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A European Union commissioner Monday told CNN's Christiane Amanpour that Europe's policy toward Cuba in the future will place less emphasis on human rights in the island nation than now.
Nov. 19, 2009 -- A bust of Protestant reformer John Calvin was recently unveiled in a park in Havana, Cuba, as a way to cap a year-long celebration of Calvin?s 500th birthday.
Here are some brief happenings at Chico State University: Professor to deliver lecture on Cuba Sara Cooper, a professor in Chico State's department of foreign languages and literature, will give a talk titled "Cubans Speak Out!
WASHINGTON - A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of a three-decade-long plot to spy for Cuba have pleaded guilty in federal court.
Time to fine cell phone drivers Dear Editor:In Mark Strain’s Nov. 13 column, as usual, he knew what he was talking about when he wrote, “... controlling cell phone use while driving would prevent more accidents.” There is scientific data that overwhelmingly supports Strain’s contention.In spite of the fact that using a cell phone while driving is more dangerous than DUI, people still insist on ...
Washington - Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in the US House of Representatives, said Thursday she expected no quick action on ending the United States' decades-long travel ban with Cuba. House Speaker Pelosi said it was one of a long list of legislat...
In 2000, Don Carlin requested all the police chiefs in Miami-Dade County meet to discuss creating a foundation to support law enforcement. Carlin's vision included creating an annual awards program that would recognize not only heroic law enforcement officers but also those men and women who provide first-class, professional law enforcement services. The chiefs rallied around his vision and the ...
Softball has been a passion for Michael Eizenberg since he was a child, but the 63-year-old has never been as excited about a game as the one played Monday on a children's ball field at a faded sports complex under Havana's warm Caribbean sun. Eizenberg is one 56 Americans -- all at least 55 years old -- who are in Cuba this week for friendly games of slow-pitch softball against their...
Willy Chirino, Pedro Pan kid turned Cuban-American salsero, has an offer for Raúl. Yeah, that Raúl, Fidel Castro's little brother now running that prison paradise across the Florida Straits.
U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen blasted efforts to open Cuba up to U.S. tourists Thursday during a House Foreign Affairs Coomittee meeting, suggesting the tourist dollars would only keep the regime in power.
Civil liberties in Cuba remain severely curtailed, despite hope among activists that Raul Castro would end Cold War-era limits on dissent and the media, a Human Rights Watch report says. Restrictions on civil liberties in Cuba have continued to be harsh since President Raul Castro assumed power from his brother Fidel three years ago, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
Remembering how dramatically -- and unexpectedly -- things have changed in the recent past is part of the toolbox for making a deeper, far more necessary climate change possible.
Washington - Cuba maintains its repressive machinery under new leader Raul Castro, the non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released Wednesday. Raul Castro inherited a system of abusive laws and institutions, as ...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A former U.S. State Department official and his wife pleaded guilty to a 30-year conspiracy to give classified data to Cuba, the Justice Department said.
The 2009 Viva Cuba Yuletide Tour of homes and businesses continues the holiday to-do season after the Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade. The Sunday, Dec. 6 event from 1 to 5 p.m. finds many businesses and some noteworthy homes on this year’s tour. For discounts, decorating ideas, and good food, this year’s tour has it all.
‘Top Gun!' Later after the Army. Rubenstein, often ran arms for the ‘Intelligences community as a Captain?,' to CUBA to help support Castro army against the rebels?
