Cubans began on Monday a nation-wide public discussion around the text of a new constitution for the island that’s revealing a truly participatory angle to democracy here.
In Birán, birthplace of heroes, the national consultation on constitutional reform began.
The International Colloquium on the Thoughts of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez to the Unity and Independence of Latin America and the Caribbean is taking place in this capital, organized by the Venezuela-Cuba Mutual Friendship and Solidarity Movement.
Luis Enrique Gatica Silva has just turned 90 and if that name says little, bolero and ballad lovers have this Chilean singer known as Lucho Gatica among the greatest ones.
Six firefighters died until today in the confrontation of almost 20 forest fires in the US state of California, where favorable climatic conditions are maintained for the development of these disasters.
Swiss MP Mathias Reynard described as democratic the popular consultation started in Cuba so the people can analyze and express their opinion on a draft Constitution, parliamentary sources of the island reported today.
The draft of the new Constitution ratifies the leading role of Cuba”s Communist Party as a fundamental pillar of unity and of the political, economic and social order.
