The bankruptcy of the British tour operator Thomas Cook, the world's oldest travel company, has affected some 2 000 tourists in Cuba and forced the rescheduling of a dozen flights from three airports on the island. The closure of the company is expected to force some 600 000 people outside their countries and who had bought tickets from the group to seek the help of governments and insurance companies.

 

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has categorically rejected the expulsion of two diplomats from the island’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York and the announcement of greater restrictions of movement of its staff members and their relatives.

Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health Authority scientists Thursday claimed to have discovered the cause of strange symptoms found in recent years among US and Canadian diplomats in Cuba, according to Radio-Canada's investigative TV program Enquête.

 

Organizers of the Anti-Imperialist Meeting of Solidarity for Democracy and against Neoliberalism called on social movements and progressive forces worldwide to strengthen unity to counter attacks on the sovereignty of peoples.