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  • December 2007

    • Boat Slayings Suspect Blabs in Prison

      Associated Press  |  Dec 20, 07 4:52 PM CST

      Boat Slayings Suspect Blabs in Prison

      (Newser) - A jailhouse confession could doom two suspects in the murder of four people in the Joe Cool fishing boat case, the AP reports. A fellow inmate says suspect Guillermo Zarabozo came clean about the September killings, claiming that accomplice Kirby Archer shot the victims and that Zarabozo dumped the bodies overboard. The killings came after the boat's captain refused to take the pair to Cuba, the inmate said. More »

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      murder  • Cuba  • pirates  • extradition  • missing boater

    • Fidel Hints He's Ready to Retire

      Reuters  |  Dec 18, 07 5:01 AM CST

      Fidel Hints He's Ready to Retire

      (Newser) - Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro has clearly hinted at retirement for the first time since he fell ill 16 months ago, Reuters reports. He handed over power to his brother Raul last year on a temporary basis. "My elemental duty is not to hold on to positions and less to obstruct the path of younger people," Castro said in a letter read on Cuban state TV. More »

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      Cuba  • Fidel Castro  • Raul Castro  • Oscar Niemeyer

    • Flooding Claims 9 in Caribbean

      Reuters  |  Dec 13, 07 7:37 AM CST

      Flooding Claims 9 in Caribbean

      (Newser) - Tropical Storm Olga set off flash floods in the Dominican Republic yesterday, killing at least 8 people, reports Reuters. Another man died in a mudslide in nearby Puerto Rico. The storm was downgraded to a tropical depression by the end of the day, and predicted to head between Jamaica and Cuba toward Mexico. More »

    • Huckabee Flip-Flops on Cuba Embargo

      Los Angeles Times  |  Dec 11, 07 9:49 AM CST

      Huckabee Flip-Flops on Cuba Embargo

      (Newser) - Mike Huckabee vowed yesterday that he'll strengthen the embargo against Cuba—an about-face from a 2002 letter he wrote President Bush seeking to lift the ban for economic reasons, reports the Los Angeles Times. The change, presented in Miami to a Cuban audience, is just part of the candidate's recent toughened stance on immigration. More »

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      Florida  • Mike Huckabee  • immigration  • Fred Thompson  • Cuba  • Fidel Castro  • Miami  • Cuban embargo  • Cuban exiles

  • November 2007
  • October 2007

    • RIP Che, but Not in His Tomb in Cuba

      New Republic  |  Oct 31, 07 3:11 PM CDT

      RIP Che, but Not in His Tomb in Cuba

      (Newser) - Thousands came to Che Guevara's Cuban mausoleum in July to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the revolutionary’s death—but they were paying respects at the wrong resting place. A French journalist claims that Fidel Castro’s government never actually found the Argentine’s body—as was triumphantly announced 10 years ago—and instead buried an unknown body under Guevara’s name, the New Republic reports. More »

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      Cuba  • Fidel Castro  • Che Guevara  • martyr  • mausoleum  • fabrication

    • Noel Deaths and Damage Mount

      Miami Herald  |  Oct 31, 07 2:29 PM CDT

      Noel Deaths and Damage Mount

      (Newser) - The death toll from Tropical Storm Noel rose to 59 in the Caribbean today, with the storm moving on from Cuba and headed towards the Bahamas, the Miami Herald reported today. The Dominican Republic's government reported 41 dead with 20 more missing, and Haitian authorities, who had previously reported no deaths from the storm, confirmed 18 fatalities. More »

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      Cuba  • Haiti  • Dominican Republic  • Bahamas  • Tropical Storm Noel

    • Weaker Noel Soaks Cuba

      CNN  |  Oct 30, 07 5:10 PM CDT

      Weaker Noel Soaks Cuba

      (Newser) - Tropical Storm Noel hit Cuba today as its rains kept drenching the Dominican Republic and Haiti, CNN reports. The ex-hurricane's 40 mph winds and 5 to 15 inches of rain are expected to stay over Cuba tonight before moving north tomorrow. Forecasters say the storm will likely miss the US, but a tropical storm watch may apply to southeastern Florida. More »

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      Florida  • Cuba  • hurricane  • storm  • Haiti  • Dominican Republic  • Atlantic Ocean  • Hurricane Noel

    • Tropical Storm Noel Kills 20

      CNN  |  Oct 29, 07 6:37 PM CDT

      Tropical Storm Noel Kills 20

      (Newser) - Tropical Storm Noel slammed into the Dominican Republic today with torrential rain and mudslides, leaving 20 people dead and another 20 missing. Noel was expected to drop as much as 20 inches of rain on Hispaniola, the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, before heading northwest toward the Bahamas and Cuba, CNN reports. More »

    • Bush to Urge Cubans to Rise Up

      New York Times  |  Oct 24, 07 4:14 AM CDT

      Bush to Urge Cubans to Rise Up

      (Newser) - President Bush is expected to make a landmark speech on Cuba today, calling the transfer of power from Fidel Castro to his brother Raul unacceptable to the United States. The president will also address the Cuban people, urging them to resist "the force of a dying regime," reports the New York Times .   More »

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      George W. Bush  • Cuba  • Fidel Castro  • democracy  • Raul Castro  • political prisoner  • transition  • Cuban dissidents

    • Martinez Quits Top RNC Post After 10 Months

      Washington Post  |  Oct 19, 07 6:11 PM CDT

      Martinez Quits Top RNC Post After 10 Months

      (Newser) - Mel Martinez has quit as RNC general chairman after only 10 months in the post. The US  Senator from Florida, a Cuban refugee, publicly split with GOP hardliners over immigration reform. Martinez was also left to explain why the party’s presidential hopefuls were no-shows at a bilingual forum, the Washington Post reports. More »

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