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CUBA-U.S.: Back at the Negotiating Table
The governments of Cuba and the United States sat down at the negotiating table again Wednesday, eight months after a blow-out triggered by Cuba's shooting down of two small aircraft flown by U.S.- based exiles.CUBA-SPAIN: Diplomatic Crisis Goes on Hold
The crisis between Cuba and Spain went "on hold" Thursday as both parties appeared to be behaving calmly, said the island's foreign ministry.CUBA-SPAIN: Mute Over Crisis, Spanish Businessmen Continue to Trade
The silence syndrome, a well-known ailment afflicting Cuban officials, has spread to most of the Spanish business community here as the diplomatic crisis between Havana and Madrid intensifies.CUBA: “Human Chain” Surrounds Spanish Embassy
Spain's embassy in the Cuban capital awoke surrounded by a "human chain" Wednesday preventing vehicles and passersby from approaching the building.CUBA-SPAIN: Tense Relations Capped by Blow-out
Cuba's Deputy Minister Isabel Allende said Tuesday that the government's withdrawal of approval from Spanish Ambassador Jose Coderch was a responsible move, not a "temper tantrum."CUBA-RELIGION: Detente Continues Apace
The thaw in the once frosty relations between church and state in Cuba is becoming more pronounced following the landmark meeting at the Vatican on Nov. 19 between President Fidel Castro and Pope John Paul 11./IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ CUBA: Fish Return but Problems Remain for Havana Bay
Recent strollers around the long-polluted waters of Havana Bay have been treated to a rare sight - fish are swimming in the Bay again, raising hopes that centries of contamination is at last being contained.LATIN AMERICA: Declaration Demands Higher Education for All
Representatives of 24 Latin American and Caribbean nations made a declaration calling for the lifelong right to higher education for all, on a basis of discrimination- free individual merit here Friday.LATIN AMERICA: Tourism and Culture, a Winning Combination
The relation between tourism and culture and the defence of a cultural identity are the bases needed for the booming leisure business, said delegates at a regional meeting on tourism here this week.LATIN AMERICA-EDUCATION: Globalisation Demands Regional Alliances
Integration is Latin America's only alternative in the face of today's globalisation of educational processes, according to participants in a regional conference on the transformation of higher education being held in Cuba.ENVIRONMENT: Fish Return but Problems Remain for Havana Bay
Recent strollers around the long-polluted waters of Havana Bay have been treated to a rare sight - fish are swimming in the Bay again, raising hopes that centries of contamination is at last being contained.CUBA-EDUCATION: University Education for All?
Cuba has won the war against illiterary and established free education through to grade nine. Schools are public. Now the Caribbean island is considering the challenge of "university for all".LATIN AMERICA: Merit-Based Higher Education For All
One of the big challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean in the 21st century will be to make higher education a possibility for all, with a foundation of equality based on merit and individual ability./IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN/ CUBA: Crisis in the Kitchen
The city food markets throughout Cuba are filled with beans, oranges, bananas and pork but, because there are not enough buyers with sufficient dollars, many household kitchens remain short of food.CUBA-U.S.: New Forms of Hostility and Marginal Changes Expected
With U.S. President Bill Clinton's reelection, Cuba expects only marginal changes and new forms of hostility -- but no improvement in relations.FOOD-CUBA: Crisis in the Kitchen
The city food markets throughout Cuba are filled with beans, oranges, bananas and pork but, because there are not enough buyers with sufficient dollars, many household kitchens remain short of food./IPS BULLETIN OF RELIGIOUS ISSUES/ CUBA: Towards an Alliance with the Vatican?
This week's visit by the Vatican's "foreign minister" Jean Louis Tauran to Cuba is expected to lead to an informal alliance between the government of President Fidel Castro and the Holy See.CUBA-CHURCH: Towards an Alliance with the Vatican?
This week's visit by the Vatican's "foreign minister" Jean Louis Tauran to Cuba is expected to lead to an informal alliance between the government of President Fidel Castro and the Holy See.CUBA-MUSIC: Beatles Back, but Musical Censors Still Around
The Beatles, Britain's musical icons of the 1960's, have released a new selection of songs recorded in their heyday and revived memories for Cubans - once prevented by censorship from listening to the famous quartet.CHILDREN-CUBA: Kids Skip School to Work the Streets
While visitors to Cuba don't have to step around swarms of youngsters sleeping rough on the pavements, that unfortunately is the case in some other Latin American cities, children here are increasingly working the streets./IPS BULLETIN OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS/ CUBA: ‘Love is Still Waiting’, Says Catholic Publication
'Love Hopes and Waits for Everything', a pastoral letter that further chilled the already cool relations between the Cuban government and the Catholic Church three years ago, was brought up again just when a possible visit by Pope John Paul II is being discussed.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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