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AUGUST 2001 HEADLINES

August 31

FROM CUBA / U. S. and Cuban Christian youth groups play baseball / CNP

FROM CUBA / Crime's up; even the water pipes go missing / Juan Carlos Linares

Cuba News / Miami Herald

Florida cancels Cuban gigs / BBC News

External links

Will Elian Return to the U.S.? / TIME

Voice Of America Aims To Break Chinas Web Site Blockades / Newsbytes


August 30

FROM CUBA / Authorities acknowledge cases of dengue in Havana / Cuba-Verdad

FROM CUBA / Chinese TV sets to be sold only to meritorious workers / Juan Carlos Linares

FROM CUBA / Havana residents call newspaper article a joke / CPI

Cuba News / Miami Herald

Cuban Musical Group Will Not Perform In Florida / CNSNews.com

Castro, US diplomats due in Durban / Business Day

'A sister republic' / The Washington Times

The Cuban Coach / Miami New Times

External links

Sinn Fein leader denies link to Colombia trio / Houston Chronicle

You've Got Dissidents? / The Washington Post

Border Patrol attacks human trafficking / Sun-Sentinel.com

Agricultural reforms putting food on Cuban tables / The Dallas Morning News

You've Got Dissidents? / The Washington Post


August 29

FROM CUBA / Political police prevents meeting of independent librarians / UPECI

FROM CUBA / Anti-government slogans painted in western cuban towns / UPECI

FROM CUBA / Self-employed banned from selling in the streets during carnival / APLO

Cuba News / Miami Herald


August 28

FROM CUBA / More than 70 die of influenza in four months / APLO

FROM CUBA / Residents remonstrate against police who beat up drunken youth / APLO

Cuba News / Yahoo!

Media watchdog group protests harassment of Cuban journalists / CNSNews

Moderates must join the debate / Max Castro / Miami Herald

Helms-Burton law fails to stifle investment in Cuba, UF study says / Miami Herald

External links

Mother of Cuban migrant allowed to travel from Cuba for her sons funeral / WSVN-TV

Cuban banks, stores to stop accepting U.S. coins / www.sun-sentinel.com

Judge: Cuban refugee can be held indefinitely / CNN

Reality TV: Showing true survivors / www.sun-sentinel.com

Virgin of Charity inspires Cuba's faithful / Houston Chronicle

SA student drowns in swimming pool in Cuba / Independent online


August 27

FROM CUBA / Guantánamo workers salaries cut to 60 percent / APSIC

FROM CUBA / Police sweep directed against retirees / Cuba-Verdad

EU meeting with dissidents angers Cuba / BBC NEws

Exiles find new ally in former opponent / Miami Herald

Media Group Protests to Cuba / Yahoo!

IRA woman was 'envoy' to Cuba / The Sunday Times

Free speech is everybody's right / Miami Herald

Business Basics: Business in Cuba a challenge / The Register-Guard

Second thoughts: Grammys used us / Miami Herald

Let Cuba be reclaimed by this generation / Miami Herald

Who Is Raúl Castro? (Part II) / NewsMax.com

External links

Re/Max eliminates its Cuba connection / The Denver Business Journal

Castro meets Venezuela's foreign minister / CNN

Judge rules Cuban refugees can be held indefinitely / The Advocate

Groups Want Castro, Brother Indicted on Murder Charges / Washington Post

Twelve journalists killed this year, and it'll get worse / Independent News

The house that Cuba built / Chicago Tribune

What kind of Cuba-policy cigars are they smoking? / Star-Telegram.com

Icons and Surprises From Cuban Photography / NY Times

Fifteen Cubans fail to jump-start the Manics / The Times


August 24

FROM CUBA / Government removes UHF tuner from Panda TVs bought to China / Juan Carlos Linares

FROM CUBA / Meningitis outbreak in Havana; officials silent / Juan Carlos Linares

FROM CUBA / Man moves his family into house on rumors it may become vacant / Reinaldo Cosano Alén

Cuba News / Miami Herald

Cuba to train SA youths / News24

External links

Bush Orders Tracing of Americans Who Travel to Cuba Without Permission / Bloomberg.com

Reverse Elian mother faces a long list of charges / WSVN-TV

Salsa Singer Spices Up Lupe / New York Post

GARCIA: The Latin Grammys and The Post- Castro Generation / AlterNet.org

Just weeks into job, cadet helps save 22 / Eastside Journal

Belgium foreign minister meets with Castro, dissidents / CNN

Ernesto Guevara Work on Display / Las Vegas Sun

Cuban minister to discuss country / Amarillo Globe News


August 23

FROM CUBA / Three of the four existing pizza parlors closed in Pinar del Río town / UPECI

FROM CUBA / Consumers skeptical of announced change in food distribution / José Antonio Fornaris / Cuba-Verdad

Cuba News / Miami Herald

Tensions cloud EU-Cuba visit / BBC News

Cuba News / Yahoo!

Lessons to learn / Pedro Freyre / Miami Herald

Cuba's politicians invest in children / BBC News

The new breed of Cuban exiles / The Globe and Mail

Cuba sanctions work / The Washington Times

Repressive governments able to tame Internet / The Washington Times

External links

Traditions to Maintain / Los Angeles Times

Torricelli, Menendez near top in donations by Cuban-Americans / North Jersey.com

La-La- Land Grammys: A victory for Castro / Orlando Sentinel

After loss of Latin Grammys, many in Miami shake heads / Orlando Sentinel


August 22

FROM CUBA / The strange incident of the man who criticized the party official / UPECI

FROM CUBA / Independent library receives donations from abroad / CPI

FROM CUBA / Dissident groups open human rights office in Havana / Cuba-Verdad

Cuba News / Miami Herald

Senator Jesse Helms 'set to retire' / BBC News

Cuba uses exit visas as effective silencers / Bruce Ishikawa / Miami Herald

Cuba trip is a lesson in basketball and life / The Press-Enterprise

Guess who's the biggest Grammy winner of all? / Carl Hiaasen / Miami Herald

Greene wrong to pull show from Miami / Miami Herald

Exiles drown out Grammys' voice / Robert Steinback / Miami Herald


August 21

FROM CUBA / Family doctors must inform on patients who take in boarders / Cuba Voz

FROM CUBA / Young conscript electrocuted in training camp / Lux Info Press

Cuba News / Yahoo!

EU presidency to lead exploratory mission to Cuba to improve relations / Miami Herald

A Blow To Miami / Miami Herald

Pulling strings in a democracy / Guillermo I. Martinez / Miami Herald

Protests are to be expected in public settings / Guillermo I. Martinez / Miami Herald

Red Against Black / FrontPageMagazine

Revolutionary was Cuba's foreign minister / National Post Online

External links

Miami loses Latin Grammys over fear of demonstrations / Sun-Sentinel.com

Agency OKd to fly Cuba routes / Sun-Sentinel.com

Miamis Cuban exiles agree to Latin Grammy protest compromise / Naples Daily News

Memo to a Leftist: If America Were Cuba / FrontPage Magazine

America, Emulate Jefferson, Not Castro / FrontPage Magazine

Monument to revolution revisited / Dallas Morning News


August 20

Cuba News / Miami Herald

Cuba News / Yahoo!

Librarian in Hiding, Library Besieged / Friends of Cuban Librarians

Protesters get medical supplies to supporters in Canada / Lewiston Sun Journal

IRA/Cuban/Venezuelan Involvement in Colombia / NewsMax

Cuba exporting solar panels / Earth Times News Service

Cigar brands grow into smoldering topic / The Winston Salem Journal

Happy Birthday, Fidel / National Review

Cuba Says No IRA Training on its Soil / VOA News

Cuba film cash claim strikes blue note / The Times

Freedom of speech has to work both ways / Miami Herald

External links

Cuba travel crackdown draws fire / Chicago Tribune

Cuban Group's Direction Causes Internal Conflict / Washington Post


August 17

FROM CUBA / Havana hospital lacks running water, sends patients home / Cuba-Verdad

FROM CUBA / Local industry sends workers out on the streets to peddle soap / APLO

FROM CUBA / Cuban hackers would rather stay out of the limelight / Manuel David Orrio / CPI

Cuba News / Miami Herald

External links

Man on fatal Cuba trip denied bond / Sun-Sentinel

Cuba travelers scrutinized / Keys News

The Will Is the Way / BackStage.com

The multinational skirmish over rights to a brand of rum / Philly.com

Another Sea Voyage for El Duque / New York Times

Pedaling becomes a matter of pride / Chicago Tribune

The Salsa Doctor out to soothe old wounds / Sun-Sentinel

Cuban artist lineup stifled, promoter says / Sun-Sentinel


August 16

FROM CUBA / Authorities try to confiscate house for their use, threatening to shoot teen / CPIC

FROM CUBA / Few participate in public festivities for Castro's birthday / APLO

FROM CUBA / Cooking fuel scarcer in summer / Lázaro Raúl González / CPI

U.S. Cracks Down on Travel to Cuba / Yahoo!

Cuba Seeks Funds to Send AIDS-Fighting Doctors to Africa / AllAfrica

Arrest of IRA men in Colombia highlights alleged Cuban connection / CNSNews

IRA man 'was Sinn Fein's Cuban link' / Irish Independent

Mandatory retirement for aging dictators / The Miami Herald

A new generation of Cuban Americans is dancing to the music of the homeland / The Miami Herald

Cuba Chic / TIME

Who is Raúl Castro? (I) / NewsMax.com

External links

Five Cuban spies end 2 months in high-security unit / Sun-Sentinel

Let Cuba Live plans another try at border... / Maine Today

Cuban Anachronism / The Salt Lake Tribune

Cuba travel enforcement questioned / www.ljworld.com

FBI suspects mile-high hijack may be tall tale / Sydney Morning Herald

USA, Castro: Time to make up / USA Today

Cartel links of the IRAs man in Havana / Glasgow Herald

Cuba on the Morning After / NY Times

Cuba on His Mind: The Dual Life of an Artist-Exile / NY Times


August 15

FROM CUBA / Public health vice minister decrees regional quarantine on dengue alert / Cuba Voz

FROM CUBA / Prisoner threatened with forced abortion / Lux InfoPress

FROM CUBA / State security acts to preempt activities by dissident labor organizers / UPECI

Cuba News / Miami Herald

Russia Refutes Reports of Closing Electronic Center in Cuba / VOA News

U.S. Cracks Down on Travel to Cuba / Yahoo!

Canucks keep Castro in power / Toronto Sun

Blacks should shed illusions about Castro / Orlando Sentinel

Gerry Adams to visit Cuba / Virtual New York

External links

Time to Retire, U.S. Tells Castro / International Herald Tribune

They Have Found the Way Home / The Los Angeles Times

Cuba readies for fall of U.S. ban on visits / Chicago Tribune

Treat It As The Crime It Is / Sun-Sentinel.com

EDITORIAL: Castros a weary old man without much bite / Herald-Argus

Smuggling Stogies Online / techtv

On the Verge of a Revolutionary Change? / www.abcnews.go.com


August 14

FROM CUBA / Half million residents of Granma province without effective medical care / APSIC

FROM CUBA / Cubans still jailed for "illegal exit from the national territory" / APLO

FROM CUBA / Water supply crisis worsens in Santiago de Cuba / APLO

Drug shortage hits Janjanburay, dispensary Cuban doctors allegedly operate private pharmacies / AllAfrica.com

Castro revels in tribute / Miami Herald

US sends Castro barbed birthday wish / BBC

External links

Auditorium to present a dance bonanza / Chicago Sun-Times

Florida Poised For Cuban Trade / Tampa Tribune

FBI: No leads in alleged hijacking crash off Keys / Naples Daily News

Media Mavens Hug A Thug In Havana / New York Post

Cuba considers life after Castro / BBC News

Exile Daughter Leads Opposition To Fidel Castro / TBO News

Lucia Newman: Castro aging, but still in control / CNN


August 13

FROM CUBA / Independent pedicab drivers lose their licenses / APSIC

FROM CUBA / More than 2,000 prisoners suffer food poisoning / APSIC

FROM CUBA / A disillusioned international doctor / Grupo Decoro

Cuba News / Yahoo!

Cuba News / Miami Herald

Castro: What a concept / San Francisco Chronicle

External links

People smugglers operate brazenly, dangerously out of Cuban ports / Sun-Sentinel

At 75, Cuba's Castro still thumbing his nose at U.S. / The Toronto Star

Bicycles bound for Cuba / The Montreal Gazette

Embargo or not, Cuba gets attention / BradentonHerald.com

Bitten by a New Cuban Sound / Los Angeles Times

A Makeover for Cuban-Americans / New York Times

Locals Express Opposing Thoughts About Post-Castro Cuba / The Tampa Tribune

Tourism expands, sweetens Cuban life / CNN

The Autumn of Their Discontent / The Washington Post


August 10

FROM CUBA / Independent unionist threatened with death / CNP

FROM CUBA / Three men sentenced for selling dog meat / CPIC

Cuba News / Miami Herald

Cuba News / Yahoo!

Cuba exports torment all over the globe / Miami Herald

External links

Castro birthday trip to Venezuela puts icing on ties / Sun-Sentinel.com

Fathers reunion with son taken to Cuba delayed / Naples Daily News

Woman headed to med school in Havana / Herald-Tribune Newscoast

U.S. wants Elian's relatives' suit dismissed/ CNN

Manics donate instruments to local Cuban musicians / NME

Lost and Found / LA Times


August 9

FROM CUBA / Police levy fines in dollars against children pestering tourists / UPECI

FROM CUBA / Telephone poll shows TV viewers not interested in political programming / Cuba Voz

FROM CUBA / Dissidents seek abolition of the death penalty / Cuba-Verdad

FROM CUBA / Meat supplies scarce / Cuba Voz

FROM CUBA / The Day of the Cuban Oppositor / AIDH

FROM CUBA / Her / Ramón Díaz-Marzo

Cuba News / Miami Herald

Cuba News / Yahoo!

Change at the CANF / Miami Herald

The Fall of Fidel Castro, Part IV: The Final Chapter / NewsMax.com

External links

Aid mission draws man back to Cuba / Gainesville Sun

Justice Dept.: Drop Elian Lawsuit / The Milwalkee Journal Sentinel

Miami man worried that fiancee was on Cuban immigrant boat that capsized / Sun-Sentinel.com

Venezuela strengthens ties with Cuba in defiance of Washington / C-News

Cuban official backs lifting trade embargo / Amarillo Globe

All the world's a stage: Cuban artists work with local teens to put on a cross-cultural musical / Seattle Times

New Voices Emerging / Sun-Sentinel.com

Boat survivors testify before grand jury / WSVN-TV

A Letter from Cuba: Cuban Women, Beyond Prostitution / The Black World Today

Influential Cuban Group Experiences Leadership Rift / Washington Post


August 8

FROM CUBA / School children to be fined for damages / Reinaldo Cosano Alén

FROM CUBA / Elderly Cubans are suffering / Tania Díaz Castro / UPECI

FROM CUBA / Independent journalist goes on trial / CPIC

FROM CUBA / Lack of sterilization equipment affects patients / CPIC

FROM CUBA / Catholic economists meet / UPECI

FROM CUBA / Loafing legacy / Claudia Márquez Linares / Grupo Decoro

Cuba News / Miami Herald

Movie stars in Cuba blinded by their own glow / Miami Herald

Outgoing Cuban ambassador makes farewell call on President Khatami / INRA

External links

Fragments of Me by Emily Jenkins / Village Voice

Bush exploiting Cuban exile vote / Sun-Sentinel.com

Cubans dance to the sound of drills / Guardian Unlimited

EU to appeal against Cuban rum ruling / Financial Times

Cuban Exile Group Fractured as Hard-Liners Quit Board / NY Times


August 7

FROM CUBA / TV sets withdrawn from dollar stores / Cuba Voz

FROM CUBA / We're losing our fear / Manuel Vázquez Portal / Decoro

FROM CUBA / Domestic servants make a comeback / Fara Armenteros / UPECI

Cuba News / Yahoo!

Ex-Diplomat's Killer Asks Deportation / Tampa Bay Online

Cuba travel on collision course / Miami Herald

Ramírez has become voice of the people / Miami Herald

External links

Detentions Prevent Protests in Cub / International Herald Tribunea

A welcome resurrection in Old Havana / Chicago Tribune

Carnival makes comeback in Cuba / Sun-Sentinel.com

Cuba's ballet star / www.time.com

A reason for her smile / C-News


August 6

FROM CUBA / Neighbors prevent eviction of family / Lux InfoPress

FROM CUBA / Prisoner dies in hospital / Lux InfoPress

FROM CUBA / Plant making telephone equipment closed for a month due to quality problems / Cuba-Verdad

FROM CUBA / Number of independent workers increases / UPECI

FROM CUBA / Workers fear power plant is a danger / CNP

Cuba News / Miami Herald

A new U.S. life, an old Cuban cause / Susana Barciela / Miami Herald

Getting uncensored news out of Cuba / The North Bergen Reporter

External links

Cuba's Jews fight isolation / Baltimore Sun

U.S. puts aside policy, allows Cubans to stay / Sun-Sentinel

Air France to Add Havana Flights / International Herald Tribune

Pilot who crashed plane in Cuba contacted Nevada lobbyist / Florida Times-Union

Only in AmericaUC resident, recent Cuban immigrant, displays art / West New York Reporter

McDonalds offers a taste of Cuba / Charlotte Observer

Destination Cuba, with Florida on their minds / The Indian Express

Where an island prays and gives thanks / Sun-Sentinel

Havana's not for eating, but eating can be fun / NY Times

Exploring Two Sides of Cuba's West / NY Times

Cuban presence hits bad chord in Miami / www.sun-sentinel.com


August 3

FROM CUBA / Several arrests in "operation rake" / CNP

FROM CUBA / Prisoners who headed rebellion get 20 to 28 years added to their sentences / Reinaldo Cosano Alén

FROM CUBA / Prisoner asks for pain killers and gets beaten instead / Reinaldo Cosano Alén

FROM CUBA / The day the meat came / Claudia Márquez Linares / Grupo Decoro

FROM CUBA / A little respect for history / Tania Díaz Castro / UPECI

Cuba News / Miami Herald

'Relentless warrior' for Cuba is hailed / The Jersey Journal News

Cuba, US Work on Student Pilot Case / Yahoo!

External links

U.S. calls off search for Cubans / MSNBC

U.S. accepts Cuban smuggling survivors, targets trips organizers / Sun-Sentinel.com

President may visit Cuba next month / Dawn

U.S. Mulls Murder Charges Against Rescued Cubans / iWon

INS finishes interviewing Cubans / Bradenton Herald


August 2

FROM CUBA / "Operation rake" to reassert government control of economy / Cuba Voz

FROM CUBA / Anti-government slogans posted in broad daylight / UPECI

FROM CUBA / Sabotage rumored in power outage / UPECI

FROM CUBA / Students volunteer to take attitude survey / Cuba Verdad

Cuba News / Miami Herald

U.S. Lets Cuban Officials Talk to Spies / NewsMax

Castro government says Cuban economy has grown this year / CNSNews

Afro-Cuban Delegation Meets With Congressional Black Caucus / CNSNews.com

External links

American Pilot Remains In Cuba / CNS News

Coast Guard Searches for Woman, Three Children / FOX News

U.S. alerted Cuba that plane with student pilot was on way / Sun-Sentinel

Cuban exile calls '76 car bombing a 'grave error' / The Palm Beach Post


August 1

FROM CUBA / Tobacco growers resent government-imposed prices / Lux InfoPress

Hackers attack Communist Party newspaper web page / Miami Herald

Cuba News / Miami Herald

Exiles try to convince Black Caucus that Cuba is racist / Chicago Tribune

Time to Arrest Fidel / Jamie Glazov / FrontpageMagazine

External links

Cuban Power Outages Blamed on Delayed Fuel / Power Report

Trade-Cuba: EU Maintains Carrot-and-stick Approach / Free Realtime

Vietnam: Defence minister received by Cuban President Fidel Castro / BBC Monitoring Service

Researchers try to save colonial Cuban documents / archive.nandotimes.com

Celia Cruz / The Guardian



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