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February
28
FROM
CUBA
Paramilitary
personnel trained as medical techs for deployment
to Venezuela
A group of 600 members of
paramilitary forces from the central Cuban provinces
have been enrolled in intensive courses in several
medical specialties since January for eventual
deployment to Venezuela.
SANTA CLARA
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FROM
CUBA
Peasants
forced to sell their cattle
Santiago Rodríguez, of Banes
municipality in Holguín province, said the government
is trying to force him to sell his few head of cattle
because he doesn't own land in which to keep them.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Police
target street vendors in raids
Police launches a series of
raids at the end of last week targeting street vendors
who typically sell foodstuffs in the main thoroughfares
of the city.
SANTIAGO
DE CUBA |
|
FROM
CUBA
Government
announces urgent measures in the face of drought
The provincial governments
of Havana (province) and Havana (city) have announced
special measures to be implemented in the face
of a drought that meteorologists have called the
worst in the last 44 years.
HAVANA
|
FROM
CUBA
Fired
parolee must have job to meet parole terms
Oniel Herrera, who must remain
employed as a condition of his parole, was fired
in January after six days on his new job when administrators
learned he is a paroled convict.
HOLGUÍN |
FROM
CUBA
Store
fire attributed to electrical short
A fire that broke out in Galerías
Paseo last Saturday has been attributed to a short
in a second-floor electrical panel, said a man working
on the store's reconstruction.
HAVANA |
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The Miami Herald
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Is Santeria used as ploy to skirt travel rules
to Cuba?
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Freed detainee seeks a home
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Cigar aficionados light up Cuba
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Elián González's grandmother dies
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Cuban defectors arrested
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Video pokes fun at Cuban security
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U.S. tightens cash rules on food sales to Cuba
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Media quiet about author's death
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Yahoo! News
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Cubans Told to Limit Time With Foreigners
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British actor Jeremy Irons honored at 2005 Havana
cigar festival
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Cigar smoking is their passion
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Senators, Treasury At Odds Over Cubas
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Cuba:
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2004
On February 28, 2005, Under
Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky held
an On-the-Record briefing to announce the release
of the 2004 Human Rights Reports. Acting Assistant
Secretary for Democracy Human Rights and Labor Michael
Kozak also gave remarks and answered questions.
Bureau
of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, State Dept..
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Cubans
told to shun foreigners
More than 100,000 workers
in Cuba's tourism industry have been ordered to
restrict their contact with foreigners to an absolute
minimum. New regulations from the communist state's
tourism ministry apply to Cubans on the island and
overseas.
Stephen
Gibbs, BBC News.
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UB
is resolute on Cuban link
Thousands of international
scholars come to the University at Buffalo each
year to study, but Denisse Rondon is the only student
from Cuba.
Buffalo
News, NY. |
Ruffling
the farm lobby's feathers
Two of the capital's most
powerful lobbies are about to square off, and while
not quite reality TV, it's what passes for excitement
in Washington.
St.
Petersburg Times. |
Iowa
adolescence shaped artist's body of work
Ana Mendieta and her sister
were shipped to the United States from Cuba by their
parents, landed in a Dubuque orphanage and were
shuffled among several foster homes - all before
graduating from high school.
Omaha
World-Herald.
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Cuba
hopes for agreement on youth cooperation with Malaysia
Cuba hoped to sign an agreement
for cooperation on youth programmes during the Cuba-Malaysia
Joint Commission meeting here at the end of March.
Bernama,
Malaysia. |
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February
22
FROM
CUBA
Campaign
sends students out to gather recyclable materials
Middle school students
attending the Juan Oscar Alvarado school in Santa
Clara were sent out for several days to forage
for recyclable materials of every description,
disrupting class schedules and activities.
SANTA
CLARA
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FROM
CUBA
39%
of violence directed at women in Cuba, study shows
"In 2002, 39% of all cases
of violence were directed at women," reported
an article in Alma Mater of January 2005.
HAVANA
|
FROM
CUBA
Sugar
mill idled for lack of water
Severe drought conditions
in Ranchuelo and vicinity paralyzed operations on
the Ifraín Alfonso sugar mill, formerly known as
the Santa María, as of February 13.
RANCHUELO |
FROM
CUBA
Powdered
milk to substitute for fresh
Officials of the La Villareña
Milk Products Enterprise have announced that starting
February 16, the company will start distributing
powdered milk instead of fresh in most Villa Clara
province municipalities.
SANTA
CLARA |
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 The
Miami Herald
•
Spanish literature loses Cuban writer, icon
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Cubans face water cutbacks
•
Memorial recalls Castro's victims
•
Cuban dissident groups differ on post-Castro strategy
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Wives of Cuban dissidents demand amnesty
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Creating a fast pass into the labor force
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Cuba:
Diplomat Defends Participation In Country's Economic
Recovery
The Angolan ambassador to
Cuba, António Condesse de Carvalho, defended recently
in Havana, the participation of this Latin-American
country in the economic reconstruction of Angola.
Angola
Press.
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Malaysian
and Cuban news agencies to exchange news
The news agencies of Malaysia
and Cuba signed a news exchange agreement Tuesday
which the Cuban Ambassador to Malaysia hailed as
a concrete step towards increasing awareness about
Cuba in this region and about Malaysia in Latin
American countries.
Bernama,
Malaysia.
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Cuban
artists stride confidently from repression to provocation
"New Installations, Artists
in Residence: Cuba" is the most difficult exhibition
the Mattress Factory has put on in its quarter-century
history, which is saying a lot for a museum that
thinks nothing of finding a source for batches of
fly eggs, sawing a mountain of bricks into 16,000
units or melting down 15,000 pounds of paraffin
in the service of art.
Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette.
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Cuba
and the U.S.: Waiting for the buy-in
The largely untapped Cuban
market, with exquisite mansions, majestic colonial
homes and virgin beaches, is a potential gold mine
for U.S. developers and builders. And it could be
a powerful economic engine in the rebuilding of
Cuba in the post-Castro era.
Tracey
Eaton / The Dallas Morning News.
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Exhibit
Features Cuban-Born Artist's Works
Cuban-born artist Ana Mendieta
is about to get a much-deserved Iowa homecoming.
Starting next week, the Des Moines Art Center will
display the most extensive collection of Mendieta's
diverse and unique works.
KCCI
8 Iowa.
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links
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U.S.
aid funneled to Castro opponents
As part of a broad strategy to spur political
change in Cuba, the U.S. government has been quietly
sending hundreds of thousands of dollars to activists
seeking to undermine President Fidel Castro's
one-party state, according to documents and interviews.
Sun-Sentinel,
FL.
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The
Cuban Import
A question mark hovers above Kendry Morales like
a halo. One of the newest members of the Los Angeles
Angels of Anaheim baseball team, which begins
spring training this week, he may be the best
young hitter ever to defect from Cuba.
The
New York Times (sub).
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'El
Duque,' Contreras add intrigue to Sox rotation
One came by boat with his wife and a few friends.
The other sneaked away from Fidel Castro's team
in Saltillo, Mexico, working his way north until
he reached San Diego and political asylum.
Chicago
Tribune.
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February
18
FROM
CUBA
Journalist
spots Cuban Security agents posing as U. S. diplomats
Independent Cuban journalist
Juan Carlos Garcell says he recently recognized
a State Security agent among some people who visited
him claiming to come from the U. S. Interests
Section in Havana.
SANTIAGO
DE CUBA
|
FROM
CUBA
Pentecostals
in Cuba vow to defend their modest church
Members of a Pentecostal congregation
in Managua, on the outskirts of Havana, said they
are willing to "let the roof of their church fall
on them" if the government follows through with
its order to demolish the structure which, it alleges,
was built illegally.
HAVANA |
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FROM
CUBA
Ranchuelo
pharmacies run out of asthma medications
When Ismary Pozo went looking
for asthma medications for his daughter February
9, he quickly found out all three pharmacies in
Ranchuelo had run out of them.
RANCHUELO
|
FROM
CUBA
Marihuana
confiscated in Havana provincial town
Police confiscated marihuana
from two modestly-sized plantings in the same week
in the municipality of San José de las Lajas, Havana
province.
HAVANA |
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FROM
CUBA
Central
Havana fire guts building
A fire gutted most of the
two-story building at 814 Campanario in central
Havana in the afternoon February 13. Preliminary
reports said the fire originated with an electrical
fault.
HAVANA
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The Miami Herald
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Working overtime to survive
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Three Cuban migrants picked up on Elliott Key
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Freed detainees are left homeless
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Cuban Memorial Boulevard meeting set for tonight
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Sales to Cuba up despite embargo
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Cuban
dissidents push for change
One of Cuba's best-known dissidents
has announced the formation of an international
committee to draft a plan for democratic reform
on the island. Oswaldo Paya said the committee included
representatives of some exile groups as well as
dissidents in Cuba.
BBC, UK. |
For
some Cuban detainees, freedom's just another word
for nothing
He was freed in a city he'd
never seen, with papers he couldn't read. One of
hundreds of Mariel Cubans being quietly released
from prison by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
Roberto Pedroso-Mesa had hoped to return to Florida,
where he had lived.
Dailycomet,
Louisiana. |
Activist
looks to shape Cuba's future
Cuban opposition leader Oswaldo
Payá launched a new stage in his campaign for a
peaceful democratic transition, calling on Cubans
within and outside the island to participate in
a national dialogue to shape a post-Castro future.
Vanessa
Bauzá, Sun-Sentinel. |
Cuban
film festival features variety of styles
Madison's Third Cuban Film
Festival, sponsored by the Division of Continuing
Studies and Edgewood College, will be held Feb.
24-March 4. A special guest, director Orlando Rojas,
will present his latest film.
University
of Wisconsin. |
Captive
of Castro
Elian Gonzalez's name is back
in the news since a new trial related to the custody
drama got underway in Miami the last week of January.
He was the Cuban boy who came to America when his
mother died to give him freedom.
Sherrie
Gossett, The Conservative Voice. |
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February
11
FROM
CUBA
Cuban
peasant fined after his cattle are stolen
William Benítez was fined
in the amount of 700 pesos by authorities after
someone stole 8 milk cows and a pair of oxen from
him February 5.
SANTA
CLARA
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FROM
CUBA
Authorities
confiscate disabled vendor's wares
Government inspectors confiscated
a disabled street vendor's merchandise and threatened
to impose a heavy fine if he continued selling
without a license.
HAVANA
|
FROM
CUBA
Border
guards thwart 16 in attempt to leave by boat
Cuban border guards off the
coast of Nuevitas intercepted and towed back to
port a makeshift vessel in which 2 women and 14
men attempted to leave the island February 1.
HAVANA |
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FROM
CUBA
For
dissidents only: State Security provides alternative
garbage pickup
Many a morning, when the
municipal garbage pickup personnel in my neighborhood
just don't show up, my garbage is the only one
in the whole block that is never left at the curb.
SANTA
CLARA
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FROM
CUBA
Woman
convicted of 2003 hijacking set free
Dania Rojas, 18, was released
February 1 after serving 20 months of a two year
sentence imposed for her participation in the
highjacking of a boat in Havana April 2003, for
which three men were executed.
HOLGUÍN
|
FROM
CUBA
AIDS
numbers slightly up
The number of Cubans infected
with the AIDS virus went up in 2004 to 768, up 20
from the previous year, according to the government's
health figures.
HAVANA |
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The Miami Herald
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Senators push for direct banking with Cuba
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American teens bond with Cuba
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Director's debut
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Cuba, Zimbabwe choices hit
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Yahoo! News
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Cuba, Zimbabwe choices hit
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Chicago girls are big hit in Cuba
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Michigan
couple must pay fine for travel to Cuba
An administrative law judge
fined a Michigan couple $5,250 for traveling to
Cuba in 2001. Good intentions:The McCarthys believe
their religion requires them to help make peace
with countries such as Cuba.
USA
Today.
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Cuba
- a place that is both strange and special, stirring
and sad
With the Dallas Morning News'
reassigning me, I had told my editors I wanted to
take one last road trip. Along the way, I'd write
about what it's been like to be one of the only
American journalists to work in Cuba. At least that
was the plan.
Tracey
Eaton, The Dallas Morning News.
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Alan's
doing spadework for Botanics' link to Cuba
A long-term link-up between
the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh and the national
botanic gardens of Cuba is set to be cemented later
this month.
The
Scotsman, Scotland.
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February
8
FROM
CUBA
Ex
political prisoner now unemployable
A former State Security
lieutenant who served time for "divulging State
secrets" now finds himself unable to hold down
even menial jobs because he is deemed "untrustworthy,"
a common term for people whom the government finds
politically unreliable.
SANTA
CLARA
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FROM
CUBA
Home
search in Cuba may have provoked heart attack
Ramón Echarte died February
3, a few hours after police raided and searched
his home in Ranchuelo, presumably looking for
illegal beef, said his cousin, Ricardo García.
RANCHUELO
|
FROM
CUBA
Man
strangled at his home in Havana
A man was strangled January
26 at his home in the Arroyo Naranjo municipality
of Havana, said a neighbor familiar with the investigation.
HAVANA |
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FROM
CUBA
Patients
upset about shuttered polyclinic
Patients of the municipal
polyclinic in Ranchuelo, Villa Clara province,
say they are upset about the closing of their
municipal polyclinic for repairs.
RANCHUELO
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FROM
CUBA
School
reopens after delousing
The Camilo Cienfuegos middle
school in Ranchuelo reopened February 2 after
health authorities sprayed the building to eradicate
an infestation of fleas and ticks which had caused
the school to be closed in January.
RANCHUELO
|
FROM
CUBA
Parents
complain about poor education in Cuba
A number of parents whose
children attend the Carlos J. Finlay middle school
in the upscale Vedado district of Havana protested
what they called the poor quality of education provided
their children.
HAVANA |
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The Miami Herald
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Ex-exile protests US warning of fine, prison for
staying in Cuba
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Smoking ban sparks discontent in Cuba
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Meeting weighs post-Castro era
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Former lansky bodyguard tells of Cuba's fabled
past as playground
•
Castro to ban smoking
•
U.S. policy slows trade of food
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Castro says Cuba doesn't need U.S.
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Defectors will bring show to S. Florida
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U.S. Blasts Human Rights Panel Selection
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Spider exhibit passes hurdles in Cuba
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Czechs
force EU hand on Cuba
In their first foreign-policy
victory since joining the EU, Czech officials in
Brussels have blocked a proposed ban on inviting
Cuban dissidents to receptions at European embassies
in Havana.
The
Prague Post. |
Blanco
to visit Cuba in March
Gov. Kathleen Blanco will
lead a state delegation to Cuba from March 8 to
11 in an effort to win business for Louisiana ports
and companies seeking to expand trade with the communist
island nation.
DeRidder
Beauregard Daily News, New Orleans. |
Malaysia
to use vaccine from Cuba
The cheaper alternative will
initially be given to child patients at public hospitals.
The vaccine will gradually be made available to
more patients.
New
Straits Times, Malaysia. |
Scholarships
for Malaysians to study in Cuba
Cuba has offered Malaysians
scholarships to study at the International School
for Physical Education and Sports. The university
churns out graduates in sports management, physical
education and recreation.
The
Star Online, Malaysia. |
Looking
for José and his Cuban past
This cunning, lyrical novel
by Carlos Victoria takes the reader on a fascinating
and dark journey through the psyche of an exile's
mind, one riddled with loneliness and longing and
struggling.
The
Miami Herald. |
Zapatero's
dangerous diplomacy
The first consequence of Spanish
Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's foreign
policy was to chill Spain's relations with Washington.
Carlos Alberto Montaner, The Miami Herald.
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Band
on the rum
Richard Neill ditched his
job for Cuba, determined to join a band. The snag:
he couldn't play an instrument. In this extract
from his new book, he reveals how his teacher made
a performer of him.
The
Observer, UK. |
Cuba's
going for a song
Music and rum are the city's
heart and soul - a medley of bittersweet tales and
sweet memories, writes Oakland Ross.
The
Star, Canada. |
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February
1
FROM
CUBA
Two
men warned for hanging out in tourist zone
Two men who said they were
just walking home January 21 were stopped by police,
briefly jailed, and issued a warning for "hanging
out in a tourist zone."
HAVANA
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CUBA
Three
pedicab drivers fined in Old Havana
Three pedicab drivers were
fined last week by police agents in a cruiser
in Old Havana. The agents levied fines against
the trio and ordered them out of the area on the
grounds that they could not park there but had
to be just passing through.
SANTA
CLARA
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The Miami Herald
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EU to renew contact with Cuba, press for change
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Blogger's Cuban slant draws fans
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Exile's documentary on Castro lets her confront
feelings
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32 Cuban migrants land on island near Key Largo
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Everything comes to halt for the José Martí parade
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Yahoo! News
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EU suspends sanctions against Cuba
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Little Havana Hasn't Forgiven or Forgotten the
Seizure of Elian
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Cuba, China Sign Oil Production Contract
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US: Tear-Gassing of Bystanders 'Unavoidable' in
Elian Raid
•
Greek ship rescues Cuban refugees off Mexico's
Gulf coast
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Publishing company owned by dissident's daughter
pushed out of Cuba book fair
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Colombia
Fugitive 'Not In Cuba'
Colombia Three fugitive Niall
Connolly is not in Cuba, his wife insisted yesterday.
Odalys Connolly claimed that she had not heard from
him since he went on the run last month.
News
Letter, Ireland.
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Open
letter to European Union foreign ministers
While the European Union Committee
on Latin America advocates the suspension of these
measures, Reporters Without Borders is calling for
them to be maintained or even strengthened.
Reporters
Without Borders. |
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links
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Cuba:
Illegal but beloved bolita endures
The dusty, dimly lit bodega hardly seems like
a den of illegal activity. Havana housewives and
retirees come in every morning, paying pennies
for state-subsidized rations of rice and sugar
dispensed from large plastic barrels. In the afternoon,
men gather under the whitewashed 1920s portico
to trade neighborhood gossip while teenagers squat
on the curb outside playing chess until dusk.
Sun-Sentinel,
FL.
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Castro
documentary by exile airs on Monday on PBS
People have been trying to figure out Fidel Castro
since he came to power in Cuba 46 years ago. The
world's longest-ruling head of government is reviled
by political dissidents and American presidents
and worshipped by revolutionaries like Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez.
Sun-Sentinel,
FL.
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Previously
unaired footage shows you haven't seen all about
Castro
American Experience: Fidel Castro is likely to
evoke a seen-it-all, heard-it-all reaction from
viewers in South Florida, where the Cuban dictator
has been on newscasts and front pages almost as
often as the 10 U.S. presidents who have occupied
the White House during his reign.
Sun-Sentinel,
FL.
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