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July
25
FROM
CUBA
Teacher
jailed for lack of ID card
A high school Physics teacher
was kept in jail for 36 hours when he failed to
produce an ID card during a search on his way
to work.
HAVANA
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FROM
CUBA
Infant's
death attributed to medical negligence, fight
ensues
After Yannara Pérez' baby
asphyxiated during the delivery, her husband and
mother blamed medical personnel and attacked them,
causing police to intervene.
RANCHUELO
|
FROM
CUBA
Eight
newborns died in June in Havana hospital
Eight newborns died during
the month of June in the Hijas de Galicia maternity
hospital in Havana. Hospital employees suggested
the cause was bacterial contamination, but there
was no official confirmation.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Rotting
produce sold in the wake of hurricane Dennis
A day after hurricane Dennis
swept through here, government stores offered for
sale produce that consumers complained was in a
state of decomposition.
CIENFUEGOS |
FROM
CUBA
Increase
in violence worries inmates in Havana prison
An increase in the level of
violence at Guanajay prison that left four inmates
wounded, two of them seriously, and led to a near
riot June 30, has raised concerns among inmates
for their personal safety.
GUANAJAY
Prison, José Ubaldo Izquierdo. |
The Miami Herald
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Dissident group released after attempted demonstration
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Roque among 20 well-known dissidents retained
by government
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Exiles helped found high school
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Cuban system gains support in Venezuela
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Cuban Vegas troupe granted asylum
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Posada's lawyer claims lack of evidence
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Cuban spy ruling irks U.S.
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Yahoo! News
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Cuba frees nine dissidents but still holds 17
others in crackdown
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3 Cuban Dissidents Released After Roundup
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New Cuban crackdown nets more than a dozen dissidents
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US slams communist Cuba for latest crackdown on
dissidents 2 hours, 44 minutes ago
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Castro: I'm Honored to Be Elian's Friend
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Imprisoned
journalist threatens to starve himself to death
Reporters Without Borders
voiced alarm today about the fate of imprisoned
journalist Mario Enrique Mayo Hernández, who has
announced in a message to the organization that
he began a hunger strike on 14 July and will starve
himself to death if he is not released soon.
Reporters
Without Borders |
Cuba's
electricity crisis challenges Castro's government
Residents of Old Havana play
in the street, as they wait for a government scheduled
blackout to occur, in Havana, Cuba. While occasional
blackouts are common every summer, Cubans say these
are the most frequent and longest of recent years.
The
Detroit News. |
He's
not singing about a revolution
Reared on Russian cartoons
and revolutionary slogans - and provided a free
university education if they so choose - the city's
20-and 30-somethings are worldly and questioning.
The
Christian Science Monitor. |
Appeasing
Castro prolongs tyranny
Last Thursday, the French
embassy in Havana decided to invite Fidel Castro's
communist cronies over to help celebrate Bastille
Day.
Boston
Herald. |
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links
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Lightless
nights hint at dark days for Cuba's economy
It's Tuesday evening in the working-class neighborhood
of Cerro, but the lights are out and the streets
are pitch-black. Illuminated only by the occasional
battery-powered lamp or by a passing automobile,
residents sat on stoops or on street corners waiting
out another one of the lengthy blackouts that
have gripped this island nation since May.
Chicago
Tribune (reg. req'd).
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Idealists
once, these artists took different paths
Cuban realist painter Rogelio Lopez Marin knew
five days before the opening of a group exhibition
in Havana that he could not finish his painting
in time. Out of desperation, and a little rebelliousness,
he decided to present it as it was - with the
photograph he was copying attached to the easel.
The
Christian Science Monitor.
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Cuba:
Frequent outages, government inability to fix
grid frustrate desperate Cubans
It's almost midnight on a weeknight, and hundreds
of Cubans from across the city are sitting on
Havana's long, curving seawall under the full
moon, their only source of light during yet another
wave of power blackouts plaguing Cuba this summer.
Sun-Sentinel,
FL.
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July
20
FROM
CUBA
Five
dissidents charged of trying to enter Guantanamo
naval base
Five dissidents affiliated
with the Liberal Party of Cuba have been acuused
of illegally trying to leave the country via the
U.S. Naval base at Guantanamo.
SANTA CLARA
|
FROM
CUBA
Ex-wife
of dissident threatened with job loss
Marianela Hernández Herrera
has been told she will lose her job as clerk at
TRD Caribe in Cienfuegos unless she stops allowing
her ex-husband to live with her.
CIENFUEGOS
|
FROM
CUBA
Residents
of building in Vedado district protest blackouts
Three times during the past
week bottles and glass objects were thrown from
a building housing employees of the Cuban Institute
of Radio and Television in an apparent protest against
power blackouts.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Beaches
in Cienfuegos closed because of contamination
The prohibition followed complaints
of rashes, hearing loss and eye irritation suffered
by bathers who went to local hospitals for treatment.
CIENFUEGOS |
FROM
CUBA
Student
scolded for his father's militancy
The 13-year-old son of independent
journalist Luis Miguel González Pavón was scolded
by teacher Nilda Piñones for the militancy of his
father.
CIENFUEGOS |
FROM
CUBA
Dissident
accused of trying to illegally leave Cuba
Opposition pacifist Yuniel
Gancedo Machado was held by police last week for
allegedly planning to illegally leave the country..
SANTA
CLARA |
The Miami Herald
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Former official: Reduce Cuba tensions
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Ignoring embargo, Americans film in Cuba
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Cuba trip ends with no games
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Visas offered to war hero's Cuban sons
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Cubans losing patience with Castro
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Panel: Miami trial of Cubans unfair
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Protests lead to arrests in Cuba
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Cubans, Americans unite to save Hemingway home
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Yahoo! News
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Three Cuban dissidents are rounded up, jailed
in Havana
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Cuba Seeks Baseball's Return to Olympics
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Cuba Blames U.S. for No Olympic Baseball
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Cuban Soccer Player in Immigration Process
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Castro's
system in Cuba destined to fail
Below are excerpts from a
July 4 speech by James C. Cason, the outgoing chief
of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, Cuba.
The
Miami Herald. |
July
13
FROM
CUBA
Anti-Castro
signs appear in two towns
During the past week anti-Castro
signs have appeared in two interior towns, touching
off a police search for the authors.
HAVANA
|
FROM
CUBA
Man
arrested for shouting "Down with Fidel" after a
power outage
Police detained José Manuel
Barreiro Rouco for rushing into the street shouting
"Down with Fidel" because of an unscheduled power
blackout.
SANTA
CLARA |
FROM
CUBA
Bottles
thrown against government building during blackout
Jorge Félix Ricabal, who lives
in the area, said at 9:30 p.m. on June 25 he could
hear bottles breaking against the building. Another
neighbor said more bottles were thrown half an hour
later, prompting the appearance of a police officer.
CIENFUEGOS |
FROM
CUBA
Sanitary
napkins disappear from drugstore shelves
There has been a shortage
of sanitary napkins at local drug stores for the
past three months. Aida Rivero, a clerk at the
"Tulipán" pharmacy, said that customers have been
forced to use rags or pillow stuffing.
CIENFUEGOS
|
FROM
CUBA
Government
food store manager fired for stealing
Humberto Hernández González,
manager of a government food store, has been charged
with stealing from the establishment.
CIENFUEGOS
|
FROM
CUBA
Independent
journalist suffers broken ankle and bruises in attack
Independent journalist Rafael
Ferro Salas, director of Abdala Press, says he was
called a "traitor" and hit with stones last week
during a power blackout.
PINAR
DEL RIO |
FROM
CUBA
Reprisals
against jailed dissidents feared
The launching of a book by
dissident Huber Matos has caused Bertha Antúnez
Pernet, president of the National Civic Resistance
Movement, to fear for the safety of imprisoned relatives.
PLACETAS |
FROM
CUBA
Two
men detained for illegally selling milk
Two men from the countryside,
one aged 70 and the other 71, were detained by members
of the National Revolutionary Police last week for
illegally selling milk.
SANTA
CLARA |
Cubans
remembering tug sinking clash with government
supporters
Several dozen dissidents commemorating
a deadly 1994 tugboat sinking clashed Wednesday
with a larger group of government supporters who
shoved them and shouted them down.
The
Tallahassee Democrat. |
The Miami Herald
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Castro rebuffs aid despite rising death toll,
damage
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DAMAGE REPORT
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Health
of jailed Cuban journalists deteriorates, CPJ finds
The Committee to Protect Journalists
is very concerned about the deteriorating health
of several imprisoned Cuban journalists who have
been jailed for more than two years.
Committee
to Protect Journalists. |
Cuba
travel amendment loses
An amendment which provided
for looser travel restrictions to Cuba was recently
defeated in the House of Representatives, sparking
an animated conversation among the city's large
Cuban community.
The
Jersey Journal. |
July
6
FROM
CUBA
Power
blackouts spark protests in central Cuba
Power blackouts in several
municipalities in central Cuba have touched off
protests by residents. Several people were injured
in Placetas on Sunday night when customers of
the "Centro Cuba" cabaret protested the loss of
light.
SANTA CLARA
|
FROM
CUBA
Minister
in charge of energy suffers a blackout
Yadira García Vera, the
minister of Basic Industry, was participating
in a meeting on Cuba's ongoing electrical shortage
when the lights went out, an occurrence she had
promised to prevent.
SANTA
CLARA
|
FROM
CUBA
Masked
men rob a money exchange office
Two masked men held up a government
money exchange agency on Wednesday and store 10,000
convertible pesos and an undetermined amount of
non-convertible pesos.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Government
blamed for water shortage
More than 100 people, including
members of the Communist Party, signed a protest
petition criticizing the government for a lack of
water.
PLACETAS |
The Miami Herald
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U.S. envoy denounces Castro
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GUIDO LLINAS / 'Abstract master' of canvas
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Naples rugby club to play in Cuba
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Claims conflict in case against Posada
•
Cubans practice for hurricanes
•
3 lawmakers sought freedom for Posada and then
fell silent
•
House blocks efforts to ease U.S. sanctions against
Cuba
|
Yahoo! News
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Cuba imprisons more dissidents, activist says
•
Year's first Atlantic hurricane threatens Jamaica,
Haiti, Cuba 20 minutes ago
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Cason: U.S. to Maintain Position on Cuba
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Americans Pushing for More Cuba Trade
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Cuban defectors having tough time adjusting
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'My
people's prison is my anguish'
My prison is not the most
horrendous of all. I left it several weeks ago.
But behind me remain many prisoners. Their imprisonment
causes me pain, like my own imprisonment did.
Manuel
Vazquez Portal, The Miami Herald. . |
Art
show explores Maine-Cuba ties
Nation's crumbling infrastructure,
vibrant people at center of Rockport exhibit.
Bangor
Daily News. |
Residents
join Cuba caravan
Rick Fellows expects to be
in Cuba later this month, along with four other
people who left Olympia on Tuesday.
The
Olympian. Texas. |
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