Viewing News From Cuba from January 2019
Cuba strongly rejects the threat to activate Title III of the Helms-Burton Act
News from Cuba | Thursday, 17 January 2019
Declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs On January 16, 2019, the US State Department announced the decision to suspend, only for 45 days, the implementation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, “in order to conduct a careful review …in light of the national interests of the United States ... read more
U.S. considering allowing lawsuits over Cuba-confiscated properties
News from Cuba | Thursday, 17 January 2019
WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) - The Trump administration is considering allowing a law that has been suspended since its creation in 1996 to go into effect, allowing U.S. citizens to sue foreign companies and individuals over property confiscated from them by the Cuban government. The so-called Title III rule forms part of the ... read more
Cuba Denounces Attempt to Reactivate US Brain-Drain Program
News from Cuba | Thursday, 17 January 2019
President Diaz-Canel criticised the move by senators Marco Rubio and Bob Menendez to reactivate the Bush-era strategy. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has condemned the call by two U.S. lawmakers of Cuban origin to reactivate the 'brain-drain' program established by George W. Bush and revoked during the administration of Barack Obama. “They’re trying ... read more
Cuba closes 2018 with the lowest infant mortality rate in its history
News from Cuba | Thursday, 10 January 2019
For the second year in a row, the country reached the end of 2018 with the lowest infant mortality rate in its history, at 4.0 per thousand live births We have expected the same news every January for several decades. At the beginning of each New Year, we are once again ... read more
José Ramón Fernández, Cuban vice president, Bay of Pigs commander, dies at 95
News from Cuba | Monday, 7 January 2019
José Ramón Fernández, a retired Cuban brigadier general who was key in forming the communist country’s new army and commanded Cuban defenses at the Bay of Pigs, died Jan. 6 at 95. Tall and spindly with the rigid posture of a military man, Gen. Fernández served for a time as a ... read more
'Sonic attack' on US embassy in Havana could have been crickets, say scientists
News from Cuba | Monday, 7 January 2019
Noise which saw diplomats complaining of headaches and nausea could be song of Indies short-tailed cricket The US embassy in Havana more than halved its staff in 2017 when diplomats complained of headaches, nausea and other ailments after hearing penetrating noises in their homes and nearby hotels. The mysterious wave of illness ... read more
Work for Granma International in Cuba!
News from Cuba | Saturday, 5 January 2019
An exciting opportunity to work and live in Cuba has arisen with Granma International. The weekly english language newspaper is looking for a translator to start as soon as possible. Granma International Translator - job description and application process The basic work of our three-person team consists of translating articles into English from ... read more
After 60 years of struggle, sacrifices, efforts and victories, we see a free, independent country, the master of its own destiny
News from Cuba | Thursday, 3 January 2019
Speech by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, at the central act to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution, in Santiago de Cuba, January 1st, 2019, “Year 61 of the Revolution” (Council of State transcript / GI translation) SANTIAGO ... read more
Raul Castro salutes 60 years of socialist revolution in Cuba
News from Cuba | Thursday, 3 January 2019
CUBAN Communist Party leader Raul Castro saluted 60 years of revolutionary victory on New Year’s Day and warned the United States that attempts to crush the island were doomed to failure. “We are a whole people defending our revolution,” he declared. “We are not intimidated by the language of force or ... read more
How Cuba helped defeat apartheid in South Africa
News from Cuba | Wednesday, 2 January 2019
AFTER Nelson Mandela was released from 1991 in preparation for the formal interment of the apartheid system, he embarked on a world tour to thank governments and peoples who had supported the South African freedom struggle. In Havana he extolled Fidel Castro as a “source of inspiration to all freedom-loving people.” Later ... read more
