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Cuba Detains U.S. Contractor

New York Times | MARC LACEY and GINGER THOMPSON | Posted 12.12.2009 | World

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HAVANA -- A United States government contract worker, who was distributing cellphones, laptops and other communications equipment in Cuba on behalf of...

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Fidel Anecdotes: Cuban Dictator Documentary Looks At Personal Side

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 12.11.2009 | World

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HAVANA — The Rev. Jesse Jackson took him to church for the first time in 27 years. Home run legend Hank Aaron asked him for autographed baseball...

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War Games In Cuba

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 11.29.2009 | World

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Yoani Sanchez

More and more people are pointing a finger at the true origin of Cuba's problems and, though it comes as a surprise to the champions of the battle, their fingers do not appear to be pointing abroad.

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Cuba Prepares For U.S. Invasion With 3 Days Of Intense Military Exercises

AP | PAUL HAVEN | Posted 11.26.2009 | World

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HAVANA — Cuba's armed forces launched three days of intense military exercises across the island Thursday, a mobilization that state-controlled ...

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Prieto's New Novel "Travels By Taxi", And Free Speech In Cuba (VIDEO)

The Nation | Ben Wyskida | Posted 11.23.2009 | Books

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Ben Wyskida The Nation In the late 1980's noted novelist Jose Manuel Prieto was asked to leave Cuba, at odds with the Castro regime and what he calls...

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Yoani Sanchez: Obama Answers Top Cuban Blogger

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

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HAVANA — President Barack Obama has answered questions submitted by a celebrated Cuban blogger, saying he isn't interested in "talking for the s...

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1989

Ana Menendez | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

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Ana Menendez

I was 19 when the Berlin Wall fell. The free world cheered. But not my family.

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Just When You Thought Cuba Might Ever Get Rid Of Fidel

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 11.06.2009 | Books

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Huffington Post: If you thought Cuba might one day be free of Castro, Ann Louise Bardach has another message for you. The following excerpts from her ...

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Lessons in Loving While My Father Was Dying

Jason Mannino | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

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Jason Mannino

Fifteen years ago at my grandmother's funeral was the last time I saw my dad. Two weeks ago I was standing in front of him face to face. It wasn't the visit I had hoped for. He had departed his body 3 days earlier, and I was in attendance at his funeral.

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An Imprisoned Journalist Blogs From Inside Castro's Gulag

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

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Yoani Sanchez

Today's guest blogger is Pablo Pacheco who was arrested during what has come to be called the Black Spring in 2003.

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US-Cuba Talks May Resume Soon

McClatchy | Lesley Clark | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

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The Obama administration is working with Havana to finalize dates to resume long-suspended discussions between the two countries, as Cuban officials s...

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Fidel & Son Antonio Both Duped In Phone Pranks (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

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Fidel Castro's son Antonio recently had his heart broken. It was revealed that his eight-month long online romance with "Claudia", a 27-year-old brune...

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Supreme Court: No Re-Trial For "Cuban Five" Convicted Of Spying

AP | LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

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MIAMI — Cuban exiles said Monday they were relieved the Supreme Court refused to review the convictions of five intelligence agents for the comm...

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Kids For Condoms

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

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Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

With one of the lowest rates of HIV infection (.1%), Cuba is proud to be open and realistic about the issues that surround sex, and the younger the kids are educated, the better.

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While Obama Calls for Talks on Migration, Cuba's Young Launch Themselves Into the Sea

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 06.23.2009 | World

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Yoani Sanchez

The relativity of distances obsesses the Cuban balseros, the rafters who try to escape Cuba by sea. "So close, yet so far," the strip of sea that lies between Cuba and the United States seems to say.

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Monday's Late Night Round-Up: Miss California, Waterboarding, And Sam Donaldson Being All Crazy (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Patrick Waldo | Posted 05.22.2009 | Comedy

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The late night hosts took on the Miss USA pageant last night with Jimmy Fallon saying the GOP found their VP candidate for 2012 and Jay Leno mocking M...

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Obama and Cuba: A Good First Step

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

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Michael Fauntroy

The unilateral economic and cultural disarmament that is the U.S. embargo policy is a joke and should be reversed -- in its entirety -- forthwith.

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Will Obama Retreat on Democracy?

Ted Piccone | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

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Ted Piccone

Obama needs to lead by example by implementing human rights reforms at home and by reminding colleagues they share a responsibility to follow universal democratic standards.

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Fidel Castro On US Lawmaker Meeting: 'Magnificent'

AFP | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

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Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro described a meeting with US lawmakers in an opinion article on Wednesday as "magnificent", and urged Washington to ta...

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Cuban Baseball Played For The Love Of The Game (VIDEO)

WorldFocus | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

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Members of the Congressional Black Caucus met with Cuban President Raul Castro to discuss improving relations, amid speculation that the U.S. is rea...

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Yoani Sanchez, HuffPost Blogger In Cuba, Accused Of 'Provocation'

Reuters | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

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Cuban authorities accused blogger Yoani Sanchez on Wednesday of staging a "provocation against the Cuban Revolution" after she and others spoke public...

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As a Punishment for My Blog, I May Not Leave Cuba

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.05.2009 | World

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Yoani Sanchez

For the third time in just a year, I've been denied permission to leave Cuba to travel abroad. I have never been charged in court yet I am condemned not to leave this Island.

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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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A Year of Raul

David Paul Appell | Posted 03.27.2009 | World

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David Paul Appell

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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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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