Cuban youth delegation continues visit to Mexico
A delegation of Cuban young people who travelled to Mexico to pay tribute to the founder of the Federation of University Students (FEU by its Spanish acronym) of the Island, Julio Antonio Mella, continues to develop an intense program of activities this Wednesday.
On the third day of their stay in Mexico, where Mella was murdered in 1929, the representatives of the FEU, the Young Communists League and the Federation of High School Students will hold a meeting with students from the Bauer College.
They will also make a tour on the historic center of the city and to finish the day, they will hold dialogues with students and teachers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM by its Spanish acronym).
After paying tribute to the also founder of the Cuban Communist Party and visiting the pantheon of Tina Modotti, his close partner, the youths from the island exchanged with members of the Mexican Movement of Solidarity with Cuba.
In a lively dialogue, the president of the FEU, Carlos Lage, emphasized that Cuba lives a new historical moment today, characterized by a critic analysis of the situation of the country and an open battle against waste and any form of corruption.
He recalled that last November, the Cuban president, Fidel Castro, called the youth to reflect on the irreversibility of the revolutionary process and referred to the invulnerability of the Island in the military, economic and political fields.
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Mexico-US row over Cuban eviction
The authorities in Mexico say a US-owned hotel in Mexico City may have broken the law by expelling a group of Cuban officials.
The delegation was ordered out of the Hotel Maria Isabel Sheraton last week at the behest of Washington, because of the US embargo against Cuba.
Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez said the US law could not be applied in a third country. Some 30 people held an anti-US rally outside the hotel.
The Cuban government said the incident showed US policy had been affecting other countries.
The Cuban officials were due to meet
Cuban Educational Program a Success in Mexico
Over 266,000 Mexicans have been taught to read and write using the Cuban method "Yo si puedo"(Yes, I can), which is currently being implemented in 10 municipalities of that country.
According to Granma newspaper, some 10,500 young voluntary twelfth graders under the supervision of Cuban professors give the classes.
On a visit to Cuba, at the beginning of 2005, the governor of Michoacan, Lazaro Cardenas, praised the Cuban methodology, which has already eliminated illiteracy in some regions.
Thanks to the 3-year-old "Yo si puedo" project, more than one million people were taught to read and
Mexico-Cuba Boost Parliament Diplomacy
Monterrey, Mexico, Nov 19 (Prensa Latina) The 8th Meeting of Legislators of Cuba and Mexico agreed to beef up parliamentary diplomacy here in this industrial city.
The Chamber of Deputies VP, Francisco Arroyo, said it must go further that governments and reach levels of "friendship and solidarity," with strong currents of non-intervention and self-determination.
After more than 100 years of diplomatic relations,chief of the Cuban delegation Ramón Pez Ferro said his group is moved by a spirit of cooperation and respect of sovereignty and the right of people to select the political, economic and social system they wish.
The Cuban
Cuba and Mexico Boost Parliamentary Diplomacy
The 8th Meeting of Legislators from Cuba and Mexico agreed to increase parliamentary diplomacy during a meeting in Monterrey, Mexico.
The Chamber of Deputies Vice President, Francisco Arroyo, said that both sides should increase its levels of "friendship and solidarity," with strong currents of non-intervention and self-determination.
After more than 100 years of diplomatic relations, the chief of the Cuban delegation Ramón Pez Ferro said his group is moved by a spirit of cooperation and respect of sovereignty and the right of people to select the political, economic and social system they wish.
The Cuban legislator ratified his
Diary Note Mexico: Amnesty International Secretary General to visit the country
Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan will lead a High Level Mission to Mexico between 8th and 10th August 2005.
Amnesty International’s delegation will include Susan Lee, Director of the Americas programme; Rupert Knox, Researcher on Mexico; Monica Costa, Campaigner on Mexico and Judit Arenas, Head of the Office of the Secretary General.
The delegation will visit the city of Chihuahua and Mexico City and will meet state and federal authorities and members of civil society. Amnesty International has invited representatives of the main political parties to a public discussion ahead
Protesters mark Cuban revolution anniversary outside US Embassy in Mexico
More than 1,000 people convened in front of the US Embassy in Mexico on Tuesday to mark the 52nd anniversary of the start of the Cuban revolution.
Chanting "Viva Fidel" and braving heavy rain, demonstrators marched down Reform Avenue and erected a makeshift stage in front of the US embassy.
Police blocked traffic for over an hour as demonstrators took turns delivering speeches denouncing a decades-old embargo placed by the United States on Cuba.
On July 26, 1953, Cuban
Trade Mission In Mexico
Governor Dirk Kempthorne is ready to leave the country to visit Idaho's ninth largest trade partner. The delegation of 70 departs in the morning for Mexico. Companies like Premier Technology will visit Monterrey, Guadalajara, and Mexico City over the next week. Many Eastern Idaho-based companies are pursuing increased business, educational, and tourism opportunities.
This is a second trade mission for Premier Technology. Mike Ryan says his colleagues have just returned from Asia, following up on their visit in May.
Mike Ryan, Premier Technology, Inc. owner: "Two of my partners are in Taiwan right now following up from the last
Hotel closure after Mexico-US row
Local authorities in a district of Mexico City have announced the imminent closure of a US-owned hotel at the centre of a diplomatic row. It said the branch of the Sheraton chain had committed irregularities such as unauthorised building work and failure to provide a menu in Braille.
The announcement comes as Mexico investigates the hotel for expelling 16 Cuban officials last week. The delegation was ordered out to comply with a US embargo against Cuba.
A US law bans American companies from doing business with the island. However, the authorities in the city's central
Anti-US protest blocks hotel in Mexico City
Protesters waving Cuban flags blocked the entrance to a US-owned Sheraton hotel in Mexico City yesterday, calling for it to be closed because it evicted Cuban officials on orders from Washington.
About 30 people shouted "Yankees out" as they demonstrated outside the hotel over its eviction of the 16 Cubans who were staying there last week for a conference with US energy companies.
Presidential spokesman Ruben Aguilar said Mexico was looking into the evictions and would apply the full force of the law against the Sheraton if a crime had been committed.
"It
Mexico City Officials Try to Close Hotel
City officials moved Tuesday to shut down a U.S.-owned hotel that angered many Mexicans when it kicked out a Cuban delegation under pressure from Washington.
Virginia Jaramillo Flores, head of the city borough where the upscale Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel is located, said authorities notified the hotel staff that it would be closed because it is in violation of building codes.
Jaramillo said the hotel could reopen when it had corrected the violations and paid a $15,000 fine.
Borough officials posted signs at the front entrance saying, "Due to infringement of local law, the Sheraton Hotel
