Is change coming to Cuba?

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Craig Mauro in Americas.On Mon, 08/01/2011 - 12:48.Many will be watching Cuba’s National Assembly meeting on Monday closely to see if the one-party legislature gives final approval to a set of potentially transformative economic changes. This past April, in its first congress in 14 years, the country’s Communist Party proposed several new laws that the legislative body is now considering. Among the changes on agenda is allowing Cubans to buy and sell real estate for the first time in more than 50 years of communism. Read More

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Caribbean on Alert for Tropical Storm

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Osmany González Tocabens.12:41Fort-de-France, Aug 1 (Prensa Latina) Martinique and the rest of the Windward Islands were on alert Monday due to an approaching tropical system very likely to become a hurricane. On Monday morning, the storm was 300 kilometers southeast of the capital, where it began raining more heavily early Sunday. An 80 percent probability existed for the low-pressure area to become a tropical storm or a low-intensity hurricane in the next 24 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported on Monday. Read More

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