News Center
February 2012
Jeff Franks, Reuters
Feb 3 (Reuters) - Cuba is opening the door to private management of some state-run cafes and food service outlets in an apparent test of further reforms aimed at keeping the island one of the world's last communist countries.
Roots of Hope inspires a new generation to help Cubans find freedom
February 6, 2012
Carmen Pelaez, The Miami Herald
As I was lining up in the corrals before our run in the ING Miami Half Marathon for a fundraiser for Roots of Hope, a U.S. college network of students and their supporters who are helping find ways to connect with young Cubans on the communist-controlled island, I felt kind of helpless.
Joshua Goodman, Bloomberg
Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Cuba’s best-known pro-democracy blogger said she was denied permission to leave her country after Brazil granted her a visa ahead of President Dilma Rousseff’s state visit to the communist island last week.
Oldest woman in Cuba celebrates her 127th birthday
February 3, 2012
BBC News
As she was born in 1885, Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez had to spend more than half her life without electricity or running water.In the year of her birth Cuba was still a Spanish colony, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York harbour and the first automobile was patented.
Orlando gets permission for Cuba flights
February 3, 2012
AP, Miami Herald
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Orlando International Airport has received permission to offer air service to Cuba.Airport officials said Wednesday that their application was approved by federal authorities.
There are no scheduled flights at this time.