Cuba – Page 80 – People's World

Cuba’s infant mortality rate at its lowest level ever

January 9, 2015 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Cuba's infant mortality rate (IMR) for 2014 was 4.2, unchanged from the previous year and again the lowest in Cuban history.

“Here, nobody surrenders”: 56 years since the Cuban Revolution

January 7, 2015 By Emile Schepers

The Cubans greeted the victory of the Revolution with rejoicing and a burst of energy as they put their shoulders to the wheel of building a new society on socialist principles.

High and low points of Connecticut’s history with Cuba

January 7, 2015 By Steve Thornton

The Dec. 17, 2014 announcement by President Obama establishing full diplomatic relations with Cuba was a day we thought we might never see.

Caribbean states, Uruguayan president demand end of U.S. blockade of Cuba

January 5, 2015 By Emile Schepers

The Caribbean Community, known as CARICOM, has once more called for an end to the U.S. blockade of Cuba.

The worry about Assata Shakur

January 5, 2015 By Emile Schepers

A concern has been raised about the fate of Assata Shakur, an African-American activist who was given political asylum by the government of Fidel Castro in 1982.