By Richard Stone Jan. 10, 2018 On its deadly run through the Caribbean last September, Hurricane Irma lashed northern Cuba, inundating coastal settlements and scouring away vegetation. The powerful storm dealt Havana […]
Cuba embarks on a 100-year plan to protect itself from climate change
An update & how you can support our 2 WI medical students in Cuba
Dear friends, August 3, 2018 Our Wisconsin medical students studying at ELAM in Cuba are back home in the Milwaukee area this summer. Both of them are studying for the U.S. […]
Cuba: National Assembly Approves New Constitutional Draft
Telesur | Tuesday, 24 July 2018 The new constitution would see new laws and policies seeking to maintain the socialist and revolutionary character of the Cuban state. The Cuban parliament unanimously approved the […]
Tesla’s battery maker suspends cobalt supplier amid sanctions concern
Reuters | Tuesday, 31 July 2018 Two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that some of the cobalt that Panasonic uses to make Tesla’s batteries is mined in Cuba by Canadian supplier Sherritt […]
Towards the literacy of 300,000 more Haitians
Haiti Libre | Tuesday, 24 July 2018 Haiti – Cuba : Towards the Literacy of 300,000 more Haitians Following a working meeting of Ministers of Education Pierre Josué Agénor Cadet (Haiti) and Ms. Ena […]
US, Cuba fully resume direct mail service
By Larry Moonze in Havana, Cuba on June 5, 2018, The Mast DIRECT mail service between the United States and Cuba has fully been re-established after the completion of a pilot programme. […]
Why African-American Doctors Are Choosing to Study Medicine in Cuba
By Anakwa Dwamena June 6, 2018 The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/ In the countryside of western Havana, during the fall, rickety yellow buses carry first-year medical students from the Latin American School of Medicine. […]
Irish in Latin American Exhibit
Of the c.14 panels, 5 are re: Cuba, including one on Che Guevera which was banned at this exhibit’s first run in Miami, but was re-created for the showing here. Very informative, […]
Younger party official faces test as Cuba’s next president
BY ANDREA RODRIGUEZ AND MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press April 17, 2018, SANTA CLARA, CUBA FILE – In this July 6, 2013 file photo, Cuba’s President Raul Castro, left, and Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez […]
More Black Officials in Power in Cuba as Leadership Changes
By FRANCES ROBLES and AZAM AHMED Paying homage to Fidel Castro at Plaza de la Revolucion in Havana in 2016. Credit Tomas Munita for The New York Times As the departing Cuban president, Raúl Castro, tells it, […]
