Manning goes to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">As House of Representatives moves to sanction San Fernando East MP today. By Kim Boodram, Ria Taitt and Denyse Renne. May 15, 2011 at 11:42 PM ECT. FORMER prime minister Patrick Manning will be in Cuba while the House of Representatives decides his fate on a charge of contempt.The House will decide today what action, if any, should be taken against Manning, who was last Friday found to be guilty of contempt of the House based on statements he made about Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar's funding for her private residence. Read More

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UN Forum of Indigenous Affairs Begins on Monday

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Ana Luisa Brown.12:24United Nations, May 16 (Prensa Latina) The Permanent Forum of the United Nations Indigenous Affairs begins on Monday its tenth session at the headquarters of the world organization without a central issue of discussion but with a very tight agenda of problems to be solved.The program of the annual event of that mechanism, established in July 2000 by the UN Economic and Social Council, includes questions relating to development, environment and human rights of those groups of people. Read More

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Cholera Outbreak in La Cienaga, Santo Domingo

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Estela McCollin.11:28Santo Domingo, May 15 (Prensa Latina) An fresh outbreak of cholera has been officially admitted in La Cienaga, a populous neighborhood in Santo Domingo, said Listin Diario Sunday editorial, claiming an official source and urging for an emergency plan to prevent further spread.Other parts of the Dominican Republic have confirmed deaths by cholera from the epidemic outbreak in Haiti. This outbreak of Vibrio Cholerae has been blamed for at least eight deaths along numerous of victims of all ages. Read More

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Active Agenda of Cuban VP Lazo in Haiti

<p style="text-align: justify;">Esteban Lazo, Vice-president of the Cuban Council of State, met on Friday with Haitian President Rene Preval in Port-au-Prince, an occasion when they focused on the fruitful bilateral relations of cooperation existing between Cuba and Haiti.The Cuban leader thanked Preval for the granting of Haiti’s top decoration to the Cuban Medical Brigade for its work in the struggle against the serious cholera epidemic that Caribbean nation is suffering since October, the Granma newspaper reported on Saturday. Read More

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Cuban Vice President to Bicentenary of Paraguay

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: glenda pardo.09:49Havana, May 14 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Vice President Gladys Maria Bejerano heads her country''s delegation to the celebrations for the bicentenary of the independence of Paraguay, to be held Saturday and Sunday in Asuncion, the capital. Read More

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Cuba: Nato bombing raids on Libya not justifiable

<p style="text-align: justify;">Thursday 12 May 2011. by Tom Mellen. Cuba's top UN envoy tore into Western countries on Wednesday for justifying bombing raids on developing countries by claiming they save civilian lives.At a UN security council meeting Cuban permanent representative Pedro Nunez Mosquera criticised the implementation of resolution 1973, which approved a "no-fly zone" over Libya in a bid to protect civilians. Read More

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Venezuela appoints new ambassador

<p style="text-align: justify;">Caracas appointed a former education minister as ambassador in Havana, according to Venezuelan news agency AVN.Edgardo Ramírez, a professor of international politics at Universidad Central de Venezuela, was education minister from February 2010 to January 2011.His predecessors in Havana have included a brother of President Hugo Chávez and a former oil and energy minister. Read More

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Hugo Chavez says he may undergo knee surgery after injury while jogging in Venezuela

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Associated Press, CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says his doctors are considering the possibility of having him undergo arthroscopic knee surgery due to a recent injury.Chavez says on Twitter that the pain in his left knee has diminished, though it remains swollen.Chavez says his medical team has been discussing the “possible need for arthroscopy” and adds: “We’ll see!” Read More

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DPM: Bahamas and Cuba agree on maritime border

<p style="text-align: justify;">By CHESTER ROBARDS Guardian Staff Reporter.5/11/2011. Government officials from The Bahamas and Cuba have agreed in principal regarding the maritime boundary between the two countries, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Brent Symonette.Symonette, on Monday, joked at a news conference at the Department of Immigration that the boundary was finally established after a long 15-year dispute.&nbsp; Read More

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Cuba, Mexico to Hold Parliamentary Meeting in Yucatan

<p style="text-align: justify;">11 de mayo de 2011, 22:26Merida, Mexico, May 11 (Prensa Latina) Cuban and Mexican lawmakers will meet from Thursday in this city to talk about climate change and natural disasters in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, and the reestablishment of bilateral economic ties.Delegations of the Cuban National Assembly of People's Power and the Mexican Senate and Chamber of Deputies will attend the three-day interparliamentary meeting. Read More

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