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POLITICS: Absences to Cast Shadow on Havana Summit
The likely absence of four presidents from the Ninth Ibero-American Summit, to be held in the Cuban capital, jeopardises the meeting itself as well as the host country's attempts to make it "the best summit yet."TRADE: Cuba Looking for Anti-Blockade Support
Cuba is looking for a "strong and clear" rejection of the U.S. trade embargo against Havana when Latin American, Caribbean and European Union (EU) nations meet in Rio de Janeiro at the end of June.TRADE: Cuba Looking for Anti-Blockade Support
Cuba is looking for a "strong and clear" rejection of the U.S. trade embargo against Havana when Latin American, Caribbean and European Union (EU) nations meet in Rio de Janeiro at the end of June.ECONOMY-CUBA: Government to Pay External Debts
Cuba says that will honour obligations to its creditors and pay off foreign debts, currently standing at a whopping 11.2 billion US dollars.RIGHTS-CUBA: Hunger Strikers Seek Freedom for Political Prisoners
Opponents of Fidel Castro's government, who are on a 40-day hunger strike sent a letter to the president Monday seeking amnesty for all "political prisoners and prisoners of conscience" on the island.CUBA: Severe Drought Now Threatens Entire Country
A severe drought affecting eastern Cuba for over a year is now jeopardising western provinces, causing water shortages in the capital and tarnishing the government's optimism over a slight rebound of the economy.RIGHTS-CUBA: Lawsuit Seeks Damages for 40 Years of US Hostility
Cuba's leading social organisations are demanding 181.1 billion dollars in reparations from the United States for the victims of nearly 40 years of "hostile acts."ECONOMY-CUBA: Optimism Grows for Economic Growth
A turnaround in the Cuban sugar industry and improved performances in other sectors has boosted government hopes that economic growth in 1999 will go beyond the original modest target of 2.5 percent.CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: War Dealt UN a Death Blow, Says Cuban Leader
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) war against Yugoslavia has dealt a "mortal blow" to the United Nations, according to the president of the Cuban parliament, Ricardo Alarcon.DEVELOPMENT: Combining Beaches and Mayan Ruins
Cuba and Guatemala have agreed to strengthen the integration of each country's tourist destinations.TRADE: Cuba-US Trademarks War Looms Over Rum Judgement
A US court ruling this month prohibiting the use of a well-known Cuban rum label threatens to trigger a war between Cuba and the United States over trademarks.TRADE: Cuban Biopharmaceuticals Look for Ticket to Europe
Cuba's highly developed pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries produce a variety of unique vaccines and medications which have not yet made their way to European markets due to obstacles raised by transnational corporations.CUBA-US: Music, Sport Provide a Break In Political Conflict
Music and baseball - two great passions of the people of Cuba and the United States - have brought a refreshing change to the long-soured relations between the two countries.RIGHTS-CUBA: ‘Group of Four’ Dissidents Sent to Jail
The four dissidents tried in Cuba early this month on charges of crimes against state security were sentenced to three and a half, four and five years in prison, the government reported Monday.HEALTH-CUBA: Cigar Smokers in a Quandary
Imagining a Cuba without cigars is as difficult to believe as a Brazil with no coffee but cigar producers here are in a quandary over the future since the decision by President Fidel Castro to quit smoking.POLITICS-CUBA: Leading US-Based Exile Group Accused in Bombings
At the trial in Cuba of Salvadoran national Ernesto Cruz Leon, who could be sentenced to death on charges of terrorism, the prosecutor accused the leading U.S.-based Cuban exile group of organising a 1997 string of explosions in tourist installations here.ARTS-ENTERTAINMENT – 6
Next month, Cuban writers will welcome another sign of the gradual re-emergence of the publishing industry next month after suffering a lack of outlets for their talents because of the nine-rear-old economic crisis.RIGHTS-CUBA: Group Accused of Sedition Awaiting Verdict
The four members of the internal dissident Working Group in Cuba began the wait for a verdict Tuesday, which is to be handed within the next 12 days, after a marathon 14-hour court hearing Monday.COMMUNICATIONS-CUBA: Telephone Contact with US Suspended
Cuba partially cut off telephone communications with the United States Thursday, thus formalising a new conflict in the already tense relations between the two countries.COMMUNICATIONS-CUBA: US Threatened with Suspended Service
Telephone communication between Cuba and the United States will be practically cut off Thursday, if overdue payments to the island blocked by a US judge are not handed over.MIGRATION-CUBA: US Law Undermines Accords, Say Authorities
A law still on the books in the United States, which grants preferential treatment to Cuban immigrants, undermines compliance with the migration accords signed by Havana and Washington and stimulates smuggling of migrants, according to local authorities here.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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