unconfirmed sources and have been listed high in Google Trends.
This is not the only case where a celebrity, more usually in the entertainment world, has been mistakenly reported as dead. Recent examples have included Lil Wayne, Miley Cyrus and Lady Gaga. Despite the lack of evidence from proper news channels, a lot of these internet reports seem to gain a lot of credence for no good reason... Read Full Story
HAVANA (Reuters) - Spain's foreign minister met with Cuban President Raul Castro on Monday and said the communist leader affirmed his commitment to economic reform and expressed his desire to continue improving relations with the United States. Castro also promised to pay about $450 million in back payments to Spanish companies doing business on the cash-strapped Caribbean island, said Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos. Moratinos, speaking to reporters at the end of a two-day trip to... Read Full Story
HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban President Fidel Castro praised President Barack Obama on Wednesday for making a "brave gesture" by speaking out against global warming and saying developed nations had caused much of the damage. But Castro added, in a column published in Cuba's state-run media, that Obama was part of a capitalist system that was "incompatible" with economic growth and a clean environment. He was referring to Obama's speech at a U.N. summit on global warming on Tuesday in which... Read Full Story
Count Fidel Castro among those in favor of the Norwegian Nobel Committee's controversial choice of U.S. President Barack Obama for the Nobel Peace prize. The former Cuban leader said Saturday that he thought the choice was a "positive step," though he added it was more a repudiation of Obama's predecessors than a recognition of anything concrete Obama has done. "Many believe that he still has not earned the right to receive such a distinction," Castro wrote in a column published in state... Read Full Story
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