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The country's January elections could signal a new direction for Cuba, as some doubt that Castro will ever return to power in an active position

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June 2009
- Trickster Lures Castro Son Into Online Affair
  
  Miami Herald | Jun 13, 09 7:57 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Miami prankster has lured one of Fidel Castro's sons into an online affair by posing as a beautiful woman from Colombia, the Miami Herald reports. In their amorous chats, broadcast recently on Miami television, Antonio Castro Soto del Valle reveals numerous personal details—like his address, phone number, and travel plans, all breaches of Castro family security. More »
- Fidel Disses 'Comic Strip' Spy Charges for US Couple
  
  Reuters | Jun 7, 09 5:04 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Fidel Castro has dismissed the charges against an American couple charged with spying for Cuba as baseless, reports Reuters. While he has not confirmed or denied the accusations against former State Department official Walter Kendall Myers and his wife, Castro wrote on his website that he had no memory of meeting the couple in 1995, as the US Justice Department contends. More »
- US Couple Charged With Spying for Cuba
  
  CNN | Jun 5, 09 6:05 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A retired State Department worker and his wife were charged today with spying for Cuba for nearly 3 decades, CNN reports. Appearing before a federal magistrate in Washington, DC, Walter Kendall Myers, 72, and Gwendolyn Myers, 71, were indicted for conspiracy, providing classified information, and wire fraud. They each face up to 35 years in prison for conveying information from State documents, often by memory. More »
- Cuba Rejects OAS Membership
  
  Voice of America | Jun 5, 09 6:08 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Cuba has decided not to rejoin the Organization of American States despite the group lifting the country's 47-year suspension, the Voice of America reports. Cuba's parliament leader called the decision to lift the ban "a major victory," but said Cuba hasn't changed its thinking on the group and still considers it to be working for US interests at the expense of Latin American and Caribbean states. More »
- OAS Votes to Readmit Cuba
  
  Associated Press | Jun 3, 09 2:54 PM CDT
  
  (AP) - The Organization of American States voted today to revoke a 1962 measure expelling communist Cuba, reversing a landmark of the Cold War in the hemisphere. It was not immediately clear if the ministers set democratic reform or human-rights conditions on Cuba's return to full participation in the organization, as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had urged. More »
May 2009
- Cuba Open to US Talks on Migration, Mail
  
  New York Times | May 31, 09 1:31 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Cuba today said it's ready to restart talks with the US on migration and postal services, the New York Times reports. An American official confirms, meanwhile, that the island nation will also work with the United States on issues including terrorism, drugs, and disaster relief. The development marks another step toward improved relations between the two countries as part of President Obama’s heightened emphasis on diplomacy. More »
- US Reforms Bring Partying Expats Back to Cuba
  
  Guardian (UK) | May 30, 09 7:45 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Taking advantage of loosened US rules, Cuban-Americans are flocking back to Havana and sparking a mini economic boom, the Guardian reports. Expatriates are bringing everything from Victoria's Secret bras to M&Ms to toothbrushes—and, of course, American dollars—for their Cuban families. "Capitalism à la carte," said one recent arrival from Miami. More »
- Man Wins $1B Judgment Against Castro, Guevara
  
  Miami Herald | May 30, 09 5:43 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Cuban-American who blames Fidel Castro and Che Guevara for his father's suicide has been awarded more than $1 billion by a US court, the Miami Herald reports. Gustavo Villoldo, whose father and his General Motors dealerships became prime targets for Castro and Guevara after the 1959 revolution, will attempt to obtain the cash from frozen Cuban government accounts worldwide. More »
- Fidel to Cheney: It's Torture
  
  Associated Press | May 27, 09 8:42 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Fidel Castro thinks those creative forms of interrogation used by the US amount to torture, and he criticized Dick Cheney for defending them, the AP reports. In an online essay, Castro argued that torture should never be used to get information from terror suspects. In fact, he went one better and accused the US of acts of terrorism against Cuba, citing the Bay of Pigs invasion as one of his examples. More »
- Obama Reopens Migration Talks With Cuba
  
  New York Times | May 22, 09 7:50 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Reaching out to an old foe and risking political turbulence at home, the Obama administration today scheduled meetings with Cuba on migration between the two nations, the New York Times reports. Officials made the move as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton resisted pressure from Latin American countries seeking a stronger US measure: bringing Cuba back into the Organization of American States. More »
- Untapped Oil Could Lube US-Cuba Ties
  
  Washington Post | May 16, 09 7:25 PM CDT
  
  (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 it. But Washington's JFK-era trade ban stands in the way. It would "be a sea change, literally and figuratively, for the Cubans," one US professor said. More »
April 2009
- US Wants Informal Chat on Cuba Ties
  
  New York Times | 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 trafficking, and other issues in efforts at “a serious, civil, open relationship.” More »
- RFK Wanted to Lift Cuba Travel Ban, Too
  
  Washington Post | Apr 23, 09 9:06 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Blocking Americans from traveling to Cuba is "inconsistent with traditional American liberties," according to the US attorney general. Eric Holder in 2009? Nope: Bobby Kennedy in 1963—who opposed prosecuting students who went to Havana and unsuccessfully pushed the Johnson White House to lift the ban. As daughter Kathleen Kennedy Townsend writes in the Washington Post , that travel prohibition is even more indefensible today than it was in the 1960s. More »
- Fidel: Raul's Overture Was 'Misinterpreted'
  
  Associated Press | 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 that Cuban leaders would be willing to discuss everything, including human rights, reports the AP. More »
- Obama Defends Handshake, Urges Cuba to Free Prisoners
  
  Wall Street Journal | Apr 19, 09 3:59 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - President Obama defended his friendly chat with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and asked Cuba to free its political prisoners, the Wall Street Journal reports. At the close of the Summit of the America's today, Obama brushed off Republican criticism, saying that turning a new page with Venezuela and Cuba represents "an opportunity for frank dialogue on a range of issues." More »
- Summers: End of Cuban Embargo 'Way Down Road'
  
  Politico | Apr 19, 09 9:42 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The US trade embargo against Cuba won’t be ending anytime soon, President Obama’s economic adviser insisted today. “That’s way down the road, and it’s going to depend on what Cuba does going forward,” Lawrence Summers told NBC’s Meet the Press , saying Obama’s actions are “grounded in American interests, grounded in morality, letting families get back together again.” More »
- Latin Leaders Praise Obama on Cuba, Press for More
  
  Reuters | Apr 18, 09 5:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Latin American and Caribbean leaders praised President Obama today for reaching out to Cuba and urged him to end America's trade embargo with the communist nation, Reuters reports. After Brazil, Venezuela, and Caribbean nations applauded Obama's call for a "new beginning with Cuba" at a summit in Port of Spain, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez pressed Obama to "advance rapidly" toward that goal. More »
- Obama Calls For 'New Beginning' With Cuba
  
  Los Angeles Times | Apr 17, 09 10:58 PM CDT
  
  (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 am prepared to have my administration engage with the Cuban government on a wide range of issues," he said. More »
- Kinsley: Cuba Policy Hasn't Just Failed—It's Backfired
  
  Washington Post | 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 and unapologetic." We've used the carrot and stick with other totalitarian regimes, but here it's been all stick, to no avail. Lift the embargo already. More »
- Obama, Castro Say They're Ready to Talk
  
  Associated Press | 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—human rights, freedom of the press, political prisoners, everything." More »

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Cuban President Fidel Castro is seen speaking in this Tuesday, March 21, 2006 file photo in Havana. Castro wrote Tuesday that President Bush is threatening the world with nuclear war and famine _ an attack on Washington a day before the White House was to announce new plans to draw...

Cuban President Fidel Castro is seen speaking in this Tuesday, March 21, 2006 file photo in Havana. Castro wrote Tuesday that President Bush is threatening the world with nuclear war and famine _ an attack... (Associated Press)

A man exhibiting his tattoos takes a drink of rum at the Metal City Festival in Santa Clara, Cuba, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007. The 10th annual hard rock and heavy metal festival brings together musicians and fans across the island for four days of concerts, a tattoo convention and music...

A man exhibiting his tattoos takes a drink of rum at the Metal City Festival in Santa Clara, Cuba, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007. The 10th annual hard rock and heavy metal festival brings together musicians... (Associated Press)

Residents make their way in a street near the Capitol building in Havana, Tuesday, Oct. 30,2007. The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to urge the United States to end its 46-year-old trade embargo against Cuba after its foreign minister accused the U.S. of stepping up its...

Residents make their way in a street near the Capitol building in Havana, Tuesday, Oct. 30,2007. The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to urge the United States to end its 46-year-old... (Associated Press)

A young man, left, smokes as Susana Gonzalez sits in front of her house Havana, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007. The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to urge the United States to end its 46-year-old trade embargo against Cuba after its foreign minister accused the U.S. of stepping...

A young man, left, smokes as Susana Gonzalez sits in front of her house Havana, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007. The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to urge the United States to end its 46-year-old... (Associated Press)

Military carry the medals of Cuba's Gen.Sergio del Valle Jimenez, during his funeral service at the Colon cemetery in Havana, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007. Del Valle joined Castro's revolution against dictator Fulgencio Batista in the mid 1950s, and entered the rebel army as a physician and soldier fighting against...

Military carry the medals of Cuba's Gen.Sergio del Valle Jimenez, during his funeral service at the Colon cemetery in Havana, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007. Del Valle joined Castro's revolution against dictator... (Associated Press)

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