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30
FROM
CUBA
Teenaged
girls sentenced to prison for prostitution
Two teenaged girls have
been sentenced to prison terms of three and four
years for "social endangerment," a catchall to
cover prostitution.
CIEGO DE ÁVILA
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CUBA
OAS
asked to intercede on behalf of imprisoned dissidents
Two teenaged girls have
been sentenced to prison terms of three and four
years for "social endangerment," a catchall to
cover prostitution.
CIEGO
DE ÁVILA
|
FROM
CUBA
Medical
transportation unavailable for distressed two-year-old
When the Ranchuelo municipal
polyclinic's doctor decided a two-year-old patient
needed an emergency transfer to a hospital in the
provincial capital Wednesday night, no transportation
could be found among the customary emergency services.
RANCHUELO |
FROM
CUBA
Rice
sold under rationing plan had worms in it
The government food distribution
network sold wormy rice in Caibarién under the food
rationing plan. Consumers complained the worms were
so big they could be mistaken for grains of rice.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
Bronze
ornaments stolen from the tomb of a former president's
parents
The bronze door-handles and
chains that decorated the tomb of the parents of
former Cuban president Fulgencio Batista were stolen
last week at the cemetery in Banes, Holguín province.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Residents
surprised by new clinic
Residents of Ranchuelo expressed
surprise when a new clinic opened up June 22, since
the trend lately has been for neighborhood clinics
to close and consolidate their services as doctors
are shipped to Venezuela and other countries.
RANCHUELO |
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Castro visits Chávez; away 1st time since '03
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20 Miami-bound Cuban migrants detained near Cancun
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Castro, Chavez Talk Building Oil Alliance
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Veteran of Iraq War Denied Trip Home to Cuba
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Report: Cuba Faces Housing Shortage
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Vietnam, Cuba communist regimes get different
US treatment
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Ray
Bradbury condemns Cuban book burning
After giving a keynote speech
this week at the American Library Association's
annual convention, science fiction author Ray Bradbury
joined a growing list of international writers and
human rights activists in condemning the persecution
of Cuba's Independent Library Project.
WorldNetDaily.com. |
Cuban
political prisoner Antonio Vladimir Roselló remains
"plantado" in prison.
Antonio Vladimir Roselló remains
"Plantado" in the maximum Security prison Valle
Grande where medical attention is being denied to
him for his position against the Castro regime.
Information
Bridge Cuba Miami. |
Message
to the American people and The Congress
The Cuban people should be
and will be the main actor in the changes that should
take place among Cubans and peacefully.
Christian
Movement Liberation, Information Bridge. |
Media
barred from covering gala at Cuban Interests Section
Last Saturday night Cuban
officials prevented a reporter and photographer
from the Social pages of a major Washington, D.C.
daily from covering a widely advertised party at
the Cuban Interests Section.
Free
Society Project. |
No
room for private business
Business is booming at Cesar
Gallardo's sandwich stand. His food is fast, tasty
and cheap, the perfect combination for hundreds
of students, truck drivers and commuters who eat
their lunch on the run every day at the busy intersection
where Gallardo set up shop a decade ago.
Vanessa
Bauza, Sun-Sentinel. |
Cuban
doctor tells of struggle to register
An orthopaedic surgeon from
Cuba has claimed that the Health Professions Council
of South Africa had refused to renew his yearly
registration certificate because of pressure by
Cuban authorities who hope to make an example of
him so that other Cuban doctors would "toe the line".
The
Mercury, South Africa. |
Freedom
network gets into Cuban Interest Section
Saturday night Cuban officials
expelled a group of peaceful advocates from a gala
at the Cuban Interests Section in Washington for
distributing cards allusive to repression in Cuba.
Free
Society Project. |
A
Cuban holiday from hell
Onelia Ross, a Cuban-Canadian,
looked forward to sipping mojitos and swimming in
the warm turquoise waters of the Caribbean during
a trip back to Cuba with two friends in February.
The
Globe and Mail, Canada. |
Jazz
pianist brings taste of Cuba to Aberdeen
Ignacio "Nachito" Herrera
is considered "one of the greatest Latin jazz piano
players in the world today," says a news release.
Aberdeen
American News, SD. |
Cha-cha-cha
the night away
Uno, dos, tres. One, two,
three, Mercedes counts to the rhythm of a Cuban
melody on her little portable radio. She teaches
modern Cuban dance here in the first capital of
Spanish Cuba.
The
Washington Times. |
Cuban
hustle
Pro-democracy advocates bought
tickets to a black-tie reception at the Cuban Interests
Section over the weekend and then used the occasion
to hand out leaflets about human rights abuses under
Fidel Castro before security guards evicted them.
James
Morrison, The Washington Times. . |
Impromptus
Something remarkable happened
on Saturday night. The Cuban Interests Section in
Washington held a little soirée. That's not so remarkable.
What's remarkable is that it was brilliantly disrupted
by freedom activists.
Jay
Nordlinger, National Review. |
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Cuba,
for Better or Worse
In "Jubana!," nearly 3-year-old Gigi -- riding
her red trike right out onto the tarmac -- flees
Castro-controlled Cuba with her parents in November
1960, never to return.
The
Washington Post, DC.
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Tough
themes bridging cultures
The stories of four very different Latin women
unfolded on stage last week at "SOLO Latinas,"
a Theater on the Lake production from the Teatro
Luna ensemble. In one monologue, a woman whose
parents are Cuban immigrants discovers her mother
was tortured under Fidel Castro. In another, a
Mexican woman questions her marriage to a white
man.
Chicago
Tribune, IL.
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Cricket
gains popularity in Cuba
Youngsters in eastern Havana have been practicing
with the plastic stumps and cricket balls, donated
by the Canadian Cricket Association.
NDTV.com,
India.
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June
27
FROM
CUBA
State
security police seek authors of anti-Castro caricatures
Local sign makers and painters
are being questioned by state security police
following a rash of anti-Castro caricatures drawn
on walls in the Santa Clara region.
SANTA CLARA
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FROM
CUBA
Authorities
threaten to put 87 years old woman in the street
An 87 years old woman has
been threatened with removal from house her in
Havana that her granddaughter says had been legally
obtained.
SANTA
CLARA
|
FROM
CUBA
Independent
journalist accused of harassing Venezuelans
State security agents have
told independent journalist José Antonio Fornaris
that he has been "hostile" towards Venezuelans and
runs the risk of being arrested and jailed.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Cienfuegos
Commerce Enterprise bankrupt
Administrators of the government-operated
Municipal Commerce Enterprise in Cienfuegos were
told Sunday that the company doesn't have the cash
in hand to pay for salaries or purchases.
CIENFUEGOS |
FROM
CUBA
Incentives
cut back in food industry
Administrators in charge of
facilities belonging to the Enterprise in Service
to Travelers received a memo indicating the maximum
incentives would be reduced from 300 pesos to 225,
since they couldn't exceed salaries earned.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
Authorities
close clandestine soft-drink factory
Special police forces here
raided a clandestine soft-drink factory operating
out of a home in the El Condado neighborhood, arrested
the occupants and seized products and equipment.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
No
aspirin in Cienfuegos' pharmacies
Toledo said that visiting
several pharmacies, he was repeatedly told to look
for aspirin in the hard currency pharmacies, a suggestion
he found insulting, as he doesn't have access to
hard currency.
CIENFUEGOS |
FROM
CUBA
Housing
office files damaged in flood
Thousands of files pertaining
to housing in Old Havana was damaged over the weekend
after rainwater flooded an office of the city Historian.
HAVANA |
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Martí a priority, state official says
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Cuba buys less U.S. food
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Plane issues imperil Martí broadcasts
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Cuba Raises Salaries of Teachers, Doctors
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Virgin Atlantic Launches Flight to Havana
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Desperate
Cubans plot riskier routes to U.S.
They set off from near this
fishing village in southeastern Cuba in the dead
of night, heading across miles of open water for
Honduras and eventually, they hoped, a new life
in the United States. But the men disappeared without
a trace and probably were swallowed up in the treacherous
seas.
Yahoo!
News. |
Resolution
of The National Congress of Delegates of The Polish
Librarians Association
Participants of the National
Congress of Delegates of the Polish Librarians Association,
who have deliberated on June 4-5, 2005, in Warsaw.
The
Polish Librarians Association. |
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June
23
FROM
CUBA
Woman
pedicab driver complains of harassment
Mistreatments and humiliation,"
is how Rosario Navalón, 47, describes how police
treat her since two officers, a captain Nilvi
and a second lieutenant Osmani Rodríguez, physically
and verbally assaulted her at a police station
in January.
HAVANA
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FROM
CUBA
Draft
horse dies on the job
A draft horse used to transport
passengers in Santa Clara died on the job June
15 as a result of overwork and high temperatures,
said its owner.
SANTA
CLARA
|
FROM
CUBA
Residents
protest government inspectors' abuse of power
The incident that prompted
the latest protest involved a group of inspectors
who jumped a queue at a butcher shop and acquired
what some bystanders thought was more than their
allotted rations of meat.
PINAR
DEL RIO |
FROM
CUBA
Fishmonger
escapes as police shoot at him
A fishmonger jumped over the
railing of a bridge into the river 12 feet below
to escape as police shot at him from above.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
Dollar
traders warned
Several dollar traders were
rounded up by police in Santa Clara June 15. The
men were taken to the first police station, where
they were issued warning writs.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
Ag
markets bare in Ranchuelo
Government-run agricultural
markets in Ranchuelo are bare during the week because
inspectors only visit the markets on weekends, said
Milagros Fernández, who works in the El Prado market.
RANCHUELO |
FROM
CUBA
Authorities
close Ag free market in Sancti Spíritus
The municipal Commerce Directorate
in Sancti Spíritus ordered the only free market
in Taguasco closed as of June 15.
SANTA
CLARA |
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Cuba Revokes Self-Employed Worker Licenses
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Cuba Dissident Family Faces Harassment
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The Miami Herald
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Play ball? It's not so easy in Cuba, dissidents
say
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Posada proceedings won't be in Florida
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'Taxi boat' family starts new life in South Florida
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World
events keep Cuba off U.S. radar screen
Behind the scenes, the Cuban
government, led seemingly for eternity by the greatest
living Machiavellian plotter, continues playing
its conspiratorial back-room games with American
intelligence.
Georgie
Anne Geyer. Yahoo! News. |
Man
calls his Cuba-travel hearing a 'waste'
Outwardly, a federal hearing
Wednesday against David Heslop over his 2000 trip
to Cuba was uneventful.
Durham
Herald Sun, NC. |
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June
15
FROM
CUBA
Operators of horse-drawn carriages fined
The operators of the horse-drawn
carriages that transport the larger part of the
population in this provincial capital complain
they are being harassed by police.
SANTA CLARA
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FROM
CUBA
Outbreak
of dysentery in country school
A dysentery outbreak in
a country school here affected up to 70 students,
it became known last Wednesday. Authorities at
the Tony Santiago school blamed untreated river
water as the likely culprit..
MANICARAGUA
|
FROM
CUBA
Woman
foils assault with shoe
An unidentified woman foiled
an assailant's attempt to take her husband's gold
chain by beating the thief with her shoe.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Building
collapses in Old Havana
A 100-year-old building in
Old Havana collapsed June 7, leaving about 30 residents
homeless.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Store
security personnel demand better working conditions
Working conditions include
the presence of vermin and stagnant black waters
in the work areas.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Resident
of the U.S. jailed for giving his travel documents
to his brother
Bernardo Heredia Pérez, a
42-year-old Cuban resident of the United Status,
is being held in jail because he gave his travel
documents to his younger brother, who used them
to fly out of Cuba.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Dissident
says jailers have placed him among contagious prisoners
The wife of political prisoner
Ezequiel Morales Carmenate says her husband has
been submitted to psychological torture in the El
Típico prison in Las Tunas province, including exposure
to communicable diseases..
PLACETAS |
FROM
CUBA
Venezuelan
students head to Cuba for university studies
Five hundred young Venezuelans
are expected to arrive in Cuba starting in September
to start a five-year course leading to an engineering
degree in agronomy.
HAVANA |
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The Miami Herald
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Posada renews asylum bid at a hearing held in
Texas
•
EU foreign ministers tell Cuba to improve human
rights
•
Revisiting Havana and a family legend
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Cuban Militant Wants Hearing Moved To Miami
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Cuba to Spend $412M on Venezuela Products
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Castro tightens grip amid boomlet
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Cuban Militant Wants Hearing Moved To Miami
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Cuba to Spend $412M on Venezuela Products
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Castro tightens grip amid boomlet
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Bahamas
to open Embassy in Cuba
Frederick A. Mitchell, Minister
of Foreign Affairs and the Public Service, has announced
that The Bahamas' Embassy in Havana, Republic of
Cuba, will be opened within the next two months.
The
Nassau Guardian. |
Rocky's
policy on Cuba earns anger of Eastern mayors
National conference: New Jersey
officials want the return of an accused killer who
is taking refuge in the communist state.
The
Salt Lake Tribune |
Cuban
regime totalitarian, silence not possible
"The Cuban regime behaves
as a totalitarian one and it is not possible to
be silent on this," Czech Foreign Minister Cyril
Svoboda told CTK before the EU's discussion on a
draft resolution on Cuba yesterday afternoon.
Prague
Daily Monitor. |
Cuban
boatlift exiles thriving 25 years after exodus
Andres Perez arrived in the
United States, seasick and scared, on El Tumpax,
an overloaded boat that carried him to freedom from
Cuba.
KVOA. |
Cuban
ag trade policies need to be overhauled
North Dakota's Agriculture
Commissioner Roger Johnson recently headed a trade
delegation to Cuba. They came back with orders for
5,000 metric tons of North Dakota dry peas on a
near-term basis and an additional 20,000 metric
tons of peas in the next 18 months.
Ag
News. |
First
ever Cuban film festival comes to Jamaica
The Embassy of the Republic
of Cuba in association with the Friends of Cuba,
will stage the first ever Cuban Film Festival in
Jamaica, opening on Wednesday, June 14 and closing
on June 18 in Kingston.
Jamaica
Observer Reporter. |
Cubans
visit Vermont farms to choose heifers
They came, they saw, they
purchased: Vermont Holstein heifers, the taller
and lankier the better.
The
Times Argus. |
Europeans
Capitulate In Showdown on Cuba
The European Union decided
yesterday not to restore diplomatic sanctions it
imposed on the island in 2003, affording Mr. Castro
a year of "constructive dialogue".
The
New York Sun. |
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June
13
FROM
CUBA
Government
targets underground economy operators
Police and Finance Ministry
inspectors confiscated merchandise and production
tools from underground economy operators in a
series of raids starting June 3.
SANTA CLARA
|
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FROM
CUBA
Hospital
has no running water
The Iván Portuondo hospital
in San Antonio de los Bańos, south of Havana,
has running water only for about one hour a day,
said one pediatrician who works at the facility.
HAVANA
|
FROM
CUBA
Transportation
inspectors target minibuses
Transportation inspectors
imposed a number of fines, ranging between 100 and
250 pesos, to operators of improvised minibuses
in Santa Clara May 30.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
Cobbler
charges he was fired for his political leanings
A young cobbler who was fired
from his job here after taking time off to participate
in a dissident activity, charges he was fired for
his political leanings.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
Sanitary
authorities spray for mosquitoes in Ranchuelo
Sanitary authorities started
spraying to control a mosquito infestation in Ranchuelo
last week, after earlier resisting such a move and
trying other measures.
RANCHUELO |
FROM
CUBA
Street
vendor arrested, fined
Police arrested Yunior Horta
on May 22, fined him 40 pesos and confiscated about
27 dollars' worth of candy and chewing gum that
he sells on the streets.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
Local
official denies water service to dissident
A dissident here charged he
had to bribe municipal workers to supply his home
with water after an official ordered he be denied
water deliveries because he does not cooperate with
official organizations and is a well-known counterrevolutionary.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
Hepatitis
in drinking water causes alarm in Cienfuegos
Residents of the Junco Sur
neighborhood in Cienfuegos became alarmed May 24
after authorities reported water tanks were contaminated
with hepatitis.
CIENFUEGOS |
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Dissident mourns exodus of ideas
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Images of Cuba put island show in hot water
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Report links Posada to bombing
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4 migrants who fled Cuba in taxicab-boat can stay
•
Older exiles back Posada
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Castro con awaits a jail term
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Let 'truckonauts' stay, group asks U.S. court
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Many foreign investors being booted out of Cuba
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Alabama summit focuses on trade
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Posada
discusses life as a federal detainee
•
I
will fight to 'lead a normal life,' Posada says
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Leaders
urge a proactive Cuba stance
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Castro tightens grip amid boomlet
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Arlene Drenches Cuba, Bears Down on Gulf
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Southern Leaders Discuss the Importance of Cuba
to South's Economy as Another Congressional Showdown
on Cuba Looms This Month
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Vermont
cows soon may head for Cuba
Seven months after signing
a contract to buy Vermont cows, Cuban officials
will visit the state next week to select more than
100 cattle for export to the communist island nation.
Times
Argus, Vermont. |
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Look at Life on The Cuban Inside
One sunny day in Gibara, a seaside town in eastern
Cuba, my family and I climbed to a hilltop cafe
where a handful of locals nursed cold beers in
the afternoon breeze. When I asked for a menu,
the man behind the counter announced that the
place was closed. Perplexed, I asked him to recommend
another seafood joint.
The
Washington Post (reg.)
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Timeworn
but not time-tested
Benito Martinez says he is 124 years old, though
he can't prove it. Cuba boasts that he is a testament
to healthy living on the island.
Chicago
Tribune (reg.)
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Political
expose...Cuba The Tarnished Pearl
Cuba: The Tarnished Pearl also includes the memoirs
of the author's father that were kept in a journal
beginning in 1917 and ending in 1976. This provides
eye-opening insight into the personal thoughts
and feelings of a man who endured so much pain
and hardship.
24-7pressrelease.com.
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June
3
FROM
CUBA
Friends
of critical woman claim malpractice
A 31-year-old woman is in
critical condition at the Mariana Grajales maternity
hospital in Santa Clara since May 28 due to what
her friends call malpractice on the part of doctors
who operated on her.
SANTA CLARA
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FROM
CUBA
Residents
complain water is contaminated
Residents of the José Martí
district in Santa Clara complain that the water
coming through the municipal water system pipes
lately has been contaminated.
SANTA
CLARA
|
FROM
CUBA
Police
confiscate 25 lbs. of cheese
Two policemen confiscated
25 lbs of cheese from a man named Linares May 23
in Santa Clara. The man was apparently trying to
sell the cheese.
SANTA
CLARA |
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Venezuela pushing OAS on Posada extradition
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Castro: U.S. protecting old friend
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Court fight will hold Posada's fate
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Deco devotees torn over conference in Cuba
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U.N. wants storm aid increased
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The old house they have to see
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Cuba says Hemingway's home is being restored --
with Cuban government funds
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Castro says US must be stopped, terror suspect
must be extradited
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Cuba's "El Duque" returns for pace-setting White
Sox
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Cuban filmmaker Pastor Vega dies at 65
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Coast
Guard repatriates 40 Cubans, 162 Haitians to homelands
The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday
said it repatriated 40 Cuban migrants to Bahia de
Cabanas, Cuba, at 10 a.m. and 162 Haitian migrants
in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, at noon.
Sun-Sentinel.
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June
1
FROM
CUBA
State
inspectors stop the music on Santa Clara's streets
The inspectors told the
pedicab owners that the battery-powered sound
systems were illegal but refused to specify what
laws were being broken.
SANTA CLARA
|
|
FROM
CUBA
Housing
authority destroys home of homeless woman and
daughter
When Oralia Carcasés failed
to obtain a building permit before the construction
material for her new home started to deteriorate,
she decided to build the house without one.
CIEGO
DE ÁVILA
|
FROM
CUBA
Workers
warned for refusing to submit to strip search
Three women who work at the
"Ramiro Lavandero Cruz" cigarette factory in Ranchuelo
were issued a public warning for refusing to submit
to a strip search upon leaving the factory.
RANCHUELO |
FROM
CUBA
Death toll in prison riot rises to 5
Another six prisoners remain
in the hospital, according to Elizardo Sánchez Santa
Cruz of the Cuban Commission on Human Rights and
National Reconciliation.
PLACETAS |
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Flow of funds to Cuba holds steady
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Two charged in migrant case
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Survey breaks decade drought
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Group urges Raúl Castro charges
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Dissidents not at meeting still pleased it was
allowed
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Cuba develops new cholera vaccine
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Thompson
to lead business group to Cuba
Mississippi farmers hoping
to give Cubans a taste for catfish and other local
delicacies are heading to the island nation this
week.
Clarion-Ledger. |
Succession
gets complicated
If Fidel Castro decided to
die today, the wake would be full of people more
nervous than mournful. Raúl, his brother and heir,
might not find it so simple to assume power, much
less exercise it effectively.
Carlos
Alberto Montaner, The Miami Herald. |
Cuban
boatlift an important event in area history
About 15,000 refugees ended
up being sent to Fort McCoy and later to communities
with sponsors willing to take them.
The
La Crosse Tribune, Wisconsin. |
Hemingway
estate in disrepair
Tropical fruit trees and trim
gardens greet visitors to Ernest Hemingway's sprawling
estate on the outskirts of Havana, but the wooden
home where he lived for more than 20 years is falling
apart - hit by erosion, tropical humidity and botched
repairs.
The
Times Leader. |
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Castro
touts appliances to cut power demand
Looking more like a game-show host than a head
of state, a jovial Fidel Castro dressed in military
uniform and flanked by government ministers went
on live television to show millions of Cuban viewers
how to use new energy-saving rice steamers and
pressure cookers.
Sun-Sentinel, FL.
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For
most, dissident meeting was a mystery
The Cuban flags and banners that decorated an
unprecedented dissident meeting here last week
with slogans like, "For Cuba the time has come,"
are folded up and stored away.
Sun-Sentinel,
FL.
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