Most Commented
- Cubadebate opens its new Web page in English| 20
- Mandela is dead: Why hide the truth about Apartheid?| 11
- El Paso Diary: The Battle Over the Solo Fax| 10
- President Hugo Chavez's address to the People of Venezuela| 10
- Free the Five is heard at Left Forum| 6
- May every citizen be a constituent| 6
- Raúl receives Kim Yong Chol, Special Envoy of the President of the Workers’ Party of Korea| 6
- The Unsustainable Position of the Empire| 5
- U.S. government promoting Internet aggression against Cuba| 5
- NATO’s Genocidal Role| 4
- The Fiftieth Anniversary Parade| 4
- El Paso Diary: The Tip of the Iceberg| 4
Series
- Cuba's Reasons
- Cuban Five
- El Paso Diary
The El Paso Diary is written by José Pertierra--an attorney who represents the government of Venezuela in its request for the extradition of Luis Posada Carriles. Pertierra´s journals describe the testimony, evidence, legal skirmishes, quirks and follies of this very historic trial that features for the first time the close collaboration of the United States government with Cuban authorities to prosecute an ex CIA agent who is one of the masterminds of the fifty-year old dirty war against Cuba.
Authors
- Bernie Dwyer
- Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla
- Deisy Francis Mexidor
- Fidel Castro Ruz
- José Pertierra
- Raúl Castro Ruz
- Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada
- Amy Goodman
- Arleen Rodríguez Derivet
- Frei Betto
- Hugo Chávez Frías
- Josh R. Nelson
- Juan Gelman
- Luis Rumbaut
- Michael Moore
- Mumia Abu-Jamal
- Noam Chomsky
- Reinaldo Taladrid Herrero
- Richard Gott
- Tom Hayden
News »
Spain Claims U.S. President the Release of the Cuban Five
Madrid, Feb 13 (Prensa Latina) The Spanish movement of solidarity with Cuba called today U.S. President Barack Obama to immediately release the five antiterrorist fighters of the Caribbean island unjustly held since 1998 in that northern country, for preventing their people from violence. Puerta del Sol square in Madrid was the scene of a rally, in which many organizations asked the U.S. president to free Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez, Rene Gonzalez, and Ramon Labañino.
News »
Iranian President: Nuclear Program is Irreversible
Tehran, Feb 13 (Prensa Latina) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today in this capital that his country”s nuclear program is irreversible, and the Western must recognize his nation”s right to it. “The only way to solve the dispute on the nuclear development program is through the Western powers’ collaboration,” said the Iranian president.
News »
New Irregularities at Illegal Guantanamo Prison Denounced
Washington, Feb 13 (Prensa Latina) An official of the U.S. prison in the illegal naval base in Guantanamo, acknowledged at a hearing that military authorities placed hidden microphones to eavesdrop on inmates” conversations with their lawyers. Washington has a detention center at its military base located in Cuban territory against the will of the people and government of the Caribbean island.
News »
Cuban Vedette Celebrates her 90th Birthday with Friends
Havana, Feb 12 (Prensa Latina) The greatest gift of my life is the love audience have showed me when I perform, Cuban vedette Rosita Fornes said, on the occasion of celebrating her 90th birthday in this capital. Born in New York on February 11, 1923, Rosita Fornes (whose real name is Rosalia Lourdes Elisa Palet Bonavia), has spent more than 75 years achieving successes on stage in Cuba and abroad.
News »
Fidel Castro Warns on the Danger of War for the Human Race
Havana, Feb 12 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Revolution Leader, Fidel Castro, considers Homo Sapiens did not evolve enough to prevent a war that endangers its own species, stated in an interview published today in Granma newspaper. After cast vote in the general elections of last February 3, Fidel Castro had a pleasant dialogue with journalists, to whom he talked about the threat of war and the future of the human being.
News »
Worldwide Shock over Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI
Rome, Feb 11 (Prensa Latina) The news of the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI traveled worldwide today and caused a variety of reactions from governments, media and social networks. “I am shocked by this unexpected news,” noted Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, who told the press in Milan that there were no warning signs regarding this decision.
News »
LatAm Educators Call for Strengthened Teaching Cooperation
Havana, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel made a call today at the opening of the First Meeting of Education Ministers from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), at the Conference Center in the Cuban capital, to cooperate on the development of better policies to improve the educational sphere and eradicate illiteracy in Latin America and the Caribbean.
News »
US Committee to Free The Cuban Five Announces Panel Discussion
Washington, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) The U.S. National Committee to free five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters jailed in the United States has announced an upcoming panel discussion with prominent intellectuals to present the truth about those men. That organization, headquartered in the city of California, San Francisco, will hold the event on February 20 at the University of Maryland, with the objective of publicizing the case of Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez and Rene Gonzalez.
News »
Venezuelan Opposition Legislators under Investigation
Caracas, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) Allegations of corruption against the Venezuelan opposition party Primero Justicia, presented in the National Assembly, placed today three lawmakers from that political force in the center of an investigation approved by the legislature. The parliament directive stated at the plenary session and public opinion of the country checks, reports from bank transfers and irregular cashing in the last three years.
News »
FARC-EP, Gov’t Talks Continue Normally
Havana, Feb 4 (Prensa Latina) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) said Wednesday that the peace talks with the government continue normally and “no one has stood up or formally threatened to withdraw. “In a statement from the general staff read in this capital by FARC-EP member Marco Leon Calarca, the insurgency said that, on the contrary, both parties are working in search of points for an approach on agricultural issues.