Tag: Cuba

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.
Thursday, December 29th 2011 - 22:54 UTC
Havana preparing grand ‘brainwashing’ to change the mentality of Cubans

The Cuban regime and the ruling Communist Party are preparing a grand-national conference to try and change the “mentality” of Cubans so that the capitalist-oriented economic reforms and timid political changes sponsored by President Raul Castro are better understood and accepted, according to party sources.
Thursday, December 29th 2011 - 21:44 UTC
Iran’s Ahmadinejad will visit four Latinamerican countries next January

The Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinejad will be travelling to Latinamerica in the second week of January 2012 to visit Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador, announced the Teheran presidential office, according to a report from the official news agency FNA.
Tuesday, December 27th 2011 - 13:52 UTC
Cuba advances with capitalist reforms to install efficient market economy

Cuba will open up more of the country's retail services to the private sector next year, allowing Cubans to operate various services such as appliance and watch repair, and locksmith and carpentry shops, official media reported on Monday.