Tag: Cuba

Monday, January 20th 2014 - 22:07 UTC
Cuba proposes declaring Latam and the Caribbean a Zone of Peace

Cuba that is hosting a major regional summit at the end of the month will propose that Latin America and the Caribbean be declared a Zone of Peace, according to reports from the Cuban Foreign ministry.
Friday, December 20th 2013 - 06:35 UTC
After fifty years Cubans can now buy and sell cars, but for most non affordable

Cubans will be able to buy new and second-hand cars from state-run retailers without a permit under new rules approved by President Raul Castro's government. The measure, announced Thursday by the official media, is another step in Castro's plan to “modernize” the island's socialist economy and lift decades-old market restrictions.
Tuesday, October 22nd 2013 - 22:50 UTC
Cuba to scrap two-currency system which helped creation of a two-tier class system

Cuba is to scrap its two-currency system in the latest financial reform rolled out by President Raul Castro, official media report. Since 1994 Cuba has had two currencies, one pegged to the US dollar and the other worth only a fraction of that. The more valuable convertible peso (CUC) was reserved for use in the tourism sector and foreign trade. Now its value will be gradually unified with the lower-value CUP, ending a system resented by ordinary Cubans.
Monday, October 21st 2013 - 07:01 UTC
Too many summits: Ibero-American countries decide to meet every other year

In a poorly attended Ibero-American summit held during two days in Panama, the heads of state and government from the Americas, plus Spain and Portugal, decided that instead of holding annual meetings they would get together every other year, starting after the 2014 summit in Veracruz, Mexico.
Thursday, October 10th 2013 - 01:11 UTC
New editors for leading Cuban newspapers: “too much triumphalism and too apologetic”

Cuba has appointed new editors for the country's two main newspapers - Granma and Juventud Rebelde. The shake up in the island's tightly controlled media was described by the Communist Party as a “renewal”.
Wednesday, August 28th 2013 - 00:18 UTC
Cuba reports cholera outbreak with 163 cases, mostly in Havana

Cuba has reported a new cholera outbreak with 163 cases, 12 of whom are tourists, though no deaths were mentioned, according to a bulletin from the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO. The update from 23 August is based on information provided by epidemiological authorities on the island.
Friday, August 9th 2013 - 04:35 UTC
US asks for ‘credible’ investigation into the death of Cuban dissidents

The new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, asked Cuban authorities to launch a “credible” investigation into the death of dissident Oswaldo Paya, diplomats said on Wednesday.
Monday, August 5th 2013 - 01:51 UTC
Iran after closer relations with Latinamerica, says new president Rouhani

New Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met in Tehran on Sunday with Cuban Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas and said his country wanted to expand its relations with Latin America, “especially with Cuba,” Iran's Isna news agency reported.<br />
Cabrisas traveled to Iran for Rouhani's inauguration on Sunday.
Saturday, July 27th 2013 - 20:16 UTC
Raul Castro promises ‘gradual and orderly’ transfer of power to new generations

The Cuban Revolution remains a movement of young people, President Raul Castro said on Friday during an event to mark the 60th anniversary of an attack on a military barracks which is considered the starting point of the uprising that brought it to power in 1959.
Friday, July 26th 2013 - 06:11 UTC
Mujica praises Fidel Castro as a brilliant man promoter of ideas

Uruguayan president Jose Mujica currently in Havana said he had an enlightening conversation with the leader of the Cuban revolution Fidel Castro whom he described as “a wise old man who continues to be brilliant” and a ‘promoter of ideas”.