Fidel talks with Venezuelan journalists

An interview granted by the Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz to prominent Venezuelan journalists will be broadcasted on Monday by Telesur, Venezolana de Television and the Round Table. Read More

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COHA Opinion: Lifting the Travel and Trade Restrictions on Cuba Closer than Ever

<p style="text-align: justify;">Since 1960, Washington has been seeking ways to punish Cuba for its transgressions, real and imagined. The embargo was also meant to force the Cuban leadership, as well as the island’s population to repent for worshipping their communist canons. Read More

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Obama May Ease U.S. Travel to Cuba Even If Congress Won't Act

Obama may change rules to allow more Americans to visit Cuba on educational and cultural trips. Read More

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Lee County Cubans mixed on travel

<p style="text-align: justify;">1:10 A.M. — The potential loosening of restrictions on U.S. travel to Cuba has prompted mixed reactions from some local Cubans. Read More

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Correa Confirms Delivery of Raul Reyes' Computers

<p style="text-align: justify;">Bogota, Aug 7 (Prensa Latina) The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, confirmed here Sunday that the Colombian government delivered to him the computers found on the murdered guerrilla leader Raul Reyes, a condition demanded by his country to restore bilateral relations. Read More

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Guantanamo gears up for 1st trial under Obama

<p style="text-align: justify;">GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — American military officers were flying to Guantanamo Bay from bases around the world Sunday to serve as jurors for war-crimes suspects as the offshore tribunal system gears up for one of its busiest weeks under President Barack Obama. Read More

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Texas rice farmers hopeful

<p style="text-align: justify;">The U.S. House Agriculture Committee recently passed a measure that would ease the trade embargo against Cuba, allowing shipments of rice and other foods to be sold to the Caribbean country. Similar efforts have failed in Congress in previous years, but some economists and agriculture experts think this could be the year Texas farmers have been waiting for. Read More

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Cuban Physicians Conclude Study in Nicaragua

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba.- More than 100,000 Nicaraguans from the Department of Rivas have benefited from the Psychosocial, Pedagogical and Clinical-Genetic Study of People with Disabilities, a project led by Cuban physicians in countries that are members of the Bolivarian Alliance for The Americas (ALBA). Read More

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Pineda Barnet Begins New Film Project

<p style="text-align: justify;">National Cinema Award laureate Enrique Pineda Barnet (The Beauty of the Alhambra, The Annunciation), began the official production phase of his film “Verde Verde”, a 90-minute fiction feature film. Read More

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Cuban classics to please Japanese public

<p style="text-align: justify;">The films La muerte de un burócrata, Lucia, and Las doce sillas -Cuban cinema classics- were exhibited on DVD format to the Japanese public, who had already accessed to other memorable films like Memorias del Subdesarrollo and Suite Habana. Read More

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