Tag: Cuba

Tuesday, February 28th 2012 - 17:23 UTC
Chavez recovering from cancer surgery but no official work on his condition

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez came out of cancer surgery overnight in Cuba and is recovering in a hospital, two sources said on Tuesday, but there was still no official word on the leader's condition.
Tuesday, February 21st 2012 - 23:59 UTC
President Chavez announces he has to undergo another operation

Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez said on Tuesday he would have to undergo another operation after doctors in Cuba found a lesion in his pelvis where surgeons removed a large cancerous tumour last year.
Tuesday, February 14th 2012 - 21:10 UTC
Cuba must be member of OAS to attend the Americas Summit, says Washington

The US State Department said on Monday that if Cuba wants to participate in the coming Summit of the Americas to be hosted by Colombia, it must first fully integrate to the Organization of American States and guarantee the basic liberties of its citizens.
Friday, February 10th 2012 - 02:03 UTC
Debate on Cuba’s attendance to the coming Americas summit in Colombia

The Cuban government has expressed its interest in attending the coming Summit of the Americas scheduled for next April in Cartagena, revealed Colombian Foreign Affairs minister Maria Angela Holguin following a visit to Havana.
Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 06:13 UTC
Half a century embargo and nine US president later Fidel Castro is still around

The 50th anniversary of the US trade embargo against Cuba on Tuesday was met with little fanfare on the island, where Cubans said it was a failed policy that had succeeded only in making their lives more difficult.
Monday, February 6th 2012 - 07:10 UTC
Fidel Castro presents two-volume memoirs and cautions about limits to Socialism

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro presented a two-volume memoir at a public ceremony in Havana, where he referred to the mistake of believing that with socialism all economic problems are solved, official media said Saturday.
Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 23:13 UTC
ALBA summit takes off celebrating a frustrated 1992 military coup by Chavez

Cuban president Raul Castro arrived on Friday to Caracas for the XI summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of America, ALBA, and to participate in the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the frustrated military coup by then a young Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Chavez, currently Venezuelan president.
Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 23:08 UTC
Cuba’s pro-democracy blogger denied permission to travel to Brazil

Cuba’s best-known pro-democracy blogger said she was denied permission to leave her country after Brazil granted her a visa ahead of President Dilma Rousseff’s state visit to the Castro brothers’ island last week.
Wednesday, February 1st 2012 - 15:56 UTC
Brazilian president meets Fidel Castro; promises financial economic aid to Cuba

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff met with Fidel Castro, the revolutionary hero of her youth, and held talks with his younger brother, President Raul Castro, on Tuesday in a visit to strengthen financial and economic ties with Cuba. On Wednesday Rousseff left for Haiti.
Wednesday, February 1st 2012 - 00:09 UTC
Rousseff downplays human rights issue during her visit to Cuba

Visiting Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff refused to criticize Cuba’s human rights record on Tuesday, saying the issue should not be used to score ideological points.