Key U.S. lawmaker calls for lifting of travel ban on Cuba
CNN - Thu Nov 19, 5:47 pm ETThe U.S. government has no right to restrict American tourists from traveling to Cuba, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Thursday.
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U.S. agent for Cuba gets life in prison
Miami Herald - Fri Nov 20, 11:06 pm ETThirty years of spying for Cuba will send a retired State Department official to prison for life after he and his wife pleaded guilty Friday to sending secrets to the United States' longtime antagonist.
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Elderly US couple pleads guilty in Cuba spy case
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 7:10 pm ETAn elderly US couple charged with spying for Cuba for almost 30 years pleaded guilty in the conspiracy Friday, with the husband agreeing to serve a life sentence, the US Justice Department said.
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U.S. and Cuba practice softball diplomacy
CNN - Thu Nov 19, 8:17 pm ETA metaphorical timeout has been in place between the United States and Cuba for nearly 50 years. But that could all be changing with the help of sports.
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At House hearing, two sides debate U.S. ban on travel to Cuba
Washington Post - Fri Nov 20, 12:00 am ETAt a tempestuous hearing Thursday, one House member after another criticized a growing campaign to lift the ban on American tourists traveling to Cuba. The move would reward a regime that oppresses its own people, lawmakers declared, pointing to the recent assault on Yoani Sánchez, a Cuban blogge...
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Blogger in Cuba has Washington's ear
Miami Herald - Fri Nov 20, 12:07 am ETCuba's celebrated and increasingly brassy blogger Yoani Sánchez emerged Thursday as a player in U.S.-Cuba relations, scoring a lengthy reply from President Barack Obama to her questions and playing a starring role in a congressional hearing on efforts to let American tourists visit Cuba.
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Cuba continues repression, rights group says
CNN - Wed Nov 18, 1:58 pm ETRaul Castro's government in Cuba continues to repress civil rights and persecute dissenters three years after he became the communist nation's top leader, Human Rights Watch says in a report released Wednesday.
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U.S., Cuba players find friendship in softball
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 5:52 pm ETThere were hugs and handshakes all around on Friday as teams of older U.S. and Cuban softball players ended a "friendship" tournament they hope will set an example for their respective governments.
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Ex-U.S. official, wife plead guilty in Cuba spy case
CNN - Fri Nov 20, 5:31 pm ETA former State Department employee and his wife, accused of illegally aiding the government of Cuba for nearly 30 years, pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges.
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Serious rights violations in Raul Castro's Cuba: HRW
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 18, 10:55 am ETCommunist Cuba's shift from Fidel Castro's leadership to President Raul Castro's has brought continued serious human rights violations including persistent aggression against dissidents.
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Open Cuba to U.S. tourists, leading dissident urges
McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 19, 6:22 pm ETWASHINGTON — A high-octane effort to let U.S. tourists visit Cuba got a major endorsement Thursday from one of the island's leading dissidents, who suggested that "along with suitcases, Bermuda shorts and sun block, support, solidarity and freedom could come, too."
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Cuba's Raul Castro crushes dissent like Fidel: report
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 18, 4:48 pm ETCuba's Raul Castro has kept the system his brother Fidel used to repress critics, refusing to free scores of people imprisoned years ago and jailing others for "dangerousness," Human Rights Watch said in a report issued on Wednesday.
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Ex-U.S. official and wife admit 30 years of spying for Cuba
Washington Post - Sat Nov 21, 12:00 am ETA former State Department official and his wife admitted in federal court Friday that they spied for Cuba over the past three decades, receiving their coded instructions over a shortwave radio and passing along information to intelligence operatives in "dead drops" and "hand-to-hand" passes.
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Ex-State Dept official pleads guilty to spying for Cuba
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 6:46 pm ETA former U.S. State Department official and his wife pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that they spied for almost three decades for the Communist-led Cuban government.
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Ex-State Department Official, Wife Plead Guilty to Cuba Spying
Bloomberg - 2 hours 40 minutes agoNov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- A former U.S. State Department official and his wife pleaded guilty to charges they provided classified information about U.S. national defense to the Republic of Cuba for three decades.
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Couple to plead guilty to spying for Cuba
McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 2:42 pm ETWASHINGTON — A retired State Department employee and his wife are expected to plead guilty Friday in federal court to charges that they have been spying for Cuba for decades.
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