Cuba reports more Americans visit forbidden island

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Marc Frank Marc Frank. HAVANA (Reuters) – The number of Americans visiting their country's long-time foe Cuba is steadily increasing under the Obama administration, according to Cuban government figures, with the highest number in years likely in 2011.Some 63,000 U.S. citizens visited Cuba in 2010, up from 52,500 the previous year and 41,900 in 2008, according to a report by the National Statistics Office (http://www.one.cu/aec2010/datos/15.3.xls). Read More

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Chavez Recovery From Surgery in Cuba Is ‘Slow,’ Jaua Says

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Charlie Devereux - Jun 22, 2011 5:49 PM GMT-0400. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is continuing a “slow recovery” in Cuba after an operation to remove a pelvic abscess on June 10, Vice President Elias Jaua said. Read More

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Silvio Rodriguez: Resistance to change caused "much harm" to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Published June 22, 2011. EFE. Havana –&nbsp; Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez said in an interview on state-run television that resistance to change "did harm, much harm" to Communist-ruled Cuba, but he added that he feels optimistic because the "inertia (has been) broken." His interviewer, fellow musical artist Amaury Perez, the host of the program "Con 2 que se quieran," asked Rodriguez: "You believe that what can do the most harm to a country is state interventionism?" Yes. The inflexibility that we have suffered from for years did us harm, much harm and I think that we've broken the inertia, fortunately, in many direction. Read More

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