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‘The Cuban Quintet’ (+1) is warmly greeted in Moscow
The five Cuban intelligence officers who spent many years in U.S. prisons after their arrest in South Florida in 1998 were in Moscow this week to attend the annual Victory Day…
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Cuba, Germany seek stronger trade and cultural ties
Germany's Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, congratulated the Cuban people on "overcoming the Cold War" and expressed "great interest" in establishing closer relations with the…
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Bid to deploy Russian missiles in Cuba is seen as blustering
Two Communist Party deputies at the Russian Duma have asked the Russian government to deploy Russian missiles in Cuba and reopen a signals interception center in the Cuban city of…
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Dark Capital: Panama Papers just the tip of the iceberg
Dark Capital is a big reason there is never enough tax revenue around to rebuild infrastructure, to reinvent industry, to bear the cost of transitioning to a green energy paradigm, and…
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The Panama Papers could lead to capitalism’s great crisis
Developing economies lost $7.8 trillion in cash because of maneuvers like those allegedly done by Mossack Fonseca, between 2004 and 2013.
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Persecution of Christians in Middle East will be topic of Francis/Kirill talks
By arranging this meeting in Cuba Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill can afford to concentrate on the real dangers faced by both faith communities in the 21st Century.
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Pope-patriarch meeting to open Rome’s dialogue with Orthodox world, says expert
Marco Politi, the author of several books on papacy, told the Russian news agency TASS that the forthcoming meeting, which will take place in Havana, has a great political interest for…
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Pope and Russian Orthodox leader to meet in Havana
Pope Francis will hold a meeting with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia in Cuba on February 12th. It marks the first ever such meeting between a Roman Pontiff and the head of…
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Hollande stresses need to end the ’embargo/blockade’ (Video)
Raúl Castro's visit to France will hopefully build bases for a forthcoming economic cooperation between the two countries. It comes at a key moment for Cuba; the island's public debt is…
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France is ‘resolutely’ on Cuba’s side in demanding an end to the blockade
François Hollande on Monday offered frank and massive support for the lifting of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, as he stood beside President Raúl Castro, in Paris for the first…
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