The travel license for the Wisconsin Medical Project has been approved through July 31, 2010.  The first license was issued in 2004.  Since then, it has been renewed each year allowing the medical project to send an average of three delegations per year and eight 40 ft seagoing containers.  Dr. Bernie Micke, president of the Medical Project, said, “The renewal allows us to maintain our relationships with the doctors and…

All of us who have celebrated many an event at the Cardinal can breathe a sigh of relief: the Cardinal is taking after the phoenix.   Our man in Madison, Ricardo Gonzalez, will be taking back the helm at the Cardinal Bar.    The story is here at the Isthmus (emphasis added).   It is well worth a read.

Cancel the wake. “The Cardinal Bar will live,” says Ricardo Gonzalez. As of Tuesday morning, the…

From El País (translation mine)

The United States and Cuba have concluded their first meeting this Tuesday on migration  issues with a favorable outcome described by both sides as “fruitful.”  This first encounter  addressed ways to achieve a safe, legal and orderly flow in the migration between both countries.

“The U.S.  sees these conversations as a means to achieve practical and positive results that will contribute to bringing about accords” on matters…

From Radio Cadena Agramonte

For Jacinto Jaime García his 1922 Ford Model T is something more than a vintage car; it is much more personal than his own name since this car has belonged to the patrimony of the family for many years, once his father drove it home in 1944.

There isn’t any crack nor fault on the car that Jaime doesn’t recognize. Mechanic and lathe operator, Jaime García is like…

Thursday July 9, 7:30 PM at Just Coffee Coop - 1129 E Wilson St

call 608-251-3241 or e-mail info@calamadison.org for more details

This year has seen positive changes in U.S. - Cuba relations. The Cuban-American community has seen the easing of travel restrictions to the island. We believe that it is the right of everyone to freely travel anywhere in the world. This is why we are supporting two Madison delegates who…