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July
25
The
Miami Herald
Clinton, Obama spar over meeting Castro, Chαvez
Raϊl Castro to give Revolution Day speech
Cuban dad forced to leave family at border
Obama, Edwards say they would meet with Castro,
Chαvez
Brazil-Cuba rivalry heats up at Pan American Games
Unusual issues define Cuban girl's custody battle
If ban were eased, U.S. exports to Cuba could
double, report says
Cuba: We're not to blame for visa holdups
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Castro:
Cash at root of boxer defections
Fidel Castro
suggested Monday that a two-time Cuban Olympic boxing
champion and his teammate had defected, blaming
their disappearance at the Pan American Games in
Brazil on American money.
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Cuba:
A year without Fidel
With island
life largely unaltered under a caretaker government
led by his younger brother Raul, there seems little
reason for Fidel to put on his olive green uniform
again and rail against the American "empire."
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Woman
sued Castro in father's death
A woman has
sued Fidel Castro, alleging that the Cuban leader
caused the wrongful death of her pilot father after
he was shot down over Cuba and imprisoned in 1963
while on a covert mission.
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8
U.S. Students Graduate From Free Cuban Medical School
Eight American
students graduated from a Cuban medical school on
Tuesday and said they planned to put six years of
education paid for by Fidel Castro's communist government
to use in hospitals back home.
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U.S.
boxers seeking international experience - and success
vs. Cubans
Any time
U.S. fighters faces a Cuban in international boxing,
it's a learning experience. Usually a painful one.
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Cuban
boxers skip Pan Am fights
Cuba's two-time
Olympic boxing champion Guillermo Rigondeaux and
a teammate left the athletes village and did not
show up for their scheduled fights at the Pan American
Games on Sunday.
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Cuban
athelete missing at Pan Am Games
Rafael Dacosta,
19, apparently has been missing from the Pan American
village in Rio for several days, Estado de Sao Paulo
newspaper reported Monday.
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Sicko's
Misdiagnosis Leads to Wrong Prescription
"The current
debate over Michael Moore's recently released movie
Sicko is misplaced," said Lori-Ann Rickard, managing
partner for Rickard & Associates, P.C., a St. Clair
Shores legal and business consulting firm that specializes
in the healthcare field.
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Agency
Issues Report on Cuba Trade
America's
trade with communist-run Cuba could double if U.S.
financing rules on direct agricultural sales to
the island were lifted, the U.S. International Trade
Commission said in a report released this week.
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U.S.
Group Delivers Aid to Cuba
A U.S. humanitarian
group delivered about 90 tons of aid to Cuba on
Thursday, defying Washington's 45-year-old trade
embargo.
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Help
from Washington needed for success
When the
U.S. told Havana recently that it will cutback the
number of visas issued to Cubans to 10,724 from
20,000, the regime responded as it usually does.
It generated a propaganda circus covering up the
issues and complaints leading to the United States'
diplomatic protest.
Frank Calzon.
Sun-Sentinel. |
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July
18
The
Miami Herald
U.S.: Cuba to blame for held-up visas
Legless Cuban survivor finally reaches U.S.
U.S.-Cuba visa flap swells tensions
Cuba says U.S. deliberately behind on visas
Castro: U.S. falsely justifies war on terror
So when is Andy Garcia not the biggest star in
the room?
Bebo and Chucho reunite for tour
Cuban fencer was Pan-Am champion
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A
Cuban tugboat, an atrocity at sea
Below are
excerpts from "Cuba: The Tugboat Massacre of July
13, 1994." This is a recent report by Maria C. Werlau
of Cuba Archive, a nonprofit group that documents
the human cost of the Cuban Revolution. The report
is at www.cuba archive.org.
Miami Herald.
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'Hot
Corner' Tests Free Speech in Cuba
Miguel is
in mid-sentence when his face darkens and his eyes
dart to the ground. His mouth is still open, but
no words come out. He has been talking about what
it must be like to live in a country where the government
doesn't control all radio and television.
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In
My Opinion: Spain's new opening to Cuba a risky
gambit
The Spanish
government's recent decision to improve ties with
Cuba "is bearing its fruits," and the process will
continue without abandoning the island's dissidents,
Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos
told me in an interview last week.
Andres Oppenheimer.The
Miami Herald.. |
US
accuses Cuba of imposing 'multiple roadblocks' over
visa row
The United
States accused Cuba Wednesday of imposing "multiple
roadblocks" that it said were stifling its ability
to issue exit visas for Cubans, in a new row between
the staunch enemies.
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Castro
blames US for Cuban brain drain
Cuban leader
Fidel Castro on Wednesday accused the United States
of siphoning off his country's best and brightest
talents, blaming Washington of committing "scientific
apartheid" throughout the world.
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Castro,
gripped by Pan-Am Games, forgets to take medicine
Ailing Cuban
leader Fidel Castro said Tuesday he has become so
absorbed with watching the Pan American Games that
he sometimes forgets to take his medicine.
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Cuban
Revolutionary Tale: Author Makes Parallels Between
His Father's Life and Current Political Climate
Convalescing
Fidel Castro said in an essay Tuesday that he has
been so engrossed with Cuba's performance at the
Pan American Games in Brazil that he forgets to
eat and take his medicine.
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Castro
suggests Washington failed to stop attacks on U.S.
soil to justify war
Fidel Castro
suggested Sunday that Washington has deliberately
failed to stop attacks on U.S. soil because it needed
"to deliver a bang" that would justify its war on
terror.
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Cuba
lays to rest dispute over remains of Che Guevara
The remains
of Che Guevara brought here from Bolivia 10 years
ago provided "conclusive" forensic evidence they
belonged to the revolutionary leader, state media
said Saturday.
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July
13
The
Miami Herald
Latin American Catholic bishops meeting in Cuba
Fidel Castro's son says father recovering
Castro laments 'irritating inequalities'
Film casts harsh light on problems in Havana
Cuba holding fewer political prisoners
Relatives of dead Cuban dissident call for inquiry
Spy chief says he acted in defense of Cuba
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of The Latin American Episcopal Council |
In
Cuba, it often takes cash to swap homes
For two weeks,
Elizabeth Miller has been walking from her run-down
apartment to the unofficial housing swap along the
capital's majestic Prado boulevard.
Ray Sanchez.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel. |
Cubans
risk raids to get satellite TV
Before the
police raid, the Perez family paid $7.56 per month
for a DirecTV window on the world. Daniel, a literature
major at the University of Havana, watched the Chicago
White Sox on ESPN. His mom, Marisel, never missed
an episode of "La Fea Mαs Bella".
Eloise Quintanilla,
Christian Science Monitor. |
US
pokes fun at Castro and calls elections sham
The United
States on Tuesday poked fun at Cuba's interim leader
Raul Castro and termed the elections he had called
for as a sham.
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Castro
calls US an unethical 'world tyranny'
Ailing President
Fidel Castro railed against the United States in
a newspaper article Sunday, calling it an unethical
"world tyranny," and urged the CIA to come clean
about all its attempts to murder him.
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Cuba
a force at Pan American Games
Still the
main challenger to the United States in the Pan
American Games medals race, Cuba suddenly has some
doubts about one of its strongest sports.
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Bloggers
United for Cuban Liberty Appeal to Sting to Advocate
for Human Rights in Cuba
Sting, the
front man of the legendary rock band The Police,
was reminded by Bloggers United for Cuban Liberty
of his previous humanitarianism with a banner hired
to fly over Dolphin Stadium during the opening act
of the group's July 10th Miami concert. The banner
read "S.O.S. THEY DANCE ALONE IN CUBA TOO".
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US
won't tolerate dictatorial succession in Cuba: Rice
Speaking
to reporters here Monday, Rice said Cubans 'have
the right to liberty' and when the political transition
takes place, Washington will support Cuba 'as it
holds free elections'.
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Cuba,
Russia renew aviation partnership
Longtime
aviation partners Cuba and Russia have renewed their
alliance in a deal promising increased cooperation
in services and training, the Cuban official daily
Granma reported Friday.
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UN
official: Cuba solved energy crisis
Cuba has
solved crippling energy shortages that plagued the
island as recently as 2004 without sacrificing a
long-term commitment to promoting environmentally
friendly fuels, the head of the U.N. Environment
Program said Wednesday.
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Living
on Cuban food ration isn't easy
No one on
this communist-run island dies from starvation,
but every month Cubans on the "universal ration"
must use ingenuity and organization to ensure everyone
gets enough to eat.
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Clinton
slams GOP rival's Cuba remark
No one on
this communist-run island dies from starvation,
but every month Cubans on the "universal ration"
must use ingenuity and organization to ensure everyone
gets enough to eat.
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Cuba
hits newly released CIA documents
Taking a
swipe at a potential GOP presidential rival, Democrat
Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday criticized Fred
Thompson for suggesting illegal Cuban immigrants
pose a terrorist threat.
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The
American dream comes true for 105-year-old Cuban
Communist
Cuba's parliament said Friday that a 47-year-old
plot to assassinate Fidel Castro still reflects
U.S. policy toward the island.
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