http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/after-fidel/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/after-fidel/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Fidel Castro 60 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:45:51 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/1329/story/999284.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1329/story/999284.html Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:22 EDT General information about the travel restriction changes and what they mean http://www.miamiherald.com/1329/story/999286.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1329/story/999286.html Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:23 EDT - <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1003135.html" target="_blank">Before you go</a><br /> - <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/1469/story/1002726.html" target="_blank">Top picks for Cuba</a><br /> - <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/1003098.html" target="_blank" style="color:#000;">Events and festivals</a><br /> - <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/998062.html" style="color: #000;" target="_blank">A beach-lovers tour</a><br /> - <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/story/998440.html" style="color: #000;" target="_blank">A Guide to Havana</a><br /> - <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/cuba/travel/story/999594.html" target="_blank" style="color: #000;">Havana: Where to stay</a><br /> - <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/382/story/998441.html" target="_blank" style="color: #000;">Visiting Sancti Spiritus</a><br /> - <a href="http://www.moon.com/blogs/cuba-costa-rica" target="_blank" style="color: #000;">Christopher Baker's Cuba travel blog</a> http://www.miamiherald.com/1329/story/999416.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1329/story/999416.html Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:48 EDT The history of travel restrictions between the U.S. and Cuba from the '60s to present day http://www.miamiherald.com/1329/story/706732.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1329/story/706732.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:14 EDT If you have any questions regarding travel to Cuba, get them answered here. http://www.miamiherald.com/1329/story/653899.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1329/story/653899.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:36 EDT <!--#include virtual="/static/blog_includes/cuban_colada.html" --> http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1348776.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1348776.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:00 EST While unemployment and crime are high and schools are at a standstill, Hondurans' focus when they go to the polls Sunday will be on settling a crippling political crisis that has consumed the Central American country since June. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1348769.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1348769.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Luis Angel Ortiz was being driven to a party in Medellín when the car came to a halt and a man in the back seat put a gun to his head.<p/> Time to pay up, Ortiz was told. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1344836.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1344836.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The red and black Sandinista graffiti scrawled on buildings, street lamps and trees in downtown Jinotega makes it seem like this traditionally conservative coffee town has suddenly had a political change of heart. But behind the facade of leftist propaganda, a right-wing rebellion is brewing. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1344508.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1344508.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:27 EST Caribbean voters living in the tiny island of Dominica will head to the polls on Dec. 18 for general elections, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced during a rally. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1343612.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1343612.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:42 EST José Misael Valero Santana, who, according to Colombian prosecutors, led a paramilitary force of about 2,000 members in five Venezuelan border states, was arrested Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1343337.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1343337.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Deep in the heart of Vatican City, Cuban-born Roman Catholic theologian Miguel H. Díaz has managed to find an Italian version of a sandwich that reminds him of home: pan con lechón. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1342658.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1342658.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:42 EST Honduras' de facto president Roberto Micheletti will give up his controversial post for seven days beginning on Tuesday so that Hon- durans can "concentrate on elections and not on the political crisis," he announced Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1341042.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1341042.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Thousands of fans put Honduras' political problems aside for one night to cheer on the nation's soccer team as it prepares for World Cup competition. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1341025.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1341025.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:04 EST Cuba's government remains as repressive under Raúl Castro as it was under his brother Fidel, according to the first in-depth report on the island's human rights since the younger Castro took power. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1338778.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1338778.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Alejandro J. Aguirre, deputy editor and publisher of the Spanish-language Diario Las Américas newspaper, was elected president of the hemisphere's free-press organization, the Inter American Press Association announced Tuesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1338880.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1338880.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:00 EST The arrest of a Peruvian Air Force noncommissioned officer accused of feeding military secrets to his Chilean handlers has pushed long-simmering relations between the two South American neighbors to a new low. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1337778.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1337778.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:37 EST Facing a group of presidents loudly critical of Washington, the U.S. government's Voice of America broadcast is expanding its audience in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua, VOA officials say. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1350080.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1350080.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:23 EST Pakistani officials have arrested a retired Pakistani army major for his suspected role in an alleged plot that was hatched in the U.S. to assassinate the creator of controversial Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, the Pakistani army said Tuesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1350041.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1350041.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:03 EST Iran's president inaugurated an Iranian-funded hospital and two milk-processing plants Tuesday in a goodwill visit in which his leftist host defended Iran's "peaceful" nuclear aspirations. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1349889.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1349889.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:33 EST An Iranian news agency reports that the judiciary has after just a day lifted its ban on a popular newspaper which ran a photo of a Baha'i temple. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1349861.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1349861.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:18 EST Bolivian police say they have busted five cocaine labs and arrested two people in a remote Indian village after a confrontation in which an officer was shot. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1349849.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1349849.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:03 EST An inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war kicked off Tuesday with top government advisers testifying that some Bush administration officials were calling for Saddam Hussein's ouster as early as 2001 - long before sanctions were exhausted and two years before the U.S.-led invasion. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1349814.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1349814.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:38 EST Police say a jaguar prowling the lush jungles of Guyana killed a gold and diamond miner as he fetched water from a creek. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1349800.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1349800.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:28 EST Rio de Janeiro's posh beach neighborhoods lost power for hours in sweltering summer weather Tuesday, prompting restaurants to toss out spoiled food and business owners to send their employees home. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1349805.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1349805.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:28 EST British authorities say they're searching for a leather-bound notebook Charles Darwin used in developing his theory of natural selection. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1349674.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1349674.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:33 EST The collapse of a deal granting Pakistan's president and thousands of other officials freedom from prosecution on graft charges has triggered fresh political turmoil just as the army wages a major battle against Taliban militants near the Afghan border. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1349671.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1349671.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:33 EST A battered taxi sped up a dusty road toward a squad of Afghan soldiers searching for bombs planted in the dirt. Army gunmen who had fanned out for protection readied for a suicide attacker. The car screeched to a halt. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1349655.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1349655.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:23 EST British defense secretary Bob Ainsworth says the United States' delay in deciding how many reinforcements to send to Afghanistan has harmed his country's ability to rally public support for the war. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1349649.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1349649.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:19 EST President Barack Obama's top military adviser attended the latest talks with Russia to replace an expiring Cold War-era arms control agreement, the U.S. said Tuesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1344947.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1344947.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio is about to go on MSNBC's Morning Joe. Attorney General Bill McCollum, running for governor, updates supporters that he is ``honored'' to get the endorsement of Gov. Charlie Crist. And Sen. Dan Gelber, hoping to be Florida's next attorney general, wants you to know he's thankful for America's veterans. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1343131.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1343131.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Cuba's celebrated and increasingly brassy blogger Yoani Sánchez emerged Thursday as a player in U.S.-Cuba relations, scoring a lengthy reply from President Barack Obama to her questions and playing a starring role in a congressional hearing on efforts to let American tourists visit Cuba. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1342657.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1342657.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A high-octane effort to let U.S. tourists visit Cuba got a major endorsement Thursday from one of the island's leading dissidents, who suggested that ``along with suitcases, Bermuda shorts, and sunblock, support, solidarity, and freedom could come too.'' Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez, who this week drew the attention of President Barack Obama, wrote in an essay to House Foreign Affairs chairman Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., that lifting the ban on U.S. travel to Cuba ``could bring more results in the democratization of Cuba than the indecisive performance of Raúl Castro.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1340982.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1340982.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Gov. Charlie Crist ordered an internal investigation and a citizen lodged an ethics complaint Wednesday over the extensive taxpayer-funded travel of Juvenile Justice Secretary Frank Peterman between the state capital and Tampa, near his family home. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1340981.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1340981.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST New Florida Sen. George LeMieux's first foray into foreign relations has drawn brickbats from former high-ranking State Department officials who say his effort to block the Obama administration's new ambassador to Brazil is damaging U.S. relations with Latin America. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1338790.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1338790.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Gov. Charlie Crist and the state's top highway safety appointee endorsed a ban on texting while driving Tuesday, adding new momentum to an idea that has never taken hold in the Legislature. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1338788.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1338788.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Gov. Charlie Crist and legislative leaders are discussing a new tax to pay for South and Central Florida rail service in the hopes that federal officials will send billions of dollars to the state for a new bullet train. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1335577.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1335577.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Alex Sink, Florida's chief financial officer and the leading Democratic candidate for governor, told the state's largest gay rights group Sunday that homosexuals should be allowed to adopt if it's in the children's ``best interest.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1335580.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1335580.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Supporters of the U.S. embargo against Cuba have contributed almost $11 million to members of Congress since 2004 in a largely successful effort to block efforts to weaken sanctions against the island, a new report shows. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1330848.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1330848.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Republicans should have the wind at their backs this election season with President Barack Obama's poll numbers dropping and independents turning away from Democrats. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1330847.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1330847.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Karen Thurman has dumped the head of the party in Miami-Dade, claiming he tried to shake down local candidates for money and browbeat staff members and elected officials. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1330763.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1330763.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:12 EST Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Karen Thurman has dumped the head of the party in Miami-Dade, claiming he tried to shake down local candidates for money and browbeat staff members and elected officials. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1346254.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1346254.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:52 EST Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is inviting his mentor Fidel Castro to visit Venezuela during the coming months. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1344659.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1344659.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:47 EST The husband of an acclaimed dissident Cuban blogger was punched and shouted down by a pro-government mob Friday after he challenged the presumed state agents who earlier roughed up his wife to a street corner debate. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1342224.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1342224.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:51 EST 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. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1341861.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1341861.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:31 EST 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. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1338572.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1338572.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:08 EST 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." http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1336909.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1336909.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:24 EST Any good will Raul Castro enjoyed as Cuba's new leader has dissipated, according to a new poll, which found more than four out of five of those surveyed in Cuba were unhappy with the direction of the country. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1336626.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1336626.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:19 EST 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.