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Made Popular Nov 4 2009
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Not too long ago, Ricardo Herrero was one of Miami’s Cuban-American hardliners, an ardent supporter of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba as well as the ban on U.S. travel to the communist island. But a half dozen trips to Cuba during this decade have...

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May 4 2009 by AP0 Comments

Cuban singer Silvio Rodriguez says he missed Sunday’s tribute to folk music legend Pete Seeger because U.S. authorities failed to approve his visa in time.

 
 
May 2 2009 by AP0 Comments

President Hugo Chavez on Friday condemned a U.S. report that alleges Venezuela fails to cooperate in fighting terrorism and called on President Barack Obama to end the decades-long trade embargo against Cuba.

 
 
May 2 2009 by AP0 Comments

The Caribbean is reporting an unexpected jump in tourism as vacationers once bound for Mexico’s sunny shores turn to new destinations amid worries about swine flu.

 
 
May 1 2009 by AP0 Comments

Fidel Castro again bristled at the Obama administration’s steps toward improving relations with Cuba, writing in a May Day message that the U.S. would like to see Cubans “return to the fold of slaves.”

 
 
May 1 2009 by AP0 Comments

In an April 28 story, The Associated Press reported that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said he was exploring bringing together the presidents of five South American countries with U.S. representatives in a forum to discuss sensitive issues.

 
 
May 1 2009 by AP0 Comments

In an April 28 story, The Associated Press reported that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said he was exploring bringing together the presidents of five South American with U.S. representatives in a forum to discuss sensitive issues.

 
 
Apr 30 2009 by AP0 Comments

Military lawyers for two young Guantanamo detainees urged the U.S. on Wednesday to follow protocols it signed in 2002 on child soldiers and release the juveniles being held at the U.S. military prison in Cuba.

 
 
Apr 29 2009 by AP0 Comments

Raul Castro dismissed Barack Obama’s policy changes toward Cuba as “achieving only the minimum,” and said Wednesday that it is up to the U.S. _ not Cuba _ to do more to improve relations.

 
 
Apr 29 2009 by AP0 Comments

Raul Castro dismissed Barack Obama’s policy changes toward Cuba as “achieving only the minimum,” and said Wednesday that it is up to the U.S. _ not Cuba _ to do more to improve relations.

 
 
Apr 29 2009 by AP0 Comments

Raul Castro has dismissed Barack Obama’s policy changes toward Cuba as “minimal” and says it is up to the U.S. _ not Cuba _ to do more to improve relations.

 
 
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