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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Cuba stories: 174 news summaries

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Castro: We Saved Reagan's Life

Dictator claims Cuba foiled an assassination attempt

Sep 13, 07 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fidel Castro says Cuba helped the US avert an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan in 1984. An essay attributed to the ailing dictator says a Cuban posted to the UN tipped off an American official to the plot, which involved a presidential visit to North Carolina, the Telegraph reports. How... More »

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Pentagon • Fidel Castro • Cuba • September 11 • Ronald Reagan • assassination • rocket

Dems' Miami Debate Makes Foray Into Spanish

First presidential debate translated live on Univision

Sep 10, 07 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democratic hopefuls took part in a Spanish-language debate in Miami yesterday, having questions translated UN-style from Spanish to English, and answers back again into Spanish. Though he'd agreed to the ground rules, bilingual contender Bill Richardson couldn't resist  asking in Spanish if he could continue in Spanish, and Sen. Chris... More »

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Latin America • Bill Richardson • Democrats • immigration reform • Cuba • Univision • Miami • presidential debate • voters • debate • Chris Dodd • language • Spanish • Election 2008 • bilingual education

Castro Casts
Lot With Clinton-Obama

Ailing dictator reminisces on presidents past

Aug 28, 07 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - One week after both Democratic hopefuls called for democracy in Cuba, Fidel Castro has called a Hillary Clinton-Barack Obama ticket “apparently unbeatable.” A Granma editorial attributed to the ailing revolutionary—who is rumored to be dead—says the US opposition he’s faced over the years is fodder... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Jimmy Carter • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Bill Clinton • Election 2008 • George W. Bush

Castro Surfaces—Or Does He?

Dictator's byline
doesn't put lid on rumors of his death

Aug 27, 07 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - A newspaper article purportedly written by Fidel Castro and published yesterday did little to quash rumors that the Cuban dictator's health is failing and even that he's dead. Castro hasn't been seen in public in over a year, and his brother Raul is in effective control of the government, but... More »

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Venezuela • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Miami • Raul Castro • Hugo Chávez

Obama Would Ease Cuba Travel Limits

Candidate backs looser rules on money transfers, family visits

Aug 21, 07 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama says that as president, he would reverse the Bush administration's increased restrictions on travel to Cuba, the AP reports. Visiting or sending money to relatives on the Communist-controlled island became more difficult in 2004, a policy change the candidate calls "strategically blundering" in an op-ed published in... More »

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Bush administration • Florida • Barack Obama • travel • presidential campaign • Cuba • foreign policy • Little Havana • Cuban embargo • Election 2008 • presidential election

Ortega Snubs US, Seals Iran Trade Pact

US wary of Iranian toehold in
Latin American 'backyard'

Aug 6, 07 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nicaragua has finalized a trade deal with Iran worth hundreds of millions of dollars despite bitter opposition from Washington, the Guardian reports. The deal will exchange Nicaraguan  bananas, coffee and meat for farm equipment and Iranian funds for infrastructure projects, including a hydroelectric dam, milk-processing plants, housing and a health... More »

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Iran • North Korea • Algeria • Cuba • Libya • trade • Nicaragua • Daniel Ortega • allies

Raul Castro Assumes Spotlight

Dictator's brother fills in at annual rite, rapping US, Bush

Jul 26, 07 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fidel Castro did not give his usual sermon at Cuba's annual Revolution Day celebration today; instead, his brother Raul took center stage. The no-longer-quite-so-interim leader, who assumed power a year ago because of his brother's health problems, told a cheering crowd that he's willing to negotiate with the US after... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • United States • embargo • Raul Castro • Camaguey • Revolution Day • interim leader

8 Yanks Graduate
From Cuban Med School

Free tuition, humanitarian approach drew minority students

Jul 26, 07 6:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cuba's Latin American School of Medicine graduated its first batch of American students this week, helping raise the eight-year-old school's profile. There are 90 more already enrolled in the free program, which comes with an exemption to the ban on travel to Cuba for Americans. Students are selected by the... More »

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medicine • health care • Fidel Castro • Cuba • doctor • medical training

Good for the President, Not for the People?

Bush receives, dismisses state-run
health care

Jul 25, 07 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even as Bush knocks “government-run health care,” San Francisco Chronicle columnist David Lazarus points out, he receives a generous helping of it: The president's colonoscopy last week was of course performed by first-rate taxpayer-funded professionals at a taxpayer-funded facility. More »

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health care costs • Cuba • colonoscopy • camp david • George W. Bush

Who Wants to Meet With a Dictator?

Clinton, Obama emerge from debate with a disagreement in tow

Jul 25, 07 4:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The gloves came off in the Democratic presidential race yesterday as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama tangled over an issue that arose in Monday's debate. The frontrunners released statements that revealed tensions in the more or less united effort to reclaim the White House, Reuters reports, with Clinton's camp emphasizing... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • Cuba • Clinton 2008 • debate • Obama 2008

Cubans Ignore Static on Illegal TV

Even committed commies crave US satellite shows despite Castro ban

Jul 12, 07 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cubans are turning to black-market satellite TV to watch soap operas, US news and music videos, and even the Chicago White Sox—in defiance of a national ban on the programs, the Christian Science Monitor reports. "If there is censorship, there is business," said one  provider who faces... More »

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television • DirecTV • cable TV • Fidel Castro • Cuba • censorship • black market • satellite TV • Committee for the Defense of the Revolution • soap operas • VH1 • boob tube

Castro Says He's on the Mend

Recovered from
'very grave' condition, he's busy 'reflecting and writing'

May 24, 07 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fidel Castro says he's on a steady road to recovery, finally off IVs and holding his weight, almost a year after a series of operations on his digestive system. In a statement emailed to reporters today, the 80-year-old Cuban president didn't mention if or when he might return to office. More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • biofuel • recovery

Castro Skips
May Day Parade

Ailing Dictator was widely expected to make a triumphant comeback

May 1, 07 3:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fidel Castro was a no-show at today's May Day parade in Havana, disappointing Cubans expecting a triumphant comeback appearance. Hundreds of thousands in Revolution Square got only brother Raul, who's been in power since Fidel was stricken by an abdominal ailment nine months ago. More »

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communism • Fidel Castro • Cuba • May Day • Raul Castro

Gitmo Tagged for Cuban Refugees

Navy plans to prevent post-Castro Cuban exodus

Mar 6, 07 11:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Anticipating that Fidel Castro's death will prompt thousands of Cubans to attempt to join their expatriate countrymen in South Florida, U.S. authorities are making space for them—in Cuba. The Miami Herald reports that the DOD has budgeted $18 million to expand its base at Guantanamo Bay to handle... More »

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Florida • Fidel Castro • Cuba • United States • Guantanamo Bay • refugee

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