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November
29
The Miami Herald
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Havana's transfer of dissidents hints at release
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Cuba, Spain see thaw in frosty relationship
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Bush's squeeze on Castro pinching Cubans
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D.C. museum's Cuba program gets wrong kind of
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Havana show's just Vegas getting back to its roots
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Cuban exile led Miami to top of shoe industry
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Havana's
Chinatown struggles
At first glance, Havana's
Chinatown seems a misnomer. Restaurants serve pizza,
and actual Chinese are vastly outnumbered by tourists
and Hispanics.
The
Boston Globe. |
EU
members keen to renew contacts with Cuba
European Union member states
want to renew their diplomatic contacts with Cuba,
the Dutch EU presidency said Friday, after Spain
became the first in the bloc to re-establish links
with the island since sanctions were imposed 17
months ago.
EUbusiness,
UK.
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Malaysian
prime minister wraps up visit to Cuba
Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah
Ahmad Badawi on Friday wrapped up a two-day official
visit to Cuba, during which he exchanged views with
President Fidel Castro and other Cuban leaders.
Channel New Asia. |
Navy
to harness wind to cut Cuba base costs
Environmentally friendly,
the $11.6 million project is designed to decrease
the consumption of diesel fuel here by 25 percent.
Arizona
Central. |
Cuba
invites Indian investment
Cuba today urged Indian companies
to explore the growing potential available in that
country especially in the areas of food, biotechnology
and tourism.
India
News. |
Spain
and Cuba resume official relations
Spain and Cuba have resumed
official relations after 17 months of silence, the
Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia reported Friday
.
The
Washington Times. |
Miami
station to pay for Castro stunt call
A Miami Hispanic radio station
had its fine reduced, but still must pay for a 2003
prank call to Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Stockhouse. |
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For
dissidents, exit permits are bittersweet
Veteran Cuban dissidents describe their pro-democracy
struggles here as an ongoing relay race. As some
activists are jailed, seek asylum or become worn
down, they pass the baton to others who continue
their efforts.
South
Florida Sun-Sentinel.
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Through
Cuban eyes
All travel programmes have an agenda. You can
tell a lot by reading the credits. If at the end
you read the team have flown first class courtesy
of some airline and have been guests at the Hilton,
you can assume the camera will not have been pointed
at slum dwellings.
Stuff,
New Zealand.
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Cuba
Penalizing Dollar Exchanges
Based on recent exchange rates and transaction
fees, the dollar-to-euro-to-peso conversion makes
$200 worth anywhere from 185 to 191 Cuban convertible
pesos. Direct conversion of the same dollar amount
to Cuban currency, with the new penalty, equates
to 180 convertible pesos.
The
New York Times.
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For
Many Cubans, an Uneasy Farewell to the Dollar
In the dusty, dim recesses of his bookshop here,
William Rodríguez Muñoz keeps a worn leather wallet
full of Cuban currency past and present, from
the faded gray pesos of the time before Fidel
Castro's revolution to the shiny notes that in
recent days replaced the United States dollar
as the dominant legal tender here.
The
New York Times.
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Manitoba
art gallery plans Cuban tour
The Winnipeg Art Gallery is sponsoring an art-themed
tour to Cuba March 7-14, 2005. Classic Cuba is
being promoted as a discovery of the art, music
and architecture of the Caribbean nation and features
stops in Havana, Cienfuegos and Trinidad. There
is also an option to stay for an additional week
at an all-inclusive Varadero Beach resort.
The
Globe and Mail, Canada.
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Canadian
chef, fiddler to perform at Cuban fest
Canadians visiting Cuba for the annual cigar festival
this winter should feel at home: One evening of
the seventh annual Festival del Habano, which
runs Feb. 21 to 25, will have a Canadian theme.
The
Globe and Mail, Canada.
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November
25
FROM
CUBA
Authorities
crack down on self-employed in Havana
A dissident union leader
says the government this week launched a campaign
against self-employed merchants in the capital,
seizing their merchandize and their permission
to operate.
HAVANA
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CUBA
Two
die in Cuba as fire destroys former United Fruit
club
Two people were killed when
fire destroyed the former Club Casino de Banes,
which had belonged to the United Fruit Company
and hosted such people as Richard Nixon before
the revolution.
HAVANA
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CUBA
Brother
of Cuban baseball player who defected banned from
dominoes hall
The brother of baseball star
Reynaldo Ordóñez, who defected from Cuba and now
plays Major League Baseball, has been banned from
a local hall where he used to play dominoes.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Cuban
police, brass, raid self-employed vendor's home
It took one lieutenant colonel,
three majors, and seven foot policemen, as well
as one patrol car and one military truck, to raid
self-employed street vendor's Nelson Franceva's
home in Camagüey.
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The Miami Herald
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Jailed journalists get the world's attention
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American tradition special for reunited Cuban
couple
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Pain of separation never fades
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Yahoo! News
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U.S. Exporters to Cuba Say Cash Blocked
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China, Cuba Agree to Business Deals
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Anti-Castro Group's Leader Talks To Local 10
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Cuban
doctors claim discrimination
Their arrival was seen as
a God-send but now, almost 10 years later, Cuban
doctors working in South Africa claim they are being
discriminated against. In fact, many claim they
face dismissal from their posts "without any justification".
Independent
Online, South Africa.
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Corcoran
Pulls the Plug on Cuba Night
After learning of the event, with tickets priced
at $90 for the public and $70 for Corcoran members,
a State Department official asked the Office of
Foreign Assets Control at the Treasury Department
to find out where the proceeds would go.
The
Washington Post.
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Food
sales to Cuba scrutinized
The Bush administration might force Cuba to pay
cash in advance of shipment for any food the island
purchases from U.S. companies in the future --
a change that could jeopardize millions of dollars
a year in agricultural sales.
Florida
Sun-Sentinel.
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Companies
selling to Cuba get licenses
The Treasury Department has begun issuing licenses
to several companies doing business with Cuba
to allow those exporters to receive payments from
the island that had been frozen, pending a federal
review of Cuba trade policies.
Florida
Sun-Sentinel.
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A
show of ideological solidarity from China
In his first visit to Latin America, Chinese President
Hu Jintao came bearing billions of dollars worth
of potential trade and inve stment agreements
that prompted regional leaders to herald a new
era of closer ties with the emerging economic
power.
Florida
Sun-Sentinel.
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November
22
FROM
CUBA
Police
threaten independent journalist
Independent journalist Richard
Roselló was arrested November 13 and taken to
the Picota police station in Old Havana, where
two agents of the Department of State Security
threatened him under the provisions of the "Gag"
law.
SANTA
CLARA
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CUBA
Prominent
dissident transferred to new prison after medical
tests
René Montes de Oca, secretary-general
of the Human Rights Party, has been transferred
from a local prison to one in Havana after it was
determined he had parasites.
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Careful planning brought defectors to U.S.
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Daughter of pilot executed by Cuba wins suit
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Ailing Castro wins economic prize from Chinese
leader
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Iran To Implement Water, Electricity Projects
In Cuba
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Castro hails China's progress, but rejects capitalist
reform
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Cuban doctors want permanent resident status
The South African government
is considering applications from at least 17 Cuban
doctors for permanent residence in South Africa.
"The (health) department is considering the applications
and will finalise this matter based on the merit
and demerit of each individual's case," the health
ministry said in a statement today.
SABC
News, South Africa. . |
Easier
money; Operators are confident the withdrawal of
US dollars from Cuba will not affect bookings
Agents are being advised to
warn clients against taking US dollars into Cuba.
Earlier this month president Fidel Castro outlawed
the use of US dollars on the island following tighter
US sanctions against the country.
Hotels
Magazine, IL.
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Elian
Gonzales still an issue in Miami
Although it's been five years
since U.S. agents stormed a Miami house and sent
5-year-old Elian Gonzalez home to Cuba, he is still
a hot topic in Miami.
The
Washington Times. |
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El
níquel acerca a Cuba y China
El níquel fue el centro de las negociaciones entre
los representantes de los gobiernos de China y
Cuba, quienes encabezados por sus respectivos
presidentes, Hu Jintao y Fidel Castro, se reunieron
el lunes en el Palacio de la Revolución de la
capital cubana.
BBC.
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For
love of the dance ... a tale of defection
Dennis Bain has seen it all - the neon glow of
Tokyo, the cafe culture of Paris, the bridges
of London, and even the ornate spires of a sheikh's
palace. But no matter where his travels carried
him, the 27-year-old dancer kept a special place
in his heart for what he calls "the humble life"
of Cuba.
The
Christian Science Monitor.
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Hitching
a Ride outside of Havana
Morning Edition, November 23, 2004 · Modern transportation
on Cuba leaves much to be desired. So, hitchhiking
for many is the only way to get around. The Cuban
government has even institutionalized it. Hear
NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro.
NPR.
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Reasons
behind Cuba's dollar ban
The idea is to stimulate Cubans in the United
States to convert their dollars for euros or other
currencies before remitting to family members
in the island as well as to provide incentives
for international tourists, mainly from Europe
and Canada, to travel to Cuba with their own currency
and purchase convertible pesos once there rather
than buying U.S. dollars prior to departure.
Orlando
Sentinel.
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View
from Europe - EU divided on Cuba
Once again Cuba is back on the European Union's
(EU) agenda. After a year and half during which
Cuban and European Government Ministers and officials
have not been speaking to one another, the EU
has begun to debate whether the policy changes
it implemented in 2003 after the imprisonment
of seventy-five dissidents and the execution of
three hijackers, has had any effect.
Trinidad
Express, Trinidad and Tobago.
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Cuba and
Panama call summit truce
Cuba and Panama have agreed to restore diplomatic
ties after talks on the sidelines of the Ibero-American
summit. Cuba suspended relations with Panama in
August after Panama's former president pardoned
four Cuban exiles.
BBC,
UK.
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The
Castro Collection
Resting on a coffee table in Jose Fanjul's mansion
on Jungle Road is an inscribed silver box, a gift
from King Juan Carlos of Spain. Another table
bears a silver-framed wedding photo of Mr. Fanjul
and his bride greeting the Duke and Duchess of
Windsor.
The
New York Times.
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November
17
FROM
CUBA
Havana
building collapse damages surrounding houses
The collapse of a building
in the Luyanó district of Havana November 13 damaged
about a dozen houses, some severely, in its immediate
vicinity, and killed two puppies.
HAVANA
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CUBA
Power
out at post office for the last three months
The post office in the Altahabana
subdivision of Havana lost electrical power in
the aftermath of Hurricane Charley last August
and no one seems to know when needed repairs will
be performed.
SANTA
CLARA
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The Miami Herald
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Defectors face future together
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Former official in Cuba fought for exiles' rights
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EU seeks strategy to deal with Cuba
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Defecting Cuban Troupe Reunites in Vegas
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Cuba and China to sign deals to boost nickel production
on the island
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Large UK trade mission in Cuba
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Kerr completes deal to sell milk to Cuba
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Stark
Reality Facing Cubans.
There's an axiom that the
1959 Cuban Revolution, which closed casinos and
booted the mob off the island, sparked the development
of Las Vegas. The Vegas Strip certainly stands to
benefit from the bittersweet mass defection of 44
performers in a Cuban musical and dance ensemble.
South
Florida Sun-Sentinel.
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Cuba
and Colombia : a nightmare for journalists
Reporters Without Borders
appealed today to heads of government attending
the Ibero-American Summit meeting in San José (Costa
Rica) from 18-19 November to press Cuban President
Fidel Castro to release 26 journalists he has imprisoned.
Reporters
Without Borders, France. |
First
Stone of First Russian Orthodox Church Laid in Cuba
The first stone of the first-ever
Russian Orthodox church to be built in Cuba was
laid Sunday. Metropolitan Kirill, the head of the
Russian Orthodox Church's foreign relations department
said the church will constitute "a monument to Cuban-Russian
friendship", Associated Press reports.
MosNews.
Russia. |
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Dissidents'
Wives Maintain Opposition in Cuba
All
Things Considered, November 16, 2004 · In Cuba,
a group of women known as the "ladies in white"
engage in persistent, peaceful demonstrations.
They are the wives of some of the 75 men arrested
nearly two years ago in Cuba's crackdown on dissidents.
NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro reports.
NPR.
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November
16
FROM
CUBA
Cuban
Catch 22
Ciro Erelio Díaz Hernández,
a mechanical engineer who was fired two years
ago when he tried to leave Cuba illegally, now
finds himself being picked up by police because
he's unemployed.
CIENFUEGOS
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Government
supporter evicted from apartment in which she
was raised
A 27-year-old university
professor has been evicted from the family apartment
where she has lived all of her life, according
to the woman's aunt.
HOLGUIN
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44 Cuban artists plan asylum bid
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Prominent defections from Cuba
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Daughter recalls pilot killed in Cuba
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Cubans rush on last day to skip dollar fee
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Martinez says goal as senator is a free Cuba
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Daughter of downed pilot seeks damages from Cuba
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Exile group gets new leader
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Dollar Worth Only 90 Cents in Cuba
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43 members of Cuban theatrical troupe defect in
Las Vegas
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US govt fines DaimlerChrysler for breaking Cuba
embargo - report
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Local Cuban-Born Mother Fights To Get Daughter
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Historic Cuban Church Begins Construction
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Cuban
embargo imbroglio
Those who still talk about "lifting
the embargo" routinely ignore that American companies
already sell foodstuffs and medicine to Cuba. The
issue is not about selling, but getting paid.
Frank
Calzon. The Washington Times. |
A
novel approach to detail Cuban past
WSCV-Telemundo 51 reporter
Juan Manuel Cao's debut novel is the talk of the
town, a tale of betrayal based on his own experiences
as a prisoner in Cuba.
The
Miami Herald.
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Castro's
mishap fuels exiles' talk of transition
Fidel Castro's tumble during
a televised speech last month made front-page news
in Miami, where it has invigorated planning among
US officials and Cuban exiles for an eventual transition
on the communist island.
Henry
Hamman, The Financial Times, UK. |
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Seminar
tackles Cuba transition
When Fidel Castro no longer remains in Cuba, one
of the challenges for a transition to a new government
will be to "restore hope in a country where little
remains," the chief of the U.S. Interests Section
in Havana said Tuesday.
Sun-Sentinle,
FL.
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Film
puts spotlight on Che's old friend
Alberto Granado has grown old comfortably in an
affluent Havana neighborhood and a spacious home
that, like the city itself, retains its bygone
elegance despite the wear and tear around the
edges.
Sun-Sentinle,
FL.
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Asylum
Papers In, It's Back to Work for Cuban Dancers
Barely an hour after tendering their applications
for political asylum in the United States, two
dozen Cuban dancers were back on stage here on
Monday in sweatpants and leotards, stretching
and warming their muscles, rehearsing for their
big opening night.
The
New York Times.
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Cuba dollar
tax comes into force
The amount people receive from family members
abroad - more than $800m a year - is more than
Cuba's earnings from its major export, sugar.
The tax will also affect the two million tourists
visiting Cuba each year, including US citizens
who defy a ban on travel.
BBC,
UK.
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November
11
FROM
CUBA
HIV
cases on the upswing in Pinar del Río
The number of HIV cases
reported in Pinar del Río province went from 9
at this time last year to 15, the head of the
prevention and control of sexually transmitted
diseases program, Dr. Niel Acosta, told the weekly
El Guerrillero.
PINAR DEL RIO
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CUBA
Staircase
collapses at Masonic lodge in Havana
A staircase collapsed at
the Unión Hispanoamericana Masonic lodge in the
Havana district of Luyanó, and left four lodges
that used to meet in the building homeless.
SANTA
CLARA
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FROM
CUBA
Food
scarcity worsens as a result of raids against self-employed
in Cuba
Residents of Placetas, in
Villa Clara province, seem to feel the series of
police raids begun October 25 and aimed at self-employed
street vendors has made the average Cuban's efforts
to acquire food more difficult, according to an
informal survey of the population.
PLACETAS |
FROM
CUBA
Student
held-up outside her school in Havana
A twelfth-grade student at
the Cepero Bonilla school in the Havana district
of La Víbora, was held up a few yards from the school's
entrance at 7:30 in the morning.
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The Miami Herald
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Cubans seen as hopeful about future
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Chinese president's visit will concentrate on
trade
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Yahoo! News
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Defecting Baseball Players Throw Sports Agent
a Curve
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Cuba
must restore hope after Castro, official says
When Fidel Castro no longer
remains in Cuba, one of the challenges for a transition
to a new government will be to "restore hope in
a country where little remains," the chief of the
U.S. Interests Section in Havana said Tuesday.
Madeline
Baro Diaz, South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
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Cuba
Welcomes Southeast Christian Choir
Cuba is a place few Americans
get to see, but just last month 100 members of Southeast
Christian Church went there on a mission, hoping
to bring some joy and hope for Christians brave
enough to practice their religion in that Communist
country.
WAVE
3 TV, KY. |
Bedford
grad's play features Cuba
Melinda Lopez's critically
acclaimed play, "Sonia Flew," is the story of an
American wife and mother, once a child refugee from
Castro's Cuba, coming to terms with her past - and
her future.
Bedford
Minuteman, MA. |
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November
9
FROM
CUBA
Cuban
police confiscate pedicabs; render hundreds jobless
Most of the confiscated
pedicabs and their operators lack the required
licenses to either work as self-employed operators,
or to operate a pedicab. Most of them complain
the government refuses to issue the licenses,
in spite of the need for transportation the pedicabs
meet.
HAVANA
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CUBA
Police
keep campaign against on self-employed
Police continue a campaign
against self-employed operators in Cienfuegos,
arresting any they find and confiscating their
wares.
CIENFUEGOS
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FROM
CUBA
Laundries
closed in Cienfuegos
La Gigante has been shuttered
for months, and so has La Juanita. Pastorita is
working at much less than capacity and only for
government entities.
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Seven groups of Cuban migrants stopped at sea;
most returned
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U.S. dollar removed from circulation in Cuba
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Dallas paper to shut down Havana office
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The intellectual sports buff
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Dollar replaced by 'monopoly money' in Cuba
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Cuba to experiment with trading in yen, European
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Cuban Businesses No Longer Accept Dollars
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Kerr
expects Cubans to buy Vermont apples, milk
Vt. Vermont's agriculture
secretary has returned from a successful trade mission
to Cuba. Steve Kerr says he hopes to work out a
contract this week to sell Cuba two-thousand bushels
of Macintosh apples valued at 40-thousand dollars.
WCAX,
VT.
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Havana's
International Festival of Ballet Featured Unlicensed
Balanchine Works
Miguel Cabrera, the Ballet Nacional's historian,
said "[Alonso] knows there are international regulations
for Balanchine's pieces, and she respects them
internationally. But in the national context,
she thinks the Cuban public has the right to enjoy
Balanchine's pieces." He added, "Here it is considered
that Balanchine's work belongs to humanity."
PlaybillArts.
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November
8
FROM
CUBA
Cuban
dissident brothers fined, demoted
Cuban authorities have demoted
two brothers to lesser jobs at the factory where
they work and fined them 1,500 pesos each, accusing
them of plotting to leave the country illegally.
HAVANA
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CUBA
Havana
park has become garbage dump
The Fábrica Street park,
in the Luyanó neighborhood of Havana, has become
a garbage dump due to the municipality's neglect.
SANTA
CLARA
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FROM
CUBA
Train
delayed for lack of flashlight batteries
The departure of the Espirituano
from the Santa Clara terminal was delayed last week
due to the lack of flashlight batteries. The Espirituano
is the train that covers the route between Sancti
Spíritus and Havana.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Water
situation worsens in Holguín municipality
The Rafael Freyre municipality
in Holguín province is undergoing the worst drought
in the last decade; 22 districts have no water,
and over 1,000 wells are dry.
HAVANA |
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The Miami Herald
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Visiting Chávez praises Castro strength, 'clarity'
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Young messengers proclaim Cuban line
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Cuba calls U.S. worst 'violator' of rights
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Martinez arrives to cheers in Miami
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Dollar ceases to be legal currency in Cuba
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Vietnam Northern Food Co rp To Ship Rice, Coffee
To Cuba
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Wife
of prisoner of conscience writes letter to Fidel
Castro after husband's most recent beating
Dolia Leal Francisco, wife
of the peaceful opponent and prisoner of conscience
Nelson Aguiar Ramírez, sent a letter Fidel Castro
pointing out the abuses perpetrated against his
husband, who is serving and a sanction of 13 years
in jail.
Information
Bridge Cuba Miami.
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Defend
Cuban dissidents
The nonviolent opposition
to Fidel Castro, Cuba's communist dictator, has
fallen on hard times. Castro's opponents who aren't
already imprisoned are under constant surveillance
and pressure. Still, they find ways to plead for
European support for democratic reform in Cuba.
Liduine
Zumpolle, The Miami Herald. |
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A
Last, Lonely Dissident
As she strolls through Old Havana, wearing two-tone
Jennifer Lopez-style sunglasses, Claudia Márquez
Linares seems like a member of Cuba's tiny elite.
And in many ways she is. At 27, she is already
regarded as one of the country's leading independent
journalists. For her efforts, she has lost friends,
effectively her husband and, perhaps soon, her
homeland.
Eric
Umansky, The New York Times.
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Castro,
chameleon: Dogma is to wing it
There is a telling point in Richard Gott's Cuba:
A New History that, if it doesn't explain Fidel
Castro's long reign in power, sure gives a hint:
The Castro regime has never had an ideology.
Sun-Sentinel,
FL.
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November
4
FROM
CUBA
Police
spread out in "illegal resident" cleanup
National Police have been
carrying out a dragnet for illegal residents of
Havana and returning those caught to their home
provinces. Illegal residents are people from any
province who don't have official permits to live
in Havana.
HAVANA
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CUBA
Shooting
in the vicinity of primary school
No one was hurt Thursday
morning when six persons exchanged gunfire outside
the Vicente Ponce primary school, in La Lisa.
SANTA
CLARA
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Political
prisoner Raúl Arencibia Fajardo in precarious health
situation
Political prisoner Raúl Arencibia
Fajardo confined in prison 1580, is in precarious
health situation, denounced this day from Havana
his wife Olga Ibarra Echevarria.
Information
Bridge Cuba Miami.
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First
Cuban-American To Join Only Black In Senate
Former Housing and Urban Development
Secretary, Mel Martinez, has made history by becoming
the first Cuban-American to be elected to the U.S.
Senate.
Hardbeatnews.com, NY. |
Cyclist's
Cuba Challenge
A cyclist from Pinner plans
to make a wheel difference to children suffering
from cancer and leukemia when he sets off on a sponsored
bike ride across Cuba next month.
Totally
Jewish. |
Castro
gouges his people
Fidel Castro broke an arm
and leg last month in a much-publicized tumble.
He recovered quickly enough to take it out on the
Cuban people, announcing a new policy that makes
it illegal to use U.S. dollars and requires a 10
percent charge to convert them into pesos.
Palm
Beach Post Editorial. |
Cuba
Gives Another Week to Exchange Dollar
Because of the huge demand
to dispose of the U.S. dollars that were legal tender
in communist Cuba for a more than a decade, the
Central Bank said Thursday that people will have
an extra week to exchange their America money for
a local currency tied to the dollar.
Yahoo!. |
Martinez
becomes first Cuban American in Senate
Mel Martinez frames his life
as a classic immigrant success story - a teenage
refugee from Cuba who eventually reaches the height
of political power.
The
Miami Herald. |
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Non-Cuban
Hispanics show political muscle this election
While Republicans and Democrats battled Wednesday
over who won the support of Florida's Latino voters,
one issue was clear: Cuban-Americans are no longer
the largest Hispanic voting bloc in the state.
Sun-Sentinel,
FL.
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Havana:
Photographs by Robert Polidori
The Peabody Essex Museum presents Havana: Photographs
by Robert Polidori, through January 9, 2005. No
one tells the story of Havana's remarkable architectural
legacy with greater power than internationally
acclaimed photographer Robert Polidori.
Art
Daily, MA.
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November
3
FROM
CUBA
Heavy
police presence in Santa Clara
Police, along with inspectors
of the National Tax Office, of the Provincial
Labor Directorate, and of the National Auditing
Office, and other quasi governmental organizations
such as the Committees for the Defense of the
Revolution, have been closely examining people
and activities that could be construed as engaging
in illegal activities.
SANTA
CLARA
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FROM
CUBA
Lights
out at the creek
The problem, a burnt-out bulb,
has been harder to overcome than would appear reasonable.
Local resident José Salazar said the electric company
at first said they had no bulbs.
HAVANA |
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FROM
CUBA
Food
poisoning in middle school affects 40 students
At least 40 students at
the "Carlos Casalle" middle school in Santo Domingo,
Villa Clara province, reported being afflicted
by food poisoning as a result of a decomposing
snack given to them at the school October 23.
SANTA
CLARA
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Cuban
border guards frustrate escape attempt
Cuban border guards frustrated
an attempt by five people to leave the island October
23, said Lázaro Valdés, one of those involved.
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The Miami Herald
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Cuba Ready to Buy More Food From U.S.
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Martinez holds tiny lead
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Castro recovering well from fall, his brother
says
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Expect chaos when Castro dies
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Probe of rights abuses unlikely to sway Cuba
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Keys boaters cleared of embargo charges
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Havana's Tropicana switching rhythms, easing show
of flesh
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Cuban hip-hop at a crossroads
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Yahoo! News
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Cuba Looks to Save Peso From Devaluation
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Cuba Signs More Food Deals With U.S.
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Bush promises to rid Cuba of 'tyrant' Castro
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Adios
to greenback: Loon is still welcome as Cuba sets
out to eliminate U.S. dollar
Vancouver-based travel agent
Philip Beck of Carlson Wagonlit said he's counselling
his Cuba-bound clients to avoid taking U.S. dollars
to the Caribbean country.
The
Vancouver Province, Canada. |
Slave
Trade Archives on Agenda of UNESCO Meeting in Cuba
Archivists from 11 countries
will meet this month in Cuba to discuss new perspectives
for the consolidation and extension of UNESCO's
Slave Trade Archives Project, an initiative to safeguard
the documents related to slave trade and slavery
within the framework UNESCO's Memory of the World
Programme.
UNESCO.. |
Venezuela:
Taking a page out of Cuba's book hardly wise
Lieutenant colonel Hugo Chávez
explained it very clearly at the recent Monterrey
summit: He and his nation are profoundly grateful
to Fidel Castro's government for the help it provides
in the field of education.
Vcrisis.com,
Venezuela. |
Vermont,
Cuba sign historic deal for cows
Cuban Pedro Alvarez, left,
head of the Cuban state food company 'Alimport'
and John Park Wright of J.P. Wright and Company
in Naples, Fla., are seen during the signing of
an agreement on cattle shipping Monday in Havana,
Cuba.
Barre
Montpelier Times Argus, VT. |
Russian
Orthodox church to rise in Cuba
The Russian Orthodox church,
the largest of the world's eastern Orthodox communions,
is expanding into Cuba, Novosti reported Tuesday.
The
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Peso
won't be devalued, Cuba bank chief says
The central bank president says he is committed
to keeping the Cuban peso's value on par with
the U.S. dollar in the wake of his country's decision
to remove the U.S. currency from circulation.
Sun-Sentinel,
FL.
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Castro,
chameleon: Dogma is to wing it
There is a telling point in Richard Gott's Cuba:
A New History that, if it doesn't explain Fidel
Castro's long reign in power, sure gives a hint:
The Castro regime has never had an ideology.
Sun-Sentinel,
FL.
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Failure
of the Cuban Embargo
Last year, Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Chuck
Hagel (R-Neb.) introduced a bill to Congress to
end the Cuban embargo, named the "United States-Cuba
Trade Act of 2003." All I have to say is: it's
about time.
Tufts
Daily, MA.
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