Viewing from July 2010
Alarcon denounces unexplained punishment of Gerardo
News from Cuba | Thursday, 29 July 2010
Cuban Parliament President Ricardo Alarcon denounced on Wednesday the confinement in a punishment cell (the hole) Gerardo Hernandez, one of the five Cuban antiterrorists unfairly imprisoned in the United States, has once more been subjected to.Hernandez was thrown again into the hole on July 21, and Cuba’s procedures to contact ... read more
USA responsible for health of Cuban anti-terrorist
News from Cuba | Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Ricardo Alarcon, President of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba, held the United States responsible for the health of anti-terrorist Gerardo Hernandez, unjustly held in a US prison and suffering from physical problems.Gerardo's health is in danger and the United States is responsible for this situation, warned Alarcon ... read more
Noam Chomsky exclusive
Campaign News | Tuesday, 27 July 2010
CubaSí, the quarterly magazine of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign in the UK features an exclusive article by US academic Noam Chomsky in the summer issue, out on 29 July 2010.The Cuba Solidarity Campaign has been given permission to print the article which also appears as the introduction in a new ... read more
Haiti earthquake appeal update
Campaign News | Monday, 26 July 2010
Cuban role ignored by the mediaSeven months on from the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January 2010, Cuban medical teams are still providing vital health care for the Haitian people. Work that has received scant media coverage despite the fact that Cuban medical teams have made up the ... read more
Moncada attack commemorated in Santa Clara
News from Cuba | Monday, 26 July 2010
Raul Castro Will Preside Over Main Rally for July 26 CelebrationsHAVANA, Cuba, Jul 25 (acn) Cuban President Raul Castro will preside over the main rally to commemorate the 57th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes garrisons by a group of revolutionaries led by Fidel ... read more
Fidel Castro Pays Tribute to July 26 Martyrs in Artemisa
News from Cuba | Sunday, 25 July 2010
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 25 (acn) Wearing his traditional olive-green jacket, the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, paid tribute on Saturday to the revolutionaries killed on July 26, 1953, during the attack on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes army barracks in Santiago de Cuba. Accompanied by commanders ... read more
Cuba Appoints New Health Minister
News from Cuba | Friday, 23 July 2010
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 23 (acn) The Cuban Council of State, at the recommendation of its President, Raul Castro, agreed to release Jose Ramon Balaguer Cabrera from his duties as Public Health Minister. According to an official note published on Friday by Cuban newspapers, the Council of State also agreed to promote ... read more
Pastors for Peace Caravan prepared to cross US border this week
Campaign News | Tuesday, 20 July 2010
On July 21, the IFCO/Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan will break the illegal and immoral US blockade of Cuba for the 21st time when they cross the border with 100 tons of humanitarian aid for the Cuban people. Caravan representatives will speak at a press conference in McAllen, at noon ... read more
Cuba's full report to the United Nations on the effects of the US blockade
Campaign News | Sunday, 11 July 2010
Report by Cuba on Resolution 64/6 of the United Nations General AssemblyThe historical conflict that has characterized US-Cuban relations for more than 200 years has its genesis in the desire of the various US governments to control Cuba’s destiny and the permanent determination of Cubans to defend their right to ... read more
Report on the effects of the US blockade to the United Nations
Campaign News | Sunday, 11 July 2010
Report by Cuba on Resolution 64/6 of the United Nations General AssemblyThe historical conflict that has characterized US-Cuban relations for more than 200 years has its genesis in the desire of the various US governments to control Cuba’s destiny and the permanent determination of Cubans to defend their right to ... read more
Cuba reports release of prisoners
News from Cuba | Wednesday, 7 July 2010
Prensa Latina publishes press note from Archbishopric of HavanaAt midday today, Wednesday, July 7, Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino was received by Cuban President Raúl Castro Ruz. Miguel Angel Moratinos, Spanish minister of foreign affairs and cooperation, and Bruno Rodríguez Parilla, Cuban minister of foreign affairs, also participated in the meeting.A ... read more
Cuba Pledges to Release Political Prisoners
News from Cuba | Wednesday, 7 July 2010
by COHA Research Associate Sara NawazState Department Must Seize Golden Opportunity to Utilize Momentum to Change its Cuban Strategy, and not Duck Behind Shallow PlatitudesOn Wednesday, July 7, Cuba vowed to release fifty-two political prisoners, five immediately and forty-seven in upcoming months. If successfully carried out, this would mean that ... read more
Cuba and the rhetoric of human rights (1 of 2)
News from Cuba | Wednesday, 7 July 2010
By Salim LamraniAn initial findingIn the West, the name Cuba is inevitably associated with the issue of human rights. European and U.S. media stigmatize the largest island in the Caribbean repeatedly on this matter. No other country in the Americas is so singled out as is the homeland of José ... read more
