Closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay has now become a priority

The White House acknowledged Friday that closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay has now become "a priority". Given that the facility has long been an international embarrassment for the United States, this is welcome news. Read More

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Vietnam-Cuba: plan to create collaboration fund

The main goal of the association over the next five years is to promote activities that foster friendship and collaboration -particularly between Hanoi and Havana- through clubs, delegation exchanges, marketing and the set up of joint ventures. Read More

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China to amend law to reduce energy consumption

Under heavy pressure to cut energy consumption, China is now turning the spotlight on to construction projects, the transportation sector and government buildings. Read More

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Woman faces deportation for illegal voting

All of her life, Zoila Meyer believed she was an American. She even was elected to the City Council in Adelanto, a California town of about 23,000. But now she could be deported for illegally voting, because she never became a citizen after being brought to this country from Cuba when she was a year old. Read More

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Fidel Castro warns of threats against mankind

Cuban leader Fidel Castro warned on Sunday that political underdevelopment as well as limitless and irrational techonological creations in the world today are putting mankind's survival at risk. Read More

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Book of Guantanamo verse to be published

A collection of poetry written by Guantanamo detainees will be published this summer. The prisoners, denied pens and paper, wrote some of the poems by scratching verses onto foam cups with pebbles. Other poems were translated into English by linguists with security clearances but no literary credentials. Read More

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Obama tells S.A. crowd he wants Guantanamo closed

SAN ANTONIO " Democrat Barack Obama told a Texas crowd today that he wants the Guantanamo Bay detainee facility closed " a step the Bush administration is considering " and wants to "restore habeas corpus" rights. Read More

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Robert Kennedy wanted Fidel Castro dead

Former US Attorney General Robert Kennedy, brother of murdered President John F. Kennedy, personally headed a ploy to assassinate Cuban President Fidel Castro, a memorandum by the White House reveals Saturday. Read More

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Cuban Foreign Ministry Statement on the conclusions of the European Union Foreign Relations Council on Cuba

It is the European Union that must rectify errors committed against Cuba. Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on conclusions reached by the European Unions External Relations Council regarding Cuba Read More

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Chinese presence and interests in Cuba growing

More Chinese are living, studying and working in Cuba as business links and trade between the two countries increase. Read More

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