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New senate bill introduced to allow trading with Cuba
The Freedom to Export to Cuba Act, that would drop the embargo that prohibits the U.S. from trading with or operating in Cuba, was introduced Thursday by Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
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Some Florida leaders just don’t care who they hurt
Does ideology trump a good deal that can lead to better health care for the many people who need help in Florida – whose numbers are upwards of a million?
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Russian minister stops in Managua on his way to Cuba
After arriving in Managua from Caracas Wednesday night (Feb. 12), the Russian defense minister, Army Gen. Sergei K. Shoigu, spent several hours meeting with Nicaraguan Army and Defense…
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Urban cooperatives in Cuba: A little, not too much
The cooperatives are also a space of confrontation between the new, which wants to grow, and the old, which refuses to die. A struggle in which others, like Luis, who wants to go from…
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MinRex officials counsel Obama on talks with Cuba
An article in Granma today outlines what Obama can do to modify the blockade. It is unusual, in that it is signed by two persons identified as ‘functionaries’, but without mention of…
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15 powerful quotes from the world’s most humble president
This article was first published in June 2014. President Mujica will soon be Uruguay’s former president as he finishes his term in March 2015. We felt his thoughts and ideas are worth…
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Russian defense chief will tour 3 Latin American nations
Russia's defense minister, Army Gen. Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu, will arrive in Caracas on Wednesday (Feb. 11), on the first stop of a four-day tour that will also take him to…
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Cuba expands trade relations with South Korea
South Korea's government-run trade insurer said Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a formal credit line and payment guarantee arrangement with Cuba.
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In Rome, Cuban cardinal hails U.S.-Cuba thaw
The ambassadors of Cuba and the U.S. to the Holy See attended a Mass in Rome on Sunday officiated by Cardinal Jaime Ortega at which the Cuban prelate hailed the budding dialogue between…
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Measles returns on the back of ignorance
Almost everyone, from scientists to doctors, to public health officials, to the average parent thought that, at least in the United States, measles was basically history. Recent…
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