 |
|
|
August
30
FROM
CUBA
Women's
Federation starts campaign
The Latin
American Federation of Rural Women has launched
a campaign demanding that Cubans regain the right
to pay in pesos everywhere on the island.
HAVANA, Ahmed
Rodríguez Albacia
|
FROM
CUBA
Anti-government
graffiti in Holguín
Someone wrote
anti-government slogans on the walls of a bus stop
across the street from a military post in Banes,
Holguín municipality last weekend.
HOLGUIN, Liannis
Meriño Aguilera |
FROM
CUBA
One
hundred prisoners transferred
A hundred
prisoners have been transferred from the Combinado
del Este prison in Havana to the Kilo 8 prison in
Camagüey.
HOLGUIN, Liannis
Meriño Aguilera |
FROM
CUBA
Police
target satellite antennas
National police
carried out a series of raids during the first half
of August in several municipalities of Havana looking
for illegal antennas capable of capturing TV signals
from abroad.
HAVANA, Juan
González Febles |
FROM
CUBA
Workers
haven't been paid for July
Workers of
the El recreo agricultural production unit in Sibanicú
complain they still haven't been paid for the month
of July.
CAMAGUEY, Marilyn
Díaz Fernández |
FROM
CUBA
Street
puddles waiting 20 years for repairs
Residents
of the Saratoga subdivision in Camagüey say they
have been petitioning their local government to
repair water leaks and their consequent puddles
on A Street for 20 years now, and have nothing to
show for their efforts.
CAMAGUEY, Fernando
Tabares |
FROM
CUBA
Driver
denied employment in Sibanicú
A man who
said he has 20 years experience working as a driver
says government officials in Sibanicú have denied
him employment repeatedly because he refuses to
participate in government-organized political activities.
CAMAGUEY, Marilyn
Díaz Fernández |
FROM
CUBA
Dengue
outbreak on the upswing
Swarms of
mosquitoes and two reported deaths from dengue fever
suggest an increase in the outbreak of the disease,
in the face of silence by health authorities.
SANTIAGO DE
CUBA, Guillermo Espinosa |
FROM
CUBA
Increase
in hepatitis cases reported in Havana
With nearly
300 cases of hepatitis reported thus far this year,
doctors say the disease is on the upswing; new cases
during the last two weeks were reported to exceed
70.
HAVANA, José
Antonio Fornaris |
FROM
CUBA
Defense
Committee tells citizens how to act
Officials
of the No. 2 Committee for the Defense of the Revolution,
in the town of Banes, Holguín province, held a meeting
August 2 to tell citizens how to act during these
difficult times in which the Revolution is threatened.
HOLGUIN, Liannis
Meriño Aguilera |
FROM
CUBA
New
anti-government graffiti in Santiago de Cuba
Despite the
display of military might during the last few days
in the city, two anti-government graffiti showed
up Friday on a wall at the corner of Martí and San
Félix Streets: one read "Fidel your end has come
at last," and the other "Fidel you should have died
long before."
SANTIAGO DE
CUBA, Guillermo Espinosa |
FROM
CUBA
Nothing
but iron bars
Cuba is an
immense prison. There are prisons everywhere. If
someone goes on a hunger strike, he's put behind
bars. Whoever tries to sell some of his property
also meets the same fate
PINAR DEL RIO,
Rafael Ferro |
The
Miami Herald
• Chávez may be buying Cuba's future with oil
•
Island nations soaked, but no major damage
•
Forecasters are grateful to Cuba
•
Raúl Castro takes summit leader's role
•
Mountains buffer Cuba from big blow
•
As storm passes, Cuba and Haiti begin cleaning up
•
Cubans getting energy-efficient Chinese refrigerators
•
Visit of a Cuban Episcopal bishop bolsters Diocesan
ties
•
Alleged Cuban agent: FBI offered immunity
•
Jail would be better than harassment, dissident
says
•
U.S.: Democracy could end embargo
|
Yahoo
News
•
US changes tone toward Cuba's Raul Castro: analysts
•
Report: India, Pakistan leaders to talk at nonaligned
meeting venue in Cuba next month
•
Professor Says He Collaborated With Cuba
•
SMU Business Students to Visit Cuba
•
Navajo Company to Sell Products to Cuba
•
Miami school board wants Cuba book off its shelves
|
|
August
15
FROM
CUBA
Cell
phones hard to get, expensive, for Cubans
At half
a dollar per minute of use and 150 to 200 dollars
in the black market for the phone itself, cell
phone service is prohibitively expensive for the
average Cuban.
HAVANA, Aimée
Cabrera
|
FROM
CUBA
Contaminated
water flows freely at Havana train station
The flow of
contaminated waters in front of the Havana train
station has been a known problem for more than a
year and the sewer authority has not moved a finger
to make the necessary repairs in spite of their
repeated complaints, say station workers.
HAVANA, Ahmed
Rodríguez Albacia |
FROM
CUBA
Cuba
mourns the death of Gustavo Arcos Bergnes
Gustavo Arcos
Bergnes, leader of the Comité Cubano Pro Derechos
Humanos (Cuban Committee for Human Rights), and
a veteran among Cuban dissidents, has died in a
Havana hospital at the age of 80.
HAVANA, Ernesto
Roque Cintero |
FROM
CUBA
Grocery store in La Lira ransacked again
Thieves broke
into the grocery store in La Lira neighborhood in
what is by now becoming a regular occurrence, and
took some merchandise and an old pair of sneakers
belonging to the store's clerk.
HAVANA, José
Antonio Fornaris |
FROM
CUBA
Journalist
released
Journalist
Santiago Dubouchet was released from prison August
5 after serving a one year sentence imposed for
"resistance and disobedience."
HAVANA, Roberto
Santana Rodríguez |
FROM
CUBA
Bakery
employee threatened for talking to journalist
Lázaro Álvarez
has been told he could be fired from his job at
a bakery in Batabanó for holding a conversation
with an independent journalist. "That is unfair,"
said Álvarez' brother.
HAVANA, Richard
Roselló |
FROM
CUBA
Prison
filthy and overcrowded, says political prisoner
Political
prisoner Juan Luis Rodríguez denounced poor conditions
at the Cuba Sí prison, on the outskirts of Holguín,
where he has been confined since July 23.
HOLGUIN,
Liannis Meriño Aguilera |
The
Miami Herald
• Cubans get an eyeful of Castro recuperating
•
Cuban doctors defect, speak out
•
Bush seeks change in Cuba; strategy unclear
•
6 nations refused to take Posada
•
Turning 80, ailing Fidel vows to 'fight'
•
Text of Fidel Castro's message
•
Castro's message sheds little light
•
New photos raise new questions about Castro's condition
•
Cuban militant to make bid for freedom
•
Video depicts a crude side to Raúl Castro
|
Yahoo
News
•
Cuba's Communist Party vows continuation of revolution
under Raul Castro
•
U.S.-Cuba trade iffy, even without Fidel
•
Baptist churches fined for banned activities in
Cuba
•
Volunteer doctors from Cuba tend sick children in
Haiti
•
US won't comment on Castro's health after seeing
photos
•
Stations aim to promote change in Cuba
•
US isolated in press for democratic change in Cuba
•
Focus on post-Castro Cuba raises tricky question
of compensation
•
Cuban officials criticize U.S. ruling
•
US speeds up plans for post-Castro Cuba
•
Mixed messages blur outlook for Cuba's ailing Castro
|
When
to celebrate in Cuba
Thousands
of Cuban-Americans danced in the streets of Miami
two weeks ago when it was reported that dictator
Fidel Castro had surgery for intestinal bleeding
and had "temporarily" transferred presidential power
to his brother Raul.
USATODAY.com. |
Cuba
without Castro: seeds of change finally sprouting
With Fidel
Castro currently, and perhaps permanently, not controlling
events in Cuba, how should the United States react?
The Christian
Science Monitor. |
Historians
Have Absolved Fidel Castro
"You may
pronounce me guilty," declared Adolf Hitler during
the trial in 1924 for his failed Rathaus putsch,
"but the eternal court of history will absolve me."
NewsMax. |
August
6: Cuba in transition
The striking
thing about Cuba's long-awaited leadership crisis
is how uneventful it has been. With President Fidel
Castro apparently recovering smoothly from stomach
surgery, Raúl Castro, the 75 year-old defence minister,
has quietly moved into the top executive roles.
The Financial
Times. |
Cuba
after Castro
Whenever
Mr. Castro moves on to that great collective farm
in the sky, America should take several concrete
measures to rescue Cuba and its wonderful people
from 47 years of communist tyranny and mismanagement.
The Washington
Times. |
Despite
Uncertainty, No Cuban Exodus
Thousands
of Cubans risk all to attempt to cross the sea and
reach the U.S. every year - and the small fishing
town of Caibarien, surrounded by mangrove-covered
cays where boats can lurk and hide, is where many
of their journeys begin.
CBS News. |
|
August
4
FROM
CUBA
Urban
whispers
In Havana,
people don't speak; they whisper. They walk like
zombies. They go out only when necessary. No sense
talking in the streets. We must not forget that
"the streets belong to the faithful of the Revolution."
It won't do to provoke "those people."
HAVANA, Juan
González Febles
|
FROM
CUBA
Internet
for all?
Recently,
Cuban government officials assured the audience
of the nightly TV political program Round Table
that in Cuba, the Internet is open to everyone,
so independent journalist Juan Carlos Garcell and
myself tried to verify the statement.
MOA, Felipe
D. Ramos Leiva |
FROM
CUBA
Building
collapse takes one life
A 37-year-old
woman died July 27 when the balcony in her apartment
collapsed to the street. The woman, whose name was
given as Niurka, was said to have died instantly,
buried in the rubble.
CAMAGUEY, Marilyn
Díaz Fernández |
FROM
CUBA
Detained
man acquired dengue in jail
Tomás Fuente,
a physician who has been in jail more than 16 days
pending trial, said he was contaminated with dengue
fever in the Guanajay police jail.
HAVANA, Richard
Roselló |
FROM
CUBA
Dissidents
blackballed at camping sites
The government
offices that take reservations for camping sites
have lists of known dissidents in the province to
bar them from camping sites.
PINAR DEL RIO,
Rafael Ferro |
FROM
CUBA
Physician set
free to await trial
Dr. Tomás
Fuentes, who had been arrested July 16 after a confrontation
with two policemen, was set free August 2 and is
awaiting trial on charges of disrespect to the national
police and to the image of Fidel Castro. The charges
could result in a prison sentence of up to four
years.
HAVANA, Roberto
Santana Rodríguez . |
FROM
CUBA
Waste
water invades houses
Residents
of the township of Las Delicias, in Las Tunas province,
have been complaining strenuously about the sanitary
danger posed by waste waters that sometimes invade
houses in the town. They say sanitary and water
and sewer authorities do not heed their complaints.
HOLGUIN, Liannis
Meriño Aguilera |
The
Miami Herald
• Havana security keeps U.S. in the dark
•
Journalists denied entry at Havana airport
•
Recent Cuban arrivals reticent about crisis back
home
•
Castro's care uncommonly good
•
Reporter's notebook: Bush pledges support
•
Fidel's disappearance has Havana on edge
•
Many are asking: Where's Raúl Castro?
•
Some exiles fearful of deportation
•
Notebook: Cuba turns four journalists away
•
Increasing Cuba broadcasts a top U.S. priority
•
Exiles' generation gap closes in Miami
•
Gamblers' odds don't favor Fidel
|
Yahoo
News
•
Raul Castro stays out of sight in Cuba
•
Cuba says Raul Castro in firm control
•
US: Cuban invasion fears 'absurd'
•
US urges international pressure for multiparty elections
in Cuba
•
Rice urges Cubans not to flee homeland
•
Sun, rum and revolution for tourists in Cuba
•
Canadian tourists still flock to Cuba despite political
doubt
•
Castro's daughter says Raul is 'no Fidel'
•
Cuba campaign touts Raul Castro's roots
•
China urges non-interference in Cuban affairs
•
Castro's Sister Says He Is Still Family
•
Cuba to defend against U.S. interference
•
Exiles weighing possible return to Cuba
•
CNN hires Castro's estranged daughter
•
US criticizes 'imposition' of Raul Castro in Cuba
|
CPJ
Statement: Cuba must let journalists into the country
The Committee
to Protect Journalists called on Cuban authorities
to allow foreign journalists into the country after
a group of foreign journalists attempting to enter
Cuba were turned back at the airport yesterday.
CPJ. |
Hostile
words play into Castro's hands
If there
was any question that the Bush administration and
Cuban exile leaders should avoid aggressive statements
following Cuban dictator Fidel Castro's apparent
decision to hand over power to his brother Raúl,
an hourlong conversation with one of Cuba's leading
dissidents removed any doubts.
Andres Oppenheimer,
The Miami Herald. |
Cuba
situation dominates airwaves in South Florida
Three days
after power in Cuba shifted temporarily from Fidel
Castro to his brother Raul, the passion, speculation
and full-force coverage of events - or lack thereof
- continued on Cuban radio and Spanish-language
television Thursday.
The Pulse Journal. |
Why
Fidel threw me out of Havana
My lasting
memory of Fidel Castro is set in a Havana television
studio on July 9, 1960, 18 months after he and his
guerillas had ousted Cuban dictator General Fulgencio
Batista.
Garry Barker.
The Age, Australia. |
Cuban
Jews On Castro Vigil
Cuban Jews
on both sides of the Florida Straits are reacting
with emotions ranging from joy to sadness to unbridled
patriotism following the announcement that Fidel
Castro -- for the first time in 47 years -- is no
longer president of Cuba.
Jewish Times. |
|
August
1
FROM
CUBA
Youths
mobilized in Havana after news of Castro's illness
Starting
at dawn August 1, Havana's equivalent of U.S.
draft boards, known locally as military committees,
started mobilizing young men registered to them
following the news the previous evening of Cuban
President Fidel Castro's transferring power to
his brother to undergo surgery.
HAVANA
|
|
Yahoo
News
•
Castro says he's stable after surgery
•
Exiles distrust Cuba about Castro
•
Officials: Castro's final moment is "very far
away"
•
Fidel Castro improving: Venezuela
•
US: No reason to think Castro is dead
•
White House ready to help Cuba
•
Business as usual as Canadian companies in Cuba
keep eye on Castro's recovery
•
Cuban workers rally for ailing Castro
•
Castro causing rampant speculation
•
US faces urgent task of revising Cuba policy after
Castro
•
US not a threat to Cuban people: Gutierrez
•
US cautious, hopeful as Castro cedes power in
Cuba
•
Castro remains out of sight after surgery
•
Statement By Florida Speaker-Designate Marco Rubio
Regarding Fidel Castro
|
The
Miami Herald
• Cuban press: Castro recovering, not close to death
•
White House: No changes in U.S.-Cuba policy as a
result of Raúl Castro's temporary ascension to power
•
Castro's health crisis could transform island, exiles
here
•
A prelude: Miami streets burst with spontaneous
joy
•
Raúl groomed for top job
•
Local leaders skeptical of Cuba's political strength
•
Castro's illnesses in public light
•
Ways to tell how grave Castro's condition may be
•
Daily charter flights to Cuba still on schedule
•
South Florida TV, radio stations kick into overdrive
•
Sen. Martinez says moment of transition could be
near, cautions against migration
•
Seriousness is still unclear
•
Celebrations abound outside restaurants, in streets
•
Alabama pilot who aided Cuban invasion leery of
Castro's demise
•
Political strategist, congressman weigh in on Castro
•
Experts doubt stress caused Castro's bleeding
•
In New Jersey, Cubans celebrate and speculate on
future
•
Castro's temporary hand-over reveals deep involvement
in government details
•
Bloggers report on Miami reactions
•
Official: Castro's last moment 'far away'
•
U.S. visitors less welcome in Cuba
|
Translation
Of Fidel Castro's Announcement
Translation
of Fidel Castro's announcement temporarily relinquishing
power. Read by Carlos Valenciaga, Fidel Castro's
secretary.
NBC 6, Florida. |
|
August
15
FROM
CUBA
Cell
phones hard to get, expensive, for Cubans
At half
a dollar per minute of use and 150 to 200 dollars
in the black market for the phone itself, cell
phone service is prohibitively expensive for the
average Cuban.
HAVANA, Aimée
Cabrera
|
FROM
CUBA
Contaminated
water flows freely at Havana train station
The flow of
contaminated waters in front of the Havana train
station has been a known problem for more than a
year and the sewer authority has not moved a finger
to make the necessary repairs in spite of their
repeated complaints, say station workers.
HAVANA, Ahmed
Rodríguez Albacia |
FROM
CUBA
Cuba
mourns the death of Gustavo Arcos Bergnes
Gustavo Arcos
Bergnes, leader of the Comité Cubano Pro Derechos
Humanos (Cuban Committee for Human Rights), and
a veteran among Cuban dissidents, has died in a
Havana hospital at the age of 80.
HAVANA, Ernesto
Roque Cintero |
FROM
CUBA
Grocery store in La Lira ransacked again
Thieves broke
into the grocery store in La Lira neighborhood in
what is by now becoming a regular occurrence, and
took some merchandise and an old pair of sneakers
belonging to the store's clerk.
HAVANA, José
Antonio Fornaris |
FROM
CUBA
Journalist
released
Journalist
Santiago Dubouchet was released from prison August
5 after serving a one year sentence imposed for
"resistance and disobedience."
HAVANA, Roberto
Santana Rodríguez |
FROM
CUBA
Bakery
employee threatened for talking to journalist
Lázaro Álvarez
has been told he could be fired from his job at
a bakery in Batabanó for holding a conversation
with an independent journalist. "That is unfair,"
said Álvarez' brother.
HAVANA, Richard
Roselló |
FROM
CUBA
Prison
filthy and overcrowded, says political prisoner
Political
prisoner Juan Luis Rodríguez denounced poor conditions
at the Cuba Sí prison, on the outskirts of Holguín,
where he has been confined since July 23.
HOLGUIN,
Liannis Meriño Aguilera |
The
Miami Herald
• Cubans get an eyeful of Castro recuperating
•
Cuban doctors defect, speak out
•
Bush seeks change in Cuba; strategy unclear
•
6 nations refused to take Posada
•
Turning 80, ailing Fidel vows to 'fight'
•
Text of Fidel Castro's message
•
Castro's message sheds little light
•
New photos raise new questions about Castro's condition
•
Cuban militant to make bid for freedom
•
Video depicts a crude side to Raúl Castro
|
Yahoo
News
•
Cuba's Communist Party vows continuation of revolution
under Raul Castro
•
U.S.-Cuba trade iffy, even without Fidel
•
Baptist churches fined for banned activities in
Cuba
•
Volunteer doctors from Cuba tend sick children in
Haiti
•
US won't comment on Castro's health after seeing
photos
•
Stations aim to promote change in Cuba
•
US isolated in press for democratic change in Cuba
•
Focus on post-Castro Cuba raises tricky question
of compensation
•
Cuban officials criticize U.S. ruling
•
US speeds up plans for post-Castro Cuba
•
Mixed messages blur outlook for Cuba's ailing Castro
|
When
to celebrate in Cuba
Thousands
of Cuban-Americans danced in the streets of Miami
two weeks ago when it was reported that dictator
Fidel Castro had surgery for intestinal bleeding
and had "temporarily" transferred presidential power
to his brother Raul.
USATODAY.com. |
Cuba
without Castro: seeds of change finally sprouting
With Fidel
Castro currently, and perhaps permanently, not controlling
events in Cuba, how should the United States react?
The Christian
Science Monitor. |
Historians
Have Absolved Fidel Castro
"You may
pronounce me guilty," declared Adolf Hitler during
the trial in 1924 for his failed Rathaus putsch,
"but the eternal court of history will absolve me."
NewsMax. |
August
6: Cuba in transition
The striking
thing about Cuba's long-awaited leadership crisis
is how uneventful it has been. With President Fidel
Castro apparently recovering smoothly from stomach
surgery, Raúl Castro, the 75 year-old defence minister,
has quietly moved into the top executive roles.
The Financial
Times. |
Cuba
after Castro
Whenever
Mr. Castro moves on to that great collective farm
in the sky, America should take several concrete
measures to rescue Cuba and its wonderful people
from 47 years of communist tyranny and mismanagement.
The Washington
Times. |
Despite
Uncertainty, No Cuban Exodus
Thousands
of Cubans risk all to attempt to cross the sea and
reach the U.S. every year - and the small fishing
town of Caibarien, surrounded by mangrove-covered
cays where boats can lurk and hide, is where many
of their journeys begin.
CBS News. |
|
August
4
FROM
CUBA
Urban
whispers
In Havana,
people don't speak; they whisper. They walk like
zombies. They go out only when necessary. No sense
talking in the streets. We must not forget that
"the streets belong to the faithful of the Revolution."
It won't do to provoke "those people."
HAVANA, Juan
González Febles
|
FROM
CUBA
Internet
for all?
Recently,
Cuban government officials assured the audience
of the nightly TV political program Round Table
that in Cuba, the Internet is open to everyone,
so independent journalist Juan Carlos Garcell and
myself tried to verify the statement.
MOA, Felipe
D. Ramos Leiva |
FROM
CUBA
Building
collapse takes one life
A 37-year-old
woman died July 27 when the balcony in her apartment
collapsed to the street. The woman, whose name was
given as Niurka, was said to have died instantly,
buried in the rubble.
CAMAGUEY, Marilyn
Díaz Fernández |
FROM
CUBA
Detained
man acquired dengue in jail
Tomás Fuente,
a physician who has been in jail more than 16 days
pending trial, said he was contaminated with dengue
fever in the Guanajay police jail.
HAVANA, Richard
Roselló |
FROM
CUBA
Dissidents
blackballed at camping sites
The government
offices that take reservations for camping sites
have lists of known dissidents in the province to
bar them from camping sites.
PINAR DEL RIO,
Rafael Ferro |
FROM
CUBA
Physician set
free to await trial
Dr. Tomás
Fuentes, who had been arrested July 16 after a confrontation
with two policemen, was set free August 2 and is
awaiting trial on charges of disrespect to the national
police and to the image of Fidel Castro. The charges
could result in a prison sentence of up to four
years.
HAVANA, Roberto
Santana Rodríguez . |
FROM
CUBA
Waste
water invades houses
Residents
of the township of Las Delicias, in Las Tunas province,
have been complaining strenuously about the sanitary
danger posed by waste waters that sometimes invade
houses in the town. They say sanitary and water
and sewer authorities do not heed their complaints.
HOLGUIN, Liannis
Meriño Aguilera |
The
Miami Herald
• Havana security keeps U.S. in the dark
•
Journalists denied entry at Havana airport
•
Recent Cuban arrivals reticent about crisis back
home
•
Castro's care uncommonly good
•
Reporter's notebook: Bush pledges support
•
Fidel's disappearance has Havana on edge
•
Many are asking: Where's Raúl Castro?
•
Some exiles fearful of deportation
•
Notebook: Cuba turns four journalists away
•
Increasing Cuba broadcasts a top U.S. priority
•
Exiles' generation gap closes in Miami
•
Gamblers' odds don't favor Fidel
|
Yahoo
News
•
Raul Castro stays out of sight in Cuba
•
Cuba says Raul Castro in firm control
•
US: Cuban invasion fears 'absurd'
•
US urges international pressure for multiparty elections
in Cuba
•
Rice urges Cubans not to flee homeland
•
Sun, rum and revolution for tourists in Cuba
•
Canadian tourists still flock to Cuba despite political
doubt
•
Castro's daughter says Raul is 'no Fidel'
•
Cuba campaign touts Raul Castro's roots
•
China urges non-interference in Cuban affairs
•
Castro's Sister Says He Is Still Family
•
Cuba to defend against U.S. interference
•
Exiles weighing possible return to Cuba
•
CNN hires Castro's estranged daughter
•
US criticizes 'imposition' of Raul Castro in Cuba
|
CPJ
Statement: Cuba must let journalists into the country
The Committee
to Protect Journalists called on Cuban authorities
to allow foreign journalists into the country after
a group of foreign journalists attempting to enter
Cuba were turned back at the airport yesterday.
CPJ. |
Hostile
words play into Castro's hands
If there
was any question that the Bush administration and
Cuban exile leaders should avoid aggressive statements
following Cuban dictator Fidel Castro's apparent
decision to hand over power to his brother Raúl,
an hourlong conversation with one of Cuba's leading
dissidents removed any doubts.
Andres Oppenheimer,
The Miami Herald. |
Cuba
situation dominates airwaves in South Florida
Three days
after power in Cuba shifted temporarily from Fidel
Castro to his brother Raul, the passion, speculation
and full-force coverage of events - or lack thereof
- continued on Cuban radio and Spanish-language
television Thursday.
The Pulse Journal. |
Why
Fidel threw me out of Havana
My lasting
memory of Fidel Castro is set in a Havana television
studio on July 9, 1960, 18 months after he and his
guerillas had ousted Cuban dictator General Fulgencio
Batista.
Garry Barker.
The Age, Australia. |
Cuban
Jews On Castro Vigil
Cuban Jews
on both sides of the Florida Straits are reacting
with emotions ranging from joy to sadness to unbridled
patriotism following the announcement that Fidel
Castro -- for the first time in 47 years -- is no
longer president of Cuba.
Jewish Times. |
|
August
1
FROM
CUBA
Youths
mobilized in Havana after news of Castro's illness
Starting
at dawn August 1, Havana's equivalent of U.S.
draft boards, known locally as military committees,
started mobilizing young men registered to them
following the news the previous evening of Cuban
President Fidel Castro's transferring power to
his brother to undergo surgery.
HAVANA
|
|
Yahoo
News
•
Castro says he's stable after surgery
•
Exiles distrust Cuba about Castro
•
Officials: Castro's final moment is "very far
away"
•
Fidel Castro improving: Venezuela
•
US: No reason to think Castro is dead
•
White House ready to help Cuba
•
Business as usual as Canadian companies in Cuba
keep eye on Castro's recovery
•
Cuban workers rally for ailing Castro
•
Castro causing rampant speculation
•
US faces urgent task of revising Cuba policy after
Castro
•
US not a threat to Cuban people: Gutierrez
•
US cautious, hopeful as Castro cedes power in
Cuba
•
Castro remains out of sight after surgery
•
Statement By Florida Speaker-Designate Marco Rubio
Regarding Fidel Castro
|
The
Miami Herald
• Cuban press: Castro recovering, not close to death
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White House: No changes in U.S.-Cuba policy as a
result of Raúl Castro's temporary ascension to power
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Castro's health crisis could transform island, exiles
here
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A prelude: Miami streets burst with spontaneous
joy
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Raúl groomed for top job
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Local leaders skeptical of Cuba's political strength
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Castro's illnesses in public light
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Ways to tell how grave Castro's condition may be
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Daily charter flights to Cuba still on schedule
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South Florida TV, radio stations kick into overdrive
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Sen. Martinez says moment of transition could be
near, cautions against migration
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Seriousness is still unclear
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Celebrations abound outside restaurants, in streets
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Alabama pilot who aided Cuban invasion leery of
Castro's demise
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Political strategist, congressman weigh in on Castro
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Experts doubt stress caused Castro's bleeding
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In New Jersey, Cubans celebrate and speculate on
future
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Castro's temporary hand-over reveals deep involvement
in government details
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Bloggers report on Miami reactions
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Official: Castro's last moment 'far away'
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U.S. visitors less welcome in Cuba
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Translation
Of Fidel Castro's Announcement
Translation
of Fidel Castro's announcement temporarily relinquishing
power. Read by Carlos Valenciaga, Fidel Castro's
secretary.
NBC 6, Florida. |
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