Cuba
Seville: Cuba, communists and anticapitalists for the elections!
Spotlight on the epicentre of southern Spain, whose ruling socialist-communist government leans more towards Cuba than Europe. In the land of the mileuristas - so-called '1000 euros a month-ers' - the rude gap is being bridged with an increasingly politically alternative feeling before the European elections in June 2009
cuba, olivier besancenot, university, monarchy, bologna process, skills, european elections 2009
Martha Roque: ‘The European Union treats Cuban opposition like dirt’
The tiny Caribbean island has again become the centre of attention throughout the world after the US detention facility Guantanamo Bay was closed on 21 January. President Raul Castro is due in Russia on 28 January. Interview with the economist and dissident
cuba, opposition party, hurricane, dissident, cyprus, interview, martha beatriz roque
Cuba: backstreet with an escape route
In the first of our ‘rock and backpack’ series, we discover Havana - the cultural centre of a Cuba in which everyone has the ability to produce something, but few express themselves
cuba, dance, tourism, travel, cities, leonid kuchma, street art
Photos: Cuba as Castro retires at 81
Post-election images from the provincial tourist town of Viñales in the west, to the semi-tropical cacao plantations of Baracoa in the east. The Cuban leader will not run again as president at the National Assembly on 24 February
cuba, eu presidency, photogallery, baracoa, non-eu countries, retirement, cigarette
'Were the US to go under, the world would turn to the Euro'
The five-year-old Euro may be trading above the dollar, but a stronger currency can damage Europe
cuba, alger, globalisation, international trade, euro, varadero, european central bank
Carlos Malamud: 'Europe’s policy is ‘wait and see'
In Cuba, the Castro administration is on the verge of ‘going to a better place’
cuba, human rights, dictature, communism, latin america, foreign policy, world affairs
Martha Beatriz Roque, standing up to Castro
As Fidel’s poor health forces him to hand over power to his brother Raúl, the sixty-year-old Roque denounces the neglect of her people and the regime of ‘apartheid’ enforced in Cuba. This is her story, told in very special circumstances.
cuba, democratisation, socialism, corruption, freedom, defence, politics
