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POLITICS-CUBA: Castro Leads Massive March to Protest US Policy
Cuba's President Fidel Castro led several thousand people past the United States Interests Section in the island's capital in the first "combatant march" this year, an event convened by student groups to protest the US law they claim led to the deaths of two Cuban adolescents who left the island hidden in an aircraft's landing mechanism in December.POLITICS-CUBA/US: Tragedy in the Air Underscores Emigration Dilemma
The death of two adolescents who left Cuba hidden in the landing gear of an airplane has moved a country where those who want to emigrate far outnumber those who have a real chance at doing so.RIGHTS-CUBA: Dissidents Launch Appeal for International Support
Representatives of 73 dissident organisations in Cuba emitted a call Tuesday for the international community to help "halt the wave of repression unleashed by the government" of Fidel Castro that began in 1999./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/EXHIBITION-CUBA: Havana Biennial Opens Doors to the Diaspora
An extensive collection of Cuban art from the last four decades, including works by artists in exile, can be seen for the first time in this country among the more than 20 expositions that make up the Seventh Biennial of Havana.DRUGS-CUBA: Drug Seizures Up
Some 11,000 kgs of drugs were seized in the first 10 months of this year in Cuba, 3,000 more than in 1999, according to official reports.POLITICS-CUBA/US: A Year after Elian, Jonathan Makes Reverse Trip
The custody battle over a young child is once again at the centre of relations between Cuba and the Cuban- exile community in the United States, just as Elián González reaches the one-year anniversary since he was shipwrecked off the coast of Florida.RIGHTS-CUBA: Victims Demand Extradition of Self-Professed Terrorist
The families of the victims of several attacks against Cuba are hoping for what they call "an act of justice" -- the extradition of Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles, wanted by Havana in connection with several crimes, and arrested last Friday in Panama for an alleged plot to kill Fidel Castro.LABOUR-CUBA: Worker Discontent Deepens with Crisis
Job dissatisfaction among Cuban workers has grown worse over the last decade, in parallel with the worst economic crisis the socialist government of Fidel Castro has faced.POLITICS-CUBA/US: Havana Celebrates Its UN Victory
The Cuban government is using "resounding victory" to describe the United Nations approval of a resolution calling for "the immediate end to the blockade" the United States has imposed against the Caribbean nation for almost four decades.COMMUNICATIONS-CUBA: Cybercafe for Intellectuals, Artists
Some 200 writers and editors will benefit from the opening of "El Aleph", the first cybercafe in Cuba, where the state maintains strict control over access to the Internet.ENVIRONMENT/DEVELOPMENT: Protecting Cuba’s ‘Green Garden’
The small town of Ancón in western Cuba is the first to benefit from a sustainable development programme aimed at protecting the Viñales valley, increasingly threatened by a steady inflow of tourists.HEALTH-CUBA: Targetting Women to Promote Safe Sex
A campaign aimed at fighting the rise in AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in Cuba is targetting women in its bid to promote condom use, because health authorities point out that women are in a more vulnerable position than men.TRADE-CUBA/VENEZUELA: Castro Visit Marks Closer Ties
Cuba's President Fidel Castro flies to Venezuela Thursday, his first official visit to the country in 40 years, which could give the two Caribbean nation' economic relations a big push, going beyond the petroleum sector./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/FILM-CUBA: Groundbreaking Work in Theme and Technology
Cuban filmmaker Humberto Solás is putting the finishing touches on a new film, which promises to take on such controversial issues as the disintegration of families on the island caused by the waves of emigration during the last few decades.ENVIRONMENT-CUBA: Viñales Valley at the Crossroads of Tourism
Few travellers can resist the temptation of entering Bárbara Caridad Miranda's garden when they visit Viñales, a unique Cuban town that today faces the challenge of cashing in on tourism while maintaining its environment and cultural identity.POPULATION-CUBA: Crisis Hits Elderly Hard
The crisis that has devastated the economy of Cuba over the past 10 years has radically changed the lives of its citizens, and especially the lives of those over 60, the most vulnerable, fastest-growing sector of the population.RIGHTS-CUBA: Violence Against Women – Silence and Censorship
Statistics on the problem of violence against women are hard to come by in Cuba, and the government does its best to downplay the problem.DEVELOPMENT-CUBA: Lugging Water in Havana
The sight of people lugging buckets and jugs of water home from tank wagons is becoming routine in the Cuban capital, where the already habitual water supply problems have been aggravated by even more frequent interruptions of the service in the past few weeks.ECONOMY-CUBA: Living High on the Nickel Boom
Canadian investment in Cuba's nickel industry has made a major contribution to the take-off experienced by the sector in the past decade. It has also changed life in Moa, a young mining town with more than its share of university graduates, where income levels are among the highest in Cuba.CUBA-US: Guantanamo, a Hundred-Year Thorn in Cuba’s Flesh
The Guantanamo naval base, the only United States military enclave in a socialist country, has governed the lives of the inhabitants of this region at the eastern tip of Cuba since the early 20th century.CUBA: Hurricane Debby Brings Hope to Drought-Stricken Region
The rains brought by hurricane Debby -- weakened to the category of tropical storm -- in southeastern Cuba have brought new hopes to the residents of the province of Guantanamo, who have been suffering the most severe drought of the past 10 years.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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