Tag: Cuba

• Thursday, March 29th 2012 - 03:56 UTC

  Bendict calls for “authentic freedom” in Cuba and has cordial chat with Fidel Castro

  

  Pope Benedict urged Cubans to search for “authentic freedom” and met with revolutionary icon Fidel Castro as he wrapped up a visit in which he said Cuba must change.

• Tuesday, March 27th 2012 - 11:22 UTC

  The Pope next to Castro calls for a future of “freedom and reconciliation” in Cuba

  

  Pope Benedict urged Cubans to build a better, “renewed and open society” on Monday and pressed the Castro brothers regime to give the Catholic Church more liberties to help the country as it faced an uncertain future.

• Monday, March 26th 2012 - 08:41 UTC

  Benedict in Mexico condemns drug trafficking, corruption and ‘futile acts of revenge’

  

  Pope Benedict at a huge outdoor Mass on Sunday condemned drug trafficking and corruption in Mexico, urging people to put aside violence and revenge in the country where a murderous war between cartels has led to tens of thousands of deaths.

• Sunday, March 25th 2012 - 08:37 UTC

  Chavez in Cuba for cancer radiation treatment; promises to be back in several days

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will return to Cuba to begin radiation treatment for cancer on Sunday, but said he was in ‘good shape’ and would be back home in several days.

• Monday, March 19th 2012 - 23:02 UTC

  Cuba releases “Ladies in White”; tells them to keep away from Pope’s activities

  

  Cuba released 70 members of the dissident Ladies in White group detained during the weekend but warned them not to attend activities related to next week's visit of Pope Benedict, the group's leader said.

• Monday, March 19th 2012 - 14:52 UTC

  Cuba detains Ladies in White ahead of the visit by Pope Benedict XVI

  

  Cuban authorities detained on Sunday about 70 members of the dissident group Ladies in White, drawing fresh attention to human rights issues days ahead of a visit by Pope Bendict XVI.

• Saturday, March 10th 2012 - 07:18 UTC

  Uruguay and US will attend Americas’ summit: Cuba and Ecuador absent

  

  Uruguay’s minister of Foreign Affairs Luis Almagro described on Friday as ‘inadmissible” the exclusion of Cuba from the VI Summit of the Americas scheduled for next April 14/15 in Cartagena, Colombia.

• Friday, March 9th 2012 - 03:22 UTC

  Under pressure from Washington Cuba left out of hemispheric summit

  

  Cuba said it was “unacceptable” that it will not be invited to an upcoming hemispheric summit in Colombia and blamed the United States for insisting that Cuba be excluded.

• Thursday, March 8th 2012 - 06:21 UTC

  Chavez will return home from Cuba next week, says Colombian president

  

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Venezuela's Hugo Chávez will return home next week from Cuba where he is recovering from surgery to remove a cancerous tumour.

• Monday, March 5th 2012 - 05:32 UTC

  Chavez proclaims “I will overcome”, admits radiation treatment for cancer

  

  President Hugo Chavez said he will need radiation treatment for cancer in the run-up to Venezuela's October presidential poll though he insisted there was no metastasis after the removal of another tumour.