In 2017 doctors found changes in the 'white matter' region of the brains of Canadians who worked or lived near the Embassy in Havana. The Canadian government has declared their embassy an "unaccompanied post." This means that Canadian diplomats posted to Cuba will not be...
"We are disappointed that the Cuban Government opted to silence independent voices and maintain its repressive monopoly on power rather than allow its people a meaningful choice through free, fair, and competitive elections." -- U.S. State Dept. Spokesperson, Heather Nauert...
Will he swear allegiance to the party and the ideas of Fidel and Raúl Castro? He has at least five years to give his personal interpretation of how he will give continuity to that legacy....
Castro regime diplomats were 'conspicuously absent' as the Cuban government was strongly condemned for its treatment of human rights defenders and, particularly, for preventing two activists from traveling to Geneva to speak at the pre-session to Cuba's third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by the UN...
“Mr. Paya was a transformational leader capable of channeling the collective demands of the Cuban people for greater freedom and human rights.” --Sen. Bob Menendez ...
"Rosa, thank you. I’m greatly inspired by your courage and by your leadership that’s inspiring people across Cuba, Cubans across America and across the wider world." -- Vice President Mike Pence in Lima, Peru....
“We were peasants who grew up in terrible misery, we didn’t know anything,” said Julio Lopez, 77, who says he was a barefoot, illiterate adolescent when he joined the rebel force in the Sierra Maestra....
The official Venezuelan delegation joined in the shouting as OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro addressed the audience. After the outburst, summit organizers moved the spokespersons and the officials to a closed room to continue the debate. ...
“I hope the Cuban government press accomplishes its mission of transmitting the truth instead of serving the oppressors in power and that it publishes our proposals to the countries attending the secretariat of the Summit of the Americas.” — Rosa María Payá ...
“Join us in recognizing the great contributions made by these three prominent exponents of the Cuban exile spirit who make us all proud with their extraordinary accomplishments.” --Frank Carreras ...