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November
29
FROM
CUBA
Independent
news agency inaugurated
Several
independent journalists in Sancti Spíritus province
announced they have organized themselves into
a news agency they call Yayabo Press. The announcement
was made November 17.
SANTA CLARA,
Guillermo Fariñas
|
FROM
CUBA
Two
new Cuban films to debut
Two Cuban
films will debut at the upcoming New Latin American
Films Festival in December.
HAVANA, Lucas
Garve |
FROM
CUBA
Patients
protest firing of medical specialist
Patients
in Moa municipality, Holguín province, protested
the Public Health authorities' decision to fire
the only angiography specialist in the local hospital.
HOLGUIN, Jesús
Almaguer Pérez |
FROM
CUBA
Dengue death reported in Eastern Cuba
A 36-year-old
woman in Mayarí died of dengue fever November 12.
News of her death spread fear among the residents.
HOLGUIN, Jesús
Almaguer Pérez |
FROM
CUBA
Electric blackouts on the increase in Havana
Electric
blackouts have become more frequent in Havana during
the last week, according to an official of the Electric
Power company in the city.
HAVANA, Juan
Carlos Linares |
The
Miami Herald
• Cuban dissidents ask U.S. to lift travel, aid
limits
•
U.S. selects Cuba 'mission manager'
•
Exile seeks return of $1.5M he says was for anti-Castro
plot
•
Castro victims awarded $91M
•
Dual economy could trouble Cuba's future
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Congressmen want inquiry on U.S. aid to dissidents
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Foreign banks in Cuba feel heat of U.S. regulations
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Yahoo
News
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Amid uncertainty over Castro Cuba dusts off military
show
•
Venezuela's Chavez: Castro to begin 'second mandate'
in Cuba
•
Report cites flaws in Cuba aid program
•
Cuba won't abandon socialism just yet
•
American government officials say Castro believed
to have terminal cancer
•
Young Cubans yearn for more material comforts, less
propaganda
•
Former Black Panther dies in Cuba at 75
•
'Buena Vista' copyright battle ends with Cuban victory
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Cuba patents new treatment for cervical cancer
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Cuban-American takes over Republican Party
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Journalist
González is freed after 16 months in jail
The Committee
to Protect Journalists welcomes the release of Cuban
journalist Oscar Mario González, who had been jailed
for 16 months without charge.
Committee to
Protect Journalists. |
Cuba-embargo
foes see hope in new Democratic-controlled Congress
For the past
three years, Wendy Alonso has felt trapped by strict
U.S. travel restrictions that have kept her from
visiting her father, grandmothers and other relatives
in Cuba.
South Florida
Sun-Sentinel. |
Outside
View: Cuba on the eve of change
Having spent
two weeks in Havana, I saw for myself what seemed
quite obvious: after Fidel's departure, which is
not far off, Cuba is in for serious change.
Pyotr Romanov,
UPI |
November
10
FROM
CUBA
Independent
journalist sentenced to two years of house arrest
Independent
journalist Guillermo Espinosa, who had been held
in isolation since his arrest two weeks ago, was
sentenced by a tribunal in Santiago to two years
of house arrest for "social dangerousness."
SANTIAGO DE
CUBA, Virgilio Delat
|
FROM
CUBA
New
CAT scanner out of order "until further notice"
A new Siemens
CAT scanner installed scarcely six months ago in
the Arnaldo Milián Castro provincial hospital here
is out of order "until further notice" according
to Dr. Ismelys Iglesias.
SANTA CLARA,
Guillermo Fariñas |
FROM
CUBA
Expanded
broadcasting activities in central Cuba
The Cuban
government has expanded the range of radio and TV
broadcasting activities in central Villa Clara province
by adding two transmitters and 10 correspondents.
SANTA CLARA,
Yoel Espinosa Medrano |
FROM
CUBA
Independent
journalist arrested in Santiago
Agents of
the Department of State Security arrested independent
journalist Guillermo Espinosa 12 days ago and have
neither released him or charged him.
HAVANA, Juan
González Febles |
FROM
CUBA
Journalist
and two dissidents arrested
Police here
arrested independent journalist Roberto Santana
and civil rights activists Luis Enrique Rodríguez
and Edgard López November 2 after they had visited
the office of the U. S. diplomatic mission in Havana.
HAVANA. Juan
Carlos Linares Balmaseda |
FROM
CUBA
Respiratory
distress overwhelming hospital
The Ciego
de Ávila provincial hospital, the Antonio Luaces
Iraola, is overwhelmed by an influx of patients,
mostly children, with respiratory problems, said
sources in the city.
CIEGO DE AVILA,
Kallan Poe |
The
Miami Herald
• End Cuban embargo, U.N. urges U.S.
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Foreign banks in Cuba feel heat of U.S. regulations
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Military leader envisions aiding Cuba in the future
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Date of Castro's return up in the air
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A little-known tragedy is revisited
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Castro video shows illness is serious
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Cuba by the book: A coffee-table tome raises the
genre to a new level
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Yahoo
News
•
Lawsuit claims Cuba forced citizens to work at Curacao
shipyard
•
Not Just Tourists bring more than luggage to Cuba
•
India opposes economic embargo against Cuba
•
Cuba Activist Tries To Rally Support For Prisoner
Release
•
Twelve National Organizations Urge Sen. Baucus and
Rep. Rangel to Open Cuba to Travel and Trade
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A
real slice of Cuba in Tampa?
A park in
Ybor City belongs to the island nation, but Tampa
residents manage it.
Alexandra Zayas
, St. Petersburg Times. |
Cuba:
Who's to Blame for Corruption?
What if the
corruption problem lies not in the moral failings
of individuals, but in some aspect of the system
itself?
Philip Peters.
Latin Business Chronicle. |
Mayor
says UK can learn from Cuba
The UK can
learn from Cuba's Olympic achievements, Mayor of
London Ken Livingstone has said. Mr Livingstone,
who on a tour of a Latin America, said he wanted
to find out how the Caribbean island "engaged their
young people in sport".
BBC, UK. |
November
2
FROM
CUBA
Primary-school-age
children take part in repudiating mob
Students
from the Sierra Maestra primary and the Centro
middle schools participated, along with their
teachers and other school employees, in an "act
of repudiation" directed against two dissidents.
CIEGO DE AVILA,
Tania Maceda Guerra
|
FROM
CUBA
Independent
journalist warned about "counter-revolutionary activities"
Independent
journalist Shelyn Rojas was questioned by state
security agents for an hour last week and told to
stop "counter-revolutionary activities" in her writing
and using "European diplomatic missions" for transmission
of her articles and those of colelagues.
HAVANA, Luis
Cino |
FROM
CUBA
Rafters
released after five months awaiting trial
Four men
who were apprehended trying to leave the island
by sea were freed after waiting in prison for a
trial date. The four had been held at the Melena
Dos prison in Havana province.
HAVANA, Amarilis
C. Rey |
FROM
CUBA
Opposition
cleric freed after 15 months of prison
The vicar
general of the Roman Catholic Orthodox Byzantine
Church of Cuba, Ricardo Santiago Medina Salabarría,
was freed last week after 15 months in prison and
told to ask the U.S. Interests Section for a visa
to go into exile in the United States.
HAVANA, Shelyn
Rojas |
FROM
CUBA
Water
situation critical in Mayarí community
A settlement
in Mayarí municipality that goes by the name of
Guatemala has gone from bad to worse, as far as
its water supply goes.
HOLGUIN, Jesús
Almaguer Pérez |
FROM
CUBA
Human
rights activist attacked by mob
A human rights
activist here charged the mob that attacked him
as he left his home October 27 was directed by the
political police.
HAVANA, Juan
Carlos Linares |
FROM
CUBA
Prisoners
fumigated while they slept
Sleeping
inmates were sprayed while they slept when the chief
of Internal Order at the El Pitirre prison ordered
spraying against mosquitos to proceed at six in
the morning.
HAVANA, Roberto
Santana |
FROM
CUBA
Sentencing
set for fishermen
Fifteen fishermen
accused of pilfering government property will be
sentenced by the Havana provincial tribunal on November
7.
HAVANA, Richard
Roselló |
FROM
CUBA
Necessity
is the great equalizer
Although
imposed equality is the law of the land in Cuba's
Communist society, we all know life is a seesaw;
somedays you are up, somedays you're not.
HAVANA, Marilyn
Díaz Fernández |
FROM
CUBA
Government
crackdown against street vendors
Military
units have been raiding homes and searching people
in public in a crackdown on street merchants in
Bolondrón, according to Julio Sierra Silva, representative
of the Alternative Option Independence Movement.
MATANZAS, Oscar
Sánchez Madan |
FROM
CUBA
Government
official runs down dissidents with his car
Nelson Suárez,
an official of a government agricultural agency,
ran down three dissidents in his car, according
to Juan Francisco Sigler Amaya, a member of the
Alternative Option Independence Movement.
MATANZAS, Oscar
Sánchez Madan |
FROM
CUBA
Anti-Castro
poster put up in pre-university institute
A poster
reading "Down with Fidel" was found on a wall of
the José Carlos Mariátegui Institute, a pre-university
center on the Isle of Youth, according to Gerlys
Pérez la Rosa, a member of the dissident Youth Movement
for Democracy.
HAVANA, Roberto
Santana |
The
Miami Herald
• Rights group calls Cuba on 75 arrests, 3 deaths
•
OAS agency blasts Cuba for rights violations
•
Sports agent charged with smuggling Cuban ballplayers
•
Raúl Castro takes his own path
•
OAS human rights branch condemns Cub
•
Cuba accused of slavelike labor deal
•
Cuba examining socialism for flaws
•
Radio and TV Martí begin aircraft broadcasts
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U.N. will slam trade embargo, Cuban predicts
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Yahoo
News
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Cuba's 2006 nickel output may not meet forecast
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New photos show Castro standing, talking
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Cuba: Trade Fair 'Proof' Embargo Fails
•
Brother says Fidel Castro doing well
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Cubans Are Urged to Be More Active
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Canada hosts Cuban band shut out of U.S.
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Cuba:
We're forced to 'finance' the Internet
A government
official in the Cuba's Commission of Electronic
Commerce, on Wednesday assailed the U.S. government's
economic embargo and argued that, as a result, poorer
countries are "financing" the Internet. Fernandez's
only problem was that a longtime Internet engineer
and researcher was present and challenged those
claims.
ZDNet News. |
Pirates
try to sign defector from Cuba
The Pirates
are trying to sign a right-handed pitcher who defected
from Cuba along with two other players who recently
signed contracts with major-league teams.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. |
Some
won't prod Cuba to change
The day ailing
Cuban president-for-life Fidel Castro dies, whenever
that happens, several Latin American countries will
express their deepest condolences, and at the same
time ask for a political opening on the island.
Andres Oppenheimer,
The Miami Herald. |
Prof's
memoir of life in Cuba is city's 'One Book' selection'Waiting
for Snow in Havana' is at libraries
This year's
selection for the annual "One Book, One Philadelphia"
program reaches far from the city to a tropical
land with its own link to the struggle for liberty.
Philadelphia
Daily News. |
October
23
CubaNet
founder Rosa Berre passed away October 19
Overcoming
the illness that consumed her, Berre did not quit
her post until the very end. As late as last week,
she was still at her desk, sorting, editing, and
organizing articles and dispatches, despite her
increasing frailty and laborious breathing.
MIAMI
|
FROM
CUBA
Holguín
pediatric hospital in critical condition
A member of
a women's movement here has drawn attention to what
she called the precarious condition of the Holguín
pediatric hospital.
CIEGO DE AVILA,
Luis Esteban Espinosa |
FROM
CUBA
Authorities
refuse to issue exit permit for daughter of political
prisoner
Cuban migratory
authorities have refused to issue an exit visa for
a 12-year-old daughter of a political prisoner who
wanted to go live with an aunt in Perú.
CIEGO DE AVILA,
Abel
Escobar Ramírez |
FROM
CUBA
Authorities
cover up dengue deaths
Municipal
authorities in Mayarí, Holguín province, have covered
up the dengue-caused deaths of a woman and her daughter,
according to medical sources who refused to be identified.
HOLGUIN, Jesús
Almaguer Pérez |
FROM
CUBA
State
Security threatens dissident
Dissident
activist Alberto Sigler, 45, said State Security
officer Terencio Camejo visited him at home October
8 and threatened to throw him in prison if he didn't
give up his work on behalf of human rights.
MATANZAS, Oscar
Sánchez Madan |
FROM
CUBA
Unemployed
threatened with prison
Cuban dissident
Yuniel Columbié said police have threatened to throw
him in prison for not having a steady job and for
visiting the home of his uncle Julio, a delegate
to the Cuban Foundation for Human Rights.
HAVANA |
FROM
CUBA
Police
search home on suspicion of illegal enrichment
Police in
Batabanó searched the home of Héctor Ruiz October
12 for what they said was suspicion of illegal enrichment.
HAVANA, Richard
Roselló |
FROM
CUBA
Two
in prison complain of medical neglect
Two imprisoned
independent journalists complain prison authorities
have ignored their need for medical attention, putting
their health in danger.
Abel Escobar
and Roberto Santana |
FROM
CUBA
Two exceed sentence while awaiting trial
Two men presumably
implicated in acts of vandalism have spent two years
and eight months in jail awaiting trial. In preliminary
documents in the case, the prosecution was asking
the court to impose a two year sentence.
CIEGO DE AVILA,
Abel Escobar Ramírez |
The
Miami Herald
• Cuba's grip on Web is sophisticated
•
Cuban author Amir Valle: I'm not defecting
•
Bebo Valdés' piano power enrapturing
•
Turncoat analyst an effective spy for Cuba, book
says
•
Workers scam cash to cover basic costs
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Top politicians, exiles plan for life after Fidel
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Casamayor enjoying new reign as champion
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Yahoo
News
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Cuba Replaces Transportation Minister
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China, Cuba to launch biotech venture in China
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US diplomat gives Castro's post-operative Cuba poor
prognosis
|
Cuba
quietly waits for change in leadership
The communist
island quietly carries on in the wake of a change
in leadership - but its fate is far from clear.
Houston Chronicle. |
Many
hope to strike it rich with Cuba's oil
Cuba has
become the latest country drawn into the frenzied
hunt for oil, hoping that a gusher in its Caribbean
fields will ease its energy dependence and revive
its economy.
The Philadelphia
Inquirer. |
Cuba
to go back to standard time
three years
of following the summer time schedule to save on
scarce electricity, Cuba's National Electrical Union
has decided to go back to the standard time schedule
from October-end, having ensured the generation
of the energy needed for the country.
New Kerala. |
Independent
Florida candidate for U.S. Senate visits Cuba
Independent
candidate Brian Moore traveled to Cuba on Monday
to underscore his opposition to U.S. trade sanctions
against the communist-run island after he was shut
out of a debate between top Democratic and Republican
candidates for one of the two Florida Senate seats.
IHT |
October
13
FROM
CUBA
To
be a street vendor in Cuba
"Agua" is
the cry that warns street vendors that a policeman
or inspector just hove into view. And being nabbed
by one of these usually entails the loss of one's
goods and money, and a fine that can go as high
as 1500 pesos.
HAVANA, Roberto
Santana Rodríguez
|
FROM
CUBA
Free
education; a signal achievement of the Revolution
On September
4, the first day of the school year, a casual observer
could easily tell to what grade the incoming students
were going. Not by their apparent ages, but by the
state of their uniforms. Here's the code.
HOLGUIN, Karell
Infante Mantilla |
FROM
CUBA
More
than 30 days without running water
Residents
of the Mantilla neighborhood in Havana have gone
30 days without running water in their homes. Water
authorities blame the breakdown of a motor that
cut down pumping capacity, although they said whoever
was in charge of opening the valves shared the blame.
HAVANA, Amarilis
C. Rey |
The
Miami Herald
• Cuban exiles, dissidents sign plan
•
New task force to target Cuba ban offenders
•
Cuba waging war against dengue fever
•
Batista's widow dies at 82, 33 years after her husband
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Yahoo
News
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Cuba's oldest man dies at age 126
•
Biltmore Hosts Gov., Cuban Democracy Summit
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Biltmore Hosts Gov., Cuban Democracy Summit
•
Japan names ambassadors to Finland, Ethiopia, Hungary,
Cuba
•
China, Cuba to cooperate in meteorology
•
Cuba's Fidel not dying: Raul Castro |
Castro
Reported to Have Cancer
U.S. intelligence
reports now say the Cuban leader's condition appears
terminal, government officials tell TIME.
TIME. |
October
5
FROM
CUBA
Health
workers threatened if outbreak information leaks
Workers
at the Morón General Hospital in Ciego de Ávila
province say they have been warned that should
any of them leak any information about the current
outbreak of dengue fever they will lose their
jobs without any right to appeal.
MORON, Abel
Escobar
|
FROM
CUBA
Human
Rights Activist Harassed
Cuban human
rights activist William Cepero spent a night in
jail September 15 after being harassed by agents
of the Department of State Security.
HAVANA, Ahmed
Rodríguez |
FROM
CUBA
Headaches
with the start of a school year
For Adela,
a housewife in the Cacocún municipality of Holguín
province, the fact that her two girls started school
has become a headache: her low salary does not stretch
to buy everything they need.
HOLGUIN, Marcelo
Jiménez |
FROM
CUBA
Townspeople
irked by housing decision
In spite of
a grass roots campaign by the people of Ranchuelo
to have housing authorities assign a house to a
woman who has a mental disorder, the house was granted
to an entity of the municipal government, irking
the population.
RANCHUELO, Félix
Reyes |
FROM
CUBA
Transportation
worsens in Santa Clara
Hundreds of
would-be passengers waiting for the few available
buses and horse-drawn carriages filling in attest
to the worsening crisis in transportation in Santa
Clara.
SANTA CLARA,
Alain Ramón Gómez |
FROM
CUBA
Independent
journalist says firing was reprisal
Independent
journalist Julio Aleaga Pesant, who was recently
fired from his job charges the firing was in reprisal
for an article he wrote September 8 denouncing a
near epidemic of dengue fever in Cuba.
HAVANA, Roberto
Santana |
FROM
CUBA
Resources
scarce in hospitals
Cuban hospitals
have become decrepit places with leaks and peeling
paint and so few resources that patients take their
own from home. Typically, patients take sheets,
towels, eating utensils and a bucket for water.
CAMAGÜEY, Marilyn
Díaz |
FROM
CUBA
Mother
arrested after complaining at pharmacy
María Rosales
was arrested, held for 24 hours, and fined 400 pesos
after protesting at a pharmacy that couldn't supply
the insulin her 6-year-old daughter needs to treat
her diabetes.
MORON, Tico
Morales |
FROM
CUBA
Trains
haven't run in a month
The trains
serving the route between Morón and Santa Clara
and points in between have not run since August
after the rains washed away some of the track.
MORON, Tico
Morales |
The
Miami Herald
• Minister says Castro will return to power
•
Newsroom philosophies differ
•
Cruz's 'Sisters' gets loving performance
•
Poll shows support for travel restrictions to Cuba
•
Cuban official: Embargo losses are more than $4
billion
•
Miami Cubans: Fidel era over
•
Herald publisher resigns
•
Cuban national's widow is granted U.S. residency
|
Yahoo
News
•
US opposes release of anti-Castro militant
•
B.C. girl forced to stay in Cuba, mom charged by
police says
•
Namibia: Namibians to Study in Cuba
|
Putting
the pinch on tyrants' finances
In the U.S.
legal system, compensation for loss of life takes
precedence over property claims. In cases like Mr.
Ray's and Mr. Anderson's, in which tyrants commit
heinous abuses, the higher principle is clear.
The Miami Herald. |
Human
rights still under siege
The Cuban
government is nothing if not consistent. Faced once
again with a report in the U.N. Human Rights Council
condemning the way Cuba treats its citizens, the
government responded by denouncing Christine Chanet,
the French lawyer who prepared the report.
The Miami Herald. |
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