La relajación de las leyes cubanas. ¿Una buena señal para relaciones con EEUU?

Starting early next year, the Cuban government will eliminate the requirement that citizens who are planning to travel to other nations obtain an exit visa, official permission to go abroad. A notice in Granma, the island nation's Communist Party newspaper, stated that once the policy takes effect on Jan. 13, Cuban citizens will also no longer have to present a letter of invitation to visit another country. They will have to show only their passport and visas for their destination countries. President Ral Castro pledged last year to get rid of the widely resented exit visas. The decision to do so is a sign that the party is answering calls for reform without surrendering much power. October marks the 50th anniversary of the 13-day Cuban missile crisis, during which tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union almost exploded into nuclear war.

Notice:  The Communist newspaper “Granma” is named after the boat in which Castro and his fighters landed in Cuba from Mexico to begin their invasion of Cuba.

"Cuba." Time Magazine. 29 2012: n. page. Web. 22 Oct. 2012.

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Un problema mexicano.

'They left through the door.'

JORGE LUIS MORAN, public-security secretary of the Mexican state of Coahuila, on the escape of more than 100 prisoners. The men were thought to have dug a tunnel, but now guards are accused of helping the inmates in an escape orchestrated by Los Zetas cartel

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2125506,00.html#ixzz28341apqw

"Mexico." Time. 08 Oct 2012: 15. Print.

¡ESPAÑA EN GUERRA!

The autonomous region of Catalonia made a new push for independence when its president, Artur Mas, called for a referendum on Nov. 25 to start "a process of auto-determination." His announcement came two weeks after an estimated 1.5 million Catalans held a pro-independence march in Barcelona and days after the central government rejected Catalonia's request for a bailout of 5 billion euros. Spain's economic crisis has heightened separatist sentiment in the country's wealthiest yet most indebted region. Catalans believe that the taxes they have been paying to Madrid have been mismanaged and that the bailout they requested is money that should be returned to their region. Meanwhile, anti-austerity protests rocked the Spanish capital yet again, as demonstrators marched on the country's parliament building and confronted police, leading to at least 64 people being injured.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2125506,00.html#ixzz2832s04tw

"Spain." Time. 08 Oct 2012: 14. Print.