Pope Benedict XVI will likely announce that the Rev. Felix Varela, who struggled for Cuba’s independence from Spain, has been put on the road to sainthood when he visits the island next month, according to a Catholic news service.
The Roman Catholic Church in Cuba has announced the dates and a partial itinerary for Pope Benedict XVI's much-anticipated visit to the island, the first by a pontiff since John Paul II's groundbreaking 1998 tour.
Yoani Sanchez listed #81 on Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers
2011-11-29
When Yoani Sánchez launched her blog, Generation Y, in 2007, the Havana-born computer programmer turned journalist was a virtual unknown. Four years later, she's a dissident voice of such prominence that the Cuban government has ordered her detained and beaten. A blurb from Barack Obama even graces her recently published book, Havana Real.
Cuban oil project fuels US anxieties
2011-11-17
autor:Michael Voss BBC News
A massive $750m (£473m) Chinese-built oil rig, the Scarabeo 9, is due to arrive in Cuba before the end of the year, to begin drilling a series of exploratory wells.
Iran allocates credit line for Cuba
2011-11-04
Iran has allocated a credit line for reconstruction of Cuba's energy system, the Cuban vice president of the National Institute of Water Resources said.
Vietnam pressing Cuba on Vinafood debt
2011-10-10
Before increasing investment in oil and construction on the island, Vietnam wants Cuba to find a way to its debt with rice exporter Vinafood and allow the opening of a Vietcombank office in Havana, official daily
Viet Nam News reported.
Europe-Cuba NGO Network on the government violence against women’s organizations in Cuba
2011-08-31
In the light of the recent incidents in Cuba during when the Cuban dissident groups were brutally repressed, the European organizations called on the government to stop the use of violence against the civil society groups.
Kerry lifts hold on cash promoting Cuba democracy
2011-07-29
A senior U.S. senator says the Obama administration has agreed to review its democracy promotion programs in communist Cuba.
2012-02-09
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