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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.
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Pope Francis officiates Mass in Havana
The Gospel shows us Jesus asking a seemingly indiscreet question of his disciples: “What were you discussing along the way?” It is a question which he could also ask each of us today: “What do you talk about every day?” “What are your aspirations?” The Gospel tells us that the disciples “did not answer because on the way they had been arguing about who was the most important”. The disciples were ashamed to tell Jesus what they were talking about. As with the disciples then, we too can be caught up in these same arguments: who is the most important?
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Pope Francis Arrives in Cuba
Pope Francis arrived in Cuba on his tenth trip abroad, which also includes a visit to the United States, where it will be until September 27th. The Alitalia flight AZ4000 that brought him from Rome touched Cuban soil at 15:51 local time with flags of the Vatican and Cuban waving in the cockpit.He was welcome at Havana Jose Marti International Airport by President Raul Castro and a group of children, who gave him flowers. Cardinal Jaime Ortega, archbishop of Havana was also part of the delegation that welcomed the Supreme Pontiff.
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Pope Francis in Cuba: Minute by minute…
11.35.-Pope Francis is undertaking a revolution within the Catholic Church itself, which is why some, as well as considering him the leading statesman of his time, see him as a strong candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize, stated Frei Betto at the press conference in Havana.
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Raúl receives UNESCO Director-General
Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, received Her Excellency Mrs. Irina Bokova, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), who is on an official visit to the island.
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Argentina’s President Honored for Invitation to Pope’s Mass in Cuba
Cristina Fernandez calls attend Mass honor of the Pope in Cuba Havana, Sep 19 (Prensa Latina) The president of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez, today described as an honor the invitation to attend an historic event in Cuba as the Mass of Pope Francis, scheduled for tomorrow in the Plaza of the Revolution.
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Cuba officially has an ambassador in the United States
This Thursday, September 17, Cuban diplomat José Ramón Cabañas presented his credentials to the President of the United States, Barack Obama, to officially become the first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the island to Washington in over half a century. “Exchanging ambassadors since ancient times is a sign of normality and respect among nations,” Cabañas told Granma.
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Pope Francis arrives tomorrow
Pope Francis, the Pontiff of the Catholic Church and Vatican City head of state will arrive in Cuba Saturday, September 19 to begin an apostolic visit which will continue through the 22nd. The Pope will have a courtesy meeting with the President of Cuba’s Councils of State and Ministers, Raúl Castro Ruz, and complete a program of pastoral activities in Havana, Holguín and Santiago de Cuba.
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Cuban television to broadcast a video message from Pope Francis
This Thursday, September 17, at 8.30 p.m., Cuban Television’s Information System with broadcast a video message from Pope Francis to the Cuban people, in the lead up to his apostolic visit to the island, scheduled for September 19-22.
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Cuba presents report on the need to end the blockade
Today, September 16, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla presented, to the press, the United Nations Report 69/5, entitled “The Necessity of putting an end to the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba.” Rodríguez denounced the damage caused by this hostile policy for over five decades, which has cost the country billions, and has hampered the comprehensive development of Cuba’s children and youth.
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The green Varadero of Cuba
For the third time since 2000, Pinar del Río will showcase the many qualities which make it Cuba’s number one nature tourism destination. Playing host to the 10th International Nature Tourism Event (TURNAT), from September 22-27, the island’s largest catalogue of nature tourism products (43) will be presented in Cuba’s western-most province.