Haitian Prime Minister begins official visit to Cuba
HAITIAN Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe began an official visit to Cuba yesterday, May 15, during which he is to meet with authorities with a view to extending bilateral relations.

The battle against
our own limitations and
deficiencies
MAY 10, during an expanded meeting of the Council of Ministers, President Raúl Castro Ruz reiterated the need to avoid inefficient use of resources since, “conservation is a principal source of income within the economy,” not always given the priority it merits. The solution, he said, cannot be looking elsewhere for what can be produced within the country.

GUANTANAMO
A ghost from the Bush era pursues Obama
GUANTANAMO is robbing Obama of sleep. Ten years after the opening of the prison, on illegally occupied territory in Cuba, the issue had been forgotten by many until a hunger strike by hundreds of prisoners returned it to the public consciousness.

 CUBA
• Sculpture donated to Hemingway's Cuban home
• “Home is love, respect and inclusion”
• Support for the Cuban people’s struggle confirmed


Our America
• Maduro inaugurates new mausoleum for Simón Bolívar
• Presidential dialogue for Central American peace and development
• Puerto Rican Oscar López Rivera, 32 years in U.S. jails


INTERNATIONAL
• United States
Pregnant Anti-War Soldier Sent to Prison
• THE EUROPEAN DREAM GOING THE WAY OF THE AMERICAN DREAM?
• SYRIA
Phantom chemical weapons


CULTURE
• The National Museum of Fine Arts: centenary & contemporary
• I prefer the Cuban prize to a Grammy
• Adigio Benítez, exemplary art educator and revolutionary


SPORTS
• Isam Ortiz to the World Cup
• ARLENIS SIERRA
"The hardest thing is going out to train every day"
• From 'Chicken' to prize rooster

A look at Cuba’s model of wellbeing
ON many occasions, I have asked my students what might be the principal reasons to support for saying that it’s good to live in Cuba. The majority of the responses refer to universal health care, education, social security.

"I will die as I have lived"
 Watercolors by Antonio Guerrero exhibited in U.S.
THE exposition "Me muero como viví" (I Will Die as I Have Lived), composed of 15 watercolors painted by Antonio (Tony) Guerrero, a decorated Hero of the Republic of Cuba, was inaugurated May 15 in the headquarters of Casa Maryland, a Latino community organization established in 1985, among the most important of its kind in the state.
- Pastoral Platform demands justice for the Five
- Five Days for the Five in Washington
- René no longer a U.S. citizen
- We were, we are and will be the Five

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• A new standard-bearer
• IN GUANAHACABIBES
Guardians of a treasure
• Ramón Labañino salutes René González’ presence in Cuba