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The Publisher speaks: Cuba off the tourist track
Now that relations between Cuba and the USA are to be normalised I thought this poem is appropriate. I wrote this a few years ago when I went to Cuba with a church group of mainly other women and it was…
Obama announces U.S. and Cuba will resume relations
By Peter Bakerdec. From The New York Times The president outlined the steps the United States would take to “end an outdated approach” and begin to normalize relations with Cuba. WASHINGTON — The United States will restore full diplomatic relations…
The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc. announces results of heavily oversubscribed rights offering
MIAMI BEACH, FL, Dec 08, 2014 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc. CUBA, -1.54% (the “Fund”) is pleased to announce the completion and success of its one-for-three non-transferable rights offering which expired on December 4, 2014,…
Publication of senate torture report won’t end litigation
By Zoe Tillman, From Legal Times, The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday released hundreds of pages of previously classified documents providing new details on the scope of the CIA’s detention and interrogation program. The full study, at more than 6,700…
Dozens of French tourists hurt in Cuba road accident
From Channel NewsAsia The accident occurred on Monday afternoon as the tour bus was returning to Varadero from an outing in Santa Clara to visit a monument to Argentine-Cuban guerrilla fighter Che Guevara. HAVANA: Forty-one French tourists and two locals…
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Inadequate response to Ebola should not be repeated with Chickungunya
By Sir Ronald Sanders BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday November 20, 2014 – The good news is that a prophylactic vaccine against chikungunya, developed by the Austrian biotech company Themis Bioscience GmbH, is reported to induce a significant neutralizing immune response to…
A Caribbean lesson from Cuba
By Dennis Chung From Caribbean Journal Last month I was a member of the delegation that visited Cuba with Jamaica Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson to look at that country’s preparation for Ebola, and thus take back some lessons for…
International effort needed to eradicate African poverty
By Arley Gill From Caribbean360 ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, Friday November 14, 2014 – As of November 2nd, 2014, more than 4800 persons have died from the latest outbreak of the Ebola virus. Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are the worst…
Professor: Latin America is ‘fed up’ with US treatment of Cuba
By Courtney Coren From Newsmax Cuba’s presence at the upcoming Summit of Americas gives President Barack Obama the opportunity to engage with Cuba in light of strained relations, says American University professor of government William LeoGrande. “It’s not a big…
Cuban migrants who sought refuge in Cayman Islands make landfall in Honduras
Original story: Cuban migrants head back to sea as relatives pray in the U.S. By Peter Polack From Reuters GEORGE TOWN Cayman Islands Fri Aug 29, 2014 9:26pm EDT (Reuters) – Sixteen Cuban migrants who sought refuge in Grand Cayman…
