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February 2007

February 23

FROM CUBA
Independent journalist fired
Independent journalist Alain Ramón Gómez said he was fired from his job as retaliation for having refused to contribute a day's pay to the government.
SANTA CLARA, Guillermo Farińas

FROM CUBA
"Only foreigners can fish our waters"
Residents of a small fishing village in Holguín province complain that increasingly stern restrictions on their traditonal occupation mean that only foreign turists can fish their waters.
HOLGUIN, Liannis Merińo Aguilera
FROM CUBA
Dragnet targets satellite TV antennas
Dozens of police and members of special brigades launched a massive operation targeting the satellite TV antennas that Cubans improvise to be able to watch foreign programming.
HAVANA, Odelin Alfonso
FROM CUBA
Hard currency store broken into
Someone broke into the CUPEX hard-currency store and took 11 tires that were on display. The tires are valued at about 120 dollars each.
HAVANA, José Antonio Fornaris
The Miami Herald
• Tribune reporter is ousted in Cuba crackdown
• Commerce secretary: Tough stance on Cuba won't change
• Pair charged with violating Cuba travel ban
• Chávez close to Castro in politics, not economics
• Cuba extends hours of some state offices
Yahoo News
• Defecting Cuban boxers denied entry
• Niece: Castro in 'stupendous' condition
• U.S. expects change after Fidel's death
CPJ concerned about the health of jailed independent journalist in Cuba
The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about a report of deteriorating health of independent journalist Alfredo Pulido López, who has been imprisoned in Cuba for almost four years.
Committee to Protect Journalists.
Cubans feel betrayed by tourist playground
Carlos swung his legs over the sea wall bordering one side of Havana's famous Malecon seafront promenade and looked on curiously as a 1957 Chevrolet with an open top slowed to allow its passengers to photograph the faded facade of a colonial building.
Daily Telegraph.

LINKS

Lost boys of Cuba? Hardly
Like many 'Pedro Pans,' 14,000 Cuban children airlifted to Miami in 1961, the De Cespedes brothers soared in exile -- but at a cost..
The Los Angeles Times (reg. req'd).

Cubans on Medical Aid Mission Flee Venezuela, but Find Limbo
Among Thousands of Professionals Sent to Serve Poor, Some Now Wait in Colombia, Hoping for Entry to U.S.
The Washington Post (reg. req'd).


February 16

FROM CUBA
Independent journalist's wife fired
Yolanda Álvarez, the wife of independent journalist Alejandro Tur, worked as an attendant in the bathrooms of "El Rápido" shopping center in Cienfuegos. The shopping center is owned and operated by the government under its corporate entity CIMEX.
RANCHUELO, Félix Reyes Gutiérrez

FROM CUBA
State Security interrogate 13-year-old girl in school
A captain Creo and a woman officer of the Department of State Security questioned a 13-year-0ld girl at the middle school she attends.
CIEGO DE AVILA, Tania Maceda Guerra
The Miami Herald
• Plan prepared for Cuban exodus
• Castro's son: Fidel's recovery 'satisfactory'
• Did Cuba really find Ché's remains?
Yahoo News
• Cuba search engine trawls Castro speeches, not Web
• Cuban official defends internet controls
• Cable to expand Cuba's internet capacity
• India, Cuba refresh political, trade ties
• Cuban jetliner bombing suspect faces US immigration trial
• Actress Charlize Theron Says Cuba and America Are Both Un-Free
• US food sales to Cuba remain strong
• US food sales to Cuba remain strong
• Mexico aims to improve ties with Cuba
• OAS chief seeks dialogue with Cuba
• Canada's silence on Washington's Cuba policy speaks volumes, experts say
• Cuba sends key drug suspect to Colombia
Hints at renewing ties with Cuba
Mexican President Felipe Calderón just passed the hundred-day mark. Expectations weren't high -- demonstrating the forcefulness that eluded his predecessor and broadening his reach beyond a bare-bones electoral win -- but he did all right.
The Miami Herald.
Minister blames US embargo for low number of Cubans online Reporters Without Borders took issue today with comments by Cuban communications minister Ramiro Valdes yesterday describing the Internet as a "tool for global extermination" and as a "wild colt" that needed to be tamed.
Reporters Without Borders.
Czech Foreign Ministry to support projects in Cuba, Belarus
The Czech Foreign Ministry has selected 17 projects aimed at the support of human rights and civil society in Belarus, Cuba, Iraq, Georgia, Myanmar, Serbia and Moldova, the ministry told CTK today.
Prague Daily Monitor.
New Issue of Quarterly Bulletin Cuba-Europe Dialogues was Published by People in Need Foundation
New issue of bulletin Cuba-Europe Dialogues dedicated to relations between Cubans and Europeans was published . This issue of CED looks at Cuban's views and plans regarding transition.
People in Need, Prague.

February 9

FROM CUBA
Police target street peddlers
Police and inspectors from the commerce department targeted street peddlers in Santa Clara on January 30, imposing fines as high as 70,000 pesos and confiscating merchandise.
SANTA CLARA, Rigoberto González

FROM CUBA
No milk sold in Santiago
Government outlets did not have milk to sell under the rationing quota between January 25 and 30, explaining there was no milk in the province.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Lisette Bravo
FROM CUBA
Retired lieutenant colonel closes street for his own
Lieutenant colonel Ramón Guerrero, Revolutionary Armed Forces, retired, recently erected a steel gate on the street in front of his house, essentially appropriating part of the street for his own use.
HAVANA, Odelín Alfonso Torna
FROM CUBA
Police target foreign broadcast antennas
Police and telephone company employees are combing the streets looking for signs of home-made antennas designed to pull in TV programs broadcast from abroad and distributed by satellite.
HAVANA, Juan Carlos Linares
The Miami Herald
• Raul Castro says brother getting better
• 2 Cuban army officers killed at jail
• U.S. public's feelings mixed on Castro
• Polar opposites unite against Cuba policy
• Bush budget pushes more aid to Latin America
• 2 Cuban dissidents released from jail
• In Cuba, dissent by invitation only
• Charlize makes Cuba documentary
• Pedro Knight, 85: Celiz Cruz's partner in music and life
• Havana heartbreak
Yahoo News
• Cuba Warns Satellite TV Pirates
• Cuba sends key drug suspect to Colombia
• Anand Sharma to visit Cuba, Dominican Republic and Jamaica
• Acting President Raul Castro Makes Visit
• Cuba Episcopalians Have 1st Woman Bishop
• Cuba blasts anti-Castro TV programming

February 2

FROM CUBA
Haitian medical student's belongings confiscated at airport
A Haitian who's studying medicine in Santiago de Cuba said customs authorities at the airport in Havana confiscated some of his belongings when he entered the country.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Lisette Bravo

FROM CUBA
Police confiscate toys from free library
Police confiscated a number of toys that members of an independent library planned to distribute to children.
SANTA CLARA, Guillermo Farińas
FROM CUBA
Rustlers butcher cow stolen from farmer
When police arrived at 8:00 a.m. a group of people was looking at the cow's carcass left by the side of the road. "They butchered it alive. That's inhumane," said one bystander.
PINAR DEL RIO, Rafael Ferro Salas
FROM CUBA
Handicapped street peddler fined, threatened
A police captain known locally only as Claudio imposed a fine of 400 pesos -almost two months' salary- on a wheel-chair bound handicapped street peddler.
CIEGO DE AVILA, Luis Esteban Espinosa
FROM CUBA
Children pressed into duty collecting garbage
A group of 30 children and one teenager have been organized into a brigade by members of the Panamerican Health Organization to pick up solid refuse in the city.
HOLGUIN, Yosvani Anzardo Hernández
The Miami Herald
• Chávez: Castro is looking better
• No party: Castro event is downsized
• Raúl Castro's inner circle hints at the future Cuba
• Weak Castro in new video
• Bill to ease curbs on Cuba visits introduced
Yahoo News
• Official says U.S. willing to help Cuba
• ANZ cuts business to Sudan, Cuba, Iran
• US has no idea on Castro health
• Cuba shelves turtle trade resumption proposal, blowing Japan projects
Travel restrictions not in our best interest
The U.S. government is blowing its best chance to encourage a peaceful transition in Cuba by holding fast to counterproductive restrictions on travel to the island. Denying a visit to Cuba by the World Trade Center Palm Beach, a not-for-profit group, is a perfect example.
The Miami Herald.
Sooner or later, 'Fidel Show' will end
Here we go again. On Tuesday, Cuban television broadcast a six-minute video of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez. Chávez did most of the talking, and Castro -- perhaps less gaunt than we last saw him three months ago -- looked the part of a seriously stricken old man. Sooner or later, the show will be over.
The Miami Herald.
Rangel v. Rodríguez
While Congress is considering Congressman Rangel's bill to eliminate the American embargo against Cuba, meet Alberto Justo Rodríguez. Mr. Rodríguez is a Cuban who, along with about 100 of his countrymen, was sent by his government to work in a dry dock in Curacao.
New York Sun.

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