February 28
Cuba Seizes U.S. Mission's Book Shipment / Yahoo!
Works by Martin Luther King Jr., John Steinbeck and Groucho Marx were among
5,101 books seized by Cuban authorities after being shipped in by the U.S.
government, America's top diplomat in Havana said Thursday.
FROM CUBA / Underground economy under siege / CPI
Recent raids and confiscations by police and inspectors from various departments
have not paralyzed the growing informal or underground economy, but they have
slowed it down some.
FROM CUBA / Thousands attend diocese centenary mass / UPECI
In what was probably the most crowded Cuban church in the last four decades,
thousands of Catholics in Pinar del Río attended Mass.
FROM CUBA / Arbitrary eviction in Pinar Del Río / UPECI
Housing authorities here forcibly evicted Buenaventura Díaz,
classifying him as an "illegal resident" in spite of his having
lived in the house for the last eight years with all his documents in order.
Government must release prisoners of conscience immediately /
Amnesty International Amnesty International today issued a
public document requesting the immediate and unconditional release of a
number of Cuban prisoners of conscience.
Ex-Cuban champion Hatch, elder at 24, makes debut for USA / Yahoo!
t 24, Cuban-born Annia Hatch should be over the hill in women's gymnastics.
Instead, she's under the gun as the senior member -- by eight years -- of a
young and upcoming U.S. team.
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China's
Sparkle Bedazzles a Visiting Castro / NY Times Forty years ago,
the two countries were the closest of political brethren, building Communist
paradises, marching to the same revolutionary beat. But time changed
everything.
Brothers
to the Rescue's case against Castro plays out in court / Sun-Sentinel
Fidel Castro stood trial Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale federal court. Though
the defense table was empty but for a brown plastic water carafe, the Cuban
dictator was very much a presence as lawyers argued their case of Castro as
terrorist.
Cuba back into
game of tourism / Houston Chronicle For locals, almost any brush
with the tourism trade is illegal unless they work in a tourism business
licensed by the government. Cubans are not allowed to share lobster dinners
with their foreign friends. And they can't visit tourist beaches without
permission.
City SeaFoods Ships
Container of Seafood to Cuba / Seafood.com Consulting group Global
Strategies Trading of San Diego negotiated the seafood agreement in September
at the first U.S. food fair in Havana during Castro's rule.
Is
Cuba an Emerging Market for Iowa Agriculture? / Wallaces Farmer, IL
Recent trips by the Iowa trade delegation to Cuba have discovered what could
be a lucrative market for Iowa agricultural interests.
Georgia
business delegation to explore Cuba possibilities / AccessAtlanta
At the start of June, about 150 Georgians will march down a jetway at Hartsfield
International Airport and enter a Delta Air Lines plane that will carry them
to Cuba.
Cuba
invites Tampa to trade / St. Petersburg Times The head of Cuba's
state-owned import buying agency has invited Tampa port officials to visit
and renew historical trade ties between his nation and the city.
Maine
delegation aims to encourage exchange on trip to Cuba / Concord Monitor, NH
A 21-person delegation hoping to encourage economic development and cultural
understanding between Maine and Cuba is scheduled to leave Friday for the tiny
island nation.
February 27
FROM CUBA / Pinar del Río farmers blocked from Havana's
markets / UPECI Pinar del Río farmers seeking to sell
their excess produce in nearby Havana's lucrative markets are finding their
way to the capital blocked by authorities, who say the foodstuffs are needed
in the province.
FROM CUBA / Visitor from Miami arrested in Cuba / UPECI
A man who reportedly had broken out of jail and left the country in 1994 was
arrested February 22 while visiting relatives here.Juan Alberto Hernández
is said to have been serving a 7 year sentence at the "Combinado de
Sandino" prison for theft and slaughter of cattle when he skipped out
and left the country by raft in 1994.
Cuba News / Yahoo! -Fidel Castro expresses
astonishment at China's changes -Castro Foe Denied Visa For Davis Trip
Shootdown survivor's lawyer: Castro rivals Hussein as a threat /
The Miami Herald The attorney for the lone survivor of the
1996 shootdown of three planes by Cuban fighter jets asked U.S. officials
Wednesday to remove President Fidel Castro from power.
February 26
FROM CUBA / Police raids yield a motley array of goods / APLO
In just one morning recently, the Cuban government's campaign against "illegalities"
in the mining community of Moa resulted in the confiscation of 78 cloth
napkins, one bag of cement, 15 pounds of fish, 8 cedar wood boards, an attaché
case containing 20 pounds of sugar, one light bulb, a length of rope, and
several other items, all somehow incriminating evidence of illegal
activities.
Cuba News / Yahoo! -Hundreds of Cigar Lovers Gather
in Cuba -Cuba's Roman Catholic Church calls on government to be more
compassionate -State-funded Cuban ballet company produces world class
dancers
Cuban Detainee Freed / All Africa Govenment has
quietly released a Cuban national following an appeal by human rights group
Amnesty International not to deport him to Cuba.
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China loves
the buena vista / smh.com.au The "buena vista" (good
view) most appreciated by the Chinese is the vantage point Dr Castro provides
for the Chinese military in spying on the United States. According to the
Australian National University specialist Desmond Ball, Chinese personnel
have been operating two signals intelligence stations in Cuba since early
1999.
Cuban
lottery as ubiquitous as it is hush-hush / Chicago Tribune That
gambling is illegal in Cuba doesn't stop thousands of people from playing the
local numbers game. It's not called Powerball in Cuba, but bolita - little
ball.
Summit
Ends with Censure of US, Support for N. Korea / CNSNews.com
Non-Aligned Movement leaders have ended the summit opposing a war on Iraq,
criticizing the U.S, and denouncing Israel.
US
fines veteran cyclist for taking holiday in Cuba / Guardian Unlimited, UK
Joan Slote, who went on a cycling holiday to Cuba, was fined nearly $8,000 for
breaking the US embargo of the island.
'Rogue'
states say they feel preyed upon by Bush team / The Globe and Mail, Canada
They might be unchallenged dictators at home. But in the new world order,
where pre-emptive strikes are threatened and national sovereignty is no
longer sacrosanct, a range of autocratic leaders are worried.
Cubano!
A sandwich to shout for / North Jersey Media Group When
Cuban-Americans hunger for a crisp crust, melted cheese, and meat, pepperoni
pizza isn't likely to be the first thing that leaps to mind.
February 25
Cuba News / Yahoo! -Cuba's Roman Catholic Church
calls on government to be more compassionate
-Rep. Davis' Cuba Trip Contentious -Official tolerance for Cuba's
non-governmental reporters slowly grows -America's top diplomat in
Havana visits dissidents, says Cuba fears freedom -U.S. Envoy Meets
With Cuban Dissidents
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First Florida
congressman to visit Cuba / UPI Rep. Jim Davis, D-Fla., plans to
become the first member of the Florida congressional delegation to visit
Fidel Castro's Cuba on Friday when he begins a five-day trip. The Tampa
lawmaker will join Rep. Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz., on a trip organized by the
Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington-based think tank.
'Snow'
relives Cuba's revolution / USA TODAY
In his absorbing and sardonic memoir about growing up in Cuba, Carlos
Eire writes frequently about the moment the "world changed." That
day was Jan. 1, 1959, when Batista fled Havana and Fidel Castro and his
rebels began their final takeover of the island 90 miles south of Florida.
Eire's powerful, personal story mirrors that of countless Cubans.
'Axis of Evil'
Films to Get Play / TLC.com A U.S. university wants to slow the
U.S. rush to war by unreeling a slate of films from Iraq, North Korea and
Iran, countries President George W. Bush has placed on an "axis of evil."
The inaugural feature is "A Time for Drunken Horses," directed by
Kurdish filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi. Films from Cuba, Libya and Syria, called "rogue
states" by the Bush administration, will also be shown.
Let's
have a nice hand for the axis of evil / The Globe and Mail,
Canada As leaders from Iraq and North Korea
rubbed shoulders with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and Zimbabwean strongman
Robert Mugabe, the summit spelled out a an alternative "world order".
Hispanidad:
Cuban baseball deserves Fame / UPI When baseball fans talk about
Hispanic players before 1960, what they really mean are the Cubans, from an
era when scouts prowling Latin America focused their attention on Havana,
scouring the Caribbean island for talented ballplayers.
February 24
FROM CUBA / Two years hard labor for speaking ill of Fidel / Grupo
Decoro A 24-year-old man was sentenced to two years hard labor
for loudly expressing his disapproval of Cuban leader Fidel Castro during an
argument with his father at home.
Cuba News / Yahoo! -U.S. Senator Criticizes U.S.
Cuba Policy -Mig Shootdown of Cuban Pilots Remembered -Cuba to
host 2006 Non-Aligned Movement Summit -Castro receives grand welcome in
Vietnam -13,000 Castro Victims Honored At Tamiami Park
Tampa congressman will travel to Cuba / The Miami Herald
U.S. Rep. Jim Davis, D-Tampa, is scheduled to break new ground next week when
he becomes the first member of Florida's congressional delegation to openly
travel to Fidel Castro's Cuba
Remembering the shootdown / The Miami Herald
Seven years ago today, Cuban war planes shot down two civilian Cessnas and
murdered four South Floridians on a humanitarian search and rescue mission.
The deaths of Armando Alejandre, Carlos Costa, Mario de la Peña and
Pablo Morales will be remembered here today in ceremonies and masses.
February 21
FROM CUBA / Twenty arrested in Güines black market net / Grupo
Decoro Twenty managers in the government food and beverage
distribution company in Güines, a town south of Havana, stand accused of
diverting eggs, rum and bottled beer to black market sales.
Cuba News / Yahoo! -Family of slain American
receives default judgment against Cuba -Israel and Syria trade
accusations at Security Council hearing; Cuba accuses U.S. of harboring
terrorists -Hundreds greet Cuban President Fidel Castro at Vietnamese
airport
Cuba News / The Miami Herald -Cessna crashes in
water off Keys -Coast Guard intercepts speedboat full of Cubans
Misconceptions about U.S. policy on Cuba / Manny Perez / The Miami
Herald A recent report by the Center for National Policy makes
some recommendations on U.S. policy on Cuba. While the central premise is
sound -- that a peaceful transition to democracy in Cuba is in the interest
of the United States -- the report contains many misconceptions and misguided
recommendations.
The U.S. media: An enemy from within / ABIP Cuban
Americans keep asking: "Why don't Americans understand the plight of the
Cubans? Why do they accept Fidel Castro?" Herein lie the answers.
February 20
FROM CUBA / Bread hard to come by in Jatibonico / APLA
Bread is a staple of the Cubans' diet, and since the beginning of the year,
folks in Jatibonico, a municipality in central Sancti Spíritus province,
have had a difficult time finding any to buy
Drug raids ravish illegal pantries in Cuba / Raul Rivero / The
Miami Herald It turns out that the vigorous police operations
that began in January against drug traffickers and their clandestine drug
dens rapidly turned into an attack on the private activities of low-income
citizens.
Cuba News / The Miami Herald -Cuba increases
pressure on pro-Payá dissidents -Exiles should expect little
compensation from post-Castro Cuba, author warns -Outspoken Cuban
American among free speech honorees
Spare Us Castro Whitewash / The Miami Herald Mr.
Stone ignores the 20,000 summary executions, the hundreds of thousands
imprisoned for their beliefs, countless others subjected to ''acts of
repudiation'' and families divided by Castro's hand over 44 years. In
''trying to plumb the depth of [Castro's] humanity,'' Mr. Stone struck out.
There's nothing human in a despot who violates 11 million people, except a
superinflated ego
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Texans tout trade
on jaunt to Cuba / Houston Chronicle Texas twangs met sultry Spanish
on Wednesday as nearly a dozen people from the Lone Star State went looking for
opportunities here.
Texas ports gain
from Cuban trade / Houston Chronicle The ports of Beaumont, Freeport,
Galveston and Houston have all shipped agriculture products to Cuba since July
2001.
Cubans savoring
U.S. food / Houston Chronicle Even Cuban officials didn't have a good
idea how much rice, soybeans and corn they would buy from U.S. growers. They
estimated perhaps $37 million.
US-Cuban
trade grows / Buenos Aires Herald Cuban trade minister Raúl
de la Nuez said yesterday that Cuba contracted $250 million in mostly
agricultural imports with US companies in 2002.
Cuban Specialists to
Lecture On Hotel Management / AllAfrica.com Cuban specialists in the
field of gastronomy and hotel management will administer courses in Angola's
Luanda, Huila, Benguela and Cabinda provinces.
The
Club's Last Session / TIME.com Cooder faces imprisonment by the U.S.
government if he returns to Cuba, which means Mambo and the Ferrer album are
the end of his Cuban excursions.
American, Cuban
trade some fluid retro guitar lines / Beacon Journal Like a real-life
time traveler, Ry Cooder introduced the world to pre-Castro Cuban jazz in 1997
with the stunning Buena Vista Social Club album.
February 19
FROM CUBA / Barrier to safeguard plantains irks residents / APLO
Residents are complaining that a barrier installed on a local road to prevent
the theft of plantains from a state farm is simply an excuse to search them
and their belongings.
FROM CUBA / Videotape renters scurry when faced with government
raids / UPECI Private videotape rental facilities here have
burrowed deeper underground in fear of being discovered.
Cuba News / Yahoo! -Cuba sentences two
pro-democracy supporters to 18 months -Panama to decide whether five
Cubans can stay
Prosecutor asks a 6 year prison term for activist brothers / The
Information Bridge Cuba Miami 6 year prison term for the
brothers Antonio and Enrique Garcia Morejón, for disrespect towards
the figure of Fidel Castro, public disturbance, resistance and disobedience.
Defectors share tale of escape / The Miami Herald
When Fidel Castro gave a speech Feb. 6 to an international gathering, four Cuban
border patrol guards saw their chance to break for freedom.
Forging Cuba's future / The Miami Herald In 44
years of strong-arm rule, the totalitarian despot Fidel Castro has ruined
Cuba and oppressed its people. By equal measure, The Herald has denounced his
communist dictatorship.
The real Plattist is Fidel Castro / Oscar Peña / The Miami
Herald In modern Cuban history, those who have looked to the
United States for solutions to national problems have been called Plattists.
Cuban 'victimised over religion' / News24.com A
Cuban doctor alleges he was evicted, thrown into prison and unfairly dismissed
because he converted to Islam.
SA/Cuba contract: What the doctors say / SABCnews.com
Seven Cuban doctors were this week served with letters by the Limpopo Health
Department ordering them to leave the provincial hospital's premises within
48 hours.
Students Seek Improved Relations Among Cubans / The Harvard Crimson
Students from over 20 colleges and universities met at Harvard to encourage
communication between Cuban expatriates and the dissident community within the
island.
February 17
FROM CUBA / Sentenced to ten years for stealing a turkey / Carlos
Alberto Domínguez A 54-year-old civilian street
sweeper, Rafael Ramos, was sentenced to ten years in jail by a military
tribunal for stealing a 30-pound turkey from a government farm in Havana. The
man may have got off light; the prosecutor, Captain Wilfredo Rodríguez
Águila, was asking for a 22-year sentence.
FROM CUBA / Private restaurants; standing room only / APLA
The two remaining private restaurants in Morón, a city of 65,000, are
not allowed to have chairs, so customers must eat while standing.
FROM CUBA / Cattle rustling increases in Pinar del Rio / UPECI
Farmers report that an average of more than 12 animals a day are being taken,
between cows, bulls and horses. Remains have been found of animals slaughtered
and butchered for their meat.
Cuba News / Yahoo! -Cuban preacher expresses support
for peace at government anti-war protest -Spanish visitor to Cuba find
new family in Havana; Cubans rediscover Spanish roots, too -Boston
Signs 18-Year-Old Cuban Pitcher
Prisoner commits suicide at the Quivican Prison in Havana /
Information Bridge On January 11th, 28 years old prisoner
committed suicide after penal authorities at the Prison of Quivican denied
his request for medical atttention, informed the political prisoner Cecilio
Ruiz Rivero.
Doctors from Cuba in the firing line / All Africa
Dr Mario Menchero, an orthopaedic surgeon at Grey's Hospital in
Pietermaritzburg, was told at a meeting of Cuban doctors last week that he
would be dismissed because he had given up his membership of the Cuban
Communist Party.
Cuban torturers hiding in Florida? / WorldNetDaily.com
A special criminal investigations unit in the U.S. Department of Justice is
pursuing reports that two notorious Cuban nationals suspected of participating
in a brutal torture program conducted against American POWs in Vietnam are
hiding somewhere in southern Florida, WorldNetDaily has learned.
74 Cuban Doctors Arrive for Two-Year Tour of Duty / AllAfrica
Seventy-four Cuban doctors and medical specialists arrived in the country
yesterday on a two-year programme which will see them deployed in provincial
and district hospitals.
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Cuban
market entices U.S. traders / Dallas Morning News For the first
time in decades, ships bound for Cuba are steaming out of the Port of
Galveston.
Cubans
wield humor against hassles of impoverished lives/ Orlando Sentinel, Florida
In hushed tones and euphemisms, some Cubans criticize their
government behind closed doors or in the company of trusted friends. But at
some Havana clubs, comedians fire direct darts at the island's woes,
satirizing the blackouts that plague most towns and the bare shelves at the
government-run bodegas.
Cuba is an
attractive customer / The Salina Journal, Kansas It makes perfect
sense for Kansas to push for more commerce with potential trading partners,
especially neighbors in our own hemisphere.
Cuba
leads the way in HIV fight / BBC Few stories about HIV/Aids
infection bring hope. But in the Caribbean, where communism takes its last
gasp, there is encouragement in the fight against Aids.
El
Duque not bitter toward Yanks / The Globe and Mail, Canada Orlando
(El Duque) Hernandez feels no bitterness toward the New York Yankees even if
they unloaded him virtually for free to the lame duck Montreal Expos.
A Voyage to
Cuba / St. Augustine Online, Florida Record Business Editor
traveled along with the St. Augustine-Baracoa Friendship Association on its
recent 14-day trip to Cuba.
Cuba
legally / San Francisco Chronicle So far, the U.S. Treasury
Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has taken a liberal view of
what "people to people" means. They have authorized Cuban jazz
tours, hiking tours, salsa-dancing tours, Spanish-language-instruction tours,
architectural tours, steam-railroad tours - even baseball tours.
Cuba's REAL
Rebels and Dunces / NewsMax.com Mayor Ed Koch's recent
article jolted me from my seat. It reminded me that Kurt Waldheim was persona
non grata in the U.S. because he'd been a Nazi functionary in the Balkans and
either participated in or "had knowledge of" Nazi executions of
partisans.
Exhibits
from Cuba, Italy show photographer-architect affinity / St. Louis
Post-Dispatch At the moment, two exhibitions in St. Louis demonstrate
the dynamism of the confluences of photography and the cityscape, of
photographer and architect.
Hernandez says
he was 'set up' by elderly man / Fox News Livan Hernandez believes
he was set up because, he said, police, television crews and other media
arrived within a few minutes of the altercation.
In
the land of rum, homegrown wines begin to take root / Orlando Sentinel,
Florida Cuba may be renowned for rum, but that's not stopping
joint-venture wineries and self-taught winemakers from eking out a market for
homegrown chardonnays and cabernets here.
In
Havana, taking care to not drink where Papa drank / San Francisco Gate
Everyone who travels to Cuba comes back with a hundred stories. Here are a few
of mine.
Smoking Cuban / NY Post
A bullpen session in the middle of February means very little when evaluating
talent. However, when you heard Jose Contreras' fastball pop catcher Omar
Fuentes' mitt yesterday morning it was hard to ignore.
Everglades
Plan to Raze 77 Homes / The Washington Post The compromise measure
to buy out the most flood-prone portion of what is known as the 8.5 Square
Mile Area, a tight-knit Cuban American neighborhood of mango groves and horse
pastures, was supported by President Bush and Gov. Jeb Bush (R), as well as
by regulators and environmentalists.
February 14
Cuba News / Yahoo! -Cuba Deports Argentine for
Journalism -Ex-Welterweight Champ Kid Gavilan Dies
Cuba News / Prima News -Prison administration sets
criminals against political prisoners -Relatives of political prisoner
picket the prison
Disidents demand the release of Dr.Oscar Elías Biscet /
Information Bridge Cuba Miami
FROM CUBA / Silent city / Rafael Ferro Salas
FROM CUBA / Life's traps / Rafael Ferro Salas
Government Flies Cuban Docs for US$644 000 / AllAfrica.com
Effort to weaken embargo of Cuba is axed from bill / The Miami
Herald
Cuba denies Tampa ferry is traveling to island this month /
Jacksonville.com
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North Dakota Wants to
Tell Washington to Open Gates to Cuba / KFYR TV More than forty
years after the communist revolution in Cuba, some say it's time to allow
Americans to travel to the island nation.
Contreras
Has First Yankees' Workout / NY Times Jose Contreras' first
workout Thursday with the New York Yankees was more than just a throwing
session for him. The Cuban defector got to speak with a pitcher he idolizes:
Roger Clemens.
Cuba
reopens market to Argentine dairy products / Northern Light Cuba
has resumed importing Argentine dairy products after certifying sanitary
conditions at a dozen of the South American country's processing plants,
Argentine officials said.
Most
foreign investments in Cuba come from EU / Northern Light Some 56
percent of foreign investments in Cuba come from the European Union (EU),
according to a report by the Ministry of Foreign Investments and Economic
Cooperation.
All
roads lead to real Cuban / National Post, Canada Hanging out by
the pool can be tiresome, so hitting the road for a tour of the historic
country is a welcome break.
February 13
Polls suggest Cuban-Americans softening toward relations with
communist nation / Yahoo! Two new polls suggest
Cuban-Americans in Florida are softening their stance toward their communist
homeland.
Cuba News / The Miami Herald -Cubans in exile split
on policy -Cuban Americans asked about Varela Project -Herald
poll gauges Cuban-American views
February 12
Cuban exiles shifting hard-line position / The Miami Herald Aaccording
to two polls released Tuesday on a range of Cuba-related topics.
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Defectors' relatives worry
U.S. will deport Cuban soldiers / keysnews.com Family members are
gripped with fear at the thought of the men being forced to return, an action
they say could endanger the guardsmen's lives.
Blacks Question
Conciliation Toward Cuba / Project 21 Citing government-sponsored
discrimination, military aggression on the African continent and a poor human
rights record, Project 21 questions the support liberal black politicians
provide to Fidel Castro.
Soft
Drink Headed to Cuba / The Ledger, FL The first shipment of
Kentucky-made Ski and Diet Ski should be headed to Cuba later this month.
Exiled
From Childhood / Newsday.com "Waiting
for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy" (Free Press, $25). The
memoir is a richly limned portrait of the contrast between Eire's carefree
boyhood before Batista's ousting and its seemingly overnight transformation
into a hungry, parentless crucible in exile.
Cuban Song /
News.Scotsman.com Sunday in Santiago de Cuba and in the Parque Cespedes,
the tree-lined central square, the Banda Municipal are playing, fathers are bent
double propelling.
Big Trouble In Little
Havana / NBC6 As the "hard-liners" get older and the
second-generation fill their shoes, there is conflict in the air in Little
Havana.
FBI questions 10 men,
including two Canadians, in Jamaica / CBC News, Canada The men
arrived in Jamaica on Sunday on a flight from Cuba.
A Religious
Front for Castro, Kim and Saddam / FrontPageMagazine.com As war with
Iraq approaches, the so-called "anti-war" movement is gearing itself
up to protest the long overdue removal of a psychopathic dictator.
An
emotional Havana homecoming / Denver Post.com She ached to visit the
three-bedroom apartment where two generations of her family once lived.
February 11
FROM CUBA / Street vendors raided in mining town / APLO
Regimes copy China and Cuba to control internet / The Sydney
Morning Herald
Alabama Delegation: Cuba to Buy Products / Yahoo!
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Cuba flight from Mobile in 43 years takes city, state group / Gadsden Times,
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For
Nebraska farmer, Cuba trip leaves more questions than answers / Lincoln
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Cuba
releases compact disc about 5 spies convicted in Miami / Herald Tribune
Castro's spies, U.S.
partner, a war / The Washington Times
El Duque agrees to
$4M deal with Expos / Kansas.com
Bringing
Real Freedom To Cuba Means Staying the Course / CNSNews.com
U.S.
trade embargo of Cuba a failure / Pensacola News Journal, FL
CUBA: Let's
Kiss and Make Up / The Salt Lake Tribune
Cuba
could have a future as wine country / Sun-Sentinel, Florida
Sports: Boxing
National Team Will Train in Cuba / Angola Press
At 75, Cuba's
Ferrer finally gets his turn / Chicago Sun-Tmes
February 10
FROM CUBA / Anti-drug raids snare self-employed tradesmen / Caridad
Cristina Álvarez / Grupo Decoro]
FROM CUBA / Private sellers banned from market / Armando Soler
FROM CUBA / Police confiscate 60 pedicabs / Lux Info Press
FROM CUBA / Fuel scarcity causes blackouts / CPIC
FROM CUBA / No cash for pensioners / Armando Soler
Cuban doctors in SA see red / News24.com
Cuba says exit permits not discussed / The Miami Herald
Cuba News / The Miami Herald
Cuba News / Yahoo!
February 7
FROM CUBA / Youths arrested in drug raid / Grupo Decoro
FROM CUBA / Human rights activist to be tried for trying to monitor
elections / UPECI
Cuban doctors face the axe / SABCnews
Cuba News / Yahoo!
Cuban political prisoner on the verge of dying / Prima News
17
year old prisoner brutally beaten in Guantánamo / Information Bridge
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'El Titan' arrives
at Yankee Stadium / Arkcity.net
American
diplomats find danger in Cuba / Sun-Sentinel, FL
Students
travel to Cuba through CCI / Dateline Alabama
Ag
show will take long look at Cuba / Visalia Times-Delta
February 6
U.S. details harassment of diplomats by Cubans / The Miami Herald
FROM CUBA / Unsanitary conditions in dental clinic / APLA
FROM CUBA / Quota soap sold in Pinar del Río irritates skin
/ UPECI
FROM CUBA / Man denied job as agricultural helper for ideological
reasons / Lux Info Press
Cuba News / The Miami Herald
Cuba News / Yahoo!
February 5
FROM CUBA / Self-employed accumulated more than 150,000 pesos in
fines / Lux Info Press
FROM CUBA / Whistleblower whistled in the wrong ears / Lux Info
Press
FROM CUBA / Workers' health concerns neglected at ceramics factory
/ Lux Info Press
Cuba News / The Miami Herald
Cuban percussionist launches solo album / Yahoo!
Hollywood's Cuban Connection / Agustin Blazquez / Frontpage
Magazine
February 4
FROM CUBA / Twelve arrested as drug raids continue / CPIC
FROM CUBA / Cockroaches thrive in Morón homes / APLA
Activist: Cuban reform effort in new era / Yahoo!
Castro's dupes / Lawrence Solomon / Urban Renaissance Institute
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Civic
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Cuban
dissident sentenced
Local docs start Cuba
journey / Beacon Journal, OH
DIA fears Cuban
mole aided Russia, China / The Washington Times
Local
companies courting Cuba trade business / Daily Record, Florida
To buy or not
to buy / The Observer, UK
Rowers
set course for Cuba / The Kinston Whig-Standard, Canada
Irish and
Cuban artists coming to Clowes / The Indianapolis Star
February 3
FROM CUBA / Drunken brawl in Cuban prison / APLO
Eviction notices for 49 families in Santa Clara / Grupo Decoro
FROM CUBA / Elections official assaults journalist / Grupo Decoro
Cuba News / Yahoo!
Castro cleverly uses dissident Payá / Paul Crespo / The
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