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News blackout shrouds trial in Finland for 6 Cuban athletes
The trial of six Cuban athletes accused of raping a Finnish woman began Monday in the Pirkanmaa District Court, in the city of Tampere, northwest of Helsinki. The men are all members of…
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Trial is set in Finland for 6 Cuban athletes charged with rape (Update)
An oral trial closed to the press will be held next week in Finland in the case of six Cuban athletes detained there in early July. The six Cubans have been charged with aggravated…
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Are ex-Cubans Cuban?
I hope the “ex-Cuban” comment was a harmless mistake. In the spur of the moment, and on television, I know how your mind can shorten and convolute a thought. At least I hope that’s what…
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Kenya to tap into Cuba’s ‘best healthcare model’
The Kenyan government is planning on cooperating with Cuba to help improve and provide quality and affordable healthcare services in the country.
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‘Brexit’ might be the wake-up call Europe needs
There is a Mafia-like quality to the threats emanating from European Union officials who are demonstrating once again not only their contempt for democracy, but their shamelessness as…
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What do Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Trump have in common?
The imminent choice of Donald Trump as the Republican candidate for president of the U.S. got me thinking about those ‘famous’ pop music characters, Justin Bieber and Rihanna. It…
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Cuba gets green light to reopen consulate in the former Leningrad
Cuba's vice president Miguel Díaz-Canel on Saturday (May 28) received assurances from the Mayor of St. Petersburg, Georgi Poltavchenko, that Cuba may reopen a consulate and install a…
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WikiLeaks exposes text from secretly negotiated TISA trade deal
WikiLeaks released classified documents from the Trade in Services Agreement, a huge trade agreement being negotiated in secret by the U.S., the EU and 22 other countries. It shows how…
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Putin welcomes Díaz-Canel to the Kremlin
Cuban Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel met Wednesday in Moscow with President Vladimir V. Putin and members of his staff. The men discussed the outlook for trade and economic…
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Díaz-Canel to meet with Russian premier this week (Updated)
Cuban Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel will travel to Moscow and meet on Thursday with Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev. On Tuesday, Díaz-Canel continued his visit to Belarus by…
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