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23 144p4y
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CUBA
Independent
journalist fired
Independent
journalist Alain Ram�n G�mez said he was fired
from his job as retaliation for having refused
to contribute a day's pay to the government.
SANTA CLARA,
Guillermo Fari�as
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FROM
CUBA
"Only
foreigners can fish our waters"
Residents
of a small fishing village in Holgu�n province complain
that increasingly stern restrictions on their traditonal
occupation mean that only foreign turists can fish
their waters.
HOLGUIN, Liannis
Meri�o Aguilera |
FROM
CUBA
Dragnet
targets satellite TV antennas
Dozens of
police and of special brigades launched
a massive operation targeting the satellite TV antennas
that Cubans improvise to be able to watch foreign
programming.
HAVANA, Odelin
Alfonso |
FROM
CUBA
Hard
currency store broken into
Someone broke
into the CUPEX hard-currency store and took 11 tires
that were on display. The tires are valued at about
120 dollars each.
HAVANA, Jos�
Antonio Fornaris |
The
Miami Herald
� Tribune reporter is ousted in Cuba crackdown
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Commerce secretary: Tough stance on Cuba won't change
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Pair charged with violating Cuba travel ban
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Ch�vez close to Castro in politics, not economics
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Cuba extends hours of some state offices
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Defecting Cuban boxers denied entry
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Niece: Castro in 'stupendous' condition
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concerned about the health of jailed independent
journalist in Cuba
The Committee
to Protect Journalists is concerned about a report
of deteriorating health of independent journalist
Alfredo Pulido L�pez, who has been imprisoned in
Cuba for almost four years.
Committee to
Protect Journalists. |
Cubans
feel betrayed by tourist playground
Carlos swung
his legs over the sea wall bordering one side of
Havana's famous Malecon seafront promenade and looked
on curiously as a 1957 Chevrolet with an open top
slowed to allow its engers to photograph the
faded facade of a colonial building.
Daily Telegraph. |
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Lost
boys of Cuba? Hardly
Like
many 'Pedro Pans,' 14,000 Cuban children airlifted
to Miami in 1961, the De Cespedes brothers soared
in exile -- but at a cost..
The
Los Angeles Times (reg. req'd).
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Cubans
on Medical Aid Mission Flee Venezuela, but Find
Limbo
Among
Thousands of Professionals Sent to Serve Poor,
Some Now Wait in Colombia, Hoping for Entry to
U.S.
The
Washington Post (reg. req'd).
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February
16
FROM
CUBA
Independent
journalist's wife fired
Yolanda
�lvarez, the wife of independent journalist Alejandro
Tur, worked as an attendant in the bathrooms of
"El R�pido" shopping center in Cienfuegos. The
shopping center is owned and operated by the government
under its corporate entity CIMEX.
RANCHUELO,
F�lix Reyes Guti�rrez
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FROM
CUBA
State
Security interrogate 13-year-old girl in school
A captain
Creo and a woman officer of the Department of State
Security questioned a 13-year-0ld girl at the middle
school she attends.
CIEGO DE AVILA,
Tania Maceda Guerra |
The
Miami Herald
� Plan prepared for Cuban exodus
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Castro's son: Fidel's recovery 'satisfactory'
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Did Cuba really find Ch�'s remains?
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Cuba search engine trawls Castro speeches, not Web
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Cuban official defends internet controls
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Cable to expand Cuba's internet capacity
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India, Cuba refresh political, trade ties
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Cuban jetliner bombing suspect faces US immigration
trial
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Actress Charlize Theron Says Cuba and America Are
Both Un-Free
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US food sales to Cuba remain strong
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US food sales to Cuba remain strong
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Mexico aims to improve ties with Cuba
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OAS chief seeks dialogue with Cuba
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Canada's silence on Washington's Cuba policy speaks
volumes, experts say
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Cuba sends key drug suspect to Colombia
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Hints
at renewing ties with Cuba
Mexican President
Felipe Calder�n just ed the hundred-day mark.
Expectations weren't high -- demonstrating the forcefulness
that eluded his predecessor and broadening his reach
beyond a bare-bones electoral win -- but he did
all right.
The Miami Herald. |
Minister
blames US embargo for low number of Cubans online
Reporters
Without Borders took issue today with comments by
Cuban communications minister Ramiro Valdes yesterday
describing the Internet as a "tool for global extermination"
and as a "wild colt" that needed to be tamed.
Reporters Without
Borders. |
Czech
Foreign Ministry to projects in Cuba, Belarus
The Czech
Foreign Ministry has selected 17 projects aimed
at the of human rights and civil society
in Belarus, Cuba, Iraq, Georgia, Myanmar, Serbia
and Moldova, the ministry told CTK today.
Prague Daily
Monitor. |
New
Issue of Quarterly Bulletin Cuba-Europe Dialogues
was Published by People in Need Foundation
New issue
of bulletin Cuba-Europe Dialogues dedicated to relations
between Cubans and Europeans was published . This
issue of CED looks at Cuban's views and plans regarding
transition.
People in Need,
Prague. |
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February
9
FROM
CUBA
Police
target street peddlers
Police and
inspectors from the commerce department targeted
street peddlers in Santa Clara on January 30,
imposing fines as high as 70,000 pesos and confiscating
merchandise.
SANTA CLARA,
Rigoberto Gonz�lez
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FROM
CUBA
No
milk sold in Santiago
Government
outlets did not have milk to sell under the rationing
quota between January 25 and 30, explaining there
was no milk in the province.
SANTIAGO DE
CUBA, Lisette Bravo |
FROM
CUBA
Retired
lieutenant colonel closes street for his own
Lieutenant
colonel Ram�n Guerrero, Revolutionary Armed Forces,
retired, recently erected a steel gate on the street
in front of his house, essentially appropriating
part of the street for his own use.
HAVANA, Odel�n
Alfonso Torna |
FROM
CUBA
Police
target foreign broadcast antennas
Police and
telephone company employees are combing the streets
looking for signs of home-made antennas designed
to pull in TV programs broadcast from abroad and
distributed by satellite.
HAVANA, Juan
Carlos Linares |
The
Miami Herald
� Raul Castro says brother getting better
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2 Cuban army officers killed at jail
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U.S. public's feelings mixed on Castro
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Polar opposites unite against Cuba policy
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Bush budget pushes more aid to Latin America
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2 Cuban dissidents released from jail
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In Cuba, dissent by invitation only
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Charlize makes Cuba documentary
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Pedro Knight, 85: Celiz Cruz's partner in music
and life
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Havana heartbreak |
Yahoo
News
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Cuba Warns Satellite TV Pirates
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Cuba sends key drug suspect to Colombia
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Anand Sharma to visit Cuba, Dominican Republic and
Jamaica
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Acting President Raul Castro Makes Visit
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Cuba Episcopalians Have 1st Woman Bishop
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Cuba blasts anti-Castro TV programming |
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February
2
FROM
CUBA
Haitian
medical student's belongings confiscated at airport
A Haitian
who's studying medicine in Santiago de Cuba said
customs authorities at the airport in Havana confiscated
some of his belongings when he entered the country.
SANTIAGO DE
CUBA, Lisette Bravo
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FROM
CUBA
Police
confiscate toys from free library
Police confiscated
a number of toys that of an independent
library planned to distribute to children.
SANTA CLARA,
Guillermo Fari�as |
FROM
CUBA
Rustlers
butcher cow stolen from farmer
When police
arrived at 8:00 a.m. a group of people was looking
at the cow's carcass left by the side of the road.
"They butchered it alive. That's inhumane," said
one bystander.
PINAR DEL RIO,
Rafael Ferro Salas |
FROM
CUBA
Handicapped
street peddler fined, threatened
A police captain
known locally only as Claudio imposed a fine of
400 pesos -almost two months' salary- on a wheel-chair
bound handicapped street peddler.
CIEGO DE AVILA,
Luis Esteban Espinosa |
FROM
CUBA
Children
pressed into duty collecting garbage
A group of
30 children and one teenager have been organized
into a brigade by of the Panamerican Health
Organization to pick up solid refuse in the city.
HOLGUIN, Yosvani
Anzardo Hern�ndez |
The
Miami Herald
� Ch�vez: Castro is looking better
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No party: Castro event is downsized
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Ra�l Castro's inner circle hints at the future Cuba
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Weak Castro in new video
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Bill to ease curbs on Cuba visits introduced
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Official says U.S. willing to help Cuba
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ANZ cuts business to Sudan, Cuba, Iran
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US has no idea on Castro health
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Cuba shelves turtle trade resumption proposal, blowing
Japan projects
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Travel
restrictions not in our best interest
The U.S.
government is blowing its best chance to encourage
a peaceful transition in Cuba by holding fast to
counterproductive restrictions on travel to the
island. Denying a visit to Cuba by the World Trade
Center Palm Beach, a not-for-profit group, is a
perfect example.
The Miami Herald. |
Sooner
or later, 'Fidel Show' will end
Here we go
again. On Tuesday, Cuban television broadcast a
six-minute video of Fidel Castro and Hugo Ch�vez.
Ch�vez did most of the talking, and Castro -- perhaps
less gaunt than we last saw him three months ago
-- looked the part of a seriously stricken old man.
Sooner or later, the show will be over.
The Miami Herald. |
Rangel
v. Rodr�guez
While Congress
is considering Congressman Rangel's bill to eliminate
the American embargo against Cuba, meet Alberto
Justo Rodr�guez. Mr. Rodr�guez is a Cuban who, along
with about 100 of his countrymen, was sent by his
government to work in a dry dock in Curacao.
New York Sun. |
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