More action needed on Cuba
Migration talks are a start. But much more action, especially at the grassroots, is needed on Cuba.
Cubans help children in Haiti
Through play, song and sport, a Cuban medical team is giving child survivors a boost in post-earthquake Haiti.
World Notes: Haiti, Cuba, Bolivia, China, Nigeria, Turkey
News clips from Cuba, Haiti, Bolivia, Switzerland, Nigeria, China, Turkey.
World Notes
In World Notes this week: Canada, South Africa, Dominican Republic, Taiwan, Cuba, Afghanistan.
Haiti relief opens doors for U.S.-Cuba cooperation
In a move to aid relief efforts in earthquake-devastated Haiti, the U.S. State Department says it's prepared to assist over 400 Cuban doctors there with much needed medical supplies.
Earthquake in Haiti: Cuba responds
Less than a day after the earthquake struck Haiti, Cuban doctors were caring for the wounded in a fully equipped field hospital.
Cuban food production is up
President Raul Castro last year signaled increased food production as Cuba's top priority.
World Notes: Brazil, Cuba, Guadaloupe, Spain, Sudan, Thailand, Yemen
This week in World Notes: Brazil passes landmark climate legislation; Cuba rejects U.S. terror designation; Guadaloupe prepares for general strike; Spain's unemployment is highest in Europe; Sudan exports food, while country starves; Thailand's army deport Laotian Hmong; Yemen faces mass poverty, hunger
Of Terrorism, Cuba, and Yemen
Who gets a visa to enter the United States? Nigerian citizen Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab did, even though his father had notified the U.S. embassy there of his son's worrisome terrorist associations.
