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Cuba making good on pledge to free prisoners
From a story at news.yahoo.com, “Cuba appeared to be making quick progress in meeting a pledge to free 2,900 pardoned prisoners, most of them convicted of minor crimes, even as…
Blogger can’t come to U.S. for prize
[Miami Herald]– A Cuban blogger who has become an international sensation for offering frank criticism of her country’s communist system said she was denied government permission Monday to travel to…
Cuba’s lauded healthcare system is a hoax
[Miami Herald]– Teresita died on my birthday almost five years ago. I didn’t grow up with my older cousin — she stayed behind in Havana after the revolution and my…
President meets Fidel Castro, top Cuba leaders
[Vietnam News]– President Nguyen Minh Triet affirmed the continued friendship, support and solidarity by the Party, State and people of Viet Nam for their Cuban counterparts during a courtesy call…
‘Old friends’ Cuba, China strengthen ties
Why is the world’s third-largest economy spending hundreds of millions of dollars in Cuba, an impoverished island with few natural resources and a history of making things difficult for foreign…
Obama extends Cuba embargo 1 year
President Barack Obama has extended the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba for one year, the White House said in a statement released on Monday. The extension was expected and has…
Fidel Castro’s new `tropical business casual’ look is a signal — but of what?
What does it mean when Fidel Castro, known for carefully managing his image, appears in recent photos wearing not his usual track suits but shirts that one observer called “tropical…
Cuban government reduces prices on 24 basic goods
The Cuban government is implementing a price reduction of up to 20 percent on 24 basic goods sold at foreign-currency stores, including food products like ground meat, chicken and canned…
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