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  • July 2008

    • McCain Ad Links Obama to Castro

      newser  |  Huffington Post  |  Jul 24, 08 2:12 PM CDT

      McCain Ad Links Obama to Castro

      The McCain campaign is running an Internet ad composed of photos of Barack Obama and Fidel Castro side by side, with the caption “Fidel Castro thinks he is 'the most advanced candidate,'" the Huffington Post reports. The ad is running on websites catering to South Florida, home to many Cuban expatriates and deep anti-Castro sentiment. More »

    • Cuba Rebuilds Spy Network in Fla., Agent Says

      newser  |  Miami Herald  |  Jul 5, 08 3:59 PM CDT

      Cuba Rebuilds Spy Network in Fla., Agent Says

      Cuba has rebuilt its spy network in Florida to its highest level in 10 years, a US Army expert on Cuban agents tells the Miami Herald . The FBI rounded up more than a dozen spies in 1998, but they have all been replaced, bringing Florida’s spy population to around 210, Lt. Col. Chris Simmons said. His revelation is the first in recent years by a US official on Cuban spies. More »

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      Florida  • Cuba  • spies  • Cuban exiles

    • Bush Could Decide by Weekend to Close Gitmo

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Jul 3, 08 3:55 PM CDT

      Bush Could Decide by Weekend to Close Gitmo

      President Bush could decide by Saturday to close Guantanamo Bay as a prison for high-value detainees, insiders tell ABC. There is “generally wide agreement” among Bush's top advisers—Condoleezza Rice and Robert Gates among them—that Gitmo should eventually be shuttered, but the landmark recent Supreme Court decision undermines the central reason to keep prisoners on the Cuban base—to prevent access to courts. More »

  • June 2008

    • Elian Spotlight Shows Obama Weak Spot

      newser  |  Politico  |  Jun 24, 08 11:58 AM CDT

      Elian Spotlight Shows Obama Weak Spot

      Eight years after the Elian Gonzalez standoff contributed to Al Gore’s defeat, the row is back in the headlines and causing trouble for Barack Obama. Obama’s stance on Cuban issues, not to mention the prominent roles Elian’s father’s lawyer and a Clinton deputy AG play in his campaign, have angered many members of Florida’s Cuban exile community, Politico reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Florida  • Cuba  • Cuban Americans  • Cuban exiles  • Elian Gonzalez

    • Chavez: US Confrontation 'Inevitable'

      newser  |  New Yorker  |  Jun 23, 08 3:25 AM CDT

      Chavez: US Confrontation 'Inevitable'

      With the US distracted by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been busy amassing a Latin American power bloc to blunt Washington’s influence. But the firebrand leader, who calls President Bush “the devil” and the US “the empire,” is receiving level-headed advice from none other than Fidel Castro, writes Jon Lee Anderson in a New Yorker profile. More »

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      George W. Bush  • United States  • oil  • Colombia  • Venezuela  • Cuba  • Fidel Castro  • Alvaro Uribe  • Hugo Chávez

    • Elian Case Returns to the Spotlight

      newser  |  Miami Herald  |  Jun 20, 08 10:10 AM CDT

      Elian Case Returns to the Spotlight

      When the battle over whether to send young Elian Gonzalez back to Cuba raged in 2000, Barack Obama was an Illinois state senator nowhere near the fray. But two of the candidate's current advisers played a role, and that connection has some Cuban-Americans ready to protest the senator's speech this weekend in Miami. Elian's great-uncle is leading the charge, the Miami Herald reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Florida  • Cuba  • illegal immigrant  • Elian Gonzalez

    • Europe Votes to Lift Cuba Sanctions

      newser  |  Agence France Presse  |  Jun 20, 08 8:20 AM CDT

      Europe Votes to Lift Cuba Sanctions

      The European Union has agreed to lift sanctions against Cuba, much to the annoyance of the White House. "We see encouraging signs in Cuba and I think that we should show the population in Cuba that we are ready to work with them," an EU official tells the AFP. It's a largely symbolic victory for Cuba and Spain—which lobbied for the change—because sanctions have been suspended since 2005. More »

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      European Union  • Cuba  • human rights  • Spain  • Fidel Castro  • Raul Castro  • sanctions  • National Security Council

    • Ailing Fidel Appears on TV

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 18, 08 5:58 AM CDT

      Ailing Fidel Appears on TV

      An animated Fidel Castro appeared on state-run Cuban TV yesterday, in the first such broadcast of the ailing revolutionary since January. Castro, standing in some parts of the video, was seen chatting in a garden with his brother Raul, the current Cuban president, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the AP reports. The trio discussed the global food and oil crises and  the effect of Midwest floods, Chavez told reporters. More »

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      politics  • Cuba  • Fidel Castro  • Communism  • Cuban Revolution  • Communists

    • Prison of Cuban Baseball Ensnares US Agent, Too

      newser  |  Vanity Fair  |  Jun 13, 08 3:17 PM CDT

      Prison of Cuban Baseball Ensnares US Agent, Too

      Politics is keeping "at least half a billion dollars of baseball players in Cuba right now," one agent tells Michael Lewis as he investigates, for Vanity Fair , the case of an American sports agent now in jail for smuggling athletes. Gus Dominguez appears to be a victim of politics on the US side—though that web isn't half as tangled as the one facing athletes on Castro's island. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • immigration  • Cuba  • smuggling

    • Hard Workers in Cuba Will Finally Get Their Due

      newser  |  Miami Herald  |  Jun 12, 08 4:42 AM CDT

      Hard Workers in Cuba Will Finally Get Their Due

      Raul Castro has ordered employers to create new salary structures that include extra pay for increased productivity—a bold departure, by Cuban standards, from Socialist orthodoxy, the Miami Herald reports. Under the current system, workers get a flat fee based on their job descriptions with no hope for incentives. Low productivity is common, and Fidel's brother is anxious to kick-start the economy. More »

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      economy  • Cuba  • Fidel Castro  • Raul Castro  • Communism  • socialism

    • Cuban Prez OKs Sex Change Operations

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jun 6, 08 6:27 PM CDT

      Cuban Prez OKs Sex Change Operations

      Cubans can now have free sex change operations, Reuters reports. The latest legal change under President Raul Castro was pushed by his daughter, Mariela Castro, who heads a sex education center and says she has a 28-person waiting list. Cuba allowed a sex change 20 years ago, but sparked so much outcry that Havana canceled the program. More »

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      Cuba  • Raul Castro  • sex change  • Havana

  • May 2008

    • Miami Cubans Toe Softer Line on Embargo

      newser  |  Time  |  May 23, 08 9:43 AM CDT

      Miami Cubans Toe Softer Line on Embargo

      In his speech in Miami this week, John McCain talked the familiar macho talk on Cuba, taking a hard line on the embargo and ridiculing Barack Obama for suggesting that he might open a dialogue with Raul Castro. That may still play with older exiles, Time notes, but a growing number of younger Cuban-Americans don't believe the embargo has any hope of toppling the regime and would like to see more openness in both diplomacy and borders. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Florida  • Cuba  • Fidel Castro  • foreign policy  • Raul Castro  • Cuban embargo  • Cuban Americans

    • Iceland Most Peaceful Nation

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 20, 08 6:44 PM CDT

      Iceland Most Peaceful Nation

      Iceland is the world's most peaceful nation, says a new ranking of 140 countries, Reuters reports. Other findings of the Global Peace Index: The US ranked 97th, below Libya, Cuba, Chile, and Belarus. Iraq finished last, edging out Sudan, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Israel. More »

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      Iraq  • Cuba  • Libya  • peace  • Iceland

    • McCain Blasts Obama for Saying He'd Talk to Cuba

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  May 20, 08 4:04 PM CDT

      McCain Blasts Obama for Saying He'd Talk to Cuba

      John McCain told Miami’s Cuban community today that Barack Obama would “give hope” to the Havana regime by sitting down with Raul Castro without preconditions, prompting a response from Bill Richardson that McCain was “afraid to talk to bad guys.” Speaking on Cuban Independence Day, the Republican kept up the argument that Obama would appease America's enemies, the Chicago Tribune reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Cuba  • Bill Richardson  • Raul Castro  • Chris Dodd  • embargo

    • Robert Vesco, Rogue Financier, Dies in Cuba

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 6, 08 6:47 AM CDT

      Robert Vesco, Rogue Financier, Dies in Cuba

      Robert Vesco, the American financier who fled the country amid accusations that he had swindled $200 million from unsuspecting investors, died in Havana last November, according to a relative. Vesco, who died at 71, had lived in Cuba since the 1980s and had served time in jail there for defrauding a member of Fidel Castro's family. How much money he left behind and where it is remains unknown, Reuters reports. More »

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      crime  • Cuba  • Havana  • defrauding investors

  • April 2008

    • Raul Castro Empties Cuba's Death Row

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 29, 08 8:31 AM CDT

      Raul Castro Empties Cuba's Death Row

      New Cuban president Raul Castro has commuted all but three of the country's death sentences to prison terms of 30 years to life, reports Reuters. Castro, who also has been gradually easing the country's restrictions on daily life, said the death penalty would remain on the books to deter "imperialist mercenaries." The three prisoners remaining on death row are charged with terrorist offenses. More »

    • Cuba Loosens Limits on Home Ownership, Salaries

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 12, 08 7:59 AM CDT

      Cuba Loosens Limits on Home Ownership, Salaries

      Raul Castro continues to lighten up on some of Cuba's least popular restrictions, ending salary caps and allowing retiring state workers to take title to the homes they live in. Government employees, including members of the military, sugar and construction workers, doctors, and teachers, will now be able keep their places after retirement, and legally pass them on to their children, the AP reports. More »

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      Cuba  • housing  • Raul Castro  • consumer electronics  • salary  • wages

    • Castro Victim's Family Wins Record Verdict

      newser  |  Miami Herald  |  Apr 5, 08 3:46 PM CDT

      Castro Victim's Family Wins Record Verdict

      Two Miami residents won a record $253 million lawsuit against Cuba yesterday after Florida jurors approved a wrongful death claim on behalf of their father. The case involved the death of Rafael del Pino, a naturalized US citizen and ex-Castro ally who was imprisoned after turning against the Cuban dictator, the Miami Herald reports. Del Pino’s relatives said the government tortured him, and he died after 18 years in prison at age 51. More »

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      Cuba  • Fidel Castro  • Miami  • Communism  • court cases

  • March 2008

    • Castro Lifts Hotel Ban for Cubans

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Mar 31, 08 3:03 PM CDT

      Castro Lifts Hotel Ban for Cubans

      Raul Castro has lifted a ban on Cubans staying at hotels designated for foreign tourists, Reuters reports. The prohibition, which had been criticized as "economic apartheid," had frustrated many Cubans since the country was opened up to tourism in 1990. "Cubans can now stay at our hotels," one hotel manager said. "Our doors are open to local tourism." More »

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      Cuba  • tourism  • Fidel Castro  • Raul Castro  • luxury hotels

    • Obama Inspires Caribbean Serenade

      newser  |  Miami Herald  |  Mar 28, 08 5:55 PM CDT

      Obama Inspires Caribbean Serenade

      Barack Obama is inspiring tropical love songs, the Miami Herald reports, and the tunes—from Trinidad calypso king the Mighty Sparrow’s Barack the Magnificent to Jamaican reggae fixture Cocoa Tea’s Barak Obahama —are firing up YouTube. The songs are also a signal of the Illinois Democrat's popularity outside the US, particularly in Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Cuba  • Caribbean  • Haiti  • Obama Girl  • reggae  • Trinidad

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