Cuba tells creditors debt grew by $1.1 billion Congoo Cuba's central bank has told creditors the country's foreign debt increased by $1.1 billion in 2007 to $16.5 billion, sources close to Cuban efforts to...
Washington offers aid to hurricane-blasted Cuba Fox 23 The U.S. is offering Cuba $100,000 in emergency aid for the victims of Hurricane Gustav. But, the U.S. Interests Section in Havana says Washington is willing to send far...
Cuba dissidents ask Bush to suspend embargo for storm relief The Cuba News.Net Cuban dissidents have urged US President George W. Bush to suspend the economic embargo on the communist country to enable it to receive overseas aid following the devastating Hurricane Gustav, EFE reported Friday.
On Ossington, a Cuban cigar factory Congoo On the second floor of the House of Horvath cigar factory, where light pours in from old lead glass windows, the big green machines clatter from half past seven until three. The women wear blue...
Cuban dissidents ask Bush to suspend embargo after hurricane The Cuba News.Net Cuban dissidents sent an open letter to United States President George W. Bush to temporarily lift restrictions on Cuba so that voluntary organizations and Cubans living abroad could send aid to the victims of Hurricane Gustav.
U.S. heavy favorites for historic game vs. Cuba MSNBC United States players Oguchi Onyewu, left, Bradley DaMarcus, center, and Edu Maurice joke during practice Friday on the eve of the Americans game against Cuba.
Cuban scholarship awardees urged to do well Congoo President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday charged Government of Guyana/Cuban Scholarship Awardees for the academic year 2008-2009 to study hard and to maintain a social conscience. President Jagdeo with the...
Havana to Hold Forum on Caribbean Cinema Congoo Havana, (Prensa Latina) The forum 'The production and cinematographic and audio-visual exhibition for childhood and youth in the Caribbean: Realities and Perspectives' will take place in this...
Obama, McCain Offer Stark Contrasts on Latin America Policy America.org Washington — The two major U.S. presidential candidates offer stark contrasts in their positions on Latin America and the Caribbean, several specialists on the region tell America.gov. Michael...
U.S. offers to help Cuban victims of Gustav Reuters The United States has offered to help Cuban victims of Hurricane Gustav by sending aid through relief organizations instead of the government of President Raul Castro, the...
Nilo Cruz joins Hollywood Reporter Nilo Cruz, a Pulitzer Prize winner for his play "Anna in the Tropics," has come aboard the independent film "Castro's Daughter." He will co-write the screenplay with "Crash's" Bobby Moresco, who...
Soccer Struggles to Gain a Foothold in Cuba Congoo 039;we like futbol,' said Eduardo, a taxi driver working the old Parque Central district. 'We are just not very good at it.' Cuba is a baseball country, and if it weren't for the...
Cuba Does not like Ike Congoo Looks like maybe so much of the power is out in Cuba that nobodyâ??s been checking the National Weather Center website. Or the Miami Heraldâ??s for that matter. Thereâ??s been no word of the...
US game makes football king in baseball-crazy Cuba Congoo Havana-light on talent and with little football tradition, Cuba almost certainly won't make the 2010 World Cup. That makes Saturday night's qualifier against the United States, with its political...
Bacardi Biography Details The Congoo Tom Gjelten's new book, , threads the history of the family-owned Bacardi Rum Co. together with that of the nation in which it was founded. The Bacardi family business began in 1862, when Facundo...
Caribbean braces for Hurricane Ike Congoo Water-weary residents in the Caribbean waited Friday to see which direction Ike would take.Having already gone through Tropical Storm Hanna, many hoped the mighty Category 3 Ike would move farther...
At least 7 babies died from Cuban hospital bacteria Congoo At least seven newborns died in the maternity hospital Hijas de Galicia here due to a bacterial infection they contracted in the operating room, medical sources said.El Nuevo Herald confirmed seven...
US government trying to aid Cuba hurricane victims Times of India The US government said on Friday that it was trying to aid victims of Caribbean storms by offering Cuba relief supplies via third parties and by releasing funds for Jamaica, Haiti and ...
Food Price Hikes Hit Poor Hard - Eclac IPS The countries of Latin America have coped relatively well so far with the rising global food and fuel prices. But the main challenge they face is to focus more attention on...
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