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Rising in Spite of Things in Cuba

Tiziana Dearing | Posted 04.24.2012

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The democratic reforms President Obama called for in Cuba might not be so crazy to imagine. I say that because in Havana, I saw a great deal about how hard it is to suppress people's desire to rise.

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What the Pope Should Have Said in Cuba

Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld | Posted 06.01.2012

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This past the week Pope Benedict XVI visited Cuba. Most of us never know what goes on behind closed doors, but by all public accounts, his visit was a profound disappointment to the Jewish community.

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Cuba: No 'Concession To The Enemy'

AP | By PAUL HAVEN | Posted 03.30.2012

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HAVANA -- President Raul Castro delivered a full-throated defense of Cuba's one-party political system on Sunday, and a sharp warning to Communist Par...

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Cuba Says Travel Restrictions To Remain In Place

AP | By PAUL HAVEN | Posted 02.22.2012

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HAVANA -- President Raul Castro on Friday put on ice highly-anticipated plans to ease travel restrictions on Cubans, telling lawmakers the nation woul...

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Five Years Ago Raul Castro "Inherited" a Nation and Its People; What Has He Done With It?

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 09.30.2011

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Raul Castro has received the inheritance of a nation, its resources, its problems and even its inhabitants. Everything he has done in the last five years stems from the imperative not to lose this family possession, passed on to him by his brother.

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Raul Castro Regrets Death Of Dissident Orlando Zapata Tamayo

AP | PAUL HAVEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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HAVANA — Cuban President Raul Castro issued an unprecedented statement of regret Wednesday over the death of a jailed dissident after a lengthy ...

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Juanita Castro's Cuba

Conchita Sarnoff | Posted 05.25.2011

You would think that in a family that nurtures politicos much like the Kennedys, political sparring would be a welcome activity. Not quite so in the Casto family.

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Opportunity For New Beginning In US/Latin American Relations Squandered

Vivien Lesnik Weisman | Posted 05.25.2011

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With his mishandling of the Honduras coup, Obama squandered the promise of a friendship with Latin America, one where Lula da Silva with the US, and not Chavez, set the agenda for Latin America.

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21st Century Slaves: Cuba and Obama's Hope

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today, the interests of international business, the U.S. government, and the Cuban populace coalesce around a single ideal: labor reform in Cuba.

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US, Cuba Trade Warmest Words In Last 50 Years (SLIDESHOW)

AP | VIVIAN SEQUERA | Posted 05.25.2011

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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Trading their warmest words in a half-century, the United States and Cuba pressed ahead Friday with a dizzying series...

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Let's Not Get Ahead of Ourselves on Cuba

Peter Drivas | Posted 05.25.2011

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By all means, we should look to continue normalizing our relations with Cuba -- however, we ought to do so with caution.

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Cuban Hip-Hop Protests Racism And Injustice (VIDEO)

Worldfocus | Peter Eisner | Posted 05.25.2011

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For the Worldfocus signature story "Social, economic change is in the air in post-Fidel Cuba," Worldfocus correspondent Peter Eisner spoke with both...

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A Year of Raul

David Paul Appell | Posted 05.25.2011

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We need to finally get smart and deal with Havana like grown-ups instead of impetuous brats -- continuing the status quo has given us absolutely zero leverage.

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Mountain of Snakes

Sean Penn | Posted 05.25.2011

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I'm not a socialist. Or at least not entirely so. As an American, I've got a little Al Capone in me. I like the idea of individual achievement -- just not against a background of hopeless oppression.

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Cuba's Communist System Unshaken

AP | ANITA SNOW | Posted 05.25.2011

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HAVANA — Cuba's parliament named Raul Castro president on Sunday, ending nearly 50 years of rule by his brother Fidel but leaving the island's c...

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