Havana - Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom "officially" apologized to Cuba for his country's involvement in the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion sponsored by the US government.
On the final day of a state visit to the island, Colom also decorated Fidel Castro with Guatemala's highest award, and condemned the continuing US economic embargo against Cuba.
Havana - A year after Fidel Castro announced his retirement, doubts persist as to how far removed the iconic Cuban leader really is from the decision-making progress in the communist island.
Many Cubans continue to refer to him as "comandante," including his successor, Raul Castro, who admits to still consulting his older brother on all major issues.
Havana - Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has not been seen in public since 2006, was "very agile and active," said Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, Cuban media reported Friday.
"He is in very good condition, we talked for long," Bachelet told reporters late Thursday after the meeting.
"Someone who spends an hour and a half talking (is) well, very well, very agile, active as always," said the Chilean president, a doctor by training.
Havana - Chilean President Michelle Bachelet arrived for an official visit in the Cuban capital Havana Tuesday evening for a landmark visit.
Bachelet's trip is viewed as being of great bilateral importance, as it is the first time in 37 years that a Chilean leader visits the Communist island state.
She is scheduled to meet with her Cuban counterpart Raul Castro on Wednesday. A meeting with ailing revolutionary leader Fidel Castro was also possible, officials said.
Havanna - Spain on Thursday issued its first passport to a Cuban of Spanish heritage under a law that recognizes the citizenship of descendants of immigrants and has attracted thousands of applicants on the communist island.
The Spanish law in effect since December 29 allows the children and grandchildren of Spaniards who fled the country during the Spanish Civil War and the beginning of the Franco dictatorship to apply for citizenship.
The Spanish embassy in Havanna has received 25,000 applications.
The first Cuban to receive a passport was a 38-year-old doctor who plans to leave for Spain on Sunday.
Havana - Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom "officially" apologized to Cuba for his country's involvement in the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion sponsored by the US government.
Havana - A year after Fidel Castro announced his retirement, doubts persist as to how far removed the iconic Cuban leader really is from the decision-making progress in the communist island.
Havana - Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has not been seen in public since 2006, was "very agile and active," said Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, Cuban media reported Friday.
Havana - Chilean President Michelle Bachelet arrived for an official visit in the Cuban capital Havana Tuesday evening for a landmark visit.
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