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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

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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A Year of Raul

David Paul Appell | Posted 03.27.2009 | World

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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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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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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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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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Let a Thousand Blogs Bloom: Young Cubans Voice Their Discontent

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 03.04.2009 | World

Read More: Human Rights, Santiago De Cuba, Cuban Olympic Athletes, Ernest Hemingway, Repression, Fidel Castro, Political Prisoners, Politics, Havana, Virgin of Charity, Raul Castro, Cuba, World, Cachita, Dissidents, Dissent, Blogging, Technology, World News

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

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Forget Utopia, It's Only an Illusion: I'll Work for a Viable Cuba, Not a Perfect One

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

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Faced with the promises of a future that never takes shape, I lean toward the prospects that begin today, toward the dreams that materialize on this day.

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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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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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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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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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Cuban Economy Not Self-Sufficient 50 Years After Revolution

miamiherald.com | By MIMI WHITEFIELD | Posted 01.24.2009 | World

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Three weeks after Cuban revolutionaries claimed victory, Fidel Castro declared that the island wanted not only political freedom but also freedom from...

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Latin Leaders Joke About Bush Shoe-Throwing Incident

Reuters | Posted 01.17.2009 | World

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Latin American leaders meeting in Brazil this week couldn't resist poking fun at U.S. President George W. Bush over his recent shoe-throwing incident ...

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Beating the Drum on Cuba Policy

Jake Colvin | Posted 01.09.2009 | World

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Next January will mark the first time in eight years where there is a chance that the next U.S. President could loosen restrictions on Cuba. A number of groups are watching closely.

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Medvedev To Meet Fidel, As Russia Rebuilds Latin American Relations

Guardian | Posted 12.29.2008 | World

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President Dmitry Medvedev was due to hold talks with Fidel Castro tonight to rebuild Russia's relations with Cuba almost a decade after they ended in ...

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Raul Castro To Sean Penn: I'd Meet Obama At Gitmo

AP | ANITA SNOW | Posted 12.28.2008 | Entertainment

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HAVANA — Cuban President Raul Castro said in an interview released Wednesday that he would like to meet President-elect Barack Obama on "neutral...

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Raul Castro Tells Sean Penn: I'd Meet Obama At Gitmo

AP | ANITA SNOW | Posted 12.27.2008 | World

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HAVANA — Cuban President Raul Castro said in an interview released Wednesday that he would like to meet President-elect Barack Obama on "neutral...

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In Cuba This Summer, The Carrot and The Stick

David Paul Appell | Posted 12.13.2008 | World

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Since Fidel Castro stepped aside last February, there has in fact been real change afoot down in Cuba. The nation's development is more than cosmetic: it's a matter of survival for the ruling class.

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Barack Obama, Comunista y Terrorista? / Communist and Terrorist?

David Paul Appell | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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The U.S. doesn't have to embrace Cuba at this time, but we do need to engage, because if we don't evolve too, history won't absolve us. Obama understands this.

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McCain and the Cuba Libre

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

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John McCain seems intent on embracing every failed policy of the Bush administration. Iraq, check; top end tax cuts, check. Privatization of Social Security, check. Unraveling employer based health care, check. And this weekend, McCain boldly informed the remnants of the Miami Cuban expatriots that he will sustain the most egregiously failed US policy of them all -- the Cuban embargo.

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