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November
21
FROM
CUBA
Home
of dissident attacked two days in a row
Someone threw a six-pound
steel object on the roof of the home of dissidient
Julio César Montes Nerey, breaking one of the
tiles.
SANTA CLARA
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FROM
CUBA
Dozens
of workers at state company detained
Dozens of workers at the Empresa
de Comercio Mayorista have been detained since the
end of October because of alleged corruption in
the state-owned business, according to sources.
SANTA CLARA
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FROM
CUBA
Home
of dissident attacked twice
Dissident José Amado Estrada
Varela says his house was attacked twice last week
by elements linked to the police.
SAN LUIS
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FROM
CUBA
Dissident
cited for remodeling home without a permit
Roberto Miranda Díaz, an officer
of the Liberal Cuban Movement, has been cited for
building a room for his mother-in-law, who lives
with him and his wife, without first obtaining a
permit.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Rafter
caught and returned four times to Cuba
Cuban authorities have fined
rafter Jesús Hernández Matamoros 1,500 pesos - the
equivalent of about nine months salary - after he
was caught and returned to the island for the fourth
time.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Prisoner
loses conjugal rights over re-education program
Léster González Pentón, who
was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in the 2003
crackdown on dissidents, says his conjugal rights
have been withdrawn because he refused to attend
Communist indoctrination classes.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
Police
cruiser stoned in Havana
Six police cars were dispatched
in a fruitless search for someone who kicked and
stoned a police cruiser in the capital on Sunday
night.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Public
trial held in a movie house
What was advertised as an
"exemplary trial" of a thief was held last week
in a movie house where residents were invited by
local radio stations to attend.
CAIBARIÉN
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FROM
CUBA
Dissident
struck by Communist Party member in front of his
home
Ana Margarita Perdigón Brito
of the November 30 Party says one of its members,
Elvis Gregorio Pérez Lara, was punched in the face
by a member of the Communist Party last week.
CAIBARIÉN
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FROM
CUBA
Farmer
fined week's salary and peanut bars seized
Farmer Guillermo Casabuena
Montesinos was fined 60 pesos - the equivalent of
an average workman's salary for a week - for allegedly
planning to illegally sell 56 peanut bars he intended
to give as gifts to friends and relatives.
SANTA CLARA
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The Miami Herald
•
Indignant Castro claims to feel 'better than ever'
• MLB wants Cuba to play
• Coast Guard looks for missing Cuban rafter
• Castro has Parkinson's disease, CIA has concluded
• School to seek ways to solve Cuba land disputes |
Yahoo! News
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Castro Meets With Cuba's Catholic Leaders
• Cuba's Castro sued for 60 million dollars in
US court
• Solis the hero as Cuba crowned world boxing
champs
• Cuba on target at world amateur boxing finals
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Cuba
Wants To Be COMINAC Chairman Earlier
Cuba has requested to be the
Chairman of Conference of the Ministers of Information
of Non-Aligned Countries (Cominac) earlier than
scheduled.
Bernama
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Grant
aims to help U.S., Cuba prepare for post-Castro
era
More than the 79-year-old
dictator stands in the way of a renewed friendship.
An enduring source of conflict is compensating Americans
for property seized when Castro imposed communist
rule more than four decades ago.
Lincoln
Journal Star |
November
14
FROM
CUBA
Lady
in White forced to leave Plaza de la Revolución
Berta Soler Fernández, wife
of imprisoned dissident Angel Moya Acosta, says
she was ordered out of the Plaza de la Revolución
area last week while waiting to deliver a letter
of protest about her husband to President Fidel
Castro.
HAVANA
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FROM
CUBA
Prisioner
of conscience moved to maximum security facility
Eduardo Díaz Fleites, one
of the 75 dissidents arrested imprisoned in 2003,
was moved last month to the maximum security prison
at Kilometer 8.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Lady
in White says she has been harassed 3 times lately
Dolia Leal Francisco, whose
imprisoned husband is one of the Group of 75, says
members of the Rapid Response Brigade have harassed
her at her home in Havana's El Vedado district three
times lately..
HAVANA
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FROM
CUBA
A
member of FLAMUR is threatened
Dayami Piñera Cruz, a member
of the Latin American Federation of Rural Women
(FLAMUR), says she was threatened by two policemen
who came to her home in the village of La Coloma,
15 miles from Pinar del Rio.
PINAR DEL RIO
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FROM
CUBA
Independent
librarian fined for alleged insult
The director of the independent
library in Herradura, Pinar del Río province, Lázaro
González, says he was fined for refusing to allow
his luggage to be searched.
HAVANA
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FROM
CUBA
Wave
of arrests following deaths of tourists
The roundup of suspects is
being carried out by joint teams from the National
Revolutionary Police, the Department of Technical
Investigations and the Interior Ministry's special
tactical group. Coordination is said to be under
the Interior Ministry.
HAVANA
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The Miami Herald
•
Migrants' relatives call on president to free 33
Cubans
• U.S. denies a visa to prize-winning scientist
• Bush's Latin team shuffled
• Again, U.N. vote urges end to Cuba embargo
• 2 Cuban migrants drown |
Yahoo! News
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Latest Cuba Census Reports 11.2M Residents
• U. S. Cos. Sell $259M of Goods to Cuba
• Spending Bill Stalls Over Cuba Dispute
• Coast Guard, Family Disagree On Fatal Boat Capsize
• World Baseball Classic organizers ready if Cuba
does not play
• Revenge on the China menu as Cuba seek to regain
world boxing crown
• Drop in Cuba Exports Hurts Trade Deficit
• Disabled Woman Sentenced To House Arrest For
Smuggling Cuban Birds
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November
3
FROM
CUBA
Teachers
punished for maintain relationship with dissident
A Communist Party official
ordered the public chastisement of a school teacher
who refused to leave her husband, a government
opponent and former political prisoner.
SANTA CLARA
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FROM
CUBA
Ladies
in White say they are not an organized group
The dissident Ladies in White,
who will share this year's Sakharov Prize for freedom
of thought, say they do not constitute an organized
group.
HAVANA
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FROM
CUBA
Looting
in Havana following Hurricane Wilma
Police arrested many people
accused of looting businesses in Havana following
Hurricane Wilma. The looting occurred mainly in
the area of the Malecón and in Vedado where many
businesses were left exposed after being hit by
tidal surges.
HAVANA
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FROM
CUBA
Anti-government posters appear in Batabanó
Some dozen posters and anti-government
graffiti appeared on walls in the southern coastal
municipality of Batabanó last week, some as a result
of power outages because of Hurricane Wilma.
HAVANA
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FROM
CUBA
Varela
Project activist and brother of Cubs shortstop arrested
Daniel Ordóñez Pereira,
activist of the Varela Project and brother of Chicago
Cubs shortstop Reynoldo Ordóñez, was arrested last
week.
HAVANA
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The Miami Herald
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Smugglers make quick guilty pleas
• Cuba-U.S. dispute scraps trip over storm
• Verdict to stand for five Cuban spies
• Nebraska to sell products to Cuba
• 11 Cuban singers defect
• Chávez threatens to send F-16s to Cuba, China
• More Cubans leaving for U.S.
• U.S. aid experts to see storm impact |
Yahoo! News
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Cubans Show Up in Force at Americas Summit
• Cuban Minister Expects U.S. Embargo Win
• Venezuela Must Consult U.S. on Jet Moves
• Venezuela Is Cuba's No. 1 Trading Partner
• American Farmers Relish Cuban Trade Fair
• Castro Praises Maradona's Anti-U.S. Stance
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Cuba
protests against Czech diplomatic note over celebrations
Cuban charge d'affaires in
Prague Aymee Hernandez categorically dismissed the
diplomatic note in which the Czech Foreign Ministry
protested against the way Cuban authorities prevented
the celebrations of the Czech national holiday in
a Havana hotel last Friday.
Czech
Happenings, Czech Republic |
Israeli
tourist murdered in Cuba
Victim robbed at knifepoint,
stabbed to death in Havana; his body to be returned
to Israel via Canada, as Israel does not have diplomatic
relations with Cuba.
Ynetnews,
Israel |
Dead
CIA pilot's kin wants asset handover
The daughter of an American
pilot shot down over Cuba during the Bay of Pigs
invasion nearly 45 years ago has asked a court to
order JPMorgan Chase & Co. to turn over more than
$22 million in assets held on behalf of the Cuban
government.
Centre
Daily Times, PA |
Cuba
denies money contribution to Lula's campaign
Cuba categorically denied
Sunday having contributed three million US dollars
to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's
electoral campaign in 2002 as was attributed by
the latest edition of Veja magazine.
MercoPress,
Uruguay |
Cuba
says US aid offer looked like funding for dissidents
Cuba's Communist government
on Thursday disputed the Bush administration's version
of events over possible U.S. disaster relief to
the island, saying Washington's offer appeared to
be an attempt to continue backing dissidents "using
the hurricane as a pretext."
Dominican
Today, Dominican Republic |
Catholic's
passion sets him apart in Cuba
He's on the Vatican's 30-member
peace and justice council, but his state-appointed
job in Cuba consists of spending eight hours a day
in a shed guarding palm tree stalks used to make
cigar boxes.
Washington
Times |
Che
Guevara should be scorned - not worn
Che demanded worldwide revolution,
even if it meant a stream of death and misery. He
said the utopia that could be built on the ashes
of the old world would make the suffering worthwhile.
That's why he advocated a nuclear exchange during
the Cuban missile crisis.
Ryan
Clancy, USA Today. |
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