Tag: Cuba

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.
Tuesday, January 31st 2012 - 05:39 UTC
Dilma Rousseff arrives in Havana to advance trade and investment relations

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff arrived Monday to Cuba for a two-day visit to discuss bilateral economic cooperation and human rights. From Cuba Rousseff will travel on to Haiti as she aims to continue the regional diplomatic outreach of her popular predecessor, Lula da Silva.
Tuesday, January 31st 2012 - 05:22 UTC
Brazilian company signs agreement to recover the defunct Cuban sugar industry

Brazilian builder Odebrecht plans to produce sugar in Cuba, the company said on Monday as incentives for foreign investment in the Castro family’s regime raise hopes of a recovery in the once-booming sector after decades of decline.
Monday, January 30th 2012 - 06:36 UTC
Raul Castro’s political reforms remain an announcement

President Raul Castro defended Cuba's one-party political system as a bulwark against US imperialism and said it would remain as it is in a speech on Sunday to a Communist Party conference.
Friday, January 27th 2012 - 11:39 UTC
Rousseff signals clear difference with Lula da Silva in coming visit to Cuba

Brazil issued a tourist visa to a dissident Cuban blogger a few days before President Dilma Rousseff is scheduled to travel to the Castro family island in a visit being dominated by human rights concerns.
Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 07:32 UTC
Most Cuban trained doctors fail basic test to practice medicine in Chile

Almost 80% of Chilean doctors with overseas degrees failed in 2011 the mandatory National medical knowledge Test, Eunacom, demanded to practice medicine in the country or have work opportunities at the government national health scheme.
Thursday, January 12th 2012 - 18:10 UTC
Iranian president from Cuba announces the “decay of the capitalist system”

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blasted capitalism during a speech at Cuba's University of Havana on the third leg of a trip to highlight friendship with Latin American allies, most of them at odds with Washington's.