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September
29
FROM
CUBA
Wife
of dissident beaten on street
Josefa López Peña, wife
of ex political prisoner Miguel Sigler Amaya,
was beaten on the street five days after she and
her husband were taken off a plane bound for the
United States.
HAVANA
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FROM
CUBA
Crackdown
against private merchants continues
Since September 9, police
and government inspectors have waged a campaign
against those who privately sell foodstuff and
other goods outside the San Miguel Market.
SANTA
CLARA
|
FROM
CUBA
Three
rafters await trial alter being caught trying to
leave Cuba
Three rafters are being held
at the Pendiente prison in Santa Clara awaiting
trial alter being caught in August trying to illegally
leave Cuba.
CAIBARIÉN |
FROM
CUBA
The
official press in Cuba does not publish crime stories
Although there has been a
spate of murders and other crimes in Santa Clara
this past year, Granma and other state media have
been ignoring them.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
Residents
must pay for removal of debris from Hurricane Rita
Residents in the Raúl Sancho
district of Santa Clara were forced to buy gasoline
for a state-owned truck for the removal of debris
from Hurricane Rita.
SANTA
CLARA |
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The
Miami Herald
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U.S. says Cuba not trying to halt migrants
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Feds oppose spy case decision
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Venezuela criticizes court ruling on Posada
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Judge: Posada to stay in U.S. for now
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10 Cubans remain in U.S. custody
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Hunger strikers
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Yahoo!
News
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Miami Prosecutor Wants Cuban Case Reheard
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Castro sends message to Hu Jintao to mark 45 years
of Cuban-Chinese ties
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Less U.S. Travel Prompts Cuba to Lash Out
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Hyundai Heavy Clinches Order Worth US$330 MLN
From Cuba
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India's OVL To Invest About US$150 MLN In 7 Blocks
In Cuba
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60
Minutes: Elian Gonzalez calls Castro 'friend'
Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban
boy at the center of an international custody battle
five years ago, said in a new television interview
that Cuban President Fidel Castro is his friend
but also that he hopes someday to see his family
in Miami again.
Palm
Beach Post. |
No
to terror suspect
U.S. Immigration judge William
Abbott made the right call in ruling that Luis Posada
Carriles will not be deported to Venezuela or Cuba,
countries where he would not face a fair trial and
likely would be tortured.
The
Miami Herald. |
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September
23
FROM
CUBA
Independent
journalist fined for living in family home
Independent journalist Amarilis
Cortina Rey has been fined for allegedly living
illegally in the house her grandfather purchased
in 1924 and where she herself was born.
HAVANA
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FROM
CUBA
Police
prohibit "foreign and subversive" rock music
Police prohibited a beer
stand from playing rock music during the local
carnival celebrations on grounds it was "foreign
and subversive."
MORON
|
FROM
CUBA
Dissident
denied material to rebuild after Hurricane Dennis
he's a member of the dissident
Liberal Party of Cuba, Jorge Toledo Figueroa has
been denied the right to buy building material to
replace his house, destroyed by Hurricane Dennis.
CIENFUEGOS |
FROM
CUBA
Dissident's
home the target of several attacks
The home of dissident pacifist
Julio César Montes Nerey has been the target of
four recent attacks. The latest occurred September
18 when a projectile penetrated the house in the
Subplanta district.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
Slow
tourism causes closure of Old Havana hotels
Habaguanex, the government
entity that runs 12 hotels in Old Havana, has closed
two of them amid speculation that more will follow
suit.
HAVANA |
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Hunger Striking Cuba Prisoner in Hospital
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Venezuelan Businesses Sign Deals With Cuba
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US saw no need for Cuban doctors for Katrina relief
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North Korean official on visit to Cuba
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India's OVL acquires 30% stake in 7 oil and gas
blocks in Cuba
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 CPJ
concerned about health of jailed journalist on
hunger strike
The Committee to Protect
Journalists is concerned about the health of jailed
independent journalist Víctor Rolando Arroyo who
went on hunger strike two weeks ago and is now
in the prison hospital.
The
Committee to Protect Journalists.
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Imprisoned
journalist enters third week of hunger strike
Reporters Without Borders
voiced deep concern about the condition of imprisoned
journalist Victor Rolando Arroyo Carmona, who today
began his third week on hunger strike.
Reporters
Without Borders. |
WSU
postpones trip to Cuba
Scheduling conflicts delay
exhibition baseball visit until next year.
The
Wichita Eagle. |
Pitching
for his fans in Cuba too
Right-hander Jose Contreras
says he represents the Sox--and his followers in
his homeland.
Chicago
Tribune. |
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September
20
FROM
CUBA
Agricultural
workers intoxicated by insecticide
More than 20 agricultural
workers employed by a government seed bank have
suffered intoxication and burns from an insecticide.
.
HAVANA
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FROM
CUBA
Customs
seizes 80 pounds of goods from Miami resident
Customs officials at the
Jaime González Airport in Cienfuegos last week
seized 80 pounds of goods from a Miami resident
and fined her..
CIENFUEGOS
|
FROM
CUBA
Wife
rejects offer of prison facilities for conjugal
visit
The wife of political prisoner
Jorge Luis González Tanquero decided prison officials
were making fun of her and decided to forgo a conjugal
visit with her husband last week.
CAIBARIÉN |
FROM
CUBA
Operation
postponed for lack of blood plasma
patient admitted to the Enrique
Cabrera Hospital, considered to be Cuba's national
medical center, twice has had an operation for the
removal of gall stones postponed for lack of blood
plasma and air conditioning in the operating room.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Physical
education professor fired for being a pacifist
Solenni Abad, a 29-year-old
physical education professor at the Instituto Pre
Universitario Antonio López Fernández, has lost
his job because he's a pacifist and human rights
advocate.
HOLGUÍN |
FROM
CUBA
Government
supporters prevent independent journalist from making
pilgrimage
Some 35 female members of
the government's Rapid Response Brigade blocked
the front of the home of independent journalist
Caridad Díaz Beltrán in Jovellanos, Matanzas province,
preventing her from leading a procession to honor
Cuba's patron saint, la Virgen de la Caridad del
Cobre.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Three
years after a national census, no figures have been
released
This month marks three years
since the last national census was carried out in
Cuba, but the results have yet to be made public.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Cigar
factory workers complain of conditions
Workers in the capital's Corona
cigar factory are complaining about the heat and
other work conditions, says a human rights activist
employed there.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Another
dissident prisoner forced to strip naked in Santa
Clara
For the second time in less
than a month, a dissident prisoner has been forced
to strip naked in front of prison officials before
being allowed a family visit, according to his wife.
SANTIAGO
DE CUBA |
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The Miami Herald
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Castro requested Soviet missiles in 1981, book
says
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Saharan refugees discuss perils
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Posada could testify at spies' retrial
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Still more Cubans intercepted at sea
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A fight for citizenship
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Cubans' landings, captures on rise
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Split
with Cuba still brings pain
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Yahoo! News
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Former Political Prisoner Sues Castro
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Castro: Cuba Could Have Saved U.S. Victims
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Cuba
Addresses UN on Millennium Declaration
Address by his excellency
Dr. Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada, speaker of the National
Assembly Of People's Power of The Republic of Cuba
at the high-level plenary meeting of the 60th session
of the un General Assembly. New York, September
16, 2005.
Scoop.co.nz,
New Zealand. |
Cuba
backs India's bid for permanent UNSC seat
Cuba, which is the next chair
of the non-aligned movement, has expressed strong
support for India becoming a permanent member of
the United Nations Security Council..
Navhind
Times, India. |
Playing
Doctors
Disaster Relief: Ninety-five
nations have pledged $1 billion in aid in the wake
of Katrina, and while the U.S. can manage, it's
heartening. But one government that wishes us ill
has jumped in and it should be rebuked.
Investor's
Business Daily. |
New
Cuban revolution: Preservation
Moves are on to restore modernist
homes abandoned by the rich after Castro took power.
Gary
Marx, Chicago Tribune. |
Imprisoned
journalists in Cuba . . . and the United States
It is difficult to understand
how these two very different countries came to share
this sad situation. Freedom of the press is a fundamental
component of any democratic regime and Cuba is not
a democracy.
Eduardo
Bertoni, The Miami Herald. |
Audioslave
Captured Live In Cuba
Audioslave, who became the
first American rock band to perform in Cuba, have
announced that they will be making the historic
concert available via a double disc DVD/CD release
entitled Live In Cuba on October 11th, 2005.
IGN
Music. |
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External
links
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Fossils
Offer Support for Meteor's Role in Dinosaur Extinction
Rare fossils found in Cuba are shedding new light
on what wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years
ago.
The
New York Times (reg.reqd).
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A
Congressman Is Ready to Step Up in New Jersey
After decades of public service, Robert Menendez,
a formidable Democratic congressman from New Jersey,
may achieve his dream of becoming a U.S. senator.
The
New York Times (reg.reqd).
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Documentary
Examines a Cuban Classic
Vicente Ferraz digs into the past to illuminate
the extraordinary blend of formal bravura and
revolutionary didacticism in Mikhail Kalatozov's
film "I Am Cuba."
The
New York Times (reg.reqd).
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September
13
FROM
CUBA
Government
denies private repairmen access to faulty appliances
The Commerce Department
has destroyed dozens of faulty refrigerators,
televisions sets, washing machines and air conditioners
rather than permit them to be sold, repaired and
marketed by private sector entrepreneurs, according
to an eye witness.
HAVANA
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FROM
CUBA
Five-year-old
penalized because mother tried to leave Cuba
Because her mother was caught
trying to leave Cuba, Jessica Sánchez Lorenzo,
aged 5, has been unable to register for grade
one.
HAVANA
|
FROM
CUBA
Fishmongers
arrested
Two women who were selling
fish fillets were arrested September 2 in the neighborhood
of the San Miguel mall.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
Young
man dies in Santa Clara of as yet unknown causes
The 26-year-old died after
doing the rounds of medical facilities for a month
and a half and not learning what, if any, disease
he might have had.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
Electric
rice cookers under 24-hour watch
The electric rice cookers
that arrived at the beginning of September in Ranchuelo
stores to be sold to consumers have been under 24-hour
custody by orders of the municipal commerce authority.
RANCHUELO |
FROM
CUBA
Police
arrest currency traders outside mall
Municipal police in Batabanó,
a small city on the southern coast of Havana province,
arrested four suspected of currency trading September
3 outside a shopping mall that trades only in hard
currency.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Dissidents
arrested during protest at police station
Four dissidents were arrested
August 31 when they staged a protest in front of
a police station in Santa Clara.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
Evicted
man sets himself on fire
Armando Chacón had warned
police that if they evicted his family from the
house they had occupied a month ago, he would set
himself on fire.
CIENFUEGOS |
FROM
CUBA
Anti-government
slogans posted on the walls of the police station
On August 31, someone painted
anti-government slogans on cardboard and posted
them, among other places, on the walls of the police
station, the market, and the Los Mangos cafeteria,
in the Tulipán subdivision of Cienfuegos.
CIENFUEGOS |
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The Miami Herald
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Spy convict faces deportation to Cuba, lawyer
says
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U.S.-Cuba trade advocate tells of disappointment
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Martinez: Cuban aid should be welcomed
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Cuban doctors' group would tackle global disasters
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Zimbabwe President, in Cuba, Decries IMF
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S.Korean trade agency opens office in Cuba
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Indonesia, Cuba discuss trade cooperation
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U.S. Defeats Cuba in Women's Volleyball Sun
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US to buy Venezuelan gas, mull Cuban offer of
doctors
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González
Pérez judicially harassed for more than 50 days
Reporters Without Borders
voiced great concern today about the plight of journalist
Oscar Mario González Pérez of the Grupo de Trabajo
Decoro independent news agency, who is still awaiting
trial more than 50 days after his arrest on 22 July
in Havana.
Reporters
Without Borders. |
Mob
Brutally Repudiates Blind Cuban Activist
blind human rights activist
in Cuba says he was the victim of an "act of repudiation"
by a mob organized by the communist government.
NewsMax.com. |
As
Cuba loans doctors abroad, some patients object
at home
Free universal healthcare
has long been the crowning achievement of this socialist
state, but the system is now under fire from Cubans
who complain that quality and access are suffering
as they lose tens of thousands of medical workers
to Venezuela in exchange for cheap oil, which this
impoverished country desperately needs.
Boston
Globe. |
Slaves
in white coats
The doctors are the comandante's
favorite slaves: He rents them out, sells them,
gives them away, lends them, exchanges them for
oil or uses them as an alibi to justify his dictatorship.
Carlos
Alberto Montaner, The Miami Herald. |
Indian
oil search in Cuban waters
The Indian state oil company,
ONGC, has come to an agreement with the Cuban government
to begin exploring for oil in the Gulf of Mexico.
BBC
News. |
Observer:
Cuba lucre
Still, anticipating a lifting
of the US embargo on Cuba and possible reconstruction
of the country optimistic investors are already
pushing up the share prices of any companies that
might benefit, say those keeping a close eye on
the situation.
Financial
Times, UK. |
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links
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Film's
CIA source may shred 'Che!'
Neither Mr. Guevara's interest in torture and
firing squads, documented by the poet Armando
Valladares, nor his remark after the Cuban Missile
Crisis -- that he would have fired nuclear weapons
at the United States -- were covered in the recent
art-house hit "The Motorcycle Diaries." The revolutionary
activist also called for "a dozen Vietnams."
The
Washington Times (reg. reqd).
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Cuba's
latest lifeline
When Cuba's Fidel Castro and Venezuela's Hugo
Chávez took to the airwaves for a six-hour presidential
chat show late last month, their chummy relationship
was on open display.
Sun-Sentinel,
FL.
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Difficult
farewell to a place that tested, won my heart
I arrived in Havana in January 2001 with my cat
under one arm and a boxed bike under the other.
The rest of my life was tucked into a stack of
duct-taped, clear plastic boxes.
Vanessa
Bauza, Sun-Sentinel, FL.
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September
7
FROM
CUBA
Violent
eviction leads to near-riot
A forced eviction in Banes
August 12 lead to a near-riot by neighborhood
residents, who became riled up by police and Housing
Authority officials' manhandling of the house's
residents, including an older woman who suffered
an ischemic attack and was left lying on the pavement.
HOLGUIN
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FROM
CUBA
Alcoholics
Anonymous group observes 4th Anniversary
The "Uniendo Orillas" group
of Alcoholics Anonymous celebrated on August 29th
the fourth anniversary of its founding in Santa
Clara.
SANTA
CLARA
|
FROM
CUBA
Fired
cart driver charges politics is behind his dismissal
A man fired from his job at
a government-run food distribution facility for
nepotism, charged the real reason for his dismissal
is that he is a dissident.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
Independent
journalist receives death threat
Independent journalist Karel
Castillo Pérez de Alejo, who is also a political
activist, received a death threat this week from
one of several men waiting for her outside her mother's
me.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
Independent
journalist receives death threat
Independent journalist Marilyn
Díaz Fernández of Lux Info Press says State Security
agents threatened her when she recently visited
her husband and brother in prison.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Five
who tried to flee Cuba released after 52 days
Five men from Santa Clara
who were caught trying to flee the country have
been released after being held in custody for 52
days.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
Dissidents
say Communist Party members tried to intimidate
them
Mario Echevarria Driggs, committee
president of the Assembly to Promote Civil Society
in Cuba, says two members of the Communist Party
came to his home last weekend and told him meetings
could not be held there.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Well
known doctor among those drowned trying to flee
Cuba
One of 31 Cubans who drowned
last week while trying to join his wife in the United
States was a well-known doctor, Pablo Ruiz Porra,
who died on his sixth attempt to flee the country.
SANTA
CLARA |
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The Miami Herald
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Calm seas, warm weather a magnet for Cuban rafters
•
Cuban government boasts of increased TV viewership
•
Posada might stay in U.S., avoid deportation to
Venezuela, judge says
•
Once commonplace, immigrant cigar makers fade
into memory
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Yahoo! News
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White House swipes at Castro after Katrina aid
offer
•
Tobacco exec says Cuba leads world cigar exports
with 100 million annually
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Repatriated
Cubans return to Cayman
One female and three male
Cuban migrants were repatriated from the Cayman
Islands last week, Deputy Chief Commissioner Donovan
Ebanks has confirmed.
Cayman
Net News. |
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