31 generals in Dominican Republic sacked for drug traffickingHAVANA - Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez Sunday ordered the retirement of 31 generals for their alleged involvement in drug trafficking, according to reports reaching here from Santo Domingo. Sales of famed Cuban Habanos cigars downHAVANA - Habanos S.A., makers of the famed Montecristo, Cohiba and Partagas brands of Cuban cigars, had sales of some $390 million in 2008, down three percent from last year, a company official has said. Chavez makes surprise visit to CubaHAVANA - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has arrived on a surprise visit to Cuba and met his counterpart Raul Castro, according to an official communique Saturday. Guatemala apologises to Cuba for role in Bay of PigsHAVANA - Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom has publicly apologized for his country’s role in allowing its territory to be used to train the exiles and mercenaries who participated in the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, EFE reported. Hemingway’s personal documents to be digitisedHAVANA - Author Ernest Hemingway’s personal documents, including letters and postcards that were preserved in his home in Cuba, are being digitised here. Chilean president meets ‘agile, active’ Fidel CastroHAVANA - Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has not been seen in public since 2006, was ‘very agile and active’, said Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, Cuban media reported Friday. 60 percent of Cuban workers shirk responsibilities : StudyHAVANA - Some 60 percent of Cuban workers shirk their job responsibilities, 46 percent of workers arrive late for work and 19 percent took more time than allowed for meals and breaks, a study said. Obama unable to solve economic problems: Fidel CastroHAVANA - Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has said that Barack Obama is incapable of solving the problems faced by the US. Obama not able to solve economic problems: Fidel CastroHAVANA - Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has said Barack Obama and his team would not be able to solve the economic problems faced by the US. Obama’s policies losing virginity: Fidel CastroHAVANA - Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has criticised US President Barack Obama saying his ‘politics is losing virginity’, the EFE news agency reported Saturday. Obama’s politics losing its virginity: Fidel CastroHAVANA - Cuban leader Fidel Castro has said that US President Barack Obama’s politics was ‘losing its virginity’, Spanish news agency EFE reported Saturday. Artists from 20 nations to participate in Cuba musical festHAVANA - Musicians from 20 countries, including Latin America and the Caribbean, will participate in the 25th Jazz Plaza International Festival here this year, the organisers announced. Cubans jostle for Spanish citizenshipHAVANA - Thousands of Cubans have shown interest in becoming Spanish citizens by taking advantage of a new ‘grandchildren’s law’ that came into effect in Spain last December. No political concessions for Guantanamo return: Fidel CastroHAVANA - Cuba will not grant any political concessions to the US for a possible return of the Guantanamo Bay naval base, the country’s ailing revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has said. Cubans love listening to dance albumsHAVANA - Cubans love listening to dance albums most, shows a study and listing of sound recordings. Cuba willing to swap dissidents with spies held in US: MinisterHAVANA - Cuba’s foreign minister has said that his country is willing to release jailed dissidents in exchange for the return of the five Cuban intelligence agents imprisoned in the US, EFE reported Thursday. Fidel Castro hails Obama’s ‘honesty’HAVANA - Ailing Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has called new US President Barack Obama a ‘honest’ person with good intentions, but expressed doubt whether he could transform those into action. Castro writes about his lack of longevityHAVANA - Former Cuban president Fidel Castro said in an online essay that he doubts he would have the ‘privilege’ to observe world events in four years and said he wanted to reduce his influence in Cuba’s government. Raul Castro calls Obama ‘a good man’, wishes him luckHAVANA - Cuba’s President Raul Castro Wednesday said US President Barack Obama ’seems to be a good man’ and offered him best of luck, EFE news agency reported. Fidel Castro holds surprise meeting with visiting Argentinean presidentHAVANA - Ailing Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro received visiting Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner here, Cuban news agency Prensa Latina reported Thursday. Cuba unsure what to expect from ObamaHAVANA - Cuba’s parliament speaker has praised Barack Obama’s inaugural address as US president while stressing that it remains to be seen whether the new occupant of the White House would change Washington’s policy towards the communist-ruled island, EFE reported Wednesday. Argentine president calls for greater cooperationHAVANA - Visiting Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez Wednesday called for greater unification of the Latin American countries through cooperation. Young Cubans not interested in getting jobsHAVANA - Getting a job has dropped to fifth place in the ambitions of young Cubans, according to a report by the Granma, the official daily of Cuba’s Communist Party, EFE news agency reported Tuesday. Cuban ballet to perform in Egypt, CanadaHAVANA - Cuban ballet Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba will perform its show ‘Fuerza y compas’ (Force and Beat) in Egypt and Holland, Cuban news agency Prensa Latina reported Wednesday. Cuba sees boom in blind musiciansHAVANA - Cuba has witnessed an increase in the number of amateur blind musicians as a result of the facilities offered to the visually challenged by the music teaching institutions in the country, the Cuban news agency Prensa Latina reported. Raul Castro meets Iranian envoy, pledges stronger tiesHAVANA - Cuban President Raul Castro has expressed confidence in bolstering ties between Havana and Tehran while meeting Iran’s Industry and Mines Minister Ali Akbar Mezharabian, according to an official statement. Cubans encouraged to build their own houses nowHAVANA - In yet another sign of bringing change to the communist country, President Raul Castro has encouraged Cubans to build thier own houses, EFE news agency reported Tuesday. Cuban Revolution survives 50 years despite changing worldHAVANA - Collapsed political systems, presidents who came and went, wars and attacks, broken alliances, rebuilt countries - 50 years of history unrolled across Latin America. Fifty years after revolution Cuba facing serious challengesHAVANA - As Cuba prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the revolution that installed the communist government, the Caribbean island nation looks mired in a time warp. Cuba braces for more austerity to face global recessionHAVANA - Cuba, reeling under three devastating hurricanes in recent months and a 50-year old US embargo, is bracing for more austerity measures in the wake of the global economic recession. |
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