Full Coverage: Cuba

10.03.2008 Upon Fidel Castro's retirement, U.S. media repeatedly resorted to inaccurate stereotypes of the ex-President and his brother, Raul, to characterize the former as an "irrational" leader while idealizing capitalism and ignoring U.S. aggression towards the island nation, writes Aviva Chomsky.

28.02.2008 The United States should follow the example set by other nations around the world and normalize relations with Cuba, "a country that continues to expand its influence as a leader in public health in developing nations," writes JoJo Farrell.

21.02.2008 Fidel Castro recently concluded his near 50-year reign, but "Cuba's abusive legal and institutional mechanisms continue to deprive Cubans of their basic rights," says an international human rights watchdog, noting that the U.S. embargo continues to serve as an 'excuse' for the island nation's dismal rights situation.
From: Human Rights Watch

19.02.2008 As Fidel Castro resigns after 50 years as president and commander in chief of Cuba, leaving power in the hands of his brother Raul, Ed Vulliamy and Andres Schipani look at the Cuban revolutionary's career of constant struggle. This article first appeared in the Observer in January 2007.
+ OneWorld Guide to Cuba

02.05.2007 Three African countries - with Ethiopia leading the "dishonour roll" - are among those where press freedom has deteriorated the most over the last five years, according to a new analysis by an international media organisation.

25.03.2007 ItÂ’s not particularly original in what it has to say, and itÂ’s just five static characters on the same unchanging set, yet Weights, at the Blue Elephant Theatre in London, is entertaining and oddly satisfying.

16.03.2007 A small demonstration has been staged in front of the Cuban, Egyptian and Tunisian stands at a tourism trade fair in Paris in protest against press freedom violations.
From Reporters without Borders

15.12.2006 Com esse programa, o governo cubano quer devolver a visão a dez milhões de latino-americanos pobres. Em apenas dois anos e cinco meses, já foram atendidos mais de meio milhão de pessoas de 28 países do Terceiro Mundo.

28.11.2006 Au cours de l’été, le retrait momentané du président Fidel Castro de la vie politique active de son pays a relancé une fois de plus le débat sur l’avenir de la Révolution cubaine.

16.11.2006 On November 8, for the fifteenth time, the UN General Assembly condemned the inhuman economic sanctions that the United States has maintained against Cuba since July 6, 1960. After the draconian measures adopted on May 6, 2004, and July 10, 2006, the White House continues its irrational and cruel policy by increasing pressure on the Caribbean island

12.10.2006 As the convicted bomber of a Cuban airliner continues to enjoy U.S. protection on the 30th anniversary of his terrorist act, Nicaraguan former foreign minister Miguel dÂ’Escoto Brockman ponders the hypocrisy of the Bush administration's "war on terror."

12.09.2006 The week-long 14th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) opened Monday with the usual suspense over whether or not Cuban President Fidel Castro would be participating, although heightened this time by the fact that he is recovering from major surgery and is the leader of the host country.

10.08.2006 Like now, they ask me to write about Cuba, the situtation there, what's going on. And I say to myself, maybe I could use this space so those who usually don't read such stuff, "the other stuff", that's being written about what's happening in Cuba, might read it.

03.08.2006 Cuba watchers follow the announcement of Fidel Castro's temporary relinquishment of power. Wondering about the future of their country, few Cubans seem to think the U.S. holds the solution to their problems.

18.07.2006 Justice cannot be done to the United States' complicated relationship with our island neighbor, Cuba, in a short article. It can, however, point out some of the difficulties in the relationship that highlight a policy that doesn't work and is inhumane to both Cubans and Americans.

10.06.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, June 10 (OneWorld) - The director of an independent Cuban news agency is in critical condition after more than four months on hunger strike.

14.03.2006 US Ambassador John Bolton was not the first to oppose a draft resolution establishing a new UN Human Rights Council—Cuba beat him to it.

06.03.2006 Speaking on the sixtieth anniversary of his admission to the University of Havana, Cuba's president responded to the imperialists' "transition plans and military action plans" by challenging his compatriots to develop their own plans for the revolution's future.

06.02.2006 WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 6 (OneWorld) - Detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp ''are being condemned to a life of emotional and physical suffering and torment'' that goes on even after they are released, Amnesty International said.

20.12.2005 Accounts from detainees at Guantánamo reveal that as recently as last year the United States operated a secret prison in Afghanistan where detainees were subjected to torture and other mistreatment, a human rights group said.