AP PHOTOS: Cuba's LGBT community celebrates
Source: Associated Press
Havana :: Cuba | updated 2013-05-17 13:41:35 -0700 | political-news
A week of drag shows, colorful marches and social and cultural events in Havana culminates Friday with celebrations of the International Day Against Homophobia. Hundreds of activists have taken part in the activities organized by a sex education center headed...
The FARC ready to accelerate peace talks
Posted by: rsa76
Havana :: Cuba | updated 2013-05-19 15:35:59 -0700 | political-news
EFE - Havana - The government of Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Havana today resumed their peace negotiations, to reach the ninth cycle in the agrarian question stagnant, while the guerrillas agree to...
Cuba government holds anti-homophobia parade
Source: Al Jazeera
Havana :: Cuba | updated 2013-05-11 18:09:34 -0700 | political-news
01 The dancing lasted more than an hour in the Havana sun [Reuters] Hundreds of people danced the conga through the streets of Havana to the beats of drums and trumpets in a government-sponsored march against homophobia.
Cuban agent who renounced U.S. citizenship now just a 'Cuban patriot'
Source: Reuters
Havana :: Cuba | updated 2013-05-10 13:59:05 -0700 | political-news
Topics Cuban agent Rene Gonzalez (C) and his wife Olga Salanueva walk outside the U.S. diplomatic mission in Cuba, the U.S...A Cuban agent who served 13 years behind bars in the United States for his role in an espionage ring...
Tourism officials examine Multi-destination tourism
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Havana :: Cuba | updated 2013-05-08 06:06:23 -0700 | political-news
McNeill, who is currently in Cuba, participated in a meeting on multi-destination tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean, which was held on Monday at the Hotel Nacional in Havana. The minister explained that "the meeting facilitated discussions on multi-destination...
Arte At The “Crossroads”
Source: New Haven Independent
Havana :: Cuba | updated 2013-05-07 09:02:32 -0700 | political-news
Arte At The Crossroads by Allan Appel May 7, 2013 8:50 am Please enter the word you see in the image below: Becky Franco was the first woman and first Hispanic to join the Sign and Pictorial Display Union, Local...
Book News: Freud's Couch Succumbs To Despair, Ennui
Source: National Public Radio
Havana :: Cuba | updated 2013-05-07 06:03:31 -0700 | political-news
According to a report in The Guardian , Sigmund Freud's famous couch has fallen into disrepair, and the Freud Museum in London has issued a plea for donations to finance the restorations. A gift from one of his patients, it...
How to Find a Most Wanted Terrorist
Source: Canadian Free Press
Havana :: Cuba | updated 2013-05-06 14:03:44 -0700 | political-news
The press should follow up on the Russian angle to the Islamic terrorist bombers story before President Obama gets carried away with cooperating with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The assumption by the media that the former KGB officer is genuinely...
Cuban spy renouncing US citizenship
Source: The Boston Globe
Havana :: Cuba | updated 2013-05-06 15:44:56 -0700 | political-news
In this file photo released on Wednesday Oct. 12, 2011 by the state media Cubadebate website, convicted Cuban agent Rene Gonzalez talks on the phone accompanied by his youngest daughter Ivette, after he was freed from a Florida jail, after...
Cuba challenges Aussie cigarette packs
Source: Adelaide Now
Havana :: Cuba | updated 2013-05-06 07:34:15 -0700 | political-news
Jay Weatherill has accused a Liberal MP of sexism towards a female minister after he referred to her using the surname of her partner, who is also an MP. World Trade Organisation over Aussie plain packaging rules for tobacco...Gai Waterhouse...
A rare partnership provides new glimpse into Hemingway's Cuba
Source: Boston.com
Havana :: Cuba | updated 2013-05-06 02:30:15 -0700 | political-news
The materials will soon be available for researchers at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Dorchester Full story for BostonGlobe.com subscribers.
Cuba says will consider U.N. and Red Cross visits
Source: Reuters
Havana :: Cuba | updated 2013-05-03 13:29:50 -0700 | political-news
Topics Cuba's President Raul Castro salutes at the May Day parade in Havana's Revolution Square May 1, 2013. Cuba said on Friday it would consider letting in U.N. human rights investigators to examine allegations of torture and repression and allowing...
Cruise around Cuba and save
Source: The Globe & Mail
Havana :: Cuba | updated 2013-05-03 07:53:34 -0700 | political-news
Cuba Cruise has put its affordable Cuba circumnavigation cruise on sale. The savings: $50 off on seven-night cruises starting at $586. The catch: You have to book by Sept. 30 and travel between Dec...Heritage Sites as well as Cienfuegos, Punta...
40-year fugitive is first woman on FBI's 'Most Wanted Terrorists' list
Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.
Havana :: Cuba | updated 2013-05-06 14:03:46 -0700 | political-news
I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political repression, racism and violence that dominate the US government's policy towards people of color. -- Assata...
Freedom of speech still elusive for Cubans despite easier travel
Source: Denver Post
Havana :: Cuba | updated 2013-05-01 23:18:33 -0700 | political-news
The Castro government's easing of foreign travel restrictions on Cubans has not led to greater freedoms on the island, a leading dissident said on Wednesday. Elizardo Sanchez said 19 opposition activists had been allowed to leave since a new exit...
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