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100,000 signatures strong for Cuba travel

USA Today - 52 minutes ago

A cyberspace petition started by the Orbitz travel site to open Cuba to American tourists now has more than its goal of 100,000 signatures.

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Cuba blasts US black leaders for charges of racism
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 3:09 pm ET
Cuba hit back Thursday at 60 prominent U.S. black leaders who challenged its race record, with island writers, artists and official journalists calling the criticism an attack on their country's national identity.
Racism fight in Cuba needs new thinking
Miami Herald - Sun Dec 6, 12:27 am ET
Fifty and 60. Not just numbers. They capture the journey of 50 years in a crumbling island and a sea of change in perspective among 60 prestigious people to the north who opened their eyes and told the truth, exposing Cuba's dirty little secret.
Will ordinary Cubans reap the spoils of American tourism?
MinnPost - Mon Dec 7, 11:38 am ET
HAVANA, Cuba — The small-time entrepreneurs who rent out private rooms to tourists in this country may be the future business leaders of a post-Castro economy, but for now they are a beleaguered tribe.
Delawareans with Cuban ties welcome an open door
The News Journal - Mon Dec 7, 3:51 am ET
The last time Pedro Ferreira saw his father was March 23, 1962. He was 15 years old and his parents had just put him and his 13-year-old brother, Enrique, on a plane in Havana, Cuba, for a short hop to Miami.
Pro-government group rejects Cuba racism claim
McClatchy Washington Bureau - Mon Dec 7, 7:22 am ET
Pro-government Cuban writers and artists Friday rejected allegations by African-Americans of racism and repression on the island, calling the charges "delusional" and part of "an anti-Cuban campaign."
Cuba singer barred by Bush visits U.S., sees official
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 3:39 am ET
A Cuban musician barred from the United States by the Bush administration performed in Washington on Thursday and had lunch with a White House official in a new sign of a thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations.
Cuba-U.S. Migration Talks Pushed Back Until February
Fox News - Fri Dec 4, 12:45 pm ET
Highly anticipated immigration negotiations between Cuba and the United States have been pushed back at the communist island's request.
Cuba-US migration talks pushed back until February
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 2:20 pm ET
Highly anticipated immigration talks between Cuba and the United States have been pushed back because of scheduling concerns that each side blames on the other, another hint that reconciliation may be more difficult than it once appeared.
Dozens of tiny dissident groups call for free elections, respect for human rights in Cuba
Sun-Sentinel - Thu Dec 3, 7:19 pm ET
HAVANA (AP) — Activists from 32 little-known organizations opposed to Cuba's communist government issued a call for an end to social repression on the island at a Thursday gathering in the home of a prominent human rights activist.
Fidel Castro's son elected to world baseball body
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 58 minutes ago
One of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's sons will help lead world baseball's drive to get the sport back in the Olympics after being elected as a vice president of the game's governing body.
U.S., Cuba spar over embargo's impact
MSNBC - Fri Dec 4, 4:36 pm ET
Cuba recently took a dozen children with heart defects to the U.N. to complain about the U.S. embargo, but the rhetoric around the embargo is often not the same as the more complicated reality.
Friendlier Obama tune on Cuba brings musical detente
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 3:38 pm ET
Cuban musicians are returning to perform in the United States after a long freeze on such visits, seizing the opportunity of friendlier overtures toward Havana from U.S. President Barack Obama.
U.S., Cuba migration talks delayed until February
Washington Post - Fri Dec 4, 12:00 am ET
Long-planned talks on Cuban migration to the United States have been delayed until February, a State Department official said Thursday, offering no explanation for the postponement.
Castro’s son elected to baseball federation
Rome News-Tribune - Sun Dec 6, 8:40 pm ET
HAVANA (AP) — A son of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s has been elected one of three vice presidents of the International Baseball Federation after a vote Sunday in Lausanne, Switzerland, Cuba...
Cuba-U.S. Immigration Talks Pushed to Feb.
CBS News - Fri Dec 4, 4:00 pm ET
Derailed Talks Were Scheduled to Happen in Early December in Havana; Both Sides Blaming Other for Delay