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January
30
FROM
CUBA
Residents
decry deterioration of sewers
Backed-up
and overflowing sewage systems are driving the
residents of Banes to distraction. Residents say
the more-than-50-year-old sewage pipes have received
little if any maintenance in all those years and
they routinely leak, spilling their contents on
the streets.
HOLGUIN, Liannis
Meriño Aguilera
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FROM
CUBA
Political
prisoner charges medical negligence
Political
prisoner María de los Ángeles Borrego, who is serving
a four-year sentence in the Manto Negro women's
prison in Havana, charges prison authorities have
neglected her repeated cries for medical attention.
CIEGO DE AVILA,
Tania Maceda Guerra |
FROM
CUBA
Radio
jammers off for one day
January 20
the residents of Palma Soriano in eastern Cuba were
able to tune their radios to foreign broadcasts
after the antenna the government uses to jam their
signals went out of service for a day.
PALMA SORIANO,
Virgilio Delat |
The
Miami Herald
• New Congress emboldens Cuban Democrats
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When Castro dies, the party's on
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Frozen Cuban funds running out
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Wellness, longevity take varied paths in U.S., Cuba
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Cuban migrants land on Key West naval property
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Cuba spotlights friendship with Chávez
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Yahoo
News
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Montreal company offers $300 rebate for bringing
goods into Cuba
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Number of foreign firms in Cuba declined in 2006
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US, Fidel both sidelined on Cuba policy: experts
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Six months on, Castro still convalescing away from
prying eyes
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Cuban Marriage Process Difficult; Help Available
for Canadians
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Venezuela, Cuba Firms to Search for Oil
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Lawmakers
urge easing of Cuba embargo
Members of
Congress who believe Cuba is making a smooth transition
of power said on Tuesday they would propose legislation
to ease US embargo and travel restrictions.
The Financial
Times. |
Cuba
looks past Raúl for next leader
Fidel Castro
may be knocking at death's door after three failed
operations, as reported by the Spanish paper El
País, or he may be "slowly recovering", as a Spanish
doctor who examined him in December insists, but
the line in Cuba remains "stay the course", even
as a change of leadership is being prepared.
The Financial
Times. |
To
make ends meet, black-market capitalism flourishes
in Cuba
he 41-year-old
Havana resident earns the equivalent of $14 a month
managing a state-run food store. His living expenses
run about $60 a month. How does he make up the difference?
The Chicago
Tribune. |
Autumn
of the commandante; another dictator sinks
he death
watch for Fidel Castro is something that only Gabriel
Garcia Marquez could get right. His novel "Autumn
of the Patriarch" captures perfectly the moral squalor,
political paralysis, and savage ennui that enshrouds
a society awaiting the death of a long-term dictator.
The Daily Star,
Egypt |
Castro
Death Watch Stimulates Cuba Fund
Fidel Castro's
sudden illness last summer focused the world's attention
on the island nation, Herzfeld Caribbean Basin has
long been interested in the region.
Investor's Business
Daily. |
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January
18
The
Miami Herald
• Cuba seeks life for reputed drug lord
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Cubans remain subdued about Castro's health
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Bolivia sends Cuban dissident to Colombia
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Experts: Prognosis is grim for Castro
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Cuban seems to urge freer press
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Cuban exile militant, two allies are indicted
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Raúl Castro's grip is firm, Senate panel is told
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Activists march toward base
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Former Cuban officials resurface, enrage artists
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Cuba disputes restitution for families in U.S.
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Cuban exiles divided over travel rules, sending
money
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Both Cuba, Venezuela reap benefits from medical
program
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Yahoo
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Doctor dismisses report on Castro's declining condition
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Castro reportedly did not want colostomy
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Castro sets stage for power transition
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Cuban-Americans Share Thoughts On Castro's Condition
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Frozen Cuban assets are target of suits
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Coast
Guard returns 91 Cubans to their homeland
A Coast Guard
cutter returned 91 Cuban migrants caught at sea
to their homeland at Bahia de Cabanas around 2 p.m.
on Monday. In a prepared release, the Coast Guard
said the Cubans were picked up.
Sun-sentinel.com. |
How
Cubans heal their economic ills
I was following
the Havana tourist trail by visiting the Floridita
bar on the Avenida Belgica, where American author
Ernest Hemingway used to go for his regular double
frozen daiquiri with no sugar.
BBC News, UK. |
Cuba's
rebel rap roars for 'revolution within the revolution'
Backed by
a modest home recording studio, Humberto Cabrera
has joined Cuba's rappers who rhyme and roar for
change in a country whose communist regime usually
quiets dissent.
Today Online. |
Cuban
Diplomat: Castro Report 'Is A Lie'
Fidel Castro
has had at least three failed operations and complications
from an intestinal infection, and the Cuban leader
faces "a very grave prognosis," a Spanish newspaper
reported Tuesday.
NBC 6 Miami. |
A
University of Miami project helps Cuban-Americans
trace their family histories
After Martha
Ibañez Zervoudakis left Cuba as a child, her grandmother's
stories connected her to an island she remembered
mostly through photographs.
Sun-sentinel.com. |
Necessity
-- and scarcity -- make Cubans masters of recycling
Ariel Rodriguez
makes new keys from old ones. He shapes them on
a 1953 key-copying machine that he bought broken
and fixed with parts from a grain mill. He shines
them on a key polisher he rebuilt with a washing-machine
motor.
Sun-sentinel.com. |
Jewish
community blooming as Cuba eases restrictions
Llina Appel
remembers a thriving Jewish life after she moved
from Poland to this Caribbean capital 80 years ago.
There were busy synagogues, social clubs, kosher
butchers and bakeries, plus big Jewish weddings
to attend.
Sun-sentinel.com. |
RBC
moves to quell fury over account closings
In recent
months, RBC quietly closed U.S-dollar accounts held
by several hundred customers who hold Canadian citizenship
and passports from countries "sanctioned" by Washington:
Iran, Iraq, Sudan, North Korea, Cuba and Myanmar.
Globe and Mail,
Canada. |
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Brass Was Even Better Than Gold to a 16th-Century
Tribe in Cuba / The New York Times (reg. req'd)
Because
of its otherworldly brilliance, the 16th-century
Taíno Indians of Cuba called it turey, their word
for the most luminous part of the sky. Top, one
of only two gold pieces found in two dozen burial
sites in the Taíno village of El Chorro de Maíta,
Cuba. Bottom, lace tags found in Cuba.
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January
8
The
Miami Herald
• Activists visiting Cuba protest embargo, prison
camp
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Fund banks on Cuba
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Yahoo
News
Cuba
aims to stem tide of disappearing talent
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US urges political, economic opening in Cuba
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Activists hope Democrats can ease Cuba restrictions
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The future of travel to Cuba
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Letter
from Bill Delahunt and Jeff Flake to dissidents
Thank you
for your letter of December 16, which we received
from the U.S. Interests Section in Havana. We also
saw the statement that you issued on November 23,
in which you call for an end to the restrictions
that the United States imposes on travel and the
sending of aid to Cub.
Bill Delahunt
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January
5
The
Miami Herald
• Castro stalls any change in Cuba
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Cuba's Santería priests predict 'funereal' future
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Fewer Cuban, Haitian migrants stopped at sea in
'06
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Havana condemns Hussein execution
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Castro says he is battling to recover
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Cuba rejects Castro-Pinochet comparison
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Doctor: Castro doesn't have cancer
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New line of work in Cuba: begging
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Yahoo
News
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US, Cuba compete to teach India baseball
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Messages
of hope and democracy for Cuba
Recent experiments
by Radio and TV Martí in buying time on two Miami
stations are credible efforts to deliver information
to audiences in Cuba. These attempts, however, must
prove to be: 1) cost effective and 2) within the
bounds of a U.S. anti-propaganda law.
The Miami Herald. |
Vocal
Cuban doctor at risk in Bolivia
Dr. Amaury
Samartino has already suffered enough persecution
in Cuba. Yet Bolivia now wants to deport him. But
sending him back to his abusers in Cuba or even
to the U.S. Naval base at Guantánamo Bay aren't
acceptable options.
The Miami Herald. |
As
Castro fades, a crop of new leaders
In a country
that is in the process of bidding a long farewell
to its ageing revolutionaries, Mariela Castro brings
an expectation of change along with an air of youthful
passion. As the director of Cenesex (the National
Sex Education Center) Ms. Castro is eager to consider
where Cuba should go in a postrevolutionary era.
Pat
M. Holt. The
Christian Science Monitor. |
Was
Cuba ever really a threat to the United States?
n New Year's
Day 1959, Fidel Castro's ragtag guerrilla army marched
triumphantly into Havana. Mr. Castro himself followed
a few days later and began his half-century of work
carrying out his revolution.
Pat M. Holt.
The Christian Science Monitor. |
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