CubaNews articles from August 2008

CubaNews archives from August 2008

Tu-160 jets in Cuba?(Russian Defense Ministry )(Brief article)
August 15, 2008... Russian Defense Ministry officials have poured cold water on a July 20 news report suggesting that Moscow could use Cuba as a refueling base for nuclear-capable bombers. The newspaper Izvestia quoted a "highly placed source" as saying...

How far will Raul take economic reform? Here's what top Cuba experts have to say.(Reprint)
August 15, 2008... Only July 11, Cuban President Raul Castro declared that "socialism means social justice and equality, but equality of rights, of opportunities, not of income" and that "equality is not egalitarianism." What is the significance of Raul's...

Fraud forces USAID to freeze Cuba programs.
August 15, 2008... Congress has put the U.S. Agency for International Development's $45 million Cuba program's 2008 funding on hold, following a series of troubling audits and cases of massive fraud, the Miami Herald reported July 22. "In a quest to get the...

Gao report slams Cuba broadcasts.(Brief article)
August 15, 2008... The investigative arm of Congress is raising concerns about contracts awarded to South Florida local TV and radio stations that broadcast to Cuba, according to the Associated Press, quoting a report released July 21 by the Government Accounting...

Windsor flights to Cuba raise eyebrows.(Sunwing Airlines Inc)(Brief article)
August 15, 2008... Canada's Sunwing Airlines Inc. plans to offer direct flights to Cuba departing from Windsor Airport, right across the river from Detroit. The Detroit News reported July 21 that Sunwing will offer weekly flights to Varadero from Windsor...

Hezbollah-Cuba links?(Lebanese terrorist Samir Qantar freed)(Brief article)
August 15, 2008... Samir Qantar, the Lebanese terrorist serving a life sentence in Israel for murdering a Jewish family--including a 4-year-old girl whose skull he smashed with a rifle--has made his first private visit since being freed in a prisoner swap...