News with and about 'cuba'

Roberto Montoya, Diagonal, Rosa Miriam Elizalde (Sancti Spiritu, 1966) Cuban journalist, former editor of Juventud Rebelde and current editor of Cubadebate, author of books about prostitution in Cuba and Venezuela internet is undoubtedly the journalist who has researched the cyber 'war' and the manipulation of the U.S. with the Internet. She says that more than 1.6 million Cubans are Internet users and get angry when they have to pass through Madrid, although it comes along with meeting Spanish friends, who despite not ever having set foot on the island, incorrectly say the Cuban government hinders the access of the population to the internet. ...more.

Cuban President Raul Castro said on Monday (26), that his country supports the right of Venezuela to defend itself from threats and provocations, ending the first bi-national presidential summit meeting. We fight for peace and harmony between our brother peoples and our leaders always have this objective, but in case of any problem, no one has any doubt about whose side Cuba will be on, President Raul Castro said. ...more.

CHICAGO -- Dozens of terrorism suspects being held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will be moved to a little-used Illinois state prison that will be acquired and upgraded by the federal government, an Obama administration official said. ...more.

CHICAGO -- President Obama, determined to change U.S. detention policy and shut the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, pointed Tuesday to a small town in Illinois as a big part of the answer. ...more.

In this text, Louis Carapinha tells us that the U.S. pursues opening the path for re-intervention in Latin America with a coup in Honduras: "So Obama continues the blockade against Cuba and intensifies the conspiracy against Venezuela and other countries of ALBA, while it supports the agenda of the bourgeoisie, as shown in the cases of Brazil and Argentina. Reverse and defeat the unique experiences of revolutionary transformation and disconnect the different fields of Latin American integration is a prerequisite for the imperialist recolonization of the sub-continent." ...more.

For the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union almost 20 years ago, large numbers of Russians are heading back to their former Cold War ally, Cuba. ...more.

Freed Cuban dissidents urge the EU not to use their release as a reason to soften its policy on Cuba. ...more.

The president of Cuba's parliament, Ricardo Alarcon, says the island is ready to free more political prisoners after announcing this month it would free 52. ...more.

A US judge sentences a former State Department worker to life in prison without the possibility of parole for spying for Cuba. ...more.

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