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Cuba's state-run economy has been in crisis mode for years, but it's facing some especially sobering arithmetic now. With trade falling and debt stacking up, President Raul Castro has warned Cubans that the island's socialist system must change. And he's asking them for something they're not used to giving in public: criticism.
(Raleigh, NC – October 22, 2009) Environmental Defense Fund will send a team of experts to Havana, Cuba, on Sunday to discuss ways to eliminate overfishing, protect coral reefs, conserve coastal areas, and tap potential ocean energy – a signal that greater environmental cooperation may be on the horizon.
Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 1:21 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 1:21 p.m. HAVANA - The pitcher who helped Cuba defeat the Baltimore Orioles in the United States a decade ago is in stable condition after his face was crushed with a blunt object while trying to stop a fight.
Hurricane Ida intensified off the Mexican resort of Cancun on Sunday and aimed for the Gulf of Mexico as the storm's heavy rains killed at least 42 people in El Salvador.
The United States is likely to decide soon to send an envoy to North Korea, the first such mission by President Barack Obama's administration to jumpstart denuclearization talks, an official has said.
Hurricane Ida strengthened off the Mexican resort city of Cancun on the Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday as the storm's heavy rains killed at least 42 people in El Salvador.
Parts of coastal Louisiana and Mississippi are now under a Hurricane Watch as Hurricane Ida makes its way through the Gulf of Mexico. The Hurricane Watch is in effect from Grand Isle, Louisiana to the Mississippi/Alabama border. New Orleans is not affected by the watch. At 10 a.m. Eastern time, the center of Ida was about 80 miles west-southeast of the western tip of Cuba.
MIAMI, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Hurricane Ida grew into a Category 2 storm Sunday as it neared the northeastern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula, forecasters said.
Tropical storm warnings were issued Saturday for parts of Mexico and Cuba as Ida rapidly gained strength over Caribbean waters, and the storm could start affecting the U.S. Gulf Coast by Tuesday.
The United States must lift the embargo and travel restrictions enacted in 1962 in order for Cuba to move forward, Cuban and American political leaders said....
CANCUN, Mexico — Ida grew into a hurricane for a second time as it roared over the Caribbean on a path that could take it between Mexico's resort-studded Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba ...
My father’s first job was in 1945 just after War War II ended. He was 8 years old and he worked at his father’s bodega in Güines, Cuba. Abuelo Chito would put crates on the floor so that my father could reach the counter. In Latin American...
Almost immediately after taking office, the Obama administration set an arbitrary deadline for closing the secure terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. That was the easy part. The hard part is deciding what to do with the hundreds of foreign terrorists detained at Guantanamo who, thus far, have been kept safely away from American communities, argues Senate Minority Leader Mitch ...
A Cuban-born man headed for the Texas death chamber for the robbery-slaying of a Houston drug dealer more than 10 years ago
On Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall was pulled down to the consternation of leftists, who still had faith socialism could work with the right leaders, and to the delight of conservatives, who believed that socialism and communism guaranteed mutually-shared poverty.
ACEVEDO, Lorenza R., de 85 años, natural de Cuba. Servicios hoy al mediodía en Woodlawn Park North. Funeraria Maspons, Miami.
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