UK Home Office minister gets tough, then gets stuck
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Thursday, 31 July 2008
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Montaner: Raúl's psychological dependency on Fidel Castro
What is Raúl Castro doing nowadays? It's important to keep track of him. Everybody, including Cuba's ruling nomenklatura, knows that communism is condemned to disappear from the island. It is the unfinished chapter of the Cold War, and the system, as happened everywhere, will eventually be replaced
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Monday, 28 July 2008
Cubans Hear Nothing Radical In Raul Castro Speech
Cuban President Raul Castro marks the 55th anniversary of the attack that launched the island's communist revolution. But there were no major new initiatives in a speech watched for news of more reforms aimed at revitalizing Cuba's state-run economy.
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Friday, 25 July 2008
El Santander organiza una visita de alto nivel a Cuba
El consejero y presidente de la División América del Grupo Santander, Francisco Luzón, viajará a Cuba el lunes en visita oficial. El motivo formal del viaje es la firma de un acuerdo de la Universidad de La Habana con la red cibernética Universia, que financia el BS y de la que Luzón es vicepresidente.
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Castro: 'No hay que dar explicaciones' sobre aviones rusos
Castro: 'No hay que dar explicaciones' sobre un eventual uso de bases cubanas por bombarderos rusos
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Thursday, 24 July 2008
Russia to reopen spy facility in Cuba
Babalublog posted today: A loud call is being voiced to reactivating the Lourdes SIGINT station in Cuba
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Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Pagina web oficial cubana pone a Raul como Primer Secretario
Pagina web oficial cubana pone a Raul como Primer Secretario del Partido Comunista de Cuba. Donde esta Fidel Castro?
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Sunday, 20 July 2008
One more good reason to lift the embargo on Cuba
Let's seize the potential of the nation's sugar-based ethanol -- before China beats us to it.
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Saturday, 19 July 2008
Friday, 18 July 2008
La vida secreta de Castro (3 de 5)
Este documental muestra cómo vive Castro en la intimidad la llamada Revolución Cubana.
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La vida secreta de Castro (2 de 5)
Este documental muestra cómo vive Castro en la intimidad la llamada Revolución Cubana.
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Glenn Beck: Che Guevara Shirts Fit for Terrorists
What T-shirt should you wear when you need to blend in with terrorists? Incredibly, we have an answer to that question.
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Thursday, 17 July 2008
Demanda alega abusos contra obreros cubanos en astillero
108 cubanos que trabajaban doble turno en una empresa conjunta entre el gobierno cubano y la empresa Curacao Drydock Company no recibían su dinero, que se dedicaba a amortizar la deuda oficial del gobierno de la isla con la empresa, muestran documentos judiciales.
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Cuba paid debts with forced labor, Miami lawsuit says
The 108 Cuban shipyard hands who worked double shifts in a joint venture between the Cuban government and the Curacao Dry Dock Company did not get to spend their wages. Their earnings were applied to the Cuban government's debt with the company
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Cuba looks better from London: Ceiba lists in AIM
Ceiba, the only fund that invests exclusively in Cuba, has already raised its capital to $137.3 million in a share placing in March in the Channel Islands that was 70% oversubscribed despite market turmoil.
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Desastre pedagogico - la educacion se derrumba en Cuba
¿Puede la educación cubana mantenerse ajena al derrumbe de un sistema arcaico y tieso?
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Anheuser raises red flag over InBev's Cuba unit
Anheuser-Busch on Monday raised the political and emotional stakes in its fight against an unwanted $46.3 billion (23.5 billion pound) takeover bid by highlighting its links to Cuba
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Monday, 14 July 2008
From The Guardian, A documentary about Cuba's gay and transvestite culture
A documentary about Cuba's gay and transvestite culture, courtesy of Penultimos Dias
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Sunday, 13 July 2008
Friday, 11 July 2008
Blog Penultimos Dias: Cuba, China y el petróleo que vendrá
"Batalla inminente”, tituló El Nuevo Herald. “La venganza de Castro” —ironiza Fortune. Desde el año pasado hay un nuevo actor en el mapa geopolítico cubano: el petróleo.
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Cuba frets over import costs even as economy grows
By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - New Cuban President Raul Castro's promise to improve daily life is running up against soaring fuel and food prices for the import-dependent country and belt tightening is in order, the official media said
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Raul Castro takes aim at Cuban construction woes
By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba has begun decentralizing decision-making in construction, in the second major reorganization of an industry since Raul Castro became president in February, official media reported on Thursday. A parliament...
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Cuba: Festival de Cine condiciona exhibir filme de Soderberg
Alfredo Guevara censura: Festival de La Habana no exhibirá el filme de Soderberg sobre el Che si ataca a Fidel Castro
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Thursday, 10 July 2008
Pinkomag.com - Habana Bananas
Pinkomag.com While in Havana, our correspondent decides to follow the rumors he had heard that Cuba would have its first gay pride parade that day, just a few blocks from where he was staying.
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Wednesday, 2 July 2008
Cuba - EU : Anyone for cocktails?
THE diplomatic sanctions imposed by the European Union after Cuba jailed 75 dissidents in 2003 were hardly painful. They mainly consisted of restricting political contacts and inviting dissidents to embassy functions, prompting a boycott by Cuban officials that became known as the “cocktail war”. The sanctions were suspended in 2005.
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Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Descendientes de españoles a Cuba tramitan nacionalidad
Descendientes de emigrados a Cuba se interesan por los trámites para pedir la nacionalidad española
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Cuba: Dame la maleta que me voy del campo (I)
Juventud Rebelde sobre los movimientos migratorios internos en Cuba, tambien nos llega via Penultimos Dias
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Cubanos del interior migran masivamente a La Habana
Penultimos Dias nos trae esta nota de AFP: Cuba enfrenta un éxodo de la población del campo a la capital ante la falta de desarrollo económico en esas regiones y la centralización de la actividad productiva, agravado por el paternalismo estatal que protege a los que no trabajan, según un informe de la prensa local.
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