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Cuba Blogger Fiefdoms

Havana Times

Cuba Blogger Fiefdoms Havana Times HAVANA TIMES, February 4 ? Recently, when I read the excellent Havana Times interview ?Miriam Celaya: A Dissident by Nature? by my colleague Yusimi Rodriguez, it confirmed my thesis that the Cuban blogosphere is fragmented, consisting of fiefdoms and ...

A Good Time for Cuban Judo , Says Veitia in Paris

A Good Time for Cuban Judo , Says Veitia in Paris Prensa Latina 04 de febrero de 2012, 11:02Paris, Feb 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuban judo is having a good moment at the international level and its immediate objective is to win the necessary points to lead the whole team to London, said Saturday coach Ronaldo Veitia. and more »

Cuban Tobacco Sculptor Keeps Amazing His Public

Cuban Tobacco Sculptor Keeps Amazing His Public Prensa Latina The recent opening of his studio-workshop in Boca Ciega beach (eastern Havana) adds a tourist touch to his trade, as the place is visited by many people who want to know more about Cuban culture and tobacco. In 2000, Nunez had the chance to cater for ... and more »

Latin American Friends Honor Sara Gonzalez

Cuba News

Latin American Friends Honor Sara Gonzalez Radio Cadena Agramonet Havana, Cuba, Feb 4.- Friends from different parts of Latin America have expressed their respect and admiration towards prominent Cuban singer-songwriter Sara Gonzalez, who died on Wednesday in this capital. Peruvian poet Hildebrando Perez expressed ... Cuban Antiterrorist Says Goodbye to Sara GonzalezPrensa Latina Top Cuban Singer-Songwriter Sara Gonzalez Dies in HavanaCuba News Cuba's Sara Gonazlez Dead at 60Havana Times all 14 news articles »

ALBA Summit for a Sovereign and Independent Economic Model

Kansas City Star

ALBA Summit for a Sovereign and Independent Economic Model Radio Cadena Agramonet Havana, Cuba, Feb 4.- The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas, is a regional integration project aimed at radically breaking with the neo-liberal economic model and with the market-oriented logic of commercial exchange, ... Cuban President in Venezuela for 11th ALBA SummitPrensa Latina Raul Castro to Venezuela for ALBA SummitHavana Times all 394 news articles »

Cuba Rookie Gets $7 Million from Cubs

Cuba Rookie Gets $7 Million from Cubs Havana Times By Circles Robinson HAVANA TIMES, Feb 3 ? Gerardo Concepcion, the rookie of the year pitcher for Industriales in the Cuban Baseball League during the 2010-2011 season, is now a multi-millionaire about to begin his career with the Chicago Cubs. and more »

A Joyful Cuban Celebrates Her 127th Birthday

A Joyful Cuban Celebrates Her 127th Birthday Radio Cadena Agramonet Santa Rosa, Granma, Cuba, Feb 3.- Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez, the oldest person in Cuba, declared on Thursday that she's happy and proud, amid celebrations for her 127th birthday in this rural neighborhood of the municipality of ... and more »

The 'Guarandinga' Across Cuba

Havana Times

The 'Guarandinga' Across Cuba Havana Times ... photos: Caridad HAVANA TIMES, Feb 4 ? If you see a tractor or a truck with a roofed flatbed with seats in tow go by, don't be surprised ? it's a ?guarandinga,? which are a widely used means of transportation in rural areas here in Cuba.

Cuba's Fidel Presents Spoken Memoirs

Fox News

Cuba's Fidel Presents Spoken Memoirs Havana Times ... the books contain conversations with the writer Katiuska Blanco. The presentation lasted nearly six hours and the two books were presented by Miguel Barnet, president of the Cuban Writers and Artists Association and Culture Minister Abel Prieto. Fidel Castro Talks with Relatives of the FivePrensa Latina Fidel Castro Launches Memories Titled Guerrillero del tiempoRadio Cadena Agramonet all 211 news articles »

Can We Take a Laptop into Cuba?

Can We Take a Laptop into Cuba? Havana Times Question: Would appreciate any advise you could give us about taking a laptop to Cuba on a trip that we are planning later this year. We are planning/hoping on a couple of weeks in Cuba, including a few days in Havana and some travel inland and to the ...

At least 30 al-Qaeda and Taleban suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay US naval base in Cuba have tried to commit suicide, doctors at the detention centre say.
The centre, in operation for the past seven months, is now almost at full capacity.

Last week 34 new arrivals took the number of detainees to 598. A US military medical team examines the detainees once they arrive here at Guantanamo Bay.

Remorse?

• Most are healthy with only run-of-the-mill medical problems, commander James Radkee, a doctor with the US navy, told visiting journalists.
• Over the months doctors have dealt with at least 30 incidents they see as suicide attempts.
• These have ranged from detainees trying to cut themselves with plastic utensils to banging their heads against walls and punching the walls.
• None of the detainees was able to do much damage to himself.
• Commander Radkee says some of this behaviour is seen as a sign that the detainees are showing remorse for their actions.

Questions

It is a glimpse - albeit from the US military’s perspective - into the lives of men who are completely hidden from the world in Camp Delta. They were moved there at the end of April when Camp X-Ray, with its open-air metal cages, was emptied. But even the new camp is now almost full. A further 200 cells are to be built by October, and possibly more after that. This all suggests that this naval base will remain the main detention centre for al-Qaeda and Taleban suspects for the foreseeable future - the Americans see it as the most effective way of keeping dangerous men out of circulation.

But human rights groups are increasingly questioning the legal basis on which these detentions continue.