Tag: Cuba

Thursday, March 7th 2013 - 06:56 UTC
Cuban leadership trusts Venezuelan oil and financial aid will continue to pour in

A mix of sorrow, self-interest and dread took hold of Cuba as word spread like wildfire that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, who had done so much for the country, was dead. While the official newscast devoted its entire program to events unfolding in Caracas, the government reaction was slow in coming.
Monday, February 25th 2013 - 05:48 UTC
Cuba re-elects Raul Castro and unveils his de facto political heir: Diaz-Canel

Raul Castro was re-elected as Cuba's president Sunday, officially to his last five-year term, with a new regime number two, Council of State Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel, official media said.
Friday, February 22nd 2013 - 01:11 UTC
Cuban dissident wants an end to US economic embargo and close down Guantanamo

Famed Cuban dissident Yoani Sanchez defended before the Brazilian Congress the end of the US economic embargo and called for the closing down of the US Guantanamo military base.
Monday, February 18th 2013 - 06:23 UTC
Cuba’s best-known dissident with ‘knees trembling’ makes it through Havana airport without incident

Cuba's best-known dissident, blogger Yoani Sánchez checked in without incident at Havana's international airport on Sunday on her way to Brazil, the first stop on an 80-day-tour of a dozen countries. She was sent off with hugs by a small group of family members and friends.
Friday, February 15th 2013 - 22:56 UTC
Venezuelan government releases pictures of Chavez next to his daughters

Venezuelans got the first glimpse in more than two months of their ailing president Friday in a series of photos the government released in a televised announcement. In the photos, Hugo Chavez is lying on a blue pillow, flanked by his two daughters, while he reads the Cuban official newspaper Granma. He is smiling, and his face looks a little swollen.
Tuesday, January 29th 2013 - 06:05 UTC
Raul Castro assumes CELAC chair calling for integration and independence from the US

Cuba formally assumed Monday the presidency of the Community of Latinamerican and Caribbean States during the group’s summit in Chile calling for regional integration and independence from the United States.
Monday, January 28th 2013 - 06:08 UTC
Cuba takes CELAC chair on Monday; expectations regarding Havana’s proposals

The first summit of the Community of Latinamerican and Caribbean States, CELAC, the brain child of president Hugo Chavez, paid tribute to the Venezuelan leader who is recovering from cancer surgery in Havana, Cuba, the country that on Monday will be receiving the group’s chair from Chile.
Monday, January 14th 2013 - 06:58 UTC
Chavez health ‘improving’; top Venezuelan officials meet in Havana with Raul Castro

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's lung infection has been controlled and his medical state is improving, the government announced on Sunday while four of the most powerful figures gathered in Havana allegedly to report to the cancer-stricken leader and meet with Cuban allies.
Monday, January 14th 2013 - 03:28 UTC
Cubans a little bit more free: restrictions on overseas travel relaxed after 50 years

After over half a century, Cuba's new immigration rules that will take effect on January 14 will relax overseas travel restrictions, Havana authorities said. From Tuesday Cubans intending to travel can apply for a passport without the need to present a government permit, known as the White Card, or an invitation letter from abroad, two prior requisites that made travel planning more onerous, according to Cuba's immigration bureau (IND).
Thursday, December 13th 2012 - 22:57 UTC
Chavez in critical condition with three months to live, says Venezuelan doctor

Venezuelan doctor Jose Rafael Marquina, who is based in the US and is known for his accurate prognoses on President Hugo Chavez’s health, told a local Florida radio that the Venezuelan leader Chavez has “between two and three months to live”.