By Larry Moonze in Havana, Cuba on June 5, 2018, The Mast DIRECT mail service between the United States and Cuba has fully been re-established after the completion of a pilot programme. […]
Wisconsin Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba
Why African-American Doctors Are Choosing to Study Medicine in Cuba
By Anakwa Dwamena June 6, 2018 The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/ In the countryside of western Havana, during the fall, rickety yellow buses carry first-year medical students from the Latin American School of Medicine. […]
Irish in Latin American Exhibit
Of the c.14 panels, 5 are re: Cuba, including one on Che Guevera which was banned at this exhibit’s first run in Miami, but was re-created for the showing here. Very informative, […]
Younger party official faces test as Cuba’s next president
BY ANDREA RODRIGUEZ AND MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press April 17, 2018, SANTA CLARA, CUBA FILE – In this July 6, 2013 file photo, Cuba’s President Raul Castro, left, and Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez […]
More Black Officials in Power in Cuba as Leadership Changes
By FRANCES ROBLES and AZAM AHMED Paying homage to Fidel Castro at Plaza de la Revolucion in Havana in 2016. Credit Tomas Munita for The New York Times As the departing Cuban president, Raúl Castro, tells it, […]
The Cuba Caravan is Coming to Town
Progress had been made…Let’s keep it rolling! Demand freedom to travel an end to the embargo! [There’s still time to join this year’s caravan to Cuba! DEADLINE TO APPLY: May 1ST 2018. See https://ifconews.org/cuba-caravan2018/ or call 212-926-5757 ext. 6] […]
Hope for a vaccine against lung cancer
BBC World Service, Health Check, March 8, 2018 Hope for a vaccine against lung cancer Despite frosty relations between Cuba and the United States, the first ever trial of a Cuban-made anti-cancer treatment […]
The Blockade Is Obsolete, Illegal: Vice-President of the European Commission in Cuba
Telesur | Thursday, 4 January 2018 | Click here for original article “The blockade is not the solution. The Europeans have told our American friends many times,” said European Commision Vice-President Federica Mogherini. “The blockade is […]
Cuba: Over 50% of Parliament Candidates are Women
Escambray | Tuesday, 30 January 2018 | Click here for original article If all the nominees are ratified, this will make Cuba the second greatest country on earth for female participation in parliament, electoral authorities highlighted […]
Cuban independent media say no thanks to Trump free press initiative
Sarah Marsh, February 6, 2018 Reuters Miguel Hayes, who writes for the blog La Joven Cuba, connects to the internet at a hotspot in a park, in Havana, Cuba, Feb. 5, 2018 […]
