Pope spurs U.S.-Cuba relations deal

Pope spurs U.S.-Cuba relations deal

By Gerald V. Paul Pope Francis is credited with paving the way for the U.S. to open its first embassy on Cuban soil since the Kennedy administration, a historic development that Canada helped to create. The talks may also result in the relaxation of many of the American economic and travel restrictions on Cuba that […]

Caribbean must consider ebola seriously

By David Jessop LONDON, England – The first thing to be said about the ebola crisis is that the region should be very proud that among the first to fully understand the seriousness of the threat and respond was a Caribbean nation: Cuba. It, almost alone in the world, recognized early, the extent of the […]

U.S. defies the world over Cuba

By Glen Ford Revolutionary Cuba has always been a miracle and gift to all humankind. Two weeks ago, the nations of the world – with two savage exceptions (U.S. & Israel) – instructed their emissaries at the UN General Assembly to tell the world’s self-designated “indispensable” country to end its 54-year-long trade embargo against Cuba. […]

Obama effort paltry vs Cuba’s ebola aid

By Glen Ford The real vector of mass death stalking West Africa is not the ebola-carrying fruit bat but a global capitalist system that has plundered Africa for centuries. Public health services are perceived as a threat to global capitalism; private profit is the system’s aim. When Ebola had clearly become unmanageable, President Barack Obama […]

Guyana, Cuba link brings mutual benefits

By Ronald Austin Last year the governments of Guyana and Cuba celebrated 40 years of diplomatic relations. It was a mutually satisfying occasion. But the road to this situation was difficult and occasionally fraught with challenges for both nations. To be sure, one is not speaking of misunderstanding or differences between Guyana and Cuba but […]

St. Kitts-Nevis opens Havana embassy

St. Kitts-Nevis opens Havana embassy

St. Kitts-Nevis opens Havana embassy by Brad Savage With the opening of an embassy in Havana, St. Kitts-Nevis has called on the U.S. to end its embargo. BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – St. Kitts-Nevis has opened an embassy in Cuba and called on the United States to end its decades-old trade and economic embargo against […]

Guyana rejects US calls for Caribbean to lobby Cuba on human rights, democracy

Guyana rejects US calls for Caribbean to lobby Cuba on human rights, democracy

Guyana on Friday dismissed calls by the United States (US) for the Caribbean to tell Cuba that it must address concerns about democracy, human rights and civil liberties. “I don’t know that there is a one-size-fits-all where democracy is concerned. I see that many of the countries have partners with other countries that don’t have […]