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March
16
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CUBA
Authorities
want to evict family after 18 years
The family
was resettled in the house 18 years ago after
the apartment in Central Havana -and indeed the
whole building- in which he lived collapsed.
HAVANA Ahmed
Rodríguez
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FROM
CUBA
Housing
authorities evict 64-year-old woman
Local journalist
Ludis Rodríguez said she has seen García wandering
the streets, complaining authorities have taken
away her medical services.
CIEGO DE ÁVILA,
Tania Maceda |
FROM
CUBA
Fuel-hog farm machinery taken out of service
Farm machinery
that was deemed inefficient in fuel consumption
was taken out of service in Banes municipality,
Holguín province.
HOLGUÍN, Guillermo
Llanos |
FROM
CUBA
Workers
complain they don't get paid
Employees
of the Ministry of Communications subsidiary that
does construction and maintenance complain they
don't get paid their salaries in some cases, and
that they get paid late in others, making it hard
for them to even go to work.
HAVANA, Reinaldo
Cosano |
FROM
CUBA
Hospital
operating room has been closed for two years
Two years
ago, sanitary authorities shuttered the operating
room at the San José de las Lajas hospital after
the ceiling started falling down.
HAVANA, Odelín
Alfonso |
The
Miami Herald
• Official says Castro fit to run in 2008
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Trade between Cuba, China shows signs of strengthening
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U.S. program for defecting Cuban doctors a success
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Calle Ocho kindles fond memories of fondas de chinos
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Miami medical team gives thousands free care
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Oil bill could put rigs near Florida
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UM students have a tricky job: representing Cuba
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Yahoo
News
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Cuban activists briefed on human rights
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Migration exercise meets reality in Fla.
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Mets drop Cuban hurler after rough outing
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Symbolic
prison cell in support for Cuban political prisoners
in Prague
This March,
People in Need is commemorating the fourth anniversary
of a brutal crackdown on the democratic opposition
in Cuba. In March 2003 Castro's regime imprisoned
75 political activists and sentenced them to long
years in prison.
People in Need. |
Crist
learns post-Castro plan
Security
staff did not know what prompted Thursday's briefing
of Crist on Florida's so-called mass migration plan.
The state's initial concern is coping with possible
large numbers of Cubans attempting to enter the
state.
Tallahassee
Democrat. |
Garcia
tribute to Cuba's soul
When Andy
Garcia produced, directed and starred in "The Lost
City," his 16-year project about Havana in the 1950s,
the critics called it a love letter to Cuba.
The Washington
Times |
Cuban-American
group focuses on Washington lobbying
When the
U.S.-Cuba Democracy Political Action Committee held
its annual luncheon at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral
Gables last year, the political wattage in the room
rivaled the grandeur of the historic landmark.
Sun Sentinel. |
Cuba's
dissident voices
This week,
the U.S. State Department unveiled its latest report
card on human rights progress in Cuba and invited
a group of Havana-based journalists to review the
findings. It was not your typical news conference,
nor was it staffed with your typical reporters.
NBC News. |
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U.S.
leaves Cuban physicians in limbo
Last
summer, the administration announced that any
Cuban medical professional sent abroad was eligible
for political asylum. Frustrated with their efforts
in a program that took them to Venezuela's barrios,
or hoping to start a new life in the United States,
dozens of Cuban healthcare professionals sneaked
across the Colombian border.
The
Los Angeles Times (reg. req'd).
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Márquez Avoids
80th Birthday Celebration to Walk With Castro
They
were two old friends, each semi-retired, taking
a stroll and catching up on each other's news.
But to anyone watching, the sight itself would
have been news.
Guardian
Unlimited
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March
9
FROM
CUBA
City
in the dark
At night,
the streets of Santa Clara, a city of 250,000
in central Cuba, allows passersby to star gaze
in perfect darkness, street lights are so few
and far between.
HAVANA, Ahmed
Rodríguez Albacia
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FROM
CUBA
Returned
rafter faces Catch 22
Yosvany Martínez
is under a court order to find employment, but nobody
will give him a job in Caibarién, where he lives.
CIEGO DE AVILA, Tania Maceda Guerra |
FROM
CUBA
Journalist
harassed by police
Independent
journalist Oscar Sánchez said police in Matanzas
picked him up February 25, took him to the station,
and confiscated papers he had on him for the story
he was working on.
HAVANA, Roberto
Santana Rodríguez |
FROM
CUBA
Returned
rafter threatened by policeman
Returned Cuban
rafter Yolanda Sánchez said a police officer questioned
and threatened her February 14 as she walked in
Havana's Lenin park.
HAVANA, Amarilis
C. Rey |
FROM
CUBA
Poor
lunch for middle school students
The school's
728 students complain that during their long day,
they only have time for a snack which may consist
of soy yogurt and bread with vegetable cheese, or
maybe cold cuts of unknown provenance.
SANTIAGO DE
CUBA, , Pedro Enrique Martínez |
FROM
CUBA
Bus
service Cubans cannot afford
The Bus Transport
Association that was recently rennovated with new
Yuton Chinese-made buses has ordinary travelers
here screaming because they say they can't afford
the fares.
SANTIAGO DE
CUBA, , Pedro Enrique Martínez |
The
Miami Herald
• Cuban migrants end trip at toll booth
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Battle over Cuba policy heats up
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Members of the Cuba Democracy Caucus
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Drug-trafficking at 11-year-low, Cuba says
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33 Cubans intercepted; one taken to Key West
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Cuba oil boom may complicate U.S. embargo
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Five Cuban dissidents sentenced to two years
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