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JURIST (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
[JURIST] A judge on the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Tuesday reduced the sentences of two men convicted of spying for Cuba as part of the so-called "Cuban Five". Judge Joan Lenard reduced the life sentence of Ramon Labanino, also known as Luis Medina, to 30 years and reduced the sentence of Fernando Gonzalez from 19 years to 18 years. Lenard had reduced...
Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cuban 5 support demonstration held on June 6, 2008 on the Detroit Riverfront. (Photo: Abayomi Azikiwe). Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos US cuts Cuban spies' jail terms A US judge has reduced the jail terms of two Cuban men convicted of spying. Ramon Labanino and Fernando Gonzalez were part of the Cuban Five group, jailed in the US in 2001 for spying...
BrandFaqs: The Brand Blog (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Cuba's official Juventud Rebelde newspaper has criticised Google for blocking access to certain applications, including the Zeitgeist search trends tool, for users on the island. "Even though Google has a domain for Cuba (.cu), Zeitgeist appears to bypass the Caribbean archipelago in offering its results," the official daily of the Cuban Communist Party's youth organisation said Thursday....
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
The Seychelles Ministry of Health is to seek the help of the Cuban government to make available a landmark treatment for diabetes that has a very high success rate in avoiding amputations following a visit of President James Michel to Cuba. Sources indicate that during his visit Michel met with the Cuban Minister for the Environment, [...]
Cuba (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Today, Nick Miroff of Global Post explored the question that has many following US-Cuba policy worried: who will benefit if the US lifts travel restrictions to Cuba—the Cuban government or ordinary Cubans? Two anecdotal pieces of evidence put him on the side of those that believe the travel ban should be lifted because it would [...]
Cuba (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
A second round of migration talks, slated to take place in Havana this month, has been pushed back to February, drawing out what has already been a slow process of re-engagement between the United States and Cuba. The U.S. State Department claims that the delay was “at the Cuban government’s request.” Meanwhile, a senior Cuban [...]
Havana Times, ope (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
The Czech Republic has been one of the most outspoken critics of the Cuban government. However, in January 2010, Spain takes over the helm of the 27 nation EU for a sixth month term and the possibility of improved ties with Cuba are expected to get a higher profile during that period.
Fausta's blog (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Cracking Cuba U.S. sanctions have failed to bring down the Castro brothers. It’s time for carrots instead of a stick. Political and civil rights abuses committed by the Cuban government have continued unabated in the three years since Raul Castro took over from his older brother, Fidel. U.S. travel and trade bans, therefore, must be lifted. Although these [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Writers, artists and journalists back official response to attack by black US leaders Cuba hit back yesterday at 60 prominent US black leaders who challenged its race record, with writers, artists and official journalists describing the criticism as an attack on their country's national identity. The five-page signed statement, distributed by Cuban government press officials in an email,...
Clutch Magazine (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Wonder named UN Messenger of Peace, Tiger's wife could get $55M to stay with him 2 more years, Group condemns Cuban government over racism + More... This is a content summary only. Visit http://clutchmagonline.com for the full text version! xoxo, Clutch
Cuba (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
A group composed of African-American scholars, actors, writers and others—many of whom have typically sympathized with Cuban leadership—released a statement this week calling upon the Cuban state to grant black Cubans the same rights as it does other citizens. The statement, signed by individuals such as Princeton Professor Cornel West, actress Ruby Dee Davis, film...
Media Matters for America (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... death on a conspiracy involving some combination of the Mafia, LBJ, the CIA, and the Soviet and Cuban governments. Barack Obama simply MUST be an illegitimate president, so he couldn't have been born in Hawaii, as his birth certificate and local newspaper notices indicate: instead, he and his family must have woven a web of lies for decades to disguise his actual Kenyan birthplace....
The Washington Note (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
This is a guest note by British Ambassador to Cuba Dianna Melrose. Contrary to what has been suggested on the Capitol Hill Cubans website, I couldn't agree more with Senator Richard Lugar and Representative Howard Berman's recent assessment that...
Crikey Politics Etc RSS (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
A bill is being proposed to let US citizens to travel to Cuba. But would American tourists help bring democracy and much needed tourist dollars to Cuban citizens or would it be just the Cuban government that benefits?
Worldfocus (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Creer in Cuba website. The Catholic Church in Cuba launched a new website on Monday that aims to provide a virtual forum for the island's faithful, "Creer en Cuba" (Believing in Cuba.) According to an announcement on the Cuban Catholic Bishops Conference Web site, it is intended to serve as a meeting place for "those who [...]
