Alicia Alonso, one of the great ballerinas of all time, asked the people of the United States why the government of that country maintains a hostile policy against Cuba, evident in the conditions applied to giving aid to the island after Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.Alicia is very fond of the US people whom she considers among of her most loyal and vibrant followers. She spoke Tuesday at a gathering of the Cuban Association of Writers and Artists (UNEAC) where a call titled "With Cuba Today" was made to their colleagues around the world to promote humanitarian aid to help mitigate the devastation from the hurricanes and to demand an end to the criminal US blockade against Cuba.
Raul Castro Tours Hurricane Impacted Areas
http://www.cubanews.ain.cu/,
Raúl Castro pide optimismo en primer mensaje
"Que no se caiga el ánimo, porque es lo peor, porque viene la desmoralización, independientemente de lo que se tarde en la solución de los problemas"
Agencias http://www.kaosenlared.net/noticia/raul-castro-pide-optimismo-primer-mensaje,
WHO/PAHO supports health response to Hurricane Ike in Cuba
17 September 2008 ¦ HAVANA/GENEVA - Cuban medical facilities have been extensively damaged by extreme weather events in recent weeks, jeopardizing health care delivery in the country's west. In response, the World Health Organization (WHO) has secured US$524 000 to re-equip health facilities and provide maternal and child health care in Pinar del Rio province and on Isla de la Juventud, off the southern coast.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EGUA-7JKMAF?OpenDocument,
Cuba está al bate
-NORLAND ROSENDO GONZÁLEZ
Los jóvenes se incorporan a la recogida de café tras el huracán Ike. Qué Cuba esta. Ni los endemoniados vientos de dos huracanes seguidos han podido con ella. La mecen, pero no la tumban. La sacuden fuerte de un extremo al otro y no logran derribarla ni sacarla del campeonato por la vida.
http://www.cubahora.co.cu/index.php?tpl=principal/ver-noticias/ver-not_ptda.tpl.html&newsid_obj_id=1027788,
"Few Deaths Do not Mean Storm Damages Were not Massive"
Interview with Susan McDade, UN Resident Coordinator in Cuba
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43900,
Brussels welcomes Cuban diplomatic overture
http://www.enews20.com/news_Brussels_welcomes_Cuban_diplomatic_overture_11591.html, http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/southamerica/080917-Cuba-EU, http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/2008/09/cuba-accepts-eu-offer-of-dialogue/62292.aspx,
Statement by Cuba’s Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque at the First Ministerial Meeting between Cuba and the Pacific Islands States, underway in Havana
http://www.cubanews.ain.cu/2008/0917perezroque.htm,
El cineasta de las luces Humberto Solás ha muerto
http://www.juventudrebelde.cu/cultura/2008-09-18/el-cineasta-de-las-luces-humberto-solas-ha-muerto/,
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, organismo de la ONU, recoge la evolución de la economía cubana.
Informe de la CEPAL sobre la economía cubana
http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=72884,
Cuba : Transitions without End
-by Dr. Frederic Clairmont
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8408,
A long, 'seductive' fascination with Cuba
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/18/a-long-seductive-fascination-with-cuba/,
Ojo con el Vice
-Por: Ricardo Alarcón De Quesada
El sistema electoral de Estados Unidos tiene cosas realmente fascinantes. La más notable es, sin dudas, que todavía muchos norteamericanos creen que es democrático y que además debería ser el modelo a imitar por los demás países.
http://www.cubarte.cult.cu/global/loader.php?cat=actualidad&cont=showitem.php&id=6839&tabla=entrevista&seccion=Letra%20con%20filo,
It’s easy just to complain but more rewarding to suggest solutions.
So pshaw to both McCain and Obama. Here’s some of what our country really needs to reform our foreign policy.First, we shouldn’t have American military on foreign shores. We should bring home our troops from the 132 countries where they are stationed and put them under the authority of local officials to make our own streets safe and borders secure........Sixth, we should establish normal diplomatic ties with Cuba. It would be benefit our agriculture interests and would be better for South Florida. We should also give Guantanamo back to Cuba, after cleaning up the military and toxic waste there; it could make great Club Med. -Tony Seton is a veteran broadcast journalist who covered Watergate, eight elections, five space shots and produced Barbara Walters' news interviews. Tony also won several national awards for his production of ABC's business-economics news.
http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=9401,
Unasur: memorable cumbre
-Ángel Guerra Cabrera
http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=72911,
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