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| 07/04/2008 10:00 AM |
| Brazil calls for end to armed struggle in Latin America |
| Rio de Janeiro, July 4 (Xinhua) Following the Colombian troops' dramatic rescue of former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and 14 others from the country's largest leftist rebels group, Brazil has called for an end to armed struggle in Latin America. |
| 07/04/2008 02:09 AM |
| Opposition supporters arrested in Cuba |
| Eight people have been arrested in Cuba, in an action against opponents of the communist government. |
| 07/04/2008 08:56 AM |
| Cuba to launch program to curb environmental pollution |
| (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- Cuba will launch a national program to fight environmental pollution as part of the National Environmental Strategy 2007-2010. The project will provide an integrate... |
| 07/04/2008 08:23 AM |
| Alaskan oil, the Latin American drug trade |
| A reader's curiosity about where that oil ends up - and who profits from its sale - inspired one of three questions in this edition of "Ask AP," a weekly Q&A column where AP journalists respond to rea... |
| 07/04/2008 08:08 AM |
| Diplomats deny egging on July 4th protests in Cuba |
| HAVANA - American diplomats denied instigating opposition demonstrations to coincide with the July 4th holiday, a spokesman for the U.S. mission here said Thursday. More than a dozen dissidents, me... |
| 07/04/2008 05:53 AM |
| Is CANF Smuggling Cuban Migrants |
| Cuba: Is CANF Smuggling Migrants? 2. Mexico: Congress OKs 'Plan Mexico' 3. Links to alternative sources on: Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico, Haiti ISSN#: 1084-922X. ... |
| 07/04/2008 05:09 AM |
| Cuban dissidents released after arrest |
| At least 16 Cuban dissidents have been released after police arrested them earlier in sweep targeting government opponents across the communist island, opposition sources said."At least 16 of around 2... |
| 07/04/2008 02:49 AM |
| Cuba, Nicaragua Sign Trade Agreement |
| The Chamber of Commerce of Cuba (CCC) and the Chamber of Industry of Nicaragua (CADIN) signed an agreement in this capital to boost bilateral trade. The document was penned at the end of the opening s... |
| 07/04/2008 02:49 AM |
| Mexico Cracks Down on Cubans |
| MERIDA, Mexico - For the first time, Mexican immigration authorities have launched raids on safe houses where Cubans await transportation to the U.S. border. In the first such raid, reported widely th... |
| 07/04/2008 02:49 AM |
| Dissidents seized; Cuba repeats charges |
| At least seven dissidents were detained by State Security on Thursday, as Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque repeated charges that the U.S. Interests Section in Havana was encouraging anti-Castro ... |
| 07/04/2008 02:49 AM |
| Mpumalanga health urges youth to take up medicine in Cuba |
| Nelspruit - As part of its efforts to reduce the shortage of health professionals in Mpumalanga, the provincial Department of Health is to send a contingent of youth to study medicine in Cuba. The pro... |
| 07/04/2008 02:59 AM |
| Cuba to Juba south Sudanese doctors come home |
| JUBA, Sudan - They left as children and teenagers, crossing the border between dry southern Sudan and Ethiopia before being transported half a world away to the green strangeness of Cuba's Isla de la ... |
| 07/04/2008 02:46 AM |
| US, Yeminis meet about Guantanamo detainees |
| Guantanamo Bay prison, a Yemeni official said.The Yemeni detainees make up the largest national group of prisoners remaining at the facility on a U.S. naval base in |
| 07/04/2008 02:49 AM |
| US airline fined for violating blockade against Cuba |
| HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): The biggest US private airline, Spirit Airlines, has been fined $100,000 by the US federal government for violating Washington's economic blockade of Cuba. According to Granma news... |
| 07/04/2008 02:46 AM |
| White House says ruling could free detainees in US |
| The White House said Thursday that dangerous detainees at Guantanamo Bay could end up walking Main Street U.S.A. as a result of last month's Supreme Court ruling about detainees' legal rights. Federal... |
| 07/04/2008 01:26 AM |
| Chile Falls 3% After Stronger-than expected Inflation Report |
| Latin American stocks fell Thursday, led by a more than 3% drop in Chilean stocks after a jump in consumer prices strengthened the prospect that the central bank will raise its key interest rate. |
| 07/03/2008 11:51 PM |
| Cuba detains more critics |
| Havana - Cuba has detained four more dissidents, according to human rights officials on Thursday. The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National REconciliation reported that four men were seized e... |
| 07/03/2008 10:32 PM |
| American mission denies Cuban charge it instigating July 4 protests by opposition |
| HAVANA – A spokesman for the U.S. mission here on Thursday denied Cuba's charge that American diplomats were instigating opposition protests linked to American independence day. “If the... |
| 07/03/2008 10:33 PM |
| Colombian hostages say life grew more dire |
| BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - A meal was rice and beans. Bed was the ground under a patched plastic tarp. They bathed in rivers, and when they weren't chained by the neck to trees, they were forced on long march... |
| 07/03/2008 07:13 PM |
| McCain in Mexico on Last Stop of Latin American Tour |
| U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain is in Mexico to hold talks with Mexican President Felipe Calderon. McCain arrived in Mexico City late Wednesday from Colombia, hours after Colombian ... |
| 07/03/2008 07:10 PM |
| Three Floridians rescued in Colombia return to U.S. |
| LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS - Three American hostages rescued from leftist guerrillas in Colombia were back in the United States Thursday, more than five years after their plane went down in rebel-... |
| 07/03/2008 03:32 PM |
| Colombian military tricks guerrillas into freeing hostages |
| In a daring rescue Wednesday, the Colombian military freed 15 hostages held for years by leftist guerrillas, including Ingrid Betancourt, the former Colombian presidential candidate, three Floridians ... |
| 07/03/2008 12:45 PM |
| Vessel Security Requirements After Port Calls In Cuba, Iran, Liberia |
| The U.S. Coast Guard recently imposed new conditions of entry on vessels calling on the United States after port calls in Cuba, Iran, or other ports that it has determined do not maintain effective ma... |
| 07/03/2008 12:45 PM |
| Try diplomacy with Cuba, too |
| In its June 30 editorial Diplomacy useful in dealing with threats The Miami Herald supports diplomacy and ''realism'' in dealing with that key ''Axis of Evil'' renegade, North Korea. On the other hand... |
| 07/03/2008 12:45 PM |
| Automatic CO2 Water Jacketed Incubators |
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| 07/03/2008 12:45 PM |
| Floor Model Illuminated Incubator Chambers |
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| 07/03/2008 12:45 PM |
| 25 pupils can study medicine in Cuba |
| The Mpumalanga health department will send 25 young people to Cuba to study medicine. Departmental spokesman Mpho Gabashane said the pupils must have passed matric with exemption in science subjects, ... |
| 07/03/2008 09:13 AM |
| Cuba accuses U.S. diplomats of planning dissident protests on Fourth of July |
| Havana - Cuba accused American diplomats Wednesday of planning dissident demonstrations on the island in honor of U.S. Independence Day. "There has been an escalation of provocative actions organized ... |
| 07/03/2008 09:11 AM |
| Wanted man captured in Cuban waters |
| The police with the assistance of their Cuban counterparts have captured another man on their list of most wanted men. Christopher Thomas alias ‘Charlie Wap' was nabbed by the Cuban pol... |
| 07/03/2008 06:24 AM |
| Latin America hails Colombian rescue of FARC hostages |
| Latin American countries congratulated Colombia on Wednesday for its military rescue of 15 hostages held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),reports reaching here said. Brazilian Pres... |
| 07/03/2008 06:24 AM |
| U.S. instigating anti-Cuba activities |
| Cuba on Wednesday accused the U.S. government of encouraging new anti-government activities as the latest evidence of the U.S. subversive strategy to overthrow the Cuban government. Anti-government gr... |
| 07/03/2008 05:57 AM |
| Brazilian, Mexican Stocks Knocked Back To March Levels |
| Brazilian and Mexican stocks slid to their lowest levels in more than three months Wednesday, pressured by a triple-digit decline on Wall Street that left its key equity index in bear-market territo... |
| 07/03/2008 04:24 AM |
| Brazil, Cuba negotiate an oil venture |
| The Brazilian oil company Petrobras is negotiating with Havana for offshore exploration rights, the president of the Cuban oil company Cupet told the Brazilian news service Agência Estado. Accordin... |
| 07/03/2008 04:24 AM |
| Cuba prepares to open market to private sector investment |
| 297 words Cuba is considering opening up its infrastructure development to public-private partnerships (PPPs), an official from Chile's public works ministry (MOP) told BNamericas. Cuban authorities h... |
| 07/03/2008 04:24 AM |
| Exile debate on Cuba travel restrictions |
| Beyond the controversy over a new state law that tightens regulations for travel agencies that book Cuba trips lies a growing debate about whether Cuban exiles should visit family and friends frequent... |
| 07/03/2008 04:24 AM |
| Cuba marks anniversary of Hemingway death |
| SAN FRANCISCO DE PAULA, Cuba (Reuters) - The bell tolled for Ernest Hemingway on Wednesday as Cubans marked the 47th anniversary of his death by ringing a bell and playing music from the opera 'Aida' ... |
| 07/03/2008 04:24 AM |
| Cuba organizar primera convencin de expertos en vino |
| La Habana, 2 jul (PL) Motivados por el desarrollo de la industria recreativa los expertos en vinos de este pas efectuarn en septiembre prximo su primera convencin, inform hoy el presidente del Club de... |
| 07/03/2008 04:24 AM |
| Alarcn Highlights Cuba-Brazil Relations |
| Brasilia, Jul 2 (Prensa Latina) President of the Cuban Parliament Ricardo Alarcn said Wednesday that relations between Cuba and Brazil are at their peak, with cooperation programs expected to have a c... |
| 07/02/2008 10:58 PM |
| McCain denies roughing up Sandinista |
| International Republican Institute , which McCain chairs.Craner said he also doesn't recall whether the senators met with Ortega during the trip but believes they met with the Sandinista government's ... |
| 07/02/2008 10:55 PM |
| Cuba, Ethiopia for Economic Links |
| Havana, Jul 2 (Prensa Latina) Representatives from Cuba and Ethiopia will foster Wednesday cooperation links with new economic, technical and scientific projects during the Fifth Session of the Interg... |
| 07/02/2008 10:55 PM |
| Cuban Energy Plan in World Forum |
| Madrid, Jul 2 (Prensa Latina) Experiences of the Energy Revolution in Cuba and business opportunities in exploring crude oil in that country mark Wednesday the island's participation in the 19th World... |
| 07/02/2008 10:55 PM |
| Cuba, Jamaica Leaders Awarded by CARICOM |
| St. Johns, Jul 2 (Prensa Latina) Fidel Castro and Percival Patterson, leaders of Cuba and Jamaica, were awarded by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for their outstanding contribution to the unity and... |
| 07/02/2008 10:55 PM |
| Petrobras negotiating for Cuban exploration |
| HAVANA: Brazilian state oil company Petrobras is negotiating with the Cuban government for exploration rights offshore Cuba, according to Fidel Rivero, president of Cuban state oil company Cupet, in a... |
| 07/02/2008 10:55 PM |
| Cuban Calls for an Activist FCC |
| HDNets Mark Cuban tells CableFAX that consolidation has tilted the playing field and may extinguish the voices of independent programmers. Michael Grebb July 1, 2008 HDNet co-founder Mark Cuban has be... |
| 07/02/2008 10:55 PM |
| Norwegian ship rescues refugees from Cuba |
| The refugees were given what extra clothes the crew of the Berge Danuta could find. 'They had hope,' said the vessel's captain. 'They were alive.' PHOTO: CREW/BERGE DANUTA The two women and 11 men wer... |
| 07/02/2008 09:45 PM |
| Smugglers drop off 9 Cubans at Hollywood beach |
| HOLLYWOOD - Smugglers dropped off nine Cubans on the beach Tuesday night, federal officials said. Five women, three men, and one juvenile came ashore near Jefferson Street, according to U.S. Custom... |
| 07/02/2008 05:13 PM |
| U.S. mission and dissidents get warning |
| An 'escalation of provocative actions organized and financed by the U.S. Interests Section in Havana' has occurred in the past several weeks, the Cuban Foreign Ministry charged Wednesday. In an offici... |
| 07/02/2008 05:13 PM |
| Bilal reviews with Cuban President bilateral distinguished relations |
| President al-Assad congratulates on Belarus National Day French Ambassador in Damascus: We will Support Peace process during our presidency of the EU Frattini Affirms Italy's Support to Syrian Track o... |
| 07/02/2008 05:12 PM |
| All eyes on Cuba after boxing turmoil |
| VIENNA, Austria (AFP): All eyes will be on Cuba during the Olympic boxing tournament in Beijing in August to see how the island nation has recovered from a spate of defections. Boxing is a national sp... |
| 07/02/2008 04:22 PM |
| Cuba Hopes Its Baseball Team Will Catch Olympic Gold |
| In Beijing next month, Cuba's powerful national baseball team will be among the gold-medal favorites in what could be the sport's Olympic farewell. Underscoring the importance of the squad's succes... |
| 07/02/2008 01:05 PM |
| Grilled Cuban Chicken with Black Bean and Mango Salsa |
| Cooking Time: 20 min Level of Difficulty: Easy A match made in heaven: fresh mango-black bean salsa with spicy, citrusy chicken. Ingredients 1/2 cup orange juice 1/4 cup cilantro, fresh, chopped 3 Tbs... |
| 07/02/2008 01:05 PM |
| Cuba asks India to take part in refinery project |
| New Delhi, July 1 : Cuba has invited Indian companies to take part in a new refinery project even as both countries are set to sign an agreement on cooperation in the oil and gas sector. Cuban Ministe... |
| 07/02/2008 01:01 PM |
| Anti-Castro militant pardon overturned |
| Mexico in 2005, according to U.S. prosecutors.Cruz said if the case is revived, the courts would also have to take up an appeal filed on behalf of Posada four years ago.Among the 180 people pardon by ... |
| 07/02/2008 12:16 PM |
| Fidel Castro sends message to Cuban baseball players |
| Cuban former leader Fidel Castro sent a message to the national baseball players who are training in the Netherlands for the Olympic Games in Beijing, the national press said on Tuesday. "To the ... |
| 07/02/2008 10:01 AM |
| Posada may face extradition to Panama |
| CIA operative hailed as a hero in Miami and reviled as a terrorist in Cuba and Venezuela, could face extradition to Panama.Panama's Supreme Court said Tuesday it had overturned presidential pardons fo... |
| 07/02/2008 09:56 AM |
| Police find 20 Cubans at Mexico home |
| CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Police found 20 Cuban migrants hidden at two safe houses in the Mexican resort city of Cancun on Tuesday. One of the migrants said they had paid $15,000 each to be smuggl... |
| 07/02/2008 07:34 AM |
| Exiles planning reunion of ex-employees at pre-Castro high-end Havana store |
| Former employees of El Encanto, once Cubaâ??s leading department store, are preparing a special reunion in October to mark the 120th anniversary of the business. Dario Miyares, president of the Assoc... |
| 07/02/2008 06:35 AM |
| Latin American leaders reject EU new immigration policy |
| Latin American leaders on Tuesday voiced their "deep rejection" of the immigration policy adopted recently by the European Union (EU). Presidents of the Common Market of the South (Mercosur)... |
| 07/02/2008 04:26 AM |
| McCain to advocate free trade in Latin America |
| CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) — John McCain portrayed free trade Tuesday as a win-win proposition for the U.S. and its Latin American economic partners, but labor leaders said it's been a big loser ... |
| 07/02/2008 01:43 AM |
| Cuba To Sign Exploration Deal With Brazil |
| RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)--The Cuban government expects to sign an oil exploration deal with Brazilian state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR), or Petrobras, later this year, the president o... |
| 07/02/2008 01:43 AM |
| 2 Russia Oil Cos Eye Gulf Of Mexico Exploration |
| MADRID Gazprom and Lukoil 'are interested by' Cuban hydrocarbons acreage, the country's Basic Industry Minister Yadira Garcia She said no deal had been signed but that the two companies have looked in... |
| 07/02/2008 01:43 AM |
| Panama court overturns anti-Castro plot pardons |
| PANAMA CITY, Jul 1 (Reuters) Panama's Supreme Court has overturned a 2004 presidential pardon of anti-Castro activist Luis Posada Carriles and three other Cubans accused of plotting to kill Fidel Cast... |
| 07/02/2008 01:40 AM |
| Today in History - July 1 |
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| 07/02/2008 01:43 AM |
| Zero Child Death at Cuban Municipalities |
| Matanzas, Cuba, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) Nine of fourteen municipalities in Matanzas, Cuba, have reported zero mother and infant mortality in 2008. Roman Dominguez, head of the Mother and Child Program, ... |
| 07/02/2008 01:43 AM |
| Over 5,000 Cubans Worked in Ethiopia |
| Havana, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Foreign Investment and Economic Collaboration Minister Marta Lomas stated in the opening of the Fifth Intergovernmental Session with that African country that 5,81... |
| 07/02/2008 01:43 AM |
| An American Dream Realized in Cuba |
| 'This is a dream come true,' Lagat said. 'This is very special running tonight. Now, I'm part of the USA going to Beijing. I'm very excited.' Having secured his trip with a time of 13 minutes, 27.47 s... |
| 07/02/2008 01:43 AM |
| India, Cuba finalise agreement ... |
| India and Cuba have finalised India Cuba Hydrocarbon agreement for cooperation in the oil and gas sector. This emerged at an hour long meeting between Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora... |
| 07/01/2008 10:09 PM |
| Federal judge temporarily blocks new Cuban travel law |
| A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a new Florida law that would have imposed a stiff bond and other restrictions on travel agencies and charter companies booking trips to Cuba. |
| 07/01/2008 07:49 PM |
| Cuba seeks Indian help to set up 150,000 bpd refinery |
| NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Cuba has invited Indian firms to invest in a planned 150,000 barrels a day refinery in the island nation, India's oil ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. It also sought Indi... |
| 07/01/2008 07:49 PM |
| Cuban flights continue as judge mulls state fees |
| A federal judge ruled on Tuesday to allow flights to Cuba to continue while he considers travel agents' arguments over whether they should be regulated by the state of Florida for selling direct fligh... |
