CUBA

The US Treasury Department announced modifications to the limitations to trade with Cuba and the restrictions to travel to the island for US citizens.»

The recent announcement by Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro to reestablish diplomatic relations after over a 50 year freeze has sparked expectations among the world’s major cruise companies.»

US officials acknowledged the prestige of Cuba in the fight against drug trafficking and they insisted in the need to expand cooperation accords between Washington and Havana, said the Washington Post.»

Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, arrived in Beijing leading the delegation to the first ministerial meeting of the Forum China-Celac.»

The strategy of President Barack Obama aimed at closing the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, appears to be moving forward after the transfer of five detainees to Kazakhstan.»

Cuban Vice-President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura is heading the delegation to the inauguration ceremony of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, to take place January 1.»

Raul Castro said that in the new stage of relations with the United States, Cuba will not give up the ideas for which its people have fought for over a century, shed blood and run the greatest risk.»

US President Barack Obama will announce new executive measures next month aimed at improving relations with Cuba, according to White House officials cited by The New York Times.»

Numerous shows of US citizens support to the decision of the Presidents of Cuba and the United States to restore diplomatic relations between the two nations have been published in The New York Times.»

The Cuban National Assembly of People’s Power (ANPP by  its  Spanish acronym) thanked all parliamentarians and legislators of the world for their support to the cause of the Cuban Five.»