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OCTOBER 2002 HEADLINES

October 31

FROM CUBA / Students work barefoot on the fields / APLO

Cuba News / Yahoo!

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Cuba government welcomes Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's election / St. Petersburg Times

Cuban doctor to be released from jail / CNSNews.com

Cuban parliament meets Saturday; first regular session since July / Sun-Sentinel

Milwaukee can assist Cubans / New to the Tribune

Miami Herald editor maps new strategy / Poynter.org


October 30

FROM CUBA / Fines for buying fish range up to 4,000 pesos / Cuba-Verdad

FROM CUBA / Cabañas facing irregularities in water supply / Grupo Decoro

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Castro meets Vietnam's PM / VOA News

Divided King County Council says no to ties with Cuba / Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Woman gears up to fight fine for Cuba bike trip / The San Diego Union-Tribune

Mayor's Cuba route to Havana twin / Evening Telegraph, UK

Claims hurt boxer had Cuba bouts / The New Zealand Herald


October 29

FROM CUBA / Campaign planned to promote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights / Reinaldo Cosano

Cuban Doctors in Uterus Row / AllAfrica.com

Opposition council formed in Cuba / The Miami Herald

El Salvador criticizes Cuba's decision to not attend games / Yahoo!

Condemn Cuba's abuses / The Miami Herald

Cuba to Gables: The split ends / The Miami Herald

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Coast Guard repatriates 75 migrants, holds suspected / Sun-Sentinel

Cuban exiles express concern about hunger striking prisoner / CNSNews.com

Underwater patterns suggest a city / Sun-Sentinel

Let Americans learn firsthand about Cuba's lack of free press / Orlando Sentinel

Cuba baseball exchange on hold / Keynoter


October 28

FROM CUBA / Deplorable conditions in hospital outside Havana / Grupo Decoro

FROM CUBA / Farmers held responsible for cattle thefts / Grupo Decoro

Cuba News / Yahoo!

Oswaldo Paya gets the prize / The Miami Herald

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Cuba's plight / The Tribune-Democrat

Cuba won't participate in regional athletic competition / CNSNews.com

Administration takes 'wait-and-see' attitude toward Brazil / CNSNews.com


October 25

FROM CUBA / U. S. Diplomats investigate violations of migration accords / Grupo Decoro

Cuba News / The Miami Herald

Cuban spies still a concern / The Miami Herald

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Reporters Without Borders is publishing the first worldwide press freedom index / RSF

Madison's Cuban sister city raises foreign policy issues / The Badger Herald Online

Lawyer demands records of Cuba trip / St. Petersburg Times

Cuba ... hold the 'propaganda' / Jonesboro Sun

Less than 100 Mozambican students in Cuba / AllAfrica.com


October 24

FROM CUBA / No eggs in Havana / UPECI

FROM CUBA / Diabetics face difficulties / Lux Info Press

Dissident in Cuba wins key rights award / The Miami Herald

'Fidel': It's a pro-Castro propaganda machine in action / The Miami Herald

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Comrade Che keeps an eye on British workers / BBC

Paya considers Sakharov Prize "a message of solidarity" with Cuba / The News Mexico

Harte institute's new Web site links U.S., Mexico, Cuba / Caller.com

Cuban-Americans debate invitation to island conference / Sun-Sentinel

Travel Editor: Off-limits cuba a diamond in the rouge / National Geographic News


October 23

FROM CUBA / Swift justice for all / Rafael Ferro Salas / Grupo Decoro

FROM CUBA / Contaminated water causes dysentery in Matanzas province / UPECI

FROM CUBA / Sanitation in maternity hospital deplorable, say patients / Lux Info Press

FROM CUBA / Horse stolen and butchered in minutes / UPECI

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Castro government invites exiles to Havana summit / CNSNews.com

Castro: Restructuring Cuba's sugar industry no "major trauma" / The News Mexico

America's colonial empire? That was no accident / The New York Times

Hernandez has history, angels focus on current events / The Washington Post

Former Cuban Justice Jose Morell Romero dies / Sun-Sentinel


October 22

Cuba to invite exiles to migration conference / Herald Tribune

Qatari lawyer says he'll file lawsuit in Cuba demanding release of about 100 Guantanamo detainees / Yahoo!

'José Martí' -- intelligent study of complex man / The Miami Herald

Clash of missions keeps Cuba and U.S. at odds / Max Castro / The Miami Herald


October 21

FROM CUBA / Measures to increase numbers of nurses cause uproar / Grupo Decoro

FROM CUBA / Construction brigade leaves destruction behind / Ernesto Roque

Cuban doctors flee SA / News24.com

Cuba News / Yahoo!

Testy topic under Castro: a free press / Tom Fiedler / The Miami Herald

After Cold War, warmth / The Miami Herald

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Fidel Castro inaugurates Havana Ballet Festival / The News Mexico

Cuba admits ties to U.S. intelligence analyst convicted of spying for Havana / The News Mexico

New surcharge for Cuba visitors / The Globe and Mail

It's Communist Vs. Communist In Cuba Vote / New York Post Online

Unlocking the Hidden Hemingway / The Washington Post

Dictator celebrity / L. Brent Bozell III / The Washington Times

Castro's ideas find new audiences / Orlando Sentinel

A study of Cuba, forbidden to most / The Manhattan Mercury

Cuba sees dollars as key to future / The Washington Times

Capitalism is seeping into Cuba's foundation / St. Petersburg Times

San Leandro veteran recalls Cuban missile crisis / The Oakland Tribune

Death, law erase criminal conviction of Cuban torturer / Sun-Sentinel

Vietnam PM to Visit Cuba Oct. 28-30 / Tehran Times

Nobles and Knaves / The Washington Times

Cuban diaspora / Chicago Tribune

Wall Street Journal: Cuba's clumsy sugar reform / Northern Light


October 18

Florida gubernatorial candidate reaps benefits from couple who oppose Cuba embargo / Yahoo!

Trial of defendants in mass slaying winds up / The Miami Herald

Caritas-Cuba aiding hurricane victims / Zenit

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A selective portrait of Castro and Cuba's revolution / The New York Times

Ambassador to Cuba presents credentials / allAfrica.com

The Cuba beyond myth and music / Rocky Mountain News ("This is Cuba: An Outlaw Culture Survives")

The Yankees seem intrigued by a pair of foreigners / The New York Times

Defendants in murder of 5 also on trial in slaying of Spaniard / Herald Tribune

Cyclists win in Cuba regardless of race results / Baltimore Messenger

No cigar for adoring Castro film / NY Daily News

Impromptus / Jay Nordlinger / National Review Online


October 17

FROM CUBA / Overpriced and underweight is the rule in food distribution chain / UPECI

FROM CUBA / Bridge washed out four months ago / Grupo Decoro

Cuba News / The Miami Herald

PC in-crowd loves to hate Cuban Americans / The Miami Herald

Tropical depression rolls mildly over Cuba on its way toward Bahamas / Yahoo!

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US jails woman who spied for Cuba / BBC

Experts to look over Hemingway's papers in Cuban cellar / The News Mexico

Spy denounces US policy toward Cuba at her sentencing / CNSNews.com

Greetings from Cuba: Photos span the spectrum of life / The Washington Post

UD students take skills to Cuba / The News Journal

Outlook bad for Cuba ballgame / keysnews.com

Raisins to Cuba / ABC30

Cubans are looking to future of freedom / Orlando Sentinel

Muhwezi eyes Cuba for HIV/AIDS drugs / Northern Light

Havana enshrines heroes of espionage / The New York Times

Film may make Castro foes see red / Daily News

Yanks interested in pitcher / The Ledger


October 16

FROM CUBA / Man shot in front of his family / Cuba-Verdad

FROM CUBA / Local officials confiscate books donated to independent library / Reinaldo Cosano Alén

Tropical depression nears Cuba after passing Cayman Islands and leaving no reported damage / Yahoo!

How to deal with crazy leaders / Carlos Alberto Montaner / The Miami Herald

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Congressional candidate in Miami-Dade urges new Cuba policy / Sun-Sentinel

SA cuts relief aid for Africa / City Press SA

CHID hopes to send students to Iran, Cuba / The Daily, University of Washington

Jamaica's Seaga hopes for chance / Guardian Unlimited, UK

Access of Evil / The Village Voice


October 15

FROM CUBA / Blackout cost government thousands of dollars / APLA

FROM CUBA / Vocational school has water in all the wrong places / Grupo Decoro

FROM CUBA / Youth Communist League mobilized to finish airport / APLA

Castro worried ahead of 1962 crisis / Yahoo!

Trial begins in slaying of family on Cuban road / The Miami Herald

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Dissident demands Castro tell of petitions / The Washington Times

The Iraqi-Cuban Connection / The Washington Post


October 14

FROM CUBA / Independent journalist fined for reporting corruption / Grupo Decoro

FROM CUBA / Domestic violence routinely ignored / Ana Leonor Díaz / Grupo Decoro

Cuba News / Yahoo!

Hurricane deals blow to Cuban tobacco industry / The Miami Herald

Answer to Fidel Castro / Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas

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UN Launches Emergency Relief Efforts for Cuba / AgWeb

Surgery aids Parkinson's patients in Cuba / UPI

Cuba's cigar crisis / BBC, UK

Candidates debate water, Cuba trade / Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Missile crisis standoff left Castro resenting Soviets / Sun-Sentinel (Related: Khrushchev / Castro letters)

U.S. House introduces bill to normalize relations with Cuba / The News Mexico

Cuban foreign minister praises Nobel for Carter / The News Mexico

Cuba Can't Ignore a Dissident It Calls Insignificant / The New York Times

U.S. attempted to drive a wedge between Castro, Soviets, letter reveals / The Orlando Sentinel

40 Years After Missile Crisis, Players Swap Stories in Cuba / The Washington Post

Making sacrifices every day to eat / Sun-Sentinel

Missile crisis brought war closer than anyone imagined / Sun-Sentinel

U.S. says spy for Cuba was acting from beliefs / IHT

Cubans help set up medical school - Stryker Motlaloso / AllAfrica.com

Cuban pitcher wants bonus of more than $14.5 mln, agent says / Bloomberg


October 11

Letter: Castro made Soviets worried / Yahoo!

FROM CUBA / No fuel for town's ambulance / Grupo Decoro

FROM CUBA / Cuban baseball fans support pitcher who left / Grupo Decoro

Cuba News / Yahoo!

Cuba News / The Miami Herald

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Ex-war foes discuss missile crisis / Las Vegas Sun

JFK aides say Bush is wrong on crisis / The Washington Times

Veterans remember Cuba missile crisis / BBC -- Related

ABC program offers Castro a platform / CNSNews.com

Nukes sat 90 miles away / Orlando Sentinel

In Florida, people faced scariest week of their lives / Orlando Sentinel

Woman joins Air Force after fleeing Cuba / DCMilitary.com

Chiquita execs visit Castro, Ventura on trade mission / New Richmond News

Smaller Cuban harvest this year / Cigar Aficionado

Leaving Cuba - Archive Photos / Orlando Sentinel

Cuban pitcher intrigues Yankees / NY Daily News


October 10

Fidel Castro says government will respond to petition effort 'in due course.' / Yahoo!

Castro Blames Khrushchev for Crisis / Yahoo!

Once again, Walters scores exclusive interview with Castro / USA Today

FROM CUBA / Black market in Cuba / Claudia Márquez Linares / Grupo Decoro

FROM CUBA / The 1952 underground economy / Lázaro Raúl González / CPI

NBC scraps Cuba trip on Castro flap / Yahoo!

Swedish Match and Cuba Tobacco reach cigar settlement / Yahoo!

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Cuban missile crisis revisited / ABC News.com

In Cuban Depths, Atlantis or Anomaly? / The Washington Post

Appeal to help Cuba hurricane victims / BBC -- (Appeal)

US contingent heads to Cuba to revisit '62 missile crisis / Boston Globe

Cuba to buy 189 tons of local apples / Times-News Online

'Today' Castro-ted / The New York Post

Qatar, Cuba chambers sign agreement / The Peninsula Online

ABC's Barbara Walters Vs. NBC for Fidel Castro. Guess who won? / The Salt Lake Tribune

After a summer in Cuba, a speech for 'El Presidente' / The Phoenix Online


October 9

Once again, Walters scores exclusive interview with Castro / Yahoo!

Cuba beats U.S. to win Americas Series title / Yahoo!

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Cuba cancels 'welcome tax' / The Star, Canada

Lawyer: Cuban pitcher released, flies to Florida / NBC News

Art group to visit Cuba / News-Press.com

Army sergeant vanishes in Cuba / Charlotte Observer

What's lacking, dated in Cuba often striking / St. Petersburg Times

Veil of Words / Marcelo López Bañobre / The Washington Post

Cuba's bittersweet move to trim its sugar crop / New York Times

Cuba intolerant of religious freedom, administration says / CNSNews.com --- ( State Department report)

ADM leads push to open trade with Cuba / The State Journal-Register

Castro's Shadow / The New Yorker

Barbara Walters' E-mail / ABC News


October 8

FROM CUBA / History professor fired for political reasons / Grupo Decoro

FROM CUBA / Party militants ordered to "take the lead in upcoming elections" / APLA

Cuba News / Yahoo!

Report: Religion in Cuba still reined-in / The Miami Herald

Cuban-American candidates spar on U.S. policy / The Miami Herald

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Star Cuban pitcher, coach in United States under INS control / San Francisco Gate

Official blasts Cuba embargo / The Daily Pennsylvanian

Cuba-U.S. deals make for successful journey / Agri News

Three Mississippi companies expect to sell poultry, goods to Cuba / WLOX.com

New York apple growers to start shipping to Cuba in December / ABC

Cuba's interest in U.S. food exporters to be discussed at the V Americas Food & Beverage Trade Show and conference / Meat and Poultry Online News

Castro dreams of writer glory / Online.ie, Ireland

Ventura complains wife barred from his Cuba trip / Pioneer Press

No whites allowed / Financial Times


October 7

FROM CUBA / Results of poll show criticism of government / Grupo Decoro

FROM CUBA / Four suicides in 10-day period in Güines / Grupo Decoro

Cuba News / Yahoo!

U.S. House Speaker Hastert backs Díaz-Balart in Hialeah / The Miami Herald

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Cuban baseball star and coach defect / BBC

Cuban official denied U.S. visa / The Washington Post

SA, Cuba walk out of racism conference / Dispatch Online, South Africa

In sight, but out of reach / St. Petersburg Times

Dakotans strike food deals in Cuba / The Montana Standard

5,000 cowboys revive Cuba's long love affair with rodeos / Orlando Sentinel

Fine Cubans sought, found easily / Houston Chronicle

The politics of port promotion / St. Petersburg Times

'Adios, mis queridos amigos' / Globe Staff

Editorial: Cuba is ripe for American trade and democracy / Pensacola News Journal

My lunch with Fidel / The San Francisco Chronicle

Hemingway's life in Cuba / The Gainesville Sun


October 4

FROM CUBA / Cuba's tourism industry to begin accepting euros / APLA

FROM CUBA / Who wants to be president? / APLA

Two players missing on Cuba team / Yahoo!

Democrat running for House wants to alter Cuba policy / The Miami Herald

External links

Report from Cuba on Lili's effects / 28 News.com

Churches respond to twin hurricanes in Cuba, Mexico / Crosswalk.com

Grenada and Cuba exchange ambassadors / CNSNews.com

Cuba will accede to NPT / Arms Control Association

N.D. delegation returns from Cuba with hope ... and contracts / Farm and Ranch Guide

License allows U students and staff to travel to Cuba / The Minessota Daily

Genuine forced sincerity / Media Research Center

Editorial: The Havana trade show / St. Petersburg Times

Editorial: Open trade with Cuba / Desmoines Register

Jesse Ventura in Cuba / Myles Kantor / FrontPage Magazine

Havana farm fair sparks outrage / Sun-Sentinel.com


October 3

FROM CUBA / No medical services for rural community / Ernesto Roque

FROM CUBA / Food spoils when it rains / Cuba-Verdad

Cubans safe, but buildings hit hard / The Miami Herald

Cuba News / Yahoo!

Diaries of Desperation / The Miami Herald

External links

Grenada accepts Cuban ambassador / NY Times

Cuba awaits approval of first ambassador to Honduras in decades / Northern Light

Top Cuban pitcher may have defected / The Washington Post

Intelligence agent defected from Cuba, dies in Miami / Globe and Mail, Canada

Cupet replaces kerosene for refinery gas / FreeRealTime

Expansion: Spanish exports to Cuba are falling / Northern Light

U.S. company donates vegetable seeds to Cuba / Northern Light

State agriculture gets boost from Cuban expo / Daily News Online

Kentucky goods make up big chunk of expected sales to Cuba / MylnKy.com

Cuba Connection / Kentucky New Era Online

Castro unlikely to pay debts to US firms, says critic / CNSNews.com

Scholars to microfilm Hemingway papers / The Washington Times

Cuba defeats Dominican Republic 6-0 in Americas Series baseball / FOX Sports


October 2

FROM CUBA / Toxic gases escape from two breweries / Reinaldo Cosano Alén

FROM CUBA /Crime worries Isle of Youth authorities / UPECI

Cuba News / Yahoo!

Cuban ace has possibly defected / The Miami Herald

Lili strikes western Cuba, churns into Gulf / The Miami Herald

External links

Mexican diplomat blasts Fox's policy toward Cuba / The News Mexico.com

St. Charles farm family presents Castro with gift / Fox News

Cuba has taste for Kentucky funnel cakes / The Cincinnati Enquirer

Agriculture Commissioner back from Cuba / Grand Forks Herald

Thousands evacuated as hurricane batters Cuba / ABC News

Bioven, Cuban firm in biotech joint venture / The Star.com, Malaysia

Cuban novelist: reconciliation among Cubans inevitable / The News Mexico

Brazil's gathering clouds / The Washington Times

John F. Kennedy Library to mark 40th Anniversary of Cuban Missile Crisis this October / John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library


October 1

Thousands in Cuba flee Lili's rains / Yahoo!

N.Dakotans make food deals in Cuba / Yahoo!

FROM CUBA / Police arrest "divers" in garbage tanks / Lux Info Press

FROM CUBA / Independent clowns criticized / Lux Info Press

Cuba News / Yahoo!

Lili becomes a hurricane; approaches Cuba / The Miami Herald

External links

Hurricane Lili batters Cuba / BBC

Cuba, U.S. firms cook up deals / Sun-Sentinel

Ventura casts long shadow at Cuba trade show / Minnesota Public Radio

Americans prising open Cuban trade door / Financial Times



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