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Raul Castro stories: 61 news summaries

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Obama to Cuban Blogger: Next Move Is Castro's

President sidesteps question on Castro government's legitimacy

Nov 19, 09 3:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Prominent Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez emailed a list of questions to President Obama, and in an unusual move, he responded. Obama's answers, which Sánchez posted today, largely reiterate his stated positions on Cuba. But he also indicates he has no interest in "talking for the sake of... More »

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Barack Obama • Cuba • Raul Castro • blogger • President Obama • Yoani Sanchez • Obama Cuban blogger

 Watchdog: 
 Raúl Just as Bad as Fidel 

He shares his brother's disregard for human rights

Nov 18, 09 2:45 PM CST
(Newser) - The perception that Cuba is less repressive under Raúl Castro than Fidel is false, Human Rights Watch says. Dissidents are still harassed by the state, subject to arbitrary detention—532 such cases in the first half of 2009 alone—fired. or denied work. The government also continues to pressure... More »

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human rights • Fidel Castro • Cuba • economic sanctions • Raul Castro • human rights abuse

 Castro Sister: I Worked With CIA 

New book reveals Juanita Castro's involvement with US intelligence

Oct 26, 09 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The sister of Fidel and Raúl Castro worked with the CIA in the 1960s, while the agency was planning to assassinate Fidel and overthrow the revolutionary government. In a new book, Juanita Castro, who now lives in Miami, reveals that she hid opponents of her brothers' regime in her... More »

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CIA • Latin America • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Miami • Raul Castro • Cuban Revolution • Central Intelligence Agency • Juanita Castro

 Early Castro 
 Compatriot 
 Almeida 
 Dead at 82 

Rebel leader coined revolutionary slogan 'Here, nobody surrenders!'

Sep 12, 09 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of the original leaders of the Cuban Revolution and a general in Fidel Castro’s military has died, the BBC reports. Juan Almeida Bosque, 82, was the third most senior member in Raul Castro’s Council of State and the only black member of the Cuban leadership. Almeida met... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • obituary • Raul Castro • Communism • Cuban Revolution • Juan Almeida Bosque • insurrection

(Newser) - Raúl Castro has warned the US not to expect any changes to Cuba's communist system, saying that while Barack Obama's administration was less "aggressive," he was not prepared to make peace. His comments came after Hillary Clinton made several remarks suggesting better relations if Cuba changed... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Cuba • Communist Party • Raul Castro • Havana • Cuban National Assembly

(Newser) - The Internet has lured Cuba's black marketeers online, GlobalPost reports. In a nation that bans most private commerce, a Craigslist-style website has emerged offering everything from American razor blades to True Blood DVDs. Buyers with fatter wallets can pick up computer equipment, a $6,000 illegal Internet hookup, or a... More »

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 Castro Purges Party on Video 


Jul 15, 09 6:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Raul Castro firmly ratchets up his grip on power in a three-hour video being shown to Cuba's Communist Party members, the Financial Times reports. The video features scenes from a March politburo meeting during which Castro fired most of Fidel's cabinet, along with testimony from security officials. Those who have... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Communist Party • Raul Castro • Cuban National Assembly • purge

(Newser) - Oil trapped deep in the Gulf of Mexico could help ease the US-Cuba trade ban and decades of strained relations, the Washington Post reports. With 5 billion to 20 billion barrels of crude lying untapped in Cuba's territorial waters, some experts argue it's time for US companies to help drill... More »

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US Wants Informal Chat
on Cuba Ties

Casual discussions could pave road to 'open relationship'

Apr 27, 09 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US is inching toward loosening relations with Cuba on the heels of President Obama’s Latin American trip, the New York Times reports. Cuban diplomats are set to meet informally with US officials to “test the waters,” an administration official said, mulling future talks over migration, drug... More »

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Latin America • diplomacy • Cuba • United States • Raul Castro • Obama administration • President Obama

Fidel: Raul's Overture Was 'Misinterpreted'

Ex-prez puts a chill
on warming relations between US, Cuba

Apr 22, 09 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - What President Obama took to be a historic overture from Cuba was actually just a misunderstanding, according to Fidel Castro. The former president—apparently enraged by suggestions that Cuba make concessions in return for improved US-Cuban relations—wrote in his online column that Obama "misinterpreted" his brother Raul's statement... More »

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diplomacy • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Raul Castro • Cuban embargo • President Obama

(Newser) - Adding warm words to the ongoing thaw in US-Cuba relations, President Obama said today he sought "a new beginning" with the island's communist regime, the Los Angeles Times reports. Obama spoke after arriving at the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. "I... More »

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Barack Obama • Latin America • Cuba • Raul Castro • Summit of the Americas

OPINION

Kinsley: Cuba Policy Hasn't Just Failed—It's Backfired

If we can be sure of anything, this is it

Apr 17, 09 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's time—actually it's way overdue—for America to admit that its Cuba policy simply hasn't worked, writes Michael Kinsley in the Washington Post. The US has been "unrelentingly hostile" to Havana, but to what end? Communism has collapsed just about everywhere else, but here it survives "unreformed... More »

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Obama, Castro Say They're Ready to Talk

Cuban-American relations look set to be best in 50 years

Apr 17, 09 5:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - An unusually direct exchange between Barack Obama and Raul Castro is moving Cuban-American relations towards their warmest since the Eisenhower administration, the AP reports. After Obama said yesterday that it was up to Cuba to take the next step, Castro swiftly replied that Cuba is "willing to discuss everything—... More »

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(Newser) - Cuba appears to be serious about trying to normalize relations with the US. A day after Raul Castro met with a delegation of US congressional representatives, the big man himself did the same, Reuters reports. Fidel, replaced by his brother 14 months ago as head of state when his health... More »

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Raul Castro Holds First Meeting with US Leaders

Holds 'constructive dialogue' with six congresspeople

Apr 7, 09 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Raul Castro met with six visiting members of the Congressional Black Caucus for more than four hours yesterday in his first face-to-face discussions with US leaders since he became Cuba's president last year, the AP reports. Castro spoke with Rep. Barbara Lee, a California Democrat, and other members of the... More »

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Congress • Cuba • Raul Castro • Barbara Lee • Congressional Black Caucus • meeting

 Senate Eyes Lifting 
 All Travel Bans to Cuba 

But Cuban-American senator fights colleagues to block it

Mar 30, 09 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A bipartisan group of senators is set to introduce a new bill on US-Cuban relations tomorrow that would remove all legal barriers to traveling to the island, reports the Washington Post. The bill goes far beyond earlier efforts to relax travel restrictions and enjoys support from committee leaders, top Republicans,... More »

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analysis

Cuba Sackings May Be
Olive Branch to US

Castro replaced 'pugnacious' minister with diplomat

Mar 5, 09 2:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Raul Castro’s overhaul of Cuban ministers may be meant to ease tensions with the US under President Obama, writes Tim Padgett in Time. Cuba’s president replaced a “pugnacious” former foreign minister who had close ties to Fidel with a longtime UN ambassador—and the move occurred the... More »

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diplomacy • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Raul Castro • President Obama

Fidel Spotted Strolling Around Havana

Residents see frail Comadante in public for first time in years

Mar 3, 09 6:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Residents of Havana say they’ve spotted the unmistakable figure of El Comadante shuffling around the city in recent weeks, the New York Times reports. Fidel Castro hasn’t been seen in public since undergoing emergency surgery in 2006, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hailed the jaunts as "a... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Raul Castro • Hugo Chávez • Havana

(AP) - President Raul Castro abruptly ousted some of Cuba's most powerful officials today, remaking the government in the biggest shakeup since he took over from his ailing brother Fidel Castro a year ago, the AP reports. The changes replaced some key Fidel loyalists, including the longtime foreign minister, with men closer... More »

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Latin America • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Raul Castro

ANALYSIS

A Year In, Raúl's Cuba In Midst of New Revolution

Fidel's younger brother raises country's global profile, begins reform

Feb 24, 09 6:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Today marks the first anniversary of Raúl Castro's rise to the top of Cuban politics, and as the Miami Herald reports, he has lots to celebrate. Latin America's continuing leftward shift has seen regional leaders cozy up to Fidel's brother, and Russia has used Cuba to expand its presence... More »

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Latin America • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Raul Castro • Cuban embargo • Havana

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