23/07/2014 | Frente Externo
Russia-Cuba love affair on again
Trade, politics, culture and history are leading to warmer relations between the Cold War allies.
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21/07/2013 | En Parrilla
El carguero con armas cubanas, un barco que 'apesta' a escándalo
El carguero norcoreano es un cacharro herrumbroso fabricado treinta años atrás que, literalmente, apesta. Apesta al sudor y el orine de la tripulación, a la cocina grasienta, la comida tirada por el suelo, los años de humedad y moho.
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06/03/2013 | En Parrilla
Muerte de Chávez representa un duro golpe para Cuba
La muerte del presidente Hugo Chávez ha dado rienda suelta a los temores de que Cuba se hundirá en otro abismo económico si Caracas deja de enviarle subsidios, que se estima están muy por encima de la gigantesca ayuda que la Unión Soviética le brindaba anteriormente a La Habana.
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14/12/2012 | Frente Externo
Cuban foreign minister promoted to top leadership body
In a group dominated by men in their 60s and 70s, Bruno Rodriguez, at 54, is among the young leaders.
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15/07/2012 | Frente Externo
América Latina - Cuba: Hijo de general cubano en Venezuela ' ahorca' a Castro
Un general del ejército cubano destacado como asesor en Venezuela tiene dos hijos que viven en el extranjero, uno de ellos en el sur de la Florida, el cual fue fotografiado “estrangulando” a una estatua de Fidel Castro, reportó el miércoles un bloguero de Miami.
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08/07/2012 | En Parrilla
Castro's long trip to China raises speculation of stopover
Cuban ruler Raul Castro's peculiarly long flight to China - at least two days, compared to commercial flights that take about one day - has unleashed speculation about a secret stop en route.
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02/03/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Cardenal Ortega se reúne con espía preso en Cuba
El cardenal cubano Jaime Ortega Alamino se reunió con un ex capitán de la inteligencia cubana preso en La Habana por espiar para Estados Unidos, y quien según se ha informado ahora tiene problemas de salud por una huelga de hambre de tres semanas para exigir su liberación.
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02/03/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Cardenal Ortega se reúne con espía preso en Cuba
El cardenal cubano Jaime Ortega Alamino se reunió con un ex capitán de la inteligencia cubana preso en La Habana por espiar para Estados Unidos, y quien según se ha informado ahora tiene problemas de salud por una huelga de hambre de tres semanas para exigir su liberación.
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01/03/2012 | Frente Externo
Cuba - Cuban jailed in Havana for spying for US stages hunger strike
Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega has met with a Cuban intelligence officer imprisoned in Havana for spying for the United States, and now reported to be in failing health after a three-week hunger strike to demand his release.
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01/03/2012 | Frente Externo
Cuba - Cuban jailed in Havana for spying for US stages hunger strike
Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega has met with a Cuban intelligence officer imprisoned in Havana for spying for the United States, and now reported to be in failing health after a three-week hunger strike to demand his release.
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01/03/2012 | Frente Externo
Cuba - Cuban jailed in Havana for spying for US stages hunger strike
Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega has met with a Cuban intelligence officer imprisoned in Havana for spying for the United States, and now reported to be in failing health after a three-week hunger strike to demand his release.
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22/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - Names of 7 expelled Cuban spies revealed
The State Department's letter to the Cuban diplomatic mission in Washington in 2003 complained that it was tired of the "numerous examples of Cuban espionage against the United States" and was expelling seven mission officials.
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21/09/2011 | Transparencia
Cuba - investigan a dos compañías canadienses por corrupción
Las autoridades cubanas están investigando a dos compañías canadienses por alegatos de corrupción que involucran a una larga serie de ministerios y altos funcionarios del gobierno y empresas estatales, según reportes publicados.
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08/09/2011 | En Parrilla
Cuba’s next Defense Minister a puzzle
The likely choice to be Cuba’s next Armed Forces Minister is the department’s current No. 2.
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08/09/2011 | En Parrilla
Cuba’s next Defense Minister a puzzle
The likely choice to be Cuba’s next Armed Forces Minister is the department’s current No. 2.
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07/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Cuba denies targeting dissidents with violence
The Catholic Church issued a statement that decries violence against defenseless people.
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07/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Cuba denies targeting dissidents with violence
The Catholic Church issued a statement that decries violence against defenseless people.
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16/08/2011 | En Parrilla
Many Cubans living abroad can’t return to Cuba
Havana has banned the visits of thousands of Cubans now living abroad. Raúl Castro has hinted their travel restrictions may ease.
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09/08/2011 | Transparencia
Corruption again alleged in Cuba
Reports: Two Cuban officials fired for corruption, others under investigation.
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03/08/2011 | Frente Externo
Dissident says Castro hasn’t seriously attacked bureaucrats
Cuban leader said in a speech to parliamentarians that bureaucrats are in the way of reform but that resistance will be useless.
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29/07/2011 | Frente Externo
After a day-long bustle, U.S. funds for Cuba programs were partially freed
Sen. John Kerry officially lifted his “hold” on a $20 million for U.S. programs to promote democracy in Cuba on Thursday after a day-long brouhaha over the funds and Havana’s possible release of Alan Gross, a U.S. government subcontractor jailed in Cuba.
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24/06/2011 | Transparencia
Cuba audit finds mixed report on corruption
The increase is a blow to Raúl Castro’s campaign against malfeasance.
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24/06/2011 | Transparencia
Cuba audit finds mixed report on corruption
The increase is a blow to Raúl Castro’s campaign against malfeasance.
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15/06/2011 | Frente Externo
Cuba - Unprecedented legal win for independent lawyers
The victory is the first step toward registering an organization that provides free legal advice to anyone who needs it, including dissidents.
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15/06/2011 | Frente Externo
Cuba - Unprecedented legal win for independent lawyers
The victory is the first step toward registering an organization that provides free legal advice to anyone who needs it, including dissidents.
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01/06/2011 | Sociedad
Cuban dissidents sentenced up to 5 years for distributing leaflets criticizing Fidel, Raúl
Human rights activists say the Cuban government may be getting tough to avert problems as it reforms the economy.
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01/06/2011 | Sociedad
Cuban dissidents sentenced up to 5 years for distributing leaflets criticizing Fidel, Raúl
Human rights activists say the Cuban government may be getting tough to avert problems as it reforms the economy.
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18/04/2011 | Frente Externo
Cuba - Cuban dissidents are talking about unity
But internal bickering and rivalries need to be resolved before they can form a broad opposition front.
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18/04/2011 | Frente Externo
Cuba - Cuban dissidents are talking about unity
But internal bickering and rivalries need to be resolved before they can form a broad opposition front.
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15/12/2010 | Frente Externo
WikiLeaks cable: Diplomats predict bleak economic future for Cuba
Cuba's financial situation ``could become fatal'' within two to three years and the country risks being ``insolvent'' as early as 2011, according to a U.S. diplomatic cable from Havana made public Thursday by WikiLeaks.
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23/11/2010 | Frente Externo
Cuba - Fidel Castro gives nod to economic reforms
Did Fidel Castro just publicly approve of his brother's economic reforms? Many think so.Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, in what was taken by some as his first public endorsement of the economic reforms launched by his brother Raúl, has said that he's "happy because the country is moving".
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17/11/2010 | Frente Externo
Raúl Castro: A Cuba 'no le queda más alternativa' que las reformas
El gobernante cubano Raúl Castro asegura que a la isla "no le queda más alternativa'' que adoptar los cambios económicos que ha propuesto y que éstos se basan en las ideas de su hermano Fidel, afirmó el diario oficial Granma el lunes.
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05/09/2010 | Sociedad
El alzamiento más prolongado contra Castro
Rodeado por las tropas de Fidel Castro, herido de bala en las piernas y el brazo derecho, Agapito Rivera, sentado en medio de un cañaveral, sacó su pistola, prendió un tabaco y se preparó a morir en una última batalla.
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05/09/2010 | Sociedad
El alzamiento más prolongado contra Castro
Rodeado por las tropas de Fidel Castro, herido de bala en las piernas y el brazo derecho, Agapito Rivera, sentado en medio de un cañaveral, sacó su pistola, prendió un tabaco y se preparó a morir en una última batalla.
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08/08/2010 | Frente Externo
Cuba - Fidel Castro: Obama can avert impending nuclear holocaust
Cuba's Fidel Castro took part in his first government function since he nearly died in 2006, repeating his apocalyptic warnings of a nuclear war that only President Barack Obama can avert as he spoke Saturday to a special session of parliament.
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28/06/2010 | En Parrilla
Alarma por creciente influencia de Cuba en Cancún
Su esposa cubana tiene familiares en los altos niveles de la Seguridad del Estado y su ex asesor de seguridad estuvo 16 años en el ejército de la isla.
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23/06/2010 | Frente Externo
Cuba - Raúl Castro entre los peores dictadores
En la lista de dictadores, ni Raúl Castro, de Cuba, ni Hugo Chávez, de Venezuela, se pueden comparar con Fidel Castro, según la revista "Foreign Policy".
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10/06/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Plan para traficar somalíes vía Cuba
Dos cubanas que trabajaban en la embajada del gobierno de la isla en Kenya fueron identificadas como confabuladas no encausadas en documentos judiciales norteamericanos, que detallan un plan para llevar clandestinamente a 268 somalíes a Cuba con destino final hacia Estados Unidos.
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09/06/2010 | Frente Externo
EEUU libera fondos para la democracia en Cuba
Dos congresistas federales liberaron $15 millones para programas a favor de la democracia en Cuba, pero mantuvieron la retención de $2.6 millones para un contratista cuyo empleado se encuentra preso en La Habana, según funcionarios en Washington.
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11/05/2010 | En Parrilla
GOP seeks to block Obama nominee to El Salvador post over Cuban romance
Senate Republicans are determined to block a Democratic Party activist's nomination as ambassador to El Salvador because of questions about a long-ago boyfriend who had contacts with Cuban diplomats, congressional staffers say
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26/03/2010 | Frente Externo
La Habana encubre creciente papel de los militares en la economía
La prensa cubana, controlada por el gobierno, elogia regularmente a las fuerzas armadas como un modelo de eficiencia pero rara vez menciona su destacado papel en la maltrecha economía de la isla, según un reporte de inteligencia de Estados Unidos.
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26/02/2010 | Frente Externo
Cuba - Gritos de 'libertad' en el entierro de Orlando Zapata
Entre gritos de "abajo la dictadura'', y a pesar de una fuerte presencia de la policía secreta, unas 150 personas asistieron el jueves al sepelio de Orlando Zapata, un preso político que murió tras una huelga de hambre para protestar abusos en la cárcel.
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25/11/2009 | Frente Externo
Voice of America expands audience
Latin America becomes a focus as leaders there criticize U.S.Facing a group of presidents loudly critical of Washington, the U.S. government's Voice of America broadcast is expanding its audience in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua, VOA officials said.
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25/11/2009 | Frente Externo
Voice of America expands audience
Latin America becomes a focus as leaders there criticize U.S.Facing a group of presidents loudly critical of Washington, the U.S. government's Voice of America broadcast is expanding its audience in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua, VOA officials said.
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22/11/2009 | Frente Externo
Cuba's human rights as abused under Raúl Castro as Fidel
Cuba's government remains as repressive under Raúl Castro as it was under his brother Fidel, according to the first in-depth report of the island's human rights since the younger Castro took power.
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22/11/2009 | Frente Externo
Cuba's human rights as abused under Raúl Castro as Fidel
Cuba's government remains as repressive under Raúl Castro as it was under his brother Fidel, according to the first in-depth report of the island's human rights since the younger Castro took power.
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16/11/2009 | En Parrilla
Venezuelan envoys spark concerns
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's foreign envoys sometimes seem to forget their diplomatic manners.
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16/11/2009 | En Parrilla
Venezuelan envoys spark concerns
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's foreign envoys sometimes seem to forget their diplomatic manners.
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15/10/2009 | Frente Externo
U.S.-Cuba travel picking up steam
Bills in Congress to allow all travel to Cuba are increasingly drawing support among U.S. lawmakers and the public -- but they still face an uncertain future.A powerful campaign to allow all Americans to travel to Cuba is rumbling through Congress, with both backers and opponents predicting eventual victory and a Cuban-American senator promising a key vote against the effort.
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11/09/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Cuba uses sniffer dogs to track down crooks, dissidents
Cuba extols the successes of its police sniffer-dog program, but U.S. experts question its broad use and its reliance on an aging, bottled collection of scents.
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25/08/2009 | En Parrilla
Fidel and Che, reconsidered
You know that too many books have been written about Fidel Castro and Ernesto "Che" Guevara when a young British geographer writes a revisionist version of the relationship between the two icons of Latin American revolution.
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17/10/2007 | Frente Externo
Cuba grants U.S. access to dual citizens jailed there
Cuba recently gave a top State Department official a long-blocked permission to visit dual U.S.-Cuban citizens jailed on the island -- but it did not accept a U.S. offer to relax travel restrictions on each other's diplomats, El Nuevo Herald has confirmed.
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