Tag: Raúl Castro

Friday, February 28th 2014 - 02:55 UTC
Brazil and Cuba, for different reasons, trying to unravel Venezuela's political crisis

The visit this week of Brazil's former president Lula da Silva to Havana could help to unravel the current political crisis in Venezuela according to Argentine political analyst Rosendo Fraga, since both countries have much to lose if the conflicting situation continues.
Thursday, January 30th 2014 - 06:35 UTC
Celac ratifies full support for Argentina's Malvinas “legitimate sovereignty” claim

The Celac summit in Cuba underlined in its final declaration its determination to strengthen the regional space among Latin American and Caribbean countries and at the same time ratified its full support for Argentina's claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.
Friday, December 20th 2013 - 06:35 UTC
After fifty years Cubans can now buy and sell cars, but for most non affordable

Cubans will be able to buy new and second-hand cars from state-run retailers without a permit under new rules approved by President Raul Castro's government. The measure, announced Thursday by the official media, is another step in Castro's plan to “modernize” the island's socialist economy and lift decades-old market restrictions.
Tuesday, October 22nd 2013 - 22:50 UTC
Cuba to scrap two-currency system which helped creation of a two-tier class system

Cuba is to scrap its two-currency system in the latest financial reform rolled out by President Raul Castro, official media report. Since 1994 Cuba has had two currencies, one pegged to the US dollar and the other worth only a fraction of that. The more valuable convertible peso (CUC) was reserved for use in the tourism sector and foreign trade. Now its value will be gradually unified with the lower-value CUP, ending a system resented by ordinary Cubans.
Thursday, October 10th 2013 - 01:11 UTC
New editors for leading Cuban newspapers: “too much triumphalism and too apologetic”

Cuba has appointed new editors for the country's two main newspapers - Granma and Juventud Rebelde. The shake up in the island's tightly controlled media was described by the Communist Party as a “renewal”.
Saturday, July 27th 2013 - 20:16 UTC
Raul Castro promises ‘gradual and orderly’ transfer of power to new generations

The Cuban Revolution remains a movement of young people, President Raul Castro said on Friday during an event to mark the 60th anniversary of an attack on a military barracks which is considered the starting point of the uprising that brought it to power in 1959.
Wednesday, July 24th 2013 - 07:15 UTC
Mujica flies to Havana to meet the Castro brothers and celebrate 60 years of Cuba’s revolution

Uruguayan president and former guerrilla Jose Mujica left Tuesday night for Cuba where he is scheduled to hold meetings with President Raul Castro, the revolution leader Fidel Castro and attend the celebrations of the sixtieth anniversary of the assault on the Moncada military fort.
Saturday, April 20th 2013 - 08:19 UTC
Maduro takes office as first ‘Chavista’ president; in massive parade military swear allegiance

When the last tanks rumbled past and the massive civil-military parade with display of state of the art missile launchers had come to an end in early Friday night of Caracas, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro could sigh in relief because his last twenty four hours had been really hectic.
Wednesday, March 20th 2013 - 07:46 UTC
Venezuelan presidential candidate Capriles pledges “not another drop of oil to Cuba”

Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate on Monday vowed to end the OPEC nation's shipments of subsidized oil to the Castro brothers regime in Cuba, slamming acting President as a puppet of Havana.
Tuesday, March 12th 2013 - 00:12 UTC
”Absolute confidence” of the Cuban regime in Nicolas Maduro

President Raul Castro expressed “absolute confidence” in Hugo Chavez's successors, after returning from the populist leader's funeral in Caracas, the Cuban press reported Sunday.