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May
25
FROM
CUBA
Mob
excoriates independent journalist
A mob congregated
in front of independent journalist José Antonio
Fornaris' home May 18 and staged an "act of repudiation"
against him.
HAVANA
|
FROM
CUBA
Forestry
workers are paid late - again
The employees
of the Sibanicú Integrated Forestry Company were
paid their salaries for the month of April on May
17, 12 days after they expected it.
CAMAGÜEY |
FROM
CUBA
When
a friend has gone
I answered
the telephone call with joy. René Cruz was calling
from California. He's been more than a father for
me in the distance, and that was the reason for
my rejoicing as I heard his voice at the other end
of the line.
PINAR DEL RIO
|
FROM
CUBA
Would-be
rafters could go to prison
Several would-be
rafters who were aprehended trying to leave Cuba
could be condemned to from three to five years in
prison, said a penal instructor at the Melena prison
south of Havana.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Man
attacked in the street with machete
A 38-year-old
man was attacked and wounded as he walked home after
work May 15 in Managua by another wielding a machete.
HAVANA |
The
Miami Herald
• Hospital director fought in Castro's revolution
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Castro's wealth debated
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Crew seeks accord on Cuba book
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Exonerated man is a prisoner of his past
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Cuban Jews reunite, relive decades past
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Exiles share mixed memories of their homeland
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Yahoo
News
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Castro brands US and Forbes magazine 'liars and
slanderers'
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British lawmaker praises Cuba's Castro
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Cubans off to good starts
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Gov.
Bush ready to sign bill barring professors, students
from Cuba travel
Bush's backing
of the legislation, sponsored by state Rep. David
Rivera, a Miami Republican who represents a portion
of Broward County, would make Florida one of the
most restrictive states for travel by scholars.
Florida Sun-Sentinel
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May
19
FROM
CUBA
Viewers
receive US TV signals in Havana
TV viewers
in the Havana area have been able to get reception
from US broadcasters CBS, Univision, and Telemundo,
reportedly starting the afternoon of May 8.
HAVANA
|
FROM
CUBA
Repression
on the increase in Eastern Cuba
Repressive
activities by the government in the province of
Santiago de Cuba showed a marked increase in April,
according to reports by its most frequent targets,
dissidents and political opponents.
SANTIAGO DE
CUBA |
FROM
CUBA
Morón
hospital short on lab supplies
The microbiology
lab at the Roberto Rodríguez Hospital in Morón,
Ciego de Ávila province, is so short in reagents
that it only performs emergency cultures.
MORON |
FROM
CUBA
Repression
in the palace of justice
Eliosbel Garriga
Cabrera tells me while he looks at the street. He's
telling me of what happened just a few days ago
to him and a group of opponents of the Cuban government,
during the public hearing carried out for Fernando
Martínez Calzadilla, who is also an opponent. Fernando
was tried and sentenced to four years in prison..
PINAR DEL RIO
|
FROM
CUBA
Rough
time to be a pedicab driver
"The situation
is bad, man. They don't want to give you a permit
to work and they are always after you." So says
a 25-year-old pedicab driver in the city of Camagüey
known to everyone simply as "Havana."
CAMAGÜEY |
FROM
CUBA
Defense
lawyers are scarce in Cuba
Lawyers avoid--and
even refuse--to defend those accused by the government,
since they consider it useless and even dangerous
for themselves to act as defense lawyers.
HAVANA |
The
Miami Herald
• U.S. report on Cuba delayed by details
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Block party to celebrate Cuban independence
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Bridge migrants wait for approval to leave
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Report of his wealth is 'rubbish,' Castro says
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Activist offers his vision of new freedoms for Cuba's
constitution
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Yahoo
News
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Sugar cane cholesterol treatment doesn't work, German
study says
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Castro says he will resign if US can prove he's
wealthy
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China, Canada seek crude off Cuba, but not US
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'Lost
City': Halcyon Havana
Nobody remembers
pre-revolutionary Havana more clearly than those
of us who weren't there. We remember the whores,
the gangsters, the dirty movie palace, After all,
we all saw "Godfather II" or read Graham Greene's
"Our Man in Havana." But Cubans remember it differently.
They remember an elegant Spanish city of grand architecture,
crashing surf against the sea wall at the Malecon,
the palm trees, the broad boulevards, the pulsating
music -- and the families
Washington Post. |
Fading
Havana hotel houses rich stories, characters in
'Displaced'
Sharply and
inventively staged by Amy Glazer, it's an impressive
local debut for a refreshingly original, imaginative
new voice, even if the play doesn't seem quite finished.
SFGate.com. |
In
Havana, a field of flags obscures US messages on
democracy
Letters scroll
slowly across the facade, casting a bright red glow.
Clumps of restless teenagers plunk their bottles
of Havana Club rum on the sidewalk and stare up,
their mouths agape. Couples unlace hands and gawk.
The Boston Globe. |
Oil
prices lead legislators to urge dropping Cuba ban
Two critics
of the law that bans U.S. companies from doing business
in Cuba want to relax the embargo to allow the American
oil and gas industry to partner with Cuba to drill
near the island nation.
Contra Costa
Times. |
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May
10
FROM
CUBA
Posters
urging change appear in southern town
As soon
as authorities became away of the posters, they
were removed, but not before those who passed
by saw them.
MATANZAS
|
FROM
CUBA
Police
prevent dissident from attending meeting
Members of
the political police took Roldeny Chávez Montesino,
24, to the station and prevented him from attending
a meeting of the Melinda Gates Democratic Cuban
Foundation, of which he's a member. PINAR
DEL RIO |
FROM
CUBA
The
kingdom of the forbidden
I saw the
disturbance in the neighborhood from the street
corner. A neighbor brought me up to date about what
happened. "They're searching the house of a guy
who's a dissident."
PINAR DEL RIO
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The
Miami Herald
• U.S. senators condemn beating
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Cuba wins seat on U.N. Human Rights Council
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Cuba's election to U.N. rights panel stirs emotion
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14 join Nelson bid to bar Cuban oil search off Keys
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War of words: website can't define Cuba
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Workers join in May Day rallies to call for changes
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Women on airwaves setting the agenda on Cuba issues
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Yahoo
News
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Indian, Norwegian firms eye oil off Cuba's coast
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Saudi king, Cuba's Castro among world's richest
rulers: Forbes
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Cuban, Venezuelan Aid Streams Into Bolivia
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Weather service says smoke over Key West is from
Cuba
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Repatriated Cubans Who Landed On Bridge Piling Expected
Back Soon
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Castro Touts Rosy Economic Outlook in Cuba
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Cuba's Communist Party Expels Member
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Senator Proposes Legislation To Stop Cuba From Drilling
Near Fla. Coast
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Some
of the world's most repressive countries recycled
into new Human Rights Council
Last night's
election of 10 of the world's worst violators of
free expression - Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh,
China, Cuba, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia
and Tunisia - to be members of the UN's new Human
Rights Council was called a "scandal" today by Reporters
Without Borders.
Reporters Without
Borders |
United
States Condemns Continued Repression in Cuba
The United
States condemns the continued repression of Cuba's
dissidents by the regime of Cuban dictator Fidel
Castro, and looks forward to a day when basic freedoms
are enjoyed by all Cubans, according to the U.S.
State Department.
USINFO. |
NMSP
officer's killers remain free in Cuba
In 1995,
New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson requested that the
U.S. State Department renew efforts to extradite
the two surviving suspects back to New Mexico.
The Rio Rancho
Observer. |
UN
Rights Forum Includes 'Some of the World's Worst
Abusers'
majority
of the world's governments decided Tuesday that
China, Cuba, Saudi Arabia and Russia should be among
the group of countries making up the United Nations'
primary forum for human rights.
Crosswalk.com. |
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