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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Aug 17, 2009

  AIDS on the rise in Cuban youth, say officials

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- Cuban health authorities have warned of a dramatic rise in AIDS cases among the young on the island, where there over 1,300 new HIV infections in 2008 and another 1,400 are estimated for this year. Cubans aged 19 to 24 are at the greatest risk of infection, said Jorge...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jun 25, 2009

  The solid arguments have been trampled on once again

• Statement by the OSPAAAL Executive Secretariat The Organization for Solidarity with the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America (OSPAAAL) condemns the refusal of the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case of the five Cuban heroes unjustly incarcerated in U.S. territory for almost 11...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jun 18, 2009

  The immediate release of the Five is the only way to do real justice

Statement of Cuban youth in response to the unjust decision of the U.S. Supreme Court not to review the case of our heroes, the Cuban Five...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 8, 2009

  The only U.S. president I have known

Reflections of Fidel (Taken from CubaDebate) CARTER is the only ex-president of the United States that I have had the honor of knowing, apart from Nixon, who had not as yet become president. I had visited Washington to take part in a press conference that represented a...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 14, 2009

  Cubans say Obama move will help families

By Jeff Franks and Pascal Fletcher: HAVANA/MIAMI (Reuters) -- President Barack Obama's lifting of US curbs on family travel and remittances to Cuba will bring divided families closer and supplement stressed budgets on the island, Cubans and Cuban Americans said on Monday. On both sides of...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Feb 7, 2009

  The immediate response

THE response came barely a few hours later. Rahm Emmanuel, the White House chief of staff, spoke. It is of no importance that he failed to mention my modest Reflection. What is important is the response. He told journalists that what interests President Obama is the Cuban-American community....... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jan 30, 2009

  Chavez tells Obama to give Guantanamo back to Cuba

BELEM, Brazil (Reuters): Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday urged US President Barack Obama to return the military base of Guantanamo to Cuba after applauding his decision to close the prison for terrorism suspects there. The anti-US Cuba ally has tense relations with the United...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 30, 2008

  Massive UN vote in favor of lifting US embargo on Cuba

UNITED NATIONS (AFP): The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly for the 17th year in a row Wednesday to demand an end to the 46-year-old US trade embargo on communist-ruled Cuba, with only three countries saying no. Some 185 of the assembly's 192 members voted in favor of the text which...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jun 28, 2008

  Truth and Diatribes

Reflections of Fidel: We know that people living in industrialized and wealthy countries spend, on average, 25% of their income on food. Those who live in nations which were condemned to economic underdevelopment by the former devote up to 80% of their income to this end. Many go...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 25, 2008

  Martí’s Immortal Ideas

Reflections of Fidel: JUST a few days ago, a friend of mine sent me the text of a report from Gallup, the well-known U.S. opinion pollster. I started to leaf through the material with the natural lack of confidence given the lying and hypocritical information usually used against our...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jul 28, 2007

  Raúl Castro Cuba: The Revolution’s Most Important Weapon - The People

• Fidel engaging in increasingly intense and valuable activities • Willing to hold talks, on an equal footing, with the United States • Cuba will accept foreign investment: capital, technology and markets • Strengthening our defensive capacity • A special effort must be made in...... [view]

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