Cuba

The U.S. Senate ordered today a review of the Cuban ”Twitter” and asked USAID to hand over all records as part of a broader review of the agency’s civil-society efforts worldwide.»

Cuba will increase its annual budget for wholesale milk subsidies in the basic family food basket, by 12 million pesos ($12 million USD at the official exchange rate).»

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) spends part of its budget on subversive projects like the “Cuban Twitter” project, the New York Times is reporting today.»

President Raul Castro met with the chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander I. Bastrykin, who is visiting the island.»

Cuba’s Foreign Ministry says that the recent revelations about the U.S. government plan to create a “Cuban Twitter” for destabilizing purposes proves that Washington persists in its subversive plans against the island.»

President Raul Castro’s denunciations on US  attempts to destabilize Cuba were corroborated through the revelation of a plan to push Cuban youth toward counter-revolution, with participation of a U.S. government agency.»

Over 115 union organizations from Latin America and the Caribbean will attend an international meeting to be held here in early May, organizers reported today.»

“Arroz con mango”,Rice and Mangos, from the Venezuelan choreographer Inés Rojas, will be premiered in the Cuban capital in the upcoming International Festival of Dance in Urban Landscapes, from next April 16.»

The program “Mas Medicos” (More Doctors) will have 13, 235 health specialists in April to provide medical services to a population of 46 million Brazilians, asserted on Monday the country’s President, Dilma Rousseff.»

French activist Jacqueline Roussie denounced the ongoing and obstinate media silence and distortion in the case of the Cuban anti-terrorist fighters unjustly condemned in the United States for defending their country.»