ESP - La República de Cuba es un país del Caribe, asentado en un archipiélago del mar de las Antillas, también conocido como mar Caribe. Su isla principal, conocida como Isla de Cuba, es la más grande de las Antillas Mayores. También forman parte del archipiélago la Isla de la Juventud (antiguamente llamada "de Pinos") y una multitud de cayos o pequeñas islas que rodean a las antes mencionadas. Al norte se encuentran Estados Unidos y Bahamas, al oeste México, al sur las Islas Caimán y Jamaica y al sudeste la isla La Española.
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ENG -The Republic of Cuba (Spanish: Cuba or República de Cuba) is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous ...
UN Assistant Secretary Khalid Malik highlighted Cuba's performance regarding the Human Development Index, which measures three basic aspects-health, knowledge and income.Malik offered a press conference, accompanied by coordinator of the UN system and representative of the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Country Director Barbara Pesce-Monteiro.Malik, who is also the new director of the Office of the PNUD's Human Development Report, said that Cuba improved its position in HDI in 2011 compared to 2010.He referred to a note of the global HDI website, according to which Cuba is the only country ...
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In the past, unrestricted vehicle sales were only limited to cars built before the Cuban revolution of 1959, giving the streets of Cuba a unique backdrop ofChevroletBel Airs,ChryslerImperials and Studebaker Commanders. Decades under Cuba’s communist regime had prevented its people from purchasing land or new automobiles but finally, a new law legalizing the sale and purchase of any model and any year of cars for all citizens will take effect this Sunday. Cubans will also be allowed ownership of more than one car.
The new laws are passed in hopes to shift a free-market reform, allowing ...
amalia - in poll Popularidad Cuba
President Obama, by saying this week that he's looking for a transformation in Cuba before 'fully engaging,' ignores actual changes in Cuba and hurts US-Cuban relations, argues guest blogger Anya Landau French.
President Barack Obamasaid Wednesday he's looking for a transformation on the island before "fully engaging"Cuba. His remarks actually complete something of a transformation for Mr. Obama, who went from sayingthison one campaign trail, to sayingthison the next campaign trail, to now saying stuff likethis:
"Everywhere else in the world you've been seeing the democratization ...
amalia - in poll Popularidad Cuba
Photographic Exhibition in Honor of Sandino Inaugurated in Villa Clara
A photographic exhibition to honor Augusto Cesar Sandino on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of his assassination, was inaugurated on Friday at the
office of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) of central Villa Clara province. |
Roberto Gonzalez, one of the Defense Lawyers of The Five, in a Critical Condition
Roberto Gonzalez, one of the members of the legal team of the five Cubans condemned in the United States, is in a critical condition at a Havana hospital after a hard struggle against cancer, which he has been suffering from for several years now. |
Santeros en Cuba expresan su disposición de ayudar a Chávez si él lo pide
Un grupo de sacerdotes de la santería cubana, los “babalawos”, manifestaron hoy en La Habana su disposición de ayudar al presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, si este lo pide, y añadieron que no han hecho hasta el momento ceremonia alguna por su salud porque no ha sido solicitada. “Ojalá que él decida tocar la puerta de algún religioso cubano y que dios quiera, permita, la posibilidad de este de poder hacer algo por él”, afirmó a periodistas el sacerdote Lázaro Cuesta, uno de los miembros de la Comisión Organizadora de la Letra del Año en Cuba, que hoy divulgó sus predicciones para 2013. |
Reportan 6.602 detenciones políticas en Cuba en 2012
Destacan que el Gobierno no ha realizado reales reformas en el país. La Comisión Cubana de Derechos Humanos y Reconciliación Nacional (Ccdhrn) denunció que en 2012 se produjeron 6.602 detenciones políticas en la isla, representa 2.479 casos más que en 2011. La Ccdhrn indica que, ha existido una "marcada tendencia al aumento de la represión política" en los últimos tres años, donde en 2010 se reportaron 2.074 casos de personas "detenidas temporalmente o procesadas" por motivos políticos, en tanto en 2011 esa cifra ascendió a 4.123, señaló Efe. |
