Cuba
Cuban Journalist Ends Hunger Strike
UN body asked to look at continued arbitrary detention of Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias.
16 Dec 12
Foreign Money for Cuban Sugar Industry
Plans to revive processing and use waste to make biomass fuel.
13 Dec 12
Cuban Journalist Accused of Spreading "False News"
Yaremis Flores Marín’s arrest sparks two days of protests.
11 Dec 12
Cuban Journalist Pressured to End Hunger Strike
Authorities order water withheld from Calixto Martínez Arias.
8 Dec 12
Colombia: Mending the Fabric of Society
Reconciliation, remembrance and the admission of crimes are all essential to making peace work, even if a settlement is reached.
8 Dec 12
No Fast Exit for Educated Cubans
Easier emigration rules don’t apply to graduates, who will have to wait five years in a move designed to slow brain drain.
30 Nov 12
Disease Spreads in Post-Hurricane Cuba
Government says nothing about reported cases of dengue-fever and cholera.
28 Nov 12
Cuba's Floating Emigrants
On home-made craft, Cubans head for Florida or Central America despite risk of interception or drowning.
27 Nov 12
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