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Nearly 50 years after a botched US-directed invasion of Cuba, the communist nation said Saturday it is holding a military exercise next week to boost preparedness against any future US attack.
The husband of Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez said he was attacked by government supporters as he waited on Friday to confront state security agents accused of detaining and beating his wife two weeks ago.
By Rachel Pulfer Walruss Magazine Canada Infosearch: José Cadenas Analyst Bureau Chief US. Reearch Dept. La Nueva Cuba November 17, 2009 The sun is rising over Old Havana, but the man standing at the balcony rail is in the shade.
HAVANA (AP) — President Barack Obama has answered questions submitted by a celebrated Cuban blogger, saying he isn’t interested in “talking for the sake of talking” with Raul Castro and indicating he won’t visit the island until the communist government changes its ways.
WASHINGTON — Any good will that Raul Castro enjoyed as Cuba's new leader has dissipated, according to a new poll, which found that more than four out of five of those surveyed in Cuba were unhappy with the direction of the country.
“Cuba has insulted not only the state of New Jersey but also the entire justice system of the United States,” Rep. Scott Garrett, R-Wantage, said
A hunger strike by a Cuban dissident has been a hot story for Miami-based Spanish-language media, and concern about her health even reached the halls of the U.S. Congress, where an anti-Castro lawmaker warned that she was "close to death."
The very slightest hint of a thaw in cultural relations between the United States and Cuba has quietly brought the Cuban band Septeto Nacional to New York.
(RTTNews) - A former US State Department official and his wife have admitted spying for Cuba for about three decades, reports said. In guilty plea agreements, Kendall Myers, agreed to a sentence of life in prison, while his wife Gwendolyn, will serve a term of no more than seven-and-a-half years.
School board members in Miami have won their fight to keep Vamos a Cuba (Heineman, 2001) off school library shelves because the book paints too rosy a picture of life in the communist nation.
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Justice Department said a former State Department official and his wife have pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from their roles in a 30-year conspiracy to provide classified U.S. national defense information to the Republic of Cuba. The information was released in an e-mailed statement.
Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Spanish hotelier Sol Melia SA will benefit over American rivals like Marriott International Inc. if a bill before U.S. lawmakers this week to end a 46-year travel ban to Cuba is enacted while a broader embargo is kept in place.
A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of three decades of spying for Cuba are preparing to plead guilty in the case, according to a Friday court filing.
Nonprofit says Pro-Cuba embargo money flows to congressional campaigns, influences votes Cuba - United States embargo against Cuba - Caribbean - Economic - Sanctions
This week, Congress is taking up the issue of the Cuba travel ban, part of an embargo started against the communist country in 1960. For nearly 50 years, it has been effectively illegal for Americans to travel to Cuba.
A group of Cuban Americans has had unusual success getting House members to change their positions and vote against closer ties with Cuba. New analysis shows some political contributions from the U.S.-Cuba Democracy Pac reached lawmakers within days of them switching their vote.
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