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JULY 2002 HEADLINES


July 31

FROM CUBA / Crimes of passion number one cause of homicides in Cuba / CPI

FROM CUBA / Stepped-up police activity linked to Castro's commute / UPECI

Tampa mayor part of controversial delegation to Cuba / The Miami Herald

Cuban bishop says no repression against in Church in Cuba, despite defections / Yahoo!

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Mayor Greco makes Cuba trip despite protests / 10 News

Cuba rejects gymnast's bid to compete for U.S. in Hungary / The Connecticut Post

Less than 5 years for two Cubans in deadly crossing / Jacksonville.com

Mayor to pay her own way to Cuba / Mitchell Daily Republic


July 30

FROM CUBA / Returned rafters harassed by interior ministry / APLO

FROM CUBA / Eight pavillions closed in hospital for lack of nurses / Lux Info Press

Cuba News / The Miami Herald

Mayor's mission to Cuba called betrayal to anti-Castro cause / Yahoo!

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Rafter identified as ex-aide to Raul Castro defects to U.S. / Sun-Sentinel

Coast Guard repatriates 18 Cuban migrants / Sun-Sentinel

Cubans seek asylum in Canada after Pope's visit / CNSNews.com

Cubans defect during papal visit / BBC

Secrecy key to Cubans' rescue / Toronto Sun

Castro's Cuba Gets Stranger -- and Poorer / The Salt Lake Tribune

Hispanics Crucial to American Independence / Monroe Free Press

Handshakes in Havana / Macon Telegraph

Greco, leaders take Cuba trip / St. Petersburg Times

American Crystal backs Hoeven's effort in Cuba / Ledger-Enquirer


July 29

FROM CUBA / Residents won't abandon leaky building in danger of collapsing / Grupo Decoro

FROM CUBA / Bus service cut back for lack of fuel / CPIC

Cuba News / The Miami Herald

Inspect Cuba for production of biological weapons / The Miami Herald

Back-Door Cuba Policy / The Miami Herald

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Cubans ask for asylum / C-News

Cuban 'smuggler' marks time / News24.com

CT protest: US blackmails Cuba / News24.com

CUBA: Time to travel / Florida Times-Union

Cuba sours on sugar, once its cash cow / Washington Post

Bush, GOP faction split on Cuba ban / San Francisco Chronicle

Castro tips cap to U.S. House / MySanAntonio

José Martí in Gaza by Myles B. Kantor / NewsMax.com

U.S. Policy Needs Reform / Sun-Sentinel.com

Church raises cash for youth trip / News-Press.com

Outgoing Iranian Envoy Meets Cuban VP / Tehran Times

Make travel to Cuba no longer an illegal trip / Palm Beach Interactive

A Victory for Tyranny / NewsMax.com

Socialist Lobotomies / Notra Trulock

Castro gloats over Wall Street / Seattle Times

Tourism is upstaging agriculture / Sun-Sentinel


July 26

FROM CUBA / Returned rafter excluded from government aid / Grupo Decoro

FROM CUBA / 1,000 peso ransom for kidnapped horse / Grupo Decoro

Cuba inks deal for N.D. farm products / The Miami Herald

N.D. Ends Trade Mission to Cuba / Yahoo!

More Cuban migrants arriving in U.S. Virgin Islands / The Miami Herald

Dismiss All The Poets at the New York International Fringe Festival

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Cuban Catholics Celebrate in Canada / NY times

No prison visits, please / The Globe and Mail

PDVSA Board Opposes Renewing Shipments to Cuba / Rig Zone

And Now to the Notebook . . . Gift From Fidel / AllAfrica.com

Rough seas end paddle across Gulf Stream / Sun-Sentinel.com

The freedom to travel / Cincinnati Post

Nonstop from O'Hare to Havana? / Chicago Sun-Times

Let Tourists Go To Cuba / Ctnow


July 25

FROM CUBA / Prominent dissident denied exit visa / UPECI

FROM CUBA / Cuban economist awarded NY Academy of Science prize / Reinaldo Cosano Alén

U.S. Prepares to Expand Cuban Prison / The Miami Herald

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Coast Guard repatriates 14 Cuban migrants / Florida Times-Union

Teacher, student return from two weeks in Cuba / NewBritainHerald.com

No U.S. Dollars to Castro / NewsMax.com

Let Tourists Go To Cuba / ctnow.com

Hot! Hot! Hot! / Honolulu Star-Bulletin

N. Dakota Delegation Meets Cubans / Las Vegas Sunz

Castro Takes a Page From Foes' Playbook / Washington Post


July 24

FROM CUBA / Transportation official accused of corruption / Reinaldo Cosano Alén

FROM CUBA / Negligence hurts the environment / Reinaldo Cosano Alén

House votes to ease ban on travel to Cuba / The Miami Herald

U.S. House votes to ease restrictions on travel to Cuba / Yahoo!

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Venezuela to Resume Oil Shipments to Cuba / VOA

White House loses key votes on Cuba / CNN

Cuba offers varsity places / AfricaNews

State suspects bio-war program / The Washington Times

Talk about a revolution / The Age, Australia

El Duque, Arrojo renew old rivalry on Saturday / ESPN

House backs travel to Cuba / The Dallas Morning News


July 23

FROM CUBA / Man who refused to sign constitutional petition loses job / Lux InfoPress

FROM CUBA / Havana township without water for four days / Cuba- Verdad

Cuba News / Yahoo!

CANF aid flowing to Cuba's dissidents / The Miami Herald

Cuba is communist forever, says the law / Montaner / The Miami Herald

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DJ. Venezuela's PdVSA to resume oil shipments to Cuba -report / Northen Light

North Dakota Governor in Cuba for trade talks / CNSNews.com

Benefits of Mugabe's visit to Cuba not clear / Northen Light

Crack down on Castro / Cox and Diaz-Balart / The Washington Times

Let Americans travel to Cuba, Congressman says / CNSNews.com

Freedom found, dream delayed / Palm Beach Post

Celia Cruz to perform at SummerWind Performing Arts Center / Windsor Journal

Abuja Donates $100,000 to Cuba / Northen Light

Lift this Iron Curtain / New York Daily News


July 22

Farmers refuse to pay membership fees in protest / Grupo Decoro

Pedicab protest march frustrated / UPECI

Rotten eggs sold in Güines / Grupo Decoro

Cuba News / Yahoo!

Czech dodges Miami politics / The Miami Herald

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A link Castro comprehends / The Washington Times

The beauty of Cuba comes to Florida / Orlando Sentinel

Cuba expresses solidarity with Iraq / Pravda

Cuba nostalgia market finally flourishes in South Florida / Sun-Sentinel.com

Piedmont Choirs dines with Castro / Contra Costa Times

Four women hoping to paddleboard from Cuba to Key West / Sun-Sentinel

The B'nai B'rith and Cuba: A Crawl Toward Conscience / Myles B. Kantor / NewsMax.com

The recent comings and goings of the peculiar Cuban 'democracy' / World Tribune

Cuban pitchers friends, foes / Telegram & Gazette Staff

The spirit of Ernest Hemingway lives on / Sun-Sentinel


July 19

Europe excludes cuba from aid funds / Yahoo!

Ex-prisoner testifies of electroshock / The Miami Herald

External links

Council gets flak for funding Cuba trip / Mitchell Daily Republic

Juantorena tells brits to get a move on / onrunning.com

Canadians leading Cuban gold rush / Thestar.com

President sources anti-retroviral drugs from Cuba / AllAFrica.com

U.S. sanctions bringing Tehran-Havana ties closer: Cuban speaker / Tehran Times

Blind Cuban presses fight for human rights / The Dallas Morning News


July 18

FROM CUBA / Tourism to Cuba is dropping / Oscar Espinosa Chepe

FROM CUBA / Five prisoners flee prison / Cuba-Verdad

Cuba responds to complaints from foreign investors, promises to fight bureaucracy / Yahoo!

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European Commissioner says Cuba not yet ready for Cotonu accord / Northen Light

Bush Suspends Title III of Helms-Burton Act / Washington File

Hicksville man reunited with paintings / Newsday.com

Cuban breaks the ice in Japan / The Washington Times


July 17

Bush Administration Opposes Legislative Efforts to Amend Cuba Policy / Washington File

Bush extends measure barring U.S. lawsuits over Cuban land taken by Castro / N.J.com

Web-Based Petition Calls for End to Cuba Embargo / CNSNews.com

Embargo of Cuba unlikely to end / The Washington Times

Mugabe begs for aid from Castro / Times Online

Linares makes Cuban splash in Nagoya / The Daily Yomiuri

Saint Ralph Meets Fidel / Humberto Fontova / NewsMax.com

Georgia Department of Agriculture signs up for first Cuba Expo; asks State's agribusiness companies to join trade exhibition / Northen Light


July 16

FROM CUBA / Manufacturing irregularities forestall soft-drink sales / Grupo Decoro

FROM CUBA / Local construction brigade sent to work in Havana / UPECI

Cuba News / Yahoo!

External links

Jury selection begins for man accused of torture in Cuban prisons / Sun-Sentinel

Cohiba Lawsuit Going to Trial / Cigar Aficionado

Hoeven headed to Cuba / Macon Telegraph

200 Cubans given nod by Fidel Castro to see Pope: organizer / The News Mexico

Cuban slugger Linares joins Chunichi for 1st practice / Japan Today


July 15

Cuba News / The Miami Herald

President Mugabe of Zimbabwe to visit Cuba / Yahoo!

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Cuba posing new obstacles for church / Zenit

23 people found on homemade raft near Marathon / Sun-Sentinel

Cuba's Aldama wants to change citizenship / Sportserver.com

Nature provides health alternatives / Sun-Sentinel

Give peas a chance / The Spokesman-Review

North Dakota governor to visit Cuba on trade mission / Start Tribune

Migrants deported to Cuba / Bradenton Herald

US beats Cuba 3-1 in Women Volleyball Grand Prix / Xinhuanet

Cuban Hip-Hoppers' International Vibes / Newsday.com

Domestic service is a draw in Cubans' quest for dollars / Boston Globe

Cuban volleyball players seek first World League victory / Xinhuanet


July 12

FROM CUBA / Pollution widespread in the Las Casas River / UPECI

FROM CUBA / Cockroaches thrive in several Havana neighborhoods / Grupo Decoro

1st American Apples Arrive in Cuba / Yahoo!

Cuba's regime at a crossroads / Marifeli Perez-Stable / The Miami Herald

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Bush Planning for Post-Castro Cuba / The Washington Post

New evidence of anti-Cuban / Hispanic prejudice at Miami office of INS / Judicial Watch

Nader Urges Increased US-Cuba Cooperation / CNSNews.com

Miami's Cuban-Americans applaud Jeb Bush's appointment of Batista's grandson to high court / Boston Herald

A Black Journalist Goes to Havana / Myles B. Kantor / NewsMax.com

Cuba Caravan Rolls Through Montclair / The Montclair Times

New justice's grandfather, Cuban dictator Batista, had Daytona connection / News -Journal

Effort aims to deliver humanitarian aid to Cuba / News-Journal


July 11

FROM CUBA / Tuberculosis cases up to 18 in Cuban prison / APLA

FROM CUBA / Burglaries appear to be on the increase / José Izquierdo / Grupo Decoro

Cuba to Hold Nat'l Assembly Elections / Yahoo!

Lifting travel ban would help Castro / Stephen Johnson / The Miami Herald

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Canadian snowbirds hot over rule that could limit U.S. vacations / Sun-Sentinel

Nader Urges Greater Cuban Self-Determination / VOA

Gov. Jeb Bush names first Hispanic to Florida's Supreme Court; grandson of Cuban dictator / Boston Herald

Expansion: Sol Melia launches its own tour operator / Northen Light


July 10

FROM CUBA / Returning Cuban to be tried / Cuba-Verdad

FROM CUBA / Jailed journalist's health worsens / Reinaldo Cosano Alén

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Politics: Nader visits Castro, calls on U.S. to lift Cuban embargo / The Nando Times

FIU gets what may be world's largest collection of Cuban music / Sun-Sentinel.com

Cuba walks out on worlds / Canada Dot Com

Sugar and tourism force a bitter pill on Cubans / Financial Times

Celebrations and politics mingle on July 4th in Havana / Sun-Sentinel


July 9

FROM CUBA / Officials try to prevent free medical services / UPECI

FROM CUBA / Shut-down of joint venture feared / ACP

Cuba News / The Miami Herald

Cuba News / Information Bridge Cuba Miami

Request for urgent action in danger the life of imprisoned blind activist in Cuba / The Information Bridge Cuba Miami

Life of blind political prisoner in Castro prison threatened / NewsMax

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US accuses Castro of duplicity for attending July 4 event / CNSNews.com

Nader meets with Fidel Castro / CNSNews.com

Cuban wins Mexican literature prize / NY Times

Ralph Nader meets Castro as island campaigns to ease U.S. restrictions / Boston Herald

Leisure Canada Inc. launches five-star Havana waterfront hotel development program / PRNewswire

Some 100,000 Cuban sugar workers will have to find new jobs / Hoover's Online

Cuba: Dissident group documents rise in repression / The Black World Today


July 8

FROM CUBA / Massive fish kill in polluted dam / Grupo Decoro

FROM CUBA / Funeral arrangements rationed in Havana town / Grupo Decoro

Cuba undertakes revolutionary overhaul of sugar industry, changing hundreds of thousands of lives / Yahoo!

Suspected smuggler held in Cuba / The Miami Herald

External links

Ralph Nader visiting Cuba / CNSNews.com

Cuba plans to reduce petroleum imports / CNSNews.com

Sweet sorrows for Cuba / The Dallas Morning News

Cuban exiles hold out hope for war crimes case against Castro in Belgium / Sun-Sentinel

Country aims to generate more cash with novel and generic pharmaceuticals / The Globe and Mail

Five Cubans to play, coach in Japan / World News

Iran, Cuba determined to strengthen ties / Tehran Times

Cuba captures Florida boat / Sun-Sentinel

Surgical holidays 'spoiling lives' / BBC


July 5

Cuba News / The Miami Herald

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Cuba tries to foster U.S. support with Fourth event / Houston Chronicle

Rumors of boatlift keep Cuba on edge / Sun-Sentinel

Cuba: Restructuring of sugar industry leaves bitter taste / Dallas Morning News



July 4

Cuba News / The Miami Herald

Communist Cuba to pay homage to Americans on July 4 despite tensions with U.S. government / Yahoo!

External links

Lighting matches in Cuba on the 4th / NY Times

Castro government says it will take action against US-based flotilla / CNSNews.com

Amadito's Cuban poetry / Daily Yomiuri, Japan

Writer mixes humor, Cuban-American heritage / News Observer

Cubans urged to save electricity / www.thenewsmexico.com

A wry Cuban writer as mysterious as his plots / NY Times


July 3

FROM CUBA / Farmer who didn't sign constitutional petition stripped of food allotment / CPIC

FROM CUBA / False 100 peso bills are circulating in Havana / Cuba-Verdad

Players go to bat for El Duque / The Miami Herald

Cuba's so-called journalists / The Miami Herald

Carter's Tragic Legacy / John Suarez. / FREE CUBA Foundation


July 2

FROM CUBA / Local doctor prevented from attending medical seminar / UPECI

FROM CUBA / Domestic fuel scarce in Güines / Grupo Decoro

FROM CUBA / German tourists surprised by police procedure / Lux Info Press

Cuban parliament suspends first regular session after opposition delivered reform petitions / The Miami Herald

American Food Expo in Cuba Set / Yahoo!

Try trade, not tirade, with Cuba / Max J. Castro / The Miami Herald

External links

Havana expo to showcase U.S. products / Sun-Sentinel

Cuba: No turning back / The Washington Post

Lawyer to Campaign over Imprisoned Cubans / Scotsman

The Cuban connection / Canada Dot Com

Cuba: Foreign affairs minister from Trinidad and Tobago visits / Hoovers

Reality to clash with idealism when communism collapses / The Washington Times

Scope training pastors in Cuba / NewsOk.com

Coast Guard returns 9 Cuban migrants to their homeland / sun-sentinel.com

Tannersville man taking supplies to Cuba / Pocono Record

Havana elegance meets New York / NY Times

Cuba to get a sweet treat: Washington state apples / TRIBnet .com

Teachers Head For Lessons In Cuba / Bath Chronicle

Cuba next stop for Norwich champion / EDP 24

Maradona attacks U.S. 'terrorism' against Cuba / The Nando Times

Cuba and Hemingway' is topic of talk / www.buffalonews.com


July 1

FROM CUBA / Food distribution worsens / Grupo Decoro

FROM CUBA / Security beefed up at municipal hospital / Grupo Decoro

Castro's words are serious threat, experts say / The Miami Herald

Fidel Castro accuses Russia of betraying Cuba by breaking accords after Soviet Union's collapse / Yahoo!

Cuba's dangerous summer / The Miami Herald



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