Topic
- Latin American nations are strengthening relations with Beijing amid a belief that Washington’s focus turned to the Middle East and now the Indo-Pacific
- Beijing fills the void by expanding its diplomatic presence and investment in the region
Gary Prado Salmon was in charge of a patrol in southwestern Bolivia on October 8, 1967, that captured the Argentine revolutionary and Bolivia’s Congress declared him a national hero.
The ‘Yolanda’ singer toured the world as a cultural ambassador for Fidel Castro’s revolution and helped found Cuba’s ‘nueva trova’ movement.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, in his remarks in Cuba’s capital Havana, also said he would keep pushing for the US to lift its decades-old embargo against Cuba.
The sanctions target government ministers who are deemed responsible for the repression of protesters demanding more freedom, food and health care.
Thousands attended the rally in Havana on Saturday to denounce the US trade embargo and reaffirm their support for Cuba’s revolution.
Diaz-Canel said the outgoing leader, 89-year-old Raul Castro, would still be consulted on ‘strategic decisions’.
The 89-year-old leader confirmed he was resigning as head of the country’s Communist Party, but did not say who he would endorse as his successor.
The communist government called off the talks with a group of artists and intellectuals, accusing them of receiving support from the US.
Washington blacklisted Leopoldo Cintra Frias and his children, Deborah Cintra Gonzalez and Leopoldo Cintra Gonzalez.
The new prime minister Manuel Marrero has been tourism minister for 16 years, presiding over a rise in visitors and a hotel construction boom.
Ordinary residents talk about the good and bad sides to life in a city that’s a byword for romance yet has struggled under a US embargo for decades.
Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez tells the UN General Assembly that the action is ‘aimed at offending Cuba’s dignity’.
With city celebrating its 500th anniversary, Cuban authorities have committed to restoring many areas, including Chinatown.
New leader is a Communist Party loyalist, and the transition is not expected to herald sweeping changes to the island’s state-run economy and one-party system
The country proposed Miguel Diaz-Canel as sole candidate to replace Castro as president; the proposal is subject to a vote later in the day and the result will be formally announced on Thursday
