Tag: Cuba

• Tuesday, June 28th 2011 - 06:25 UTC

  Growing demands for information on President Chavez health condition

  

  Demands by Venezuela's opposition for information on President Hugo Chavez's health grew louder Monday and bond prices rallied on speculation the populist leader could be seriously ill.

• Sunday, June 26th 2011 - 02:51 UTC

  Contradictory reports on the health condition of President Chavez

  

  Venezuela’s Deputy Foreign Affairs minister Temir Porras said on Saturday President Hugo Chavez was rapidly recovering from surgery and described reports to the contrary published in the Miami press as ‘day dreaming’

• Friday, June 24th 2011 - 19:59 UTC

  Venezuela’s Chavez health and prolonged recovery turns into political controversy

  

  Two weeks after surgery in Cuba, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is “stronger than ever” but will not rush home until he is ready, announced Defence minister General Carlos Mata Figueroa.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2011 - 08:52 UTC

  “Problematic” accounting practices in 37% of Cuban state companies audited

  

  “Deficient” or “problematic” accounting practices have been exposed in 37% of Cuban government companies according to the latest report from the Comptroller General, Gladys Bejerano.

• Monday, June 20th 2011 - 21:26 UTC

  Iran and Cuba, two of the most repressive countries for journalists, says CPJ

  

  Nearly 70 journalists were forced into exile over the past 12 months, with more than half coming from Iran and Cuba, two of the world's most repressive nations, a new survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists has found.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2011 - 02:46 UTC

  Venezuelan president recovering in Cuba says he is in “full capacities”

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Monday he had his “full faculties” after an operation in Cuba and was still managing government affairs despite being ordered to rest for several days more.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2011 - 06:26 UTC

  Relatives of Cuban political prisoner Zapata Tamayo leave with his ashes for Miami

  

  The body of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo, whose death by hunger strike last year provoked international criticism of Cuba was exhumed for cremation Tuesday, his family said, enabling them to take his remains when they emigrate to the United States.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2011 - 06:01 UTC

  One way Cubana airline tickets to jail for 14 Cubans and a Chilean ring master

  

  A Cuban court has convicted 14 government officials and businessmen and a Chilean entrepreneur for corruption and bribery involving the state-owned airline and a tourism agency.

• Saturday, June 4th 2011 - 06:35 UTC

  Raul Castro completes the octogenarian club to rejuvenate Cuban leadership

  

  Cuban President Raul Castro turned 80 on Friday, vowing to rejuvenate the country's aging leadership and its sagging economy.

• Monday, May 30th 2011 - 02:52 UTC

  National Ballet of Cuba and the legendary Alicia Alonso on US month long tour

  

  The National Ballet of Cuba plans to deliver a “message of peace” when it starts its first United States tour in eight years, said renowned director, Alicia Alonso. The visit is expected to last one month.