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May
18
FROM
CUBA
Allergy
vaccines scarce in Cienfuegos
Several parents raised a
ruckus Thursday morning at the Pediatric Hospital
in Cienfuegos after they were told there was no
allergy vaccine available to administer to their
children.
CIENFUEGOS
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Old
and infirm complain their meat ration is spoiled
Consumers here complained
the beef ration allotted to the old and infirm
with special dietary needs and sold at the 8 de
Octubre outlet May 9 was spoiled.
SANTA
CLARA
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FROM
CUBA
Citizen
carrying chlorine container is arrested
A man walking down the street
carrying a gallon container of chlorine was arrested
by police last Wednesday in Santa Clara.
SANTA
CLARA |
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The Miami Herald
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Castro rallies Cubans against terror, Posada
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Cuban exile whisked away after his arrest
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Posada extradition issue poses major credibility
challenge for U.S.
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U.S. arrests exile hours after Cuban march
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Posada speaks out in Miami
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Police short on Mariel release data
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Yahoo! News
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Cuban Dissidents Set for Rare Meeting
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Sources: Cuban Exile Being Moved From State To
State
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US caught between fighting terror and tense ties
with Cuba, Venezuela
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Cuban in U.S. Denies Role in 1976 Attack
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Venezuela says it will not hand Posada to Cuba
if US extradites him
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Cuba 'bomber' in US a test for Bush
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Cuba to switch computers to Linux, dumping Windows
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A Look at Luis Posada Carriles' Life
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Senior Chinese Official Meets With Castro
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Member
of the Assembly to Promote Civil Society In Cuba
disappeared
Through a telephone call at
6 PM today, we were informed by Martha Beatriz Roque
Cabello, that member of the opposition movement
and activist of the Assembly, Antuan Clemente Hernández,
has disappeared, after receiving a citation from
the political police (state security) on May 12th.
Information
and Support Center. |
U.S.
finally says No to terror suspect
After accused terrorist Luis
Posada Carriles made a mockery of the federal agency
charged with homeland security, it finally did its
job: The Department of Homeland Security arrested
him yesterday.
The
Miami Herald. |
Veteran
dissident still dreams of Cuban democracy after
40 yearst
Gustavo Arcos Bergnes, the
most veteran of Cuba's opposition leaders, still
dreams of seeing his homeland shake off the communist
system that compelled him to break with Fidel Castro
almost four decades ago.
Tallahassee
Democrat, Florida. |
Contreras
is stable and ready to take off
Most of the White Sox players
ignore the kids clamoring for autographs near the
visitors' dugout in Oakland. But Jose Contreras
stops and squiggles his name for practically every
youngster there, chatting in his broken English.
Sporting
News. |
For
Cuban Retirees, Years Are Anything But Golden
Sometimes, the 69-year-old
retiree has nothing but eggs and rice to put on
his family's table for days on end.
Tampa
Bay Online, Florida. |
Cuban
civil society
Despite Fidel Castro's prisons
holding ever more dissenters in foulconditions,
courageous Cubans will be in Havana on May 20 for
a general meeting of the Assembly to Promote Civil
Society in Cuba.
Hentoff.
The Washington Times. |
Cuban
family seeks asylum
Family members of Cuban refugee
Juan Jose Haber Guerra, arrived in Grand Cayman
from New York on Sunday evening to meet with lawyers
and help him apply for political asylum.
Cayman
Net News. |
Rafael
Diaz-Balart's long fight for Cuba
That's the image many Westerners
have of Fidel Castro. Oliver Stone has called the
dictator "one of the Earth's wisest people." Other
media moguls, actors and intellectuals have traveled
to Havana to pay homage and make small talk about
cigars.
Jewish
World Review |
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links
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Lifeline
thrown to Cuba
Diplomats and experts have been wondering where
Castro is getting the cash for such initiatives,
given that in recent years the country has suffered
poor domestic production, chronic power blackouts
and anemic economic growth.
Chicago
Tribune.
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Profile:
Cuban 'plane bomber'
Posade Carriles: "I've always believed in the
armed struggle" Terror suspect Luis Posada Carriles
poses a double headache for the United States:
his alleged crimes relate to Cuba and its ally
Venezuela, and he is a former CIA employee.
BBC,
UK.
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'War
on terror' at odds with 'war on Castro'?
Cuban and Venezuelan demands for extradition of
ex-CIA 'terrorist' suspect pose challenge for
US.
Christion
Science Monitor.
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May
13
FROM
CUBA
Woman
selling artificial flowers for Mother's Day fined
A 55-year-old nurse trying
to supplement her income by selling artificial
flowers for Mother's Day said police and government
inspectors fined her 100 pesos and confiscated
her merchandise.
HAVANA
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Medical
post closed for lack of doctors
The urgent care medical
post next to the El Cerro bus station in Havana
has been closed until further notice due to the
scarcity of physicians occasioned by the wholesale
shipment of doctors to other countries.
HAVANA
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CUBA
Cuban
doctor in Angola possible Marburg victim
A Cuban physician who died
March 22 while working in Angola may have been a
victim of the epidemic of the Marburg virus that
has already killed 316 in the African country, his
friends and relatives in Cuba say.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
Student,
14, attempts suicide
A 14-year-old student at the
Juan Olaiz high school in Cienfuegos took approximately
40 tablets of an unspecified psychiatric drug in
an apparent attempt to take her own life.
CIENFUEGOS |
FROM
CUBA
Police
crack down on street vendors in Holguin province
Twenty street vendors were
arrested in their homes last week in the municipality
of Banes in Holguin province and charged with selling
without a license.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Disturbance
squashed at Combinado del Este prison
Authorities last week put
down an uprising by common criminals in the Combinado
del Este prison on the outskirts of the capital,
according to reports from a political dissident
imprisoned there.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
Attempted
theft at cigarette factory detected
Someone attempted to steal
19,000 pesos worth of cigarette paper from a factory
in Ranchuelo, but the security detail detected the
shipment under the refuse in the garbage truck.
RANCHUELO |
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The Miami Herald
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Bolton nomination figure known as expert on Cuba
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Cuban hip-hop artists moving forward, left behind
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Mariel artists' contributions are saluted
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Artistic and dramatic, monthlong showcase has
it all
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Papers connect exile to bomb plot
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Pope appoints new bishop in Cuba
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Castro Defends Fugitive Sought by U.S.
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Cuban terror suspect seeking US asylum was on
CIA payroll: documents
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Cuban terror suspect seeking US asylum was on
CIA payroll: documents
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Freedom Flight, a Comedy Starring a Fidel Castro
Character and Celebrated in The Latin Community,
Is a Hit!
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US says has no Venezuela extradition request for
accused Cuba bomber
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Troopers
slam Castro for comment
Indignant New Jersey troopers
blasted Cuban leader Fidel Castro yesterday for
calling convicted cop killer Joanne Chesimard a
"political prisoner'' and victim of American racism.
The
Trentonian, NJ. |
Crackdown
on Cuba's disaffected youth
Cuba's government is repressive.
Its latest crackdown targets so-called ''anti-social''
youths, most of them black. Since January more than
400 people have been imprisoned, almost every one
of them black.
The
Miami Herald. |
Dissidents
get OK to visit Cuba
The United States has given
members of the anti-Castro Cuban American National
Foundation permission to travel to Cuba for a meeting
of dissidents May 20.
World
Peace Herald, DC. |
A
piece of American dream
Like the hundreds of thousands
of Cuban immigrants before them, Pedro and Mirka
Heredia came to the United States with a dream and
not much else.
The
Arizona Republic. |
How
Castro's doctrine denied Mario millions
Although Amir Khan is brimming
with confidence ahead of his clash with Mario Kindelan
in Bolton tomorrow, Britain's new boxing sensation
is facing mission impossible.
Evening
Standard. UK. |
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May
9
FROM
CUBA
Mother's
Day for the Ladies in White
The Ladies in White have
undertaken a campaign that has transcended our
borders in its goal of obtaining freedom for their
loved ones.
HAVANA
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Ex-officer: Bomb suspect lying
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Relatives of Italian killed in Havana bombing
want to testify against Posada
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Fighter for a free Cuba eulogized at funeral Mass
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U.S. rockers Audioslave put on landmark show
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Cuban-American icon dies of leukemia
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Cuban political prisoners' wives warn against
dissident congress
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Castro says US invasion will set South America
on fire
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Against
all odds in Cuba
Paired with the ration card,
the kitchen has become a symbol of desperation for
Cuban women, especially as Cuban society divides.
Frank
Calzon, The Miami Herald. |
Export
of workers
They come from all over the
island. Women and men. Black and white, mostly young.
They are the Cuban poor looking for an opportunity
to save a few euros to help their families. They
are eager to know and learn about the world and
willing to travel to far, unknown places.
Jaime
Suchlicki, The Miami Herald. |
Spear
recalls brush with death in Cuba
Inside a tidy ranch home high
on a ridge, Maine Agriculture Commissioner Robert
Spear sits on a blue sofa, his right arm swathed
in bandages and resting high on a pillow.
Bangor
Daily News. ME. |
A
whole new ball game for brave Cuban guests
They come from the balmy Caribbean
... but these two brave Cuban teenagers got their
first taste of a different sun-soaked 'paradise'.
Evening
Times, UK. |
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Federal
judge rules against demonstrators in raid to get
Elian
A federal judge Friday ruled against awarding
damages to 13 people who were tear-gassed during
the raid to seize 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez five
years ago.
Sun-Sentinel,
FL.
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Cuban
Exile Could Test U.S. Definition of Terrorist
From the United States through Latin America and
the Caribbean, Luis Posada Carriles has spent
45 years fighting a violent, losing battle to
overthrow Fidel Castro. Now he may have nowhere
to hide but here.
The
New York Times.
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'My best
friend Che'
Ernesto "Che" Guevara may be an icon of revolution
to millions, but for Alberto Granado he was a
friend. He tells the story of their extraordinary
friendship for a BBC Two documentary.
BBC,
UK.
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May
6
FROM
CUBA
Cuban
political prisoner goes on hunger strike
David García Capote, who's
been serving a 30-year prison sentence since 1999
on charges of trafficking in humans, went on a
hunger strike at the end of April, according to
his sister, Zenayda García Capote.
HAVANA
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CUBA
Cuban
olympic medalist given confiscated dwelling
Cuban authorities have given
to Olympic silver medalist Yaneliys Labrada Díaz
a house taken from a family that says it had purchased
it for US$5,000.
HAVANA
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CUBA
Alternative
Republican Movement chooses dissident prisoner as
its president
Orlando Zapata Tamayo, currently
in prison, last week was elected president of the
dissident Alternative Republican Movement at a meeting
held by members in the capital.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
AIDS
medicines scarce in sanatorium in Cuba
The irregularity and delay
in distribution of medicines for AIDS patients in
the Aguas Claras sanatorium, in Holguín province,
are jeopardizing the lives of dozens of patients,
said Arnaldo Pino, one of those affected.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
Woman
barricades herself to prevent eviction
Yudinela Caridad Castro barricaded
herself in the home she occupied April 14 in the
Párraga neighborhood of Havana, after Arroyo Naranjo
municipal housing authorities threatened to evict
her.
CIENFUEGOS |
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Rare Cuban sound: U.S. rock
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Cuban exile, father of two Florida congressmen,
dies
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Nation may seek militant's extradition from the
U.S.
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Vermont food trade deal signed
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Venezuela, Cuba to Team Up on Shipyard
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U.S.-Havana
chill prods Loyola to pull the plug on Cuba program
Bowing to criticism that it
could get sucked into the battle between Washington
and Havana, Chicago's Loyola University has suspended
a U.S. government-funded program to provide English
language courses to adults in a poor Havana neighborhood,
a university spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Chicago
Tribune. |
Axis
of Subversion
Democrats on the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee are not the only ones opposed
to President Bush's nominee for U.N. Ambassador,
John Bolton. In his annual May Day speech earlier
this month, Cuba's Fidel Castro used the occasion
to rail against Bolton.
Weekly
Standard. |
Marti
shown to be complex 'Divine' figure
An oversized statue at the
entrance to Central Park freezes the moment Jose
Marti entered the pantheon of Latin American independence
heroes, rearing back on his horse, frock coat flapping,
as Spanish bullets strike his body.
Myrtle
Beach Online. |
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May
3
FROM
CUBA
Weather
allows Florida's TV into Cuban homes
Because of climatic conditions,
television signals from South Florida have been
received in some Cuban homes the past few days.
HAVANA
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CUBA
The
health of imprisoned dissident Héctor Palacios
Ruiz said to deteriorate
Gisela Delgado Sablón says
that her husband, Héctor Palacios Ruiz, a political
dissident serving a 25-year prison sentence, is
deteriorating.
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CUBA
Mother
of dissident jailed since 1987 says her son is in
poor health
The mother of political prisoner
Arturo Suárez Ramos, imprisoned since 1987 on charges
of piracy alter he tried to illegally leave the
island, is in poor health, his mother says.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
Customers
prefer private ice-cream shops
The opening of a privately-run
ice-cream shop April 26 makes seven in the small
municipality of Ranchuelo, in central Cuba, and
points to an odd phenomenon in Cuba, where just
about everything is run by the government.
RANCHUELO |
FROM
CUBA
Cubans
who tried to sep haven in the Mexican Embassy sentenced
Twenty-three Cubans who sought
asylum in the Mexican Embassy have received prison
sentences ranging from tour to 18 years.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Political
prisoner starts a hunger strike to protest lack
of medical treatment
Political prisoner Ricardo
Pupo Sierra slipped a note out of the Vista Alegre
prison last week saying that he had started a hunger
strike to protest lack of proper medical treatment.
CIENFUEGOS |
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Castro wants Posada expelled
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18 Cubans were smuggled, U.S. Border Patrol suspects
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Confiscated art is now off-limits
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Cuba and Venezuela forge trade partnership
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Chávez, Castro bolster alliance
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Suspect Stirs Memories of Attack in Cuba
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Toby Keith Entertains Troops on a USO Tour to
Cuba, Germany, Belgium and the Persian Gulf
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Agent's Ex-Wife to Get Frozen Cuban Funds
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Cuba
played secret role in Vietnam War
Cuba has disclosed its military
engineers took part in the widening of the famous
Ho Chi Minh Trail in the midst of Vietnam's war
with the US, according to an interview with a Cuban
participant in the official paper Juventud Rebelde.
Brisbane
Courier Mail, Australia. |
Castro's
largesse troubles economists
Cuban President Fidel Castro
recently sent a team of economists on a secret mission
as part of his campaign to put a brake on growing
poverty and social stratification in what was once
one of the world's most egalitarian societies.
Financial
Times, UK. |
Group
for Social and Corporate Responsibility in Cuba
acts to protect workers' rights
In observance of International
Worker's Day, the Group for Social and Corporate
Responsibility in Cuba today called on the Cuban
regime and foreign investors in Cuba to respect
worker's rights as outlined in the International
Labor Organization's conventions recently ratified
by Cuba.
Harold
Doan and Associates, CA. |
Cuban
product may give fillip to prawn industry
Prawn and shrimp breeders
will be able to breathe easy soon with a biotech
product that could make their fry resistant to diseases
such as the dreaded white-spot virus.
New
Straits Times, Malaysia. |
Cuban
teenagers are ready to walk again
Ernesto Lopez and Yamelis
Salazar are having prosthetic limbs fitted thanks
to £10,000 raised by council workers.
Glasgow
Evening Times, UK. |
Play
ball: B.C. teacher helps Cuban relive glory
Canadian tries to get recognition
for former major-league pitcher, 94, forgotten by
the baseball establishment.
The
Globe and Mail. Canada. |
Cuba,
the U.N. Human Rights Commission and the OAS Race
The vote on Cuba seems to
have become a reference point for Latin American
governments to characterize their ideology, as leftist
and left-of-center countries have traditionally
abstained or voted against the resolutions.
Harold
Doan and Associates, CA. |
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Book
says Cuba site's information exaggerated
A former commander of the Guantanamo Bay prison
exaggerated the value of information gleaned from
detainees and knew that aggressive intelligence
teams were staging friendly interrogations for
visiting lawmakers and senior military officers,
according to a former Army interpreter stationed
there two years ago.
Boston
Globe.
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Chávez
courts Castro
While the Bush administration's relations with
Venezuela's Hugo Chávez plummet, the leftist firebrand
leader is deepening alliances with Cuba's Fidel
Castro, converting a close personal friendship
into economic and political gain for both Latin
leaders.
Sun-Sentinel,
FL.
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Rivals
duel over Cuba policy
Even as activists from across the country gathered
in the Capital on Wednesday to protest U.S. sanctions
against Cuba, pro-embargo members of Congress
announced the formation of a new group that will
work to further isolate Fidel Castro's government..
Sun-Sentinel,
FL.
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