The UN Resident Coordinator in Cuba Barbara Pesce announced in Havana the willingness of all 19 UN agencies represented on the island to keep strengthening bilateral cooperation in different joint projects. Read More
Marking Cuban Culinary Day, the island''s gastronomic sector has fixed on the tourism industry as a sector in marked development, as recognized by Cuban chefs. Read More
Cuba maintains a policy of zero tolerance of trade inpersons and other forms of sexual abuse, and guarantees the people’s human rights, highlighted in this capital Maria Esther Reus, Minister of Justice. Read More
The minister reportedly said that 224 persons were convicted of pimping in 2012 and that seven foreigners are imprisoned on charges of abusing minors, but gave no details on the procurers’ sentences or the foreigners’ nationalities. Read More
An elderly Panamanian businessman has been jailed in Cuba for more than a year in what is variously described as a case of corruption or attempts by Havana to renege on its debts or switch more of its trade to businessmen from politically sympathetic countries. Read More
Cubans arriving today grew up on the island after the revolution, and their relationship with their homeland is different than the wave of immigrants who arrived immediately after Fidel Castro took power. Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard announced Thursday that the Cutter Margaret Norvell had returned 63 Cubans interdicted at sea to the port of Cabañas west of Havana. Read More
The Rev. Jesse Jackson ended a four-day visit to Cuba on Monday without getting to visit a U.S. government development subcontractor who is serving a 15-year sentence in the Caribbean nation. Read More
Jackson says he is in town for talks with religious leaders about their concerns for the poor, and peaceful relations between Cuba, the United States and the rest of the Caribbean. Read More
The FBI has captured fugitive Santiago Pedroso in the Philippines, 20 years after he allegedly gunned down his wife's friend in a crowded U.S. restaurant. Read More
