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Cuban Hip-Hop Protests Racism And Injustice (VIDEO)

Worldfocus | Peter Eisner | Posted 04.11.2009 | World

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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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Fidel Castro Writes About 'The Honey Of Power'

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 04.03.2009 | World

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HAVANA — Fidel Castro said Tuesday that two of his closest lieutenants had become seduced by "the honey of power," and hinted that they were dem...

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Cuba Shake-Up Raises Questions About US Relations

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 04.03.2009 | World

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HAVANA — Fidel Castro said Tuesday that two of his closest lieutenants had become seduced by "the honey of power," and hinted that they were dem...

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Cuba Abruptly Shakes Up Top Leadership

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 04.02.2009 | World

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HAVANA — President Raul Castro abruptly ousted some of Cuba's most powerful officials Monday, remaking the government in the biggest shakeup sin...

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Hugo Chavez Visits Cuba, Meets With Both Castros

AHN | Posted 03.26.2009 | World

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Havana, Cuba (AHN) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made a surprise visit to Cuba over the weekend, meeting with Raul and Fidel Castro to celebrate ...

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Lugar Calls for a "Return to Realism" on Cuba

Steve Clemons | Posted 03.24.2009 | World

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Steve Clemons

For US-Cuba policy junkies, Lugar's report is pretty breathtaking in its indictment of decades of American failure in trying to adjust Cuba's national government's behavior via sanctions and an embargo.

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Cuban Priest to Castro: Obama Changed America, Now "You Must Have the Courage to Change"

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 03.14.2009 | World

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Yoani Sanchez

In his small church, Father Conrado addressed Raul Castro. His speech had the tone of a petition, which cannot, should not, wait any longer.

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Fidel Castro's Rahm Emanuel Editorial

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 03.13.2009 | World

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There has been much speculation as to whether or not Fidel Castro is still alive. Well, it seems the answer is yes, if this bizarre editorial, titled...

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Let a Thousand Blogs Bloom: Young Cubans Voice Their Discontent

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 03.04.2009 | World

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Yoani Sanchez

Young people filled with discontent and with desires to make things change, received us to hear about the Cuban blogosphere.

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Why Despots Hate Barack Obama

Daniel Altman | Posted 03.02.2009 | World

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Daniel Altman

Castro, who once spoke favorably of Obama, condemned him this week for refusing to unconditionally return Guantanamo Bay to Cuba and for supporting Israel. Why the about-face?

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Cuba's Trains: One More Victim in the Collapse of Infrastructure

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

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Yoani Sanchez

Lokomotiv He started with a pick and shovel, planting the heavy crossbeams that support the train lines. His father had also been a railroad worke...

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Obama And Cuba: How Will US-Cuban Relations Change (LISTEN)

WorldFocus | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

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Jan. 1 marked the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, when the nation's U.S.-backed government was overthrown and Fidel Castro took power. A f...

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Laughing in the Teeth of My New "Minders": Two Security Agents who Follow me Everywhere

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

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Yoani Sanchez

There is nothing more paralyzing than a woman's calf flashing in the sun in the middle of the street.

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New Castro Photo Released, Reveals Will Not Survive Next 4 Years

AP | ANITA SNOW | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

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HAVANA — Many Cubans took heart Friday in a new photograph showing Fidel Castro looking less gaunt than in his last image two months ago, even a...

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Fidel Castro: I Probably Won't Be Around In 4 Years

AP | NIKO PRICE | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

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HAVANA — Fidel Castro said Thursday he doubts he'll make it to the end of Barack Obama's four-year term and instructed Cuban officials to start ...

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Fidel Breaks Silence To Praise Obama's 'Honesty'

BBC NEWS | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

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Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has praised US President Barack Obama for his "honesty" but says he has many questions to answer. Mr Castro broke ...

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President Obama: Set Cuba Free

Eric Margolis | Posted 02.21.2009 | World

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Eric Margolis

Releasing Cuba from 50 years of prison could be one of President Barack Obama's most sensible, easiest, and most applauded early acts.

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Obama's Speech Through a Cuban Lens; Leaving Rhetoric Behind

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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Yoani Sanchez

The serene statement delivered yesterday by Barack Obama, with his manner of carefully constructed arguments and invocations to harmony, condemned all the rhetoric to be left in the 20th century.

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Chavez To Write Column For Venezuelan Newspapers

AP | Posted 02.20.2009 | World

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CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez is once again following the lead of his ailing Cuban ally, Fidel Castro _ this time, writing a newspa...

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Instead of "Eco-Tourism" Try "Equal-Tourism": Come to Cuba and Live Like We Do!

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 02.20.2009 | World

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Yoani Sanchez

The golden advertisements that show a Cuba of mulattas, rum, music and dancing will not be able to hide the panorama of collapsing buildings, frustration and inertia. .

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Chavez: Obama Has "The Same Stench" As Bush

Washington Post | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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In an interview shown in the past week on the Spanish-language network Univision, U.S. President-elect Barack Obama said that Venezuela's firebrand pr...

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Doug Bandow: Drop The Cuba Embargo

The National Interest | Posted 02.07.2009 | World

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The policymaking guard is changing in Washington, but the newcomers are anything but new. Unfortunately, that will encourage policy continuity. One ar...

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Che The Movie, Exquisitely Detailed: It's Not Just One Film, It's Two, Though a Little Bit Overdone

Michael Russnow | Posted 02.06.2009 | Entertainment

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Michael Russnow

Benicio Del Toro is magnetic and haunting as Che, but he has the difficult task of communicating to us through subtitles, as most of the film is told in Spanish.

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Raul Castro Warns World Leaders Against Softening Toward Washington

AFP | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

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President Raul Castro has warned that the US "enemy will never stop being aggressive, dominant and treacherous" on the 50th anniversary of Cuba's Comm...

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Mr. Castro, Mrs. Schwarzenegger and Me

Cecilia Alvear | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

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Cecilia Alvear

With the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution this week, I remember the last time I talked to Fidel. It was at the Havana airport in 1988, and Fidel was saying goodbye to Maria Shriver and me. But this was no friendly adios.

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