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US Senators Meet Cuba's Castro About Contractor - ABC News
Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:02:03 GMT
US Senators Meet Cuba's Castro About ContractorABC NewsA senior US senator met with imprisoned American Alan Gross and discussed the man's case in a long sit-down with Cuban President Raul Castro, but told The Associated Press on Friday that Gross… Full Story
Pro-govt crowds surround Cuban dissident home - Boston.com
Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:19:28 GMT
Pro-govt crowds surround Cuban dissident homeBoston.comthe government partisans shouted, the latter a reference to Cuban President Raul Castro. The standoff began in the afternoon and stretched on for hours. Thursday marked the second anniversary of the… Full Story
Cuba names econ chief a VP on ministers' council - Boston.com
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:36:44 GMT
SolvisiónCuba names econ chief a VP on ministers' councilBoston.comOver the decades he rose steadily through the ranks and came to lead a number of military-run businesses under then-Defense Minister Raul Castro, according to his biography on the… Full Story
Is Chavez sacrificing cancer care for privacy? - San Jose Mercury News
Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:58:54 GMT
Austin American-StatesmanIs Chavez sacrificing cancer care for privacy?San Jose Mercury NewsBy BRADLEY BROOKS AP A woman sits in front of posters with images of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, Argentinean born Cuban revolution leader Ernesto… Full Story
Sean Penn, Hugo Chavez's Honored Guest - FrontPage Magazine
Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:40:35 GMT
Sean Penn, Hugo Chavez's Honored GuestFrontPage MagazineBy April 1959, almost a thousand Cubans had been “judged” (see above) and murdered by Castro and Che's firing squads. Cuba's prisons were packed to suffocation with ten times the… Full Story
Pope Benedict wants to meet Fidel Castro on Cuba trip - GlobalPost
Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:16:56 GMT
Boston.comPope Benedict wants to meet Fidel Castro on Cuba tripGlobalPostThe pope is scheduled to visit Cuba in March and will meet President Raul Castro, but also wishes to see the ailing Fidel Castro. (Photo by Stefano Carofei-Pool/Getty Images)… Full Story
Venezuela's Chavez assures backers: 'I will live!' - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:47:15 GMT
Daily MailVenezuela's Chavez assures backers: 'I will live!'Atlanta Journal ConstitutionA mural of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, standing with Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, covers a wall in the street in Caracas, Venezuela,… Full Story
Cuba Visit by Daughter of 'Peter Pan' Exile - Havana Times
Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:35:46 GMT
Cuba Visit by Daughter of 'Peter Pan' ExileHavana Times... in the United States 50 years ago via Operation Pedro Pan — a secret evacuation program run by the US State Department, the CIA, and the Catholic Welfare Bureau of Miami that brought… Full Story
No conditions for pope on Cuba trip - envoy - Moneycontrol.com
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:54:45 GMT
The Birmingham News - al.com (blog)No conditions for pope on Cuba trip - envoyMoneycontrol.comHe said Castro was in "excellent" overall health. Delgado, 69, said Cuba saw the visit by Benedict as an opportunity to further deepen Church-state… Full Story
Cuban corruption video warns of Canadian company's 'cancer' - Montreal Gazette
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:43:40 GMT
Yahoo!7 NewsCuban corruption video warns of Canadian company's 'cancer'Montreal GazetteHAVANA — A Canadian company is at the centre of Cuban President Raul Castro's corruption fight, as videos showing a Canadian businessman as a cancer… Full Story













