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Cubans hold their noses to eat farm-raised catfish
They live on an island, yet don’t like fish. But in Cuba, where times are always hard and food precious, people are holding their noses and getting used to eating farm-raised tilapia and catfish. “By nature Cubans reject fish, as they are used to eating pork or other meat, when…
Cuba auctions cigars to raise money for health system
An auction of luxury cigar humidors in Cuba fetched $1.1 million, which will go toward the public health system, the state news agency said Sunday. The sale came at an international cigar festival attended by celebrities such as American actor Danny Glover and German tennis great Boris Becker, Prensa Latina…
Cuban president touts ‘a good visit’ with Russian PM Medvedev
Cuban President Raul Castro expressed satisfaction with his talks this week with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the daily Granma newspaper reported on Saturday. “It has been a good visit,” said Castro after Medvedev wrapped up his three-day visit to Cuba, where he met with the Cuban leaders and his…
Political detentions surged in Cuba in 2012
A total of 6,602 political detentions were recorded in Cuba in 2012, a 60 percent surge from a year earlier, a rights watchdog said. In December alone, such arrests — ranging from several hours to several days — reached 567 on this communist-ruled island, according to the Committee for Human…
Cuba to punish musicians producing ‘vulgar’ songs
Musicians that perform songs deemed vulgar or that “violate ethical standards” will now be punished in Cuba, the state-run Institute of Music said Friday. In communist Cuba, most everything — especially the airwaves — belongs to the government. Aside from hotels that cater to foreigners, there is no MTV, VH1…
Cuba accuses U.S. of training dissidents over the Internet
Cuba accused the United States Friday of supplying opponents of the government with the technological means to access the Internet as part of an effort to “subvert the constitutional order.” The accusation, leveled in a foreign ministry statement, comes amid a simmering dispute over the jailing of American contractor Alan…
Hurricane Sandy kills 21 in Caribbean, takes aim at U.S.
MIAMI — Hurricane Sandy pounded the Bahamas after claiming 21 lives in the Caribbean, including 11 people killed in eastern Cuba. The hurricane — now a category two storm — has wreaked havoc in Jamaica, Cuba, the Bahamas and Haiti, downing power lines, damaging hundreds of homes and ruining crops.…
Jamaica and Cuba issue hurricane warnings
MIAMI — Hurricane warnings were issued Tuesday for Jamaica and parts of Cuba as Tropical Storm Sandy gained strength in the southern Caribbean. Forecasters predicted that Sandy will hit Jamaica as a hurricane Wednesday before crossing eastern Cuba that night en route to the Bahamas by the weekend. A tropical…
50 years after Cuba Missile Crisis, U.S. influence in hemisphere waning
50 years after Cuba Missile Crisis, US influence in hemisphere waning It was what many consider the most dangerous moment the world has ever faced: the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, which saw the United States square off over nuclear missiles stationed by the Soviet Union in Cuba. This week…
Cuba launches first nanopharmaceutical
Cuba has unveiled its first manufactured nanopharmaceutical drug — a tweaked variety of cyclosporine, used to help prevent transplant rejection — official media reported Saturday. “Its main advantages are that it can achieve the same favorable effect with a dose three times less powerful, using the most prescribed drug of…
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