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For the U.S. government, there is terrorism and then there is terrorism. It is rarely questioned why the United States should be allowed to hold the position of world arbiter of terrorism since America’s definition of it is conspicuously influenced by...
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Recently, a former insurance official revealed that he had been instructed to dig up dirt on Micheal Moore and his health-care film “Sicko” in order to...
made popular Dec 21 2010
The Castro regime apparently likes to boost about its health care system. For starters, it should be noted that Fidel Castro inherited a highly skilled and well staffed...
made popular Dec 21 2010
A Wikileaks leaked U.S. diplomatic cable states that the economic predicament in Cuba would very likely be “fatal” in two or three years.
Let’s hope...
made popular Dec 13 2010
Israel has never adopted principles in accepting supposed friendships. Rare are people as opportunistic as Zionists, and as cynical! This is a nation, for instance,...
made popular Nov 29 2010
Cuba has announced plans to build biolarvicide factories in several African countries and Brazil in a bid to tackle malaria and dengue fever.
José Antonio Fraga...
made popular Nov 17 2010
Here’s a dose of classic American hypocrisy: the United States is not consistent in its prosecution of terrorists and opposition to terrorism. Terrorists groups...
made popular Nov 15 2010
As Cuba embarks on a bold new experiment - firing 500,000 state workers and letting them plunge into freer markets - experts in the region are watching to see whether...
made popular Sep 17 2010
Euridis Rivero might not look like much of a role model for Cuba’s new economy: His tiny eatery selling fried pork and salami sandwiches on Havana’s...
made popular Sep 15 2010
Cuba announced Monday it will cast off at least half a million state employees by mid-2011 and reduce restrictions on private enterprise to help them find new jobs —...
made popular Sep 14 2010
Fidel Castro: Misquoted or Senile?
I recently reported that Comrade Fidel Castro is back. The revolutionary-to-the-death decided a few years back to retire to some...
made popular Sep 13 2010
Fidel Castro, visionary and pioneer.
Fidel Castro is back in the game. After suffering a medical illness, the revolutionary initially let his brother Raul to take...
made popular Sep 10 2010
Cuba’s communist economic model has come in for criticism from an unlikely source: Fidel Castro.
The revolutionary leader told a visiting American journalist and...
made popular Sep 9 2010
There’s a saying that goes “when hell freezes over”, meaning something that is never expected to happen, like peace between Israel and Palestine or...
made popular Sep 8 2010
Cuba’s Fidel Castro, reprising symbols of his former power, wore a full military uniform and spoke to a mass audience outdoors Friday for the first time since he...
made popular Sep 4 2010
Six Cuban migrants held hostage by people smugglers were found at a resort on Mexico’s Caribbean coast.
made popular Sep 3 2010
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro said he acknowledges the persecution of gays and lesbians during the Revolution in his country, according to a newspaper interview...
made popular Sep 1 2010
Cuba has issued a pair of surprising free-market decrees, allowing foreign investors to lease government land for up to 99 years – potentially touching off a...
made popular Aug 30 2010
Is Osama bin Laden — figurehead of al-Qaida and the most wanted terror suspect in the world — secretly working for the U.S. government? Former Cuban...
made popular Aug 28 2010
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A reinvigorated Fidel Castro marked his 84th birthday Friday after a recent return to the Cuban spotlight, insisting he remained true to the ideals of the revolution...
made popular Aug 14 2010
A Guantanamo jury has recommended a 14-year sentence for an al-Qa’ida cook, though he could be released much sooner under a plea bargain that will limit the time...
made popular Aug 12 2010
A recently freed Cuban political prisoner has won permission to immigrate to the United States and plans to leave next week, his brother said Thursday.
Ariel Sigler, a...
made popular Jul 23 2010
At a state project to refurbish a decaying building in Old Havana, one worker paints a wall white while two others watch. A fourth sleeps in a wheelbarrow positioned in...
made popular Jul 20 2010
A Canadian captive at the Guantanamo prison said on Monday he rejected a plea deal that would have freed him in five years if he admitted to killing a U.S. soldier in...
made popular Jul 13 2010
Cuba has freed seven political prisoners and sent them and their families to exile in Spain – the start of a promised mass liberation of dissidents that once seemed...
made popular Jul 13 2010
The government of Mexico is very pleased with yesterday’s announcement in Havana, Cuba of the immediate release of five prisoners accused or convicted for a...
made popular Jul 13 2010
Former President Fidel Castro visited the National Scientific Research Center, or CNIC, in Havana last week, his first public appearance since he fell ill in 2006, the...
made popular Jul 12 2010
Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas has ended his hunger strike after the government announced it was freeing 52 political prisoners.
Mr Farinas, who has been refusing...
made popular Jul 9 2010
The Cuban government on Wednesday agreed to release 52 political prisoners in the coming months, a dramatic move that may ease international criticism as well as save...
made popular Jul 8 2010
Francisco Chavez Abarca was arrested by Venezuelan authorities last Thursday when he arrived at Caracas’ international airport.
Venezuelan officials said Chavez...
made popular Jul 7 2010
Spain’s foreign minister is in Havana and is expected to press the Cuban government to free jailed dissidents.
Miguel Angel Moratinos is scheduled to meet his...
made popular Jul 6 2010
The little refugee boy whose photogenic face was flashed around the world when he became embroiled in an international custody battle after arriving in the US from Cuba...
made popular Jul 1 2010
On a sweltering January afternoon in 2008, Kelly Keagy — aging rock star, drummer for Night Ranger, the guy who belts MOTORINNN’ on that one power anthem...
made popular Jun 29 2010
Smoking bans and recession are stubbing out Cuba’s cigar industry, signalling a hostile era for a product whose mystique once captivated the likes of Winston...
made popular Jun 23 2010
Cuban state-owned utility Union Electrica will adopt “tough” measures to end the theft of power, since these crimes are on the rise at a time when the island’s...
made popular Jun 19 2010
Cuba’s civil defense chief said Tuesday that authorities are preparing coastal residents for the oil spill fouling the Gulf of Mexico, and a top military official...
made popular Jun 16 2010
The moves come ahead of a visit to Havana next week by Vatican Foreign Minister Dominque Mamberti, who is likely to press Cuba on its estimated 190 political prisoners...
made popular Jun 12 2010
In this week’s installment of Cuban news, Fidel Castro may have ties to Mexico’s drug war.
The arrest of the former mayor of Cancun has revealed a human...
made popular Jun 11 2010
Previously secret papers declassified Friday revealed that British ballerina Margot Fonteyn was heavily involved in plotting a coup to overthrow Panama’s...
made popular May 29 2010
Cuba has relaxed the prison regime for political detainees after talks with Roman Catholic leaders, a prominent dissident has said.
Prisoners held far from their homes...
made popular May 25 2010
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North Korea’s Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun, left, shakes hands with Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez at the Foreign Ministry in Havana, Monday, May 4, 2009.
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