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Hurricanes Prompt Calls to Soften Restrictions on Cuba

Some see aid now as a path toward increased influence, cooperation

Sep 24, 08 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The devastation Hurricanes Gustav and Ike wrought on Cuba has prompted the US to offer direct aid for the first time in the 47-year history of its embargo on the island, but even ardent anti-Castro Cuban Americans are pushing for more, the Washington Post reports. While not all favor... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • United States • Raul Castro • Cuban embargo • emergency aid • Hurricane Gustav • Hurricane Ike • disaster diplomacy

 Hurricanes Smoke 
 Cuban Cigar Biz 

Double blow from Gustav, Ike to cost billions

Sep 18, 08 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Back-to-back blows from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike have the Cuban tobacco industry reeling, reports the Miami Herald. Hurricane Ike alone destroyed half of this year's tobacco plants, more than 3,000 tobacco-drying barns and nearly 9,000 homes for workers. The destruction occurred just days after Gustav had already wreaked... More »

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Cuba • tobacco • Havana • Hurricane Gustav • Hurricane Ike • cigars • Ramon Serafin

After Savaging Cuba Again, Ike Turns Toward Texas

Lone Star state preps for storm and its ever-changing path

Sep 9, 08 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Hurricane Ike went for round two with Cuba today, unleashing torrential rains and 80-mph winds, new models showed the Category 1 storm strengthening and bending toward the southern Texas coast later this week, CNN reports. Isolated tornadoes could also precede Ike today over the Florida Keys and southern Florida.... More »

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Florida • Texas • tornado • Cuba • Gulf of Mexico • Hurricane Ike

 4 Killed as Ike Ravages Cuba 

Homes, utility lines, cars destroyed as storm rips across island

Sep 9, 08 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hurricane Ike killed 4 people in Cuba and drove 1.2 million from their homes as the savage storm tore a path of destruction through the island, AP reports. Buildings and utility poles toppled and cars were crushed as the storm raced toward Havana. “This critter was angry, really... More »

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severe weather • Cuba • evacuation • death toll • Hurricane Ike

Fla. Keys Evacuation Order Canceled

Residents urged to stay put as Hurricane Ike menaces mainland

Sep 8, 08 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hurricane Ike is now a Category 2 storm, and officials have rescinded orders to evacuate the Florida Keys, the Miami Herald reports. Residents still on the archipelago shouldn't go anywhere, and those who've already left are being asked not to return until after the storm passes. It's expected to continue... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Haiti • natural disaster • Florida Keys • Hurricane Ike

 Ike Slams Cuba;
 600 Dead in Haiti 

Hurricane now heading for the US

Sep 8, 08 2:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hurricane Ike has hit land in northeastern Cuba and is now sweeping across the country with savage 125 mph winds, Bloomberg reports. Over 800,000 people were evacuated before the arrival of the Category 3 hurricane, the second in just over a week to slam the country, AFP notes. “... More »

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severe weather • Cuba • Haiti • evacuation • death toll • Hurricane Ike

 Haitians Starving in Hanna Hell

Survivors stranded on rooftops beyond reach of aid workers

Sep 5, 08 2:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Impoverished Haiti is reeling from the devastation of a series of tropical storms and hurricanes, with refugees starving on rooftops in flood-ravaged areas, reports the Guardian. Faced with washed-out roads and winds too strong for helicopters, UN aide workers are using inflatable boats to reach at least some survivors. The... More »

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United Nations • Cuba • Haiti • hurricanes • Tropical Storm Fay • Hurricane Gustav • Hurricane Hanna • Hurricane Ike • Port-au-Prince

(AP) - New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin tonight ordered the mandatory evacuation of New Orleans, turning informal advice to flee from Gustav into an official order to "get out of town." Nagin didn't mince words, referring to Gustav as the "storm of the century." The order takes effect... More »

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New Orleans • Cuba • evacuation • disaster • Hurricane Gustav

(Newser) - Gustav grew into a fierce Category 4 hurricane and slammed into Cuba this afternoon as the nation scrambled to evacuate its most populated areas, the AP reports. The storm, which had been upgraded to a Category 3 just hours earlier, now has 145mph winds and remains on path to hit... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • Cuba • evacuation • hurricane • Gulf Coast • Hurricane Gustav

 Gustav Now a Cat 3 Hurricane 

Hurricane builds strength as it heads towards Cuba, Gulf Coast

Aug 30, 08 8:02 AM CDT
(AP) - Gustav swelled to a fearsome Category 3 hurricane with winds of 115 mph as it neared Cuba early today, the AP reports. The storm, which killed 71 people in the Caribbean, rolled over the Cayman Islands last night, with fierce winds that tore down trees and power lines, but there... More »

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New Orleans • severe weather • Cuba • Cayman Islands • hurricane • Gulf Coast • Hurricane Gustav

 Cuba Jails
 Rocker for
 'Geriatric
 Castro' Lyrics

Human rights groups furious as singer faces 4 years for protest music

Aug 29, 08 5:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Cuban rock star has been jailed and will be charged with "subverting communist morality" because his lyrics scorn the revolution, and rip "geriatric" Fidel and Raul Castro, the Guardian reports. Gorki Aguila, front man for underground band Porno para Ricardo, could face up to four years... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Communist Party • Raul Castro • political protest • Gorki Aguila • Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation • Cuban American National Foundation • Porno para Ricardo

 Gustav Kills 11, Weakens

Could strike US as Category 3

Aug 27, 08 11:09 AM CDT
(AP) - Thousands fled their homes as Hurricane Gustav triggered flooding and landslides that killed at least 11 people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti before weakening to a tropical storm, but forecasters said today that he still represents a major threat to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. They suggested... More »

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weather • Latin America • Mexico • Cuba • United States • Jamaica • Haiti • Caribbean • tropical storms • Dominican Republic • Royal Dutch Shell • Hurricane Gustav

 Hurricane Gustav to Hit Haiti

Expected to make landfall later today

Aug 26, 08 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hurricane Gustav is expected to make landfall in Haiti later today, Bloomberg reports, buffeting a country already hard hit by Tropical Storm Fay earlier this month. Gustav was upgraded from a tropical storm earlier this morning, after strengthening over the Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center said that preparations should “... More »

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weather • Cuba • storm • Jamaica • Haiti • National Hurricane Center • hurricane • Hurricane Gustav

Castro Backs Cuban
Athlete Who Kicked Ref 

Accuses Matos' opponent of trying to fix fight

Aug 25, 08 5:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - An ailing Fidel Castro expressed "total solidarity" today with a Cuban martial artist who kicked an Olympics referee in the face, the AP reports. Castro supported a claim by the taekwondo athlete's coach that the contest was fixed and marred by a bribery attempt. "They had tried to... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Angel Matos • taekwondo

 Fla. Keys
 Unfazed by Fay

Residents dismiss storm that scares off tourists

Aug 18, 08 6:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tropical Storm Fay has scared off tourists but left laid-back Florida Key residents unconcerned, the AP reports. "We're not worried about it. We've seen this movie before," said one Floridian who was stocking up on food and whiskey today. The storm that killed at least eight in Haiti... More »

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Florida • Cuba • Haiti • Florida Keys • Tropical Storm Fay

 Fay May Hit Fla. as Hurricane

Tropical storm carries 50 mph winds

Aug 17, 08 6:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tourists were ordered to evacuate the Florida Keys this morning, as Tropical Storm Fay, which has already killed six in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, is expected to hit the Keys as soon as midnight tonight, the Miami Herald reports. With winds at 50mph and rising, Fay could be a... More »

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Florida • Cuba • Haiti • tropical storms • Dominican Republic • Florida Keys

(AP) - Flooding from Tropical Storm Fay killed four people in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and authorities warned Saturday that the storm could reach hurricane strength as it barreled toward Cuba. Florida's Gov. Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency and said Fay threatened the state with a "major disaster.... More »

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Florida • Cuba • storm • Haiti • state of emergency


 Putin Pushes to
 Renew Russia's
 Influence in Cuba

Military move under consideration in response to NATO 'buffer zone'

Aug 4, 08 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin is pushing for a renewal of Russia’s former presence in Cuba, the AP reports. “We should restore our position in Cuba and other countries,” the president-turned-PM said after a briefing by diplomats returned from Cuba. Though a military presence on the island wasn’t specifically... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • Cuba

Cuban Youth Prefer Facebook to Revolution

They're resigned to small freedoms, not sweeping change

Jul 26, 08 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cuba's youth are restless, but many are more concerned about access to Facebook, flat-screen TVs, and trips abroad than political change, reports the Christian Science Monitor. Young people say that they pressured Raul Castro to allow cell phone and computer ownership, but they remain disillusioned about the prospects for greater... More »

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Latin America • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Raul Castro • Communism • Cuban dissidents

McCain Ad
Links Obama
to Castro

'Guilt by endorsement' ad runs on South Florida websites

Jul 24, 08 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • John McCain • Fidel Castro • Cuba • smear campaign • political advertising • campaign advertising • swing states • political strategy

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