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FEBRUARY 2000 HEADLINES

February 29

FROM CUBA: Fire In Havana Paint Factory / Cuba Voz

FROM CUBA: Warning To Agricultural Interests / Lux InfoPress

FROM CUBA: Sugar Cane Fire In Matanzas Coop Puts Heat On Dissident / Lux InfoPress

Cuban Diplomat in Canada / Various

Cuba News / Miami Herald

US May Seek Expelled Cuban Testimony / AP

Cuba Festival Lures Cigar Lovers / AP

Rangers Sign Two Ex-Cuba BB Stars / AP

Students go to Cuba to do homework / Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Clinton, Ventura Mull Cuba Trade / AP

Rangers sign two former Cuban national team infielders / AP

Schmoke assailed over new client / Sun-Spot

Cuba begins lawsuit against US / BBC News Online


February 28

Cuban diplomat, expelled from U.S., must leave Canada / CNN

Cuban dissident sentenced to 3 years / BBC News

FROM CUBA / Cuban Prisoners Protest By Inoculating Themselves With AIDS / Cuba Press

FROM CUBA / Police Take Preventive Measures Before High-Profile Trial / CPI

FROM CUBA / S.O.S. To Foreign Investors? / Héctor Maseda / Grupo de Trabajo Decoro

Cuba jails leading dissident / UPI

Cuban Diplomat Forcibly Expelled / The Washington Post

Cubans Hold Rally for Expelled Envoy / AP

Clinton Renews Cuba Declaration / AP

Cuban Activist Sentenced to Prison / AP

US slams Cuba's rights record / BBC News

Colombian Rebels Hope to Visit US, Cuba, China, Papers Say / Bloomberg

Cuba News / Miami Herald

Portsmouth company gets trade contract with Cuba / AP

Remembering a Cuban Tragedy / The Crimpson Online

Cuba, Si! Elian, No! / The Washington Post

The Comandante, close up / National Post

Cubans who survived nine days on raft say they had given up hope / Sun-Sentinel


February 25

Cuban Activists Held / AP

Cuban Activist Faces Prison / AP

Dissident arrests reported in Cuba / BBC News

Leading Cuban dissident in court / BBC News

Cuban faces flag insult trial / BBC News

Cuba Won't Pull Back Diplomat in US / AP

Ex-CIA whistle-blower promotes Cuba tourism with new web site / Chicago Tribune

Appeal from Amnesty International - Cuba

Open Letter to Attorney General Janet Reno / Free Cuba Foundation

Cuba News / Miami Herald

Spy suspect is denied bail; Cuba won't recall diplomat / Chicago Tribune

Elian Dad May Have Wanted To Leave / AP

Sandoval's passions / The Orange County Register


February 24

Confessed Cuban spies sentenced to seven years / Miami Herald

N.Y. contact of alleged spy denies giving Cuba secrets / Miami Herald

Tourist dies a mile from help / The Times

Getting Along Culturally With Cuba / The Washington Post


February 23

FROM CUBA: Political Prisoner's Wife Threatened With Jail / APLO

FROM CUBA: U.S. Residents, in Jail in Cuba, Protest Mistreatment / ANC

FROM CUBA: Two Men Who Tried to Leave Cuba Sentenced / APLO

FROM CUBA: Families Evicted From State Facilities / Cuba Press

FROM CUBA: Inadequate Medical Attention for Injured Worker / Cuba Press

FROM CUBA: Housing Resources Diverted to Build Video Rental Stores / Cuba-Verdad

FROM CUBA: Drug Consumption On The Increase In Havana / ANC

FROM CUBA: Unexplained Disappearances in UN Office in Havana / Cuba-Verdad

FROM CUBA: "Hey, Man... Somebody Stole My Gun!" / Cuba-Verdad

Castro Opponent Faces Years in Jail / AP

Cuba Won't Withdraw Official / The Washington Post

Cuba: Diplomat Is Not a Spy / AP

U.S.: Cuban Diplomat May Face Arrest / AP

New Judge Assigned in Gonzalez Case / AP

Cuba: Diplomats didn't exchange secrets with INS official / Miami Herald

Elian's Mother's Story Contradicted / AP

Cubans identify diplomat in Miami spy case / Sun-Sentinel

Family. protestors at odds over Elián's fate / Sun-Sentinel

Hernandez Says He's Not a Star / AP


February 22

New Judge To Get Cuban Boy Case / AP

Cubans March for Elian's Return / AP

Cuban diplomat has links to Elian, spy cases / Miami Herald

Sister Jeanne says sources on Elian to come out in court / Miami Herald

Elian case brings nun hate mail, death threats / Detroit Free Press

N.Y. ad exec becomes entangled in Miami-based Cuba spy scandal / Sun-Sentinel

Court Sidesteps Elian Gonzalez Case / AP

Court will decide more than just Elian's future / The Christian Science Monitor

A New Twist in Continuing Elian Saga / LA Times

The bellhop may be a lawyer at this immaculate resort / The Globe and Mail

An Apple Far From the Tree / LA Times


February 21

FROM CUBA: High-Ranking American Official Meets With Dissidents / Decoro

FROM CUBA: Prisoner dies due to negligence / CPI

FROM CUBA: Students Barred From Exams / Grupo Decoro

FROM CUBA: New independent agency in Havana / ANC

Cuban dissident crackdown / MSNBC

Cuban dissidents back in jail after 24 hours of freedom / CNN

Nun: Cuban Grandma Wanted To Defect / AP

Judge in Elian Case Hospitalized / AP

Many Rally for Elian at White House / AP

INS Won't Change Elian's Custodian / AP

Judge Stays Out of Immigration Case / AP

FBI Traps Suspected Cuban Spy / AP

CANF Demands Investigation of Cuban Spy's Role in Elian Case;Were INS Decisions on Boy's Fate Tainted? / PRNewswire

Cuba News / Miami Herald

Judge in Elián case may have had stroke; crucial hearing may be delayed / Sun-Sentinel

France renews food barter deal with Cuba / CNN

Nun says Elian's father OK'd escape, then caved in / National Post

Cuba Accuses Exile Group on Doctors / AP

Cuba News / Washington Post

Cuba rejects U.S. order to expel diplomat / CNN

Cuban foreign minister to discuss trade with officials in Guyana / CNN

Elián, dad headed for a re-union in early March? / Sun-Sentinel

Spying Charges Dim Hopes for U.S.-Cuba Pact / TIME Magazine

Cuba Not Willing To Welcome Diplomat / AP

Cuban Linked to INS Agent Expelled / AP

On to the Making of Elian, the Miniseries / LA Times

The Fed Who Talked a Lot / Newsweek

Rifts in Hard Line on Cuba / The Washington Post

'Letters From Cuba': Dancing in New York, Dreaming of Home / NY Times

Cuban defector unknown factor on Cleveland pitching staff / AP

Giants Sign Livan Hernandez; Ortiz / AP

Ochoa offers up different Cuban music / Chicago Tribune


February 18

FROM CUBA: Dissident Threatened With 'Gag Law' / Cuba Press

3 Jailed Dissidents Granted 24-Hour Home Furloughs / Chicago Tribune

INS Official Charged With Spying / AP

Cuban Dissident Gets Prison Leave / AP

Elian Stalemate Frustrates Lawmaker / AP

Venezuela Says Cuban Refinery Investment May Go Ahead in Feb / Bloomberg

Some in hometown say Elian's mom's boyfriend not as bad as Cuba insists / Sun-Sentinel

Havana Again Filled With Cars / AP

Foster's reporter to accompany Portsmouth students to Cuba / Foster's

Paintings by Cuban artists for sale / Jenny Callison

Family Feud, Global Debate / The Washington Post

Holiday that led to a living nightmare / The Guardian


February 17

FROM CUBA: Surviving / Tania Quintero / Cuba Press

Venezuelan-Cuban Ties Hurt by Another Defection, Nacional Says / Bloomberg

Play Depicts Loss, Romance in Cuba / AP

Cuba News / Miami Herald

Elián featured in magazine that argues he should stay in U.S. / Sun-Sentinel

Cuban wants more foreign investment / BBC News

Ugly lies in Castro's photographs / Frank Calzon / Miami Herald

To Latin Neighbors, Cuba Plays the Good Doctor / NY Times


February 16

FROM CUBA: Penal Authorities Pressure Jailed Dissident to Have Abortion / APSIC

FROM CUBA: DHL Deliveries Do Not Arrive Whole / Cuba Press

FROM CUBA: Food Production Short of Goals in Pinar del Río / Cuba Press

FROM CUBA: Student Expelled from Military School for Telling Jokes / Cuba Press

Elian's Father Wants Update on Son / AP

Evangelist: Elian's father wants boy in U.S. / Miami Herald

Javier Sotomayor Returns to Cuba / AP


February 15

FROM CUBA: Workers Strike Cuban Sugar Mill / Agencia Libertad & Cuba Press

FROM CUBA: Food Apartheid in Pizza Parlor / UPECI

FROM CUBA: Ulcer Patients Can Not Obtain Milk / Cuba Press

Elian Lawyers Push Asylum Hearing / AP

Japan to Resume Export Credit Insuance for Cuba, FT Reports / Bloomberg

Cubans Line Up for US Visas / AP

Sotomayor Dropped From High Jump / AP

''Worst over'' in Cuba post-Soviet crisis / Fox News Online

Elian's Father Appeals to U.S. Government Again / Fox News Online

700 Seek U.S. Visas Under Speedier System / Chicago Tribune

On this day -- The Maine Blown Up / NY Times


February 14

FROM CUBA: Prosecutor Asks for Ten Year Sentence for Dr. Biscet / CPI

FROM CUBA: Government Crews Take Down TV Antennas; Detain Dissident / CPI

FROM CUBA: Hoist On Their Own Petard / Héctor Maseda / Grupo de Trabajo Decoro

Committee to Protect Journalists appeals for release of jailed Cuban journalist

Protest Erupts at Cuban Book Fair / The Friends of Cuban Libraries

Some Cubans Feel 'Elian Fatigue' / AP

Cousin Says Elian Clings to Her and Life in America / Washington Post

At Edges of Elian's Spotlight Are Other Divided Families / NY Times

Are Cuban Exiles Crazy? / Contacto Magazine

Why Arnold Schwarzenegger is verboten in Cuba / The Globe and Mail

Curbs Urged on Foreign Firms' Wall Street Access / LA Times


February 11

FROM CUBA: Political Police Harass Independent Journalist at Home / Cuba-Verdad

FROM CUBA: Returned Rafters Experience Repression / Cuba Press

FROM CUBA: No Medicines Without Dollars for Cancer Patient / Héctor Trujillo Pis

FROM CUBA: Abuses in Agricultural Fumigation Endanger the Ecosystem / Cuba Press

FROM CUBA: Corruption Rampant Among Managers / Cuba Press

10 years' jail for dissident / ABC News

President of Uruguay Will Help Cuban Boy / PRNewswire

Justice Reviews Elian's Guardians / AP

U.S., Cuba Church Leaders Plan Talks / AP

Pernod Ricard to Seek US Supreme Court Appeal of Rum Ruling / Bloomberg

U.S., Cuba Church Leaders Plan Talks / AP

Cuban doctors who sought Venezuela asylum want families to join them / AP


February 10

FROM CUBA: Prisoner Is Beat to Death / Movimiento Pedro Luis Boitel

FROM CUBA: The New School of Independent Cuban Journalism / Ramón Díaz-Marzo

FROM CUBA: The Aged in Matanzas Province Will Not Have Milk / Sergio Gonzalez

Venezuela Denies Asylum To Cubans / AP

Cuban Calls Elian Relatives Drunks / AP

Elian's Miami cousins meet with members of Congress in D.C. / Miami Herald

Elian case turning bitter / Miami Herald

Pernod Ricard Blocked From Protecting Havana Club Brand in the United States / Business Wire

Justice Reviews Elian Guardians / AP

Cuba To Host Third World Summit / AP

Archbishop Speaks on Elian Case / AP

Claremont church leader plays key role in Cuban boy's plight / LA Times


February 9

Cubans: Elian's Mom Was Bullied / AP

Venezuela May Grant Political Asylum to Two Cuban Doctors / Bloomberg

Cuba: Elian smuggler a scoundrel / Miami Herald

Cuban cargoes feature on sugar freight market / Reuters

Troubles of Cuban Boy's Kin May Muddle Custody Battle / The New York Times

Dissidents Need Support / Miami Herald

HBO to film story of jazz star defector Sandoval / Reuters

Cuba: Elian's case argues against embargo / Star Tribune


February 8

FROM CUBA: Roundtables / José Antonio Fornaris / Cuba-Verdad

FROM CUBA: Looking North / Iván García / Cuba Press

FROM CUBA: Reality Different Than Expected for Cuban Physician / UPECI

Democratic Opening Sought in Cuba / AP

Two Cuban doctors seek asylum in Venezuela / Reuters

Havana G-77 summit aims to forge economic platform / Reuters

After the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals... Pernod Ricard Blocked From Protecting Havana Club Brand in the United States / Business Wire

Horse, buggy thrive in gasoline-starved Cuba / Sun-Sentinel

AP Corrects Cuban Boy Story / AP

Elian's grandmothers: Were bizarre stories intended to help him? / The Union Leader

Elian saga pushes US, Cuba apart / The Christian Science Monitor


February 7

FROM CUBA: The Dollar as Seen by Others / Manuel Vázquez Portal, Grupo Decoro

FROM CUBA: Henry, Another Young Hero / Lázaro Echemendía / Cuba Press

FROM CUBA: The Official Story / Iván García / Cuba Press

Cuba dissidents faces jail for anti-abortion protest / Reuters

Complaint Filed Over Elian's Grandma / AP

Elian's Grandmothers Speak Out: Elian Brainwashed! / PRNewswire

Elian Won't Appear in Internet Ads / AP

Maradona kicks off Cuban soccer game final held in his honor / AP

Defector Relates to Elian's Plight / AP

Cuban Grandma's Account Stuns Familyt / AP

Elian's relatives traveling to D.C. / Miami Herald

Where Charity Doesn't Begin At Home / Miami Herald

In Cuba, Family Isn't Everything / NY Times

The Elian Dilemma: Family, identity, freedom and growing up in a Communist society / The Washington Post

Seeing is believing: How Cuba let me down / Christain Science Monitor

Revolutionary or cop killer? A fugitive in Havana / Star Tribune

And Now, Something Completely 'Diferente' / The Washington Post

To the Editors / Ileana Fuentes / The New Republic

An Intimate Visit With Grandma / Newsweek


February 4

FROM CUBA: Journalist Arroyo Jailed with Criminals / Cuba Press

FROM CUBA: Jailed Dissidents Transported to Prisons / CPI

FROM CUBA: Dissident Néstor Rodríguez Lobaina Subject to Intimidation / Cuba Press

FROM CUBA: Some Cubans Survive By Digging Through Refuse / UPECI

FROM CUBA: Mangoes, mangoes./ Jorge Diego Rodríguez / Cuba Press

FROM CUBA: Fired From His Job for Trying to Leave the Country / ASPIC

FROM CUBA: Rodríguez Lobaina Again Demands Access to Universities for All

FROM CUBA: German Tourist Commits Suicide in Santiago de Cuba / APLO

FROM CUBA: Independent Library René E. Chibás Moves / APLO

Cuba comes between children, church's toys / Miami Herald

Elian's Dad Wants Boy To Be Moved / AP

Japan to resume trade insurance for exports to Cuba / Kyodo

Elian's plight stirs memories for 'Pedro Pan' kids / Reuters

Elian case takes bitter turn over physical contact / Reuters

Groups head to Cuba, Rome on interfaith missions / Chicago Sun-Times

The Sad Saga Of Little Elian / Chicago Tribune

Cuba Asks for Membership in EU-Afro-Caribbean Trade Pact / Bloomberg

Church Council Faces Tough Times / AP


February 3

FROM CUBA: The Good and the Bad Press / Juan Carlos Linares

FROM CUBA: Recycled Clothing / Haydée Rodríguez / APLO

FROM CUBA: Operation Video / Iván García / Cuba Press

FROM CUBA: Prostitutes Yesterday, Parents Today / Tania Quintero / Cuba Press

FROM CUBA: Injustice Hides Behind the Elián Affair / Mario J. Viera / Cuba Voz

Cuban officials demonize U.S. nun in Elian case / Reuters

ACP states back Cuba joining new trade pact with EU / Reuters

Senate Said Supporting Elian Return / AP

If only Elian were Hungarian . . . / Miami Herald

Anxious Eyes on Elian Case / The Washington Post

Cuban Sound Has Paris Sizzling / LA Times


February 2

FROM CUBA: Prominent Dissidents To Be Tried for Disorderly Conduct / Cuba Voz

FROM CUBA: Dissidents Demand Liberty for Prisoner of Conscience

FROM CUBA: Cuban Dissidents Acknowledge the Efforts of the Independent Press / Cuba-Verdad

FROM CUBA: Havana Dissidents Remember Martí in Civic Act / CPI

FROM CUBA: The Herod Complex / Migdalia Rosado / Tamarindo 34

FROM CUBA: A New Ministry / Lic. Oscar Espinosa Chepe / Cuba Press

FROM CUBA: Ubre Blanca, Tolón Tolón and Pijirigua / Ernestina Rosell / Cuba Press

Grandmothers recount bitter-sweet Elian meeting / Reuters

U.S. says Cuba agreed new visa system after hitch / Reuters

Dispute Delays U.S. Visas in Havana / AP

Elian Grandmas Anguish Over Visit / AP

Elian Dispute Rips Gonzalez Family / AP

The hidden agenda on Elian / Miami Herald

A Wedge in the Cuban Embargo / NY Times


February 1

FROM CUBA: Political Prisoner's Life in Danger After Month-Long Hunger Strike / Cuba-Verdad

FROM CUBA: Legal Defense for Arroyo: Check Against the System? / CPI

FROM CUBA: Liga Cívica Martiana Protests Jailing of Víctor Rolando Arroyo

FROM CUBA: Police Attacks Dissidents in Central Cuba / Hector Trujillo

FROM CUBA: Repression Against Dissidents on Anniversary Celebrations / Cuba Press

FROM CUBA: Political Police Contrives Criminal Charges Against Cuban Dissident / Cuba Press

FROM CUBA: Cubans Want Information / Cuba-Verdad

Two Poles hurt, three missing in Cuba tanker blast / Reuters

Miami relatives seek to give Elian more privacy / Reuters

Cuba Boy Has Divine Status for Some / AP

Why I Changed My Mind About Elián / NY Times

Sister Jeanne: Elian's new 'mom' is here / Miami Herald

Exile group forges ironic alliances / Miami Herald

Congress Wants Only What's Best for Elián / NY Times




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