The Perverse Logic of the New Cuba Travel Restrictions.

June 8, 2019 Sharon Wrobel 0

Since the latest attack on US- Cuba travel, there has been a flood responses pointing out that the policy doesn’t make sense because it will actually harm the very people the administration purports to support: the Cuban people. These new regulations eliminate the Group People-to-People Educational Travel from the list Read more

Trump’s Cuba Sanctions Are a Mistake

May 15, 2019 FP 0

Tightening the failed embargo will push Havana into the arms of Beijing and Moscow. President Donald Trump’s decision last month to increase sanctions on Cuba represents a strategic error with serious long-term repercussions for U.S. national security. Efforts to tighten the screws at this tenuous moment will not only alienate Read more

Cuba: The New Constitution Comes Into Force Today | News | teleSUR English

April 10, 2019 TeleSur 0

The new Cuban legal framework recognizes the importance of private property and extends individual rights. The National Assembly of the People’s Power (ANNP) will proclaim Wednesday the new Cuban Constitution during a session honoring the 1869 Constitution of Guaimaro, the first supreme law that the ‘Republic under Arms’ adopted while fighting against the Spanish crown. “Neither Read more

Luces y Sombras: Preserving visual arts heritage

April 3, 2019 Granma 0

This year, in which the Cuban capital proudly celebrates its 500 years, the City Historian’s Office’s audiovisual production company has chosen 20 films for a Special Collection highlighting contemporary Cuban artists Author: Mireya Castañeda | internet@granma.cu The Luces y Sombras documentary series began with a film on the life and Read more

The heroism of Cuban workers

April 2, 2019 Granma 0

Cuban trade unions began the month of April with the convocation of May Day marches and the recognition of workers at the Comprehensive Automotive Services Enterprise (EISA) for their contribution to the recovery in Havana following the January 27 tornado Author: Abel Reyes | internet@granma.cu Ulises Guilarte, general secretary of Read more

XIII Havana Biennial will have 52 invited countries – ACN

March 22, 2019 ACN 0

HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 14 (ACN) The XIII Havana Biennial will be held from April 12 to May 12 and will feature the presence of about 300 artists from the island and 52 invited countries, said Margarita Gonzalez Lorente today, chief of the curatorship commission of the event. Gonzalez Lorente explained Read more

Díaz-Canel: Cuban Doctors Can Never Be Defamed

March 20, 2019 root 0

Havana, March 19.- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said today that doctors on the island can never be defamed because of their well-known humanistic work in different parts of the world. The head of state responded to an article published on March 17 by journalist Nicholas Casey in the New York Read more