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 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:48:47 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/1321131.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1321131.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The Haitian Senate unanimously approved a longtime technocrat as prime minister Friday, hoping that a man with long ties to Haiti's political power brokers and the international community can lead this nation through its fifth change of cabinets in five years. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1321125.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1321125.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Famed Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez said Friday she and another blogger were punched and thrown violently into a car by presumed state security agents as they walked to participate in a peaceful march in downtown Havana. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1321116.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1321116.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST More than 50 House Democrats sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi supporting current Cuba policy, which embargo-supporters say effectively means that a bill to open Cuba to tourists is dead. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1319257.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1319257.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST ARROYO BARRIL, Dominican Republic -- Maximiliano Calcaño is 2 and was born with no arms.<p/> ``When I was pregnant, I was dizzy, vomiting and could barely walk,'' said Maximiliano's mother, Anajai Calcaño, 20. ``My tooth cracked and fell out. Then my baby was born like that, without arms. Nothing like that had ever happened here before.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1319391.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1319391.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:02 EST Subversive reggaetoneros Calle 13 were the big winners at the 10th Latin Grammy Awards on Thursday night, while elderly Cuban diva Omara Portuondo made history by not only being the first Cuban artist from the island to appear on the telecast, but the first to win an award on the air. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1319259.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1319259.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST An outspoken critic of the Obama administration's handling of the crisis in Honduras late Thursday dropped his opposition to two State Department nominees, saying the administration has reversed course. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1317313.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1317313.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00 EST A U.S.-mediated pact reached last week that aims to return deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to office and end the country's destabilizing political crisis is in danger of unraveling as Honduras' Congress takes its time to consider the deal. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1315618.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1315618.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:09 EST A Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1314857.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1314857.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A Miami dentist set up a drop-off spot on Flagler Street in Little Havana. A Broward business owner donated thousands of dollars to build soy processing factories. And a West Palm Beach church plans to ship food. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1314871.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1314871.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:49 EST When the Latin Grammy Awards are presented for the 10th time on Thursday, there will be plenty of cause for celebration.<p/> The awards, which honor the top musical artists throughout the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world, are extremely popular. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1313144.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1313144.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The scene outside the U.S. Embassy last week illustrated fraying tensions in this capital where the Sandinista government has been maneuvering for reelection: Agitated pro-government youths hurled fireworks, rocks and eggs at the embassy grounds and shouted ``Death to the Yankees! Death to the empire!'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1310360.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1310360.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:00 EDT Cillian Twomey is an eminent doctor, a geriatrician in his native Ireland. So what is he doing here, in this bleak, sweltering Haitian border town? http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323928.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323928.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:47 EST With prayers, music and pomp, Germany on Monday remembered the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall fell, sending East Germans flooding west and setting in motion events that soon led to the country's reunification. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323915.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323915.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:38 EST Indian officials clamped down Monday on journalists covering the Dalai Lama's trip to a disputed border area in an apparent effort to minimize tensions with neighboring China. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323889.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323889.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:42 EST Torrential rains triggered a series of landslides on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 14 residents and burying many more, a local official said Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323888.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323888.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:38 EST North Korean leader Kim Jong Il - known for shunning air travel - has six luxurious special trains equipped with conference rooms, bedrooms and high-tech communication facilities, a South Korean newspaper reported Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323884.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323884.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:23 EST About 350 Taliban prisoners are on a hunger strike at a prison in Kandahar and a delegation from the Ministry of Justice is going to the lockup in southern Afghanistan to investigate their complaints. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323879.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323879.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:07 EST A Communist Party official in China has died from excessive drinking, the third such alcohol poisoning case that highlights the problems of a drinking culture connected with government and business work, an official newspaper reported Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323872.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323872.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:42 EST Two American pilots were killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq while a Marine died of noncombat related injuries in a separate incident, the U.S. military said Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323860.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323860.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:02 EST Asian stock markets rose Monday as investors took a surprisingly weak U.S. jobs report as a sign that interest rates in the world's largest economy will stay low longer than expected. European shares opened higher. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323792.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323792.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:03 EST In his first year at San Marcos University, Hermenegildo Espejo barely spoke, and certainly not in class. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323781.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323781.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:43 EST Oil prices climbed toward $79 a barrel Monday in Asia as Hurricane Ida threatened oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323742.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323742.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:03 EST A strong undersea earthquake killed two people and damaged buildings on the remote island of Sumbawa in central Indonesia, officials said Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323667.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1323667.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:03 EST The Philippine government on Monday promised to hunt down al-Qaida-linked militants suspected of beheading a schoolteacher whose family failed to raise a ransom demanded by his kidnappers. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1322675.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1322675.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio is emerging as the champion of activists fed up with Republicans who don't stay true to conservative principles. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1321339.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1321339.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST State Sen. Dan Gelber says the proposed anticorruption package he unveiled earlier this week is more vital than ever in light of the Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation of possible fraud by the board that oversees the state pension fund. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1321193.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1321193.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Lawmakers converged on the state capital this week -- at a cost of some $100,000 in taxpayer money -- for a few days' worth of meetings to discuss legislation and policy matters in advance of the 2010 legislative session. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1319240.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1319240.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Facing a potentially bruising Republican primary for the U.S. Senate, Gov. Charlie Crist continues to run from any assertion that he is linked to President Barack Obama. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1317147.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1317147.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A fake Twitter account aimed at discrediting a prominent critic of state GOP leaders has been linked back to a senior official at the Republican Party of Florida. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1317142.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1317142.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST State Sen. Dan Gelber, a candidate for Florida attorney general, called on Florida's elected state attorneys Wednesday to help him pass anti-corruption measures in the 2010 legislative session. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1317138.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1317138.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST On Nov. 5, 2008, Ray Sansom pulled up a chair before a swarm of reporters and effectively began his term as speaker of the Florida House, exulting in Republican success at the polls the night before and staring down a $2 billion budget deficit. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1314878.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1314878.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Responding to criticism over inactivity on 4,400 state complaints against debt collectors, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and Attorney General Bill McCollum proposed separate measures Tuesday to reign in abusive tactics. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1314881.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1314881.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Florida's restrictions on where sex offenders can live might be both ineffective and endangering the public, a legislative analyst said Tuesday.<p/> Marti Harkness, a criminal-justice analyst, told the House Public Safety & Domestic Security Committee that studies from Florida, Minnesota and Colorado showed almost no link between a sex offender's residency and the crime he committed. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1314886.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1314886.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Casting herself as a ``fresh face'' not connected to what she calls a troubled Republican establishment, state Sen. Paula Dockery of Lakeland jumped into the race for governor Tuesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1311580.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1311580.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:00 EST U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio is an unlikely contender in northwest Florida, a strip of the Bible Belt closer to Alabama than his hometown of Miami. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1310366.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/story/1310366.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT The bottom is falling out from under Florida's once hugely popular governor. <p/> A new Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times/Bay News 9 poll finds only 42 percent of likely Florida voters think Charlie Crist is doing a good or excellent job as governor, by far the worst approval rating of Crist's 34 months in office. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1321066.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1321066.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:30 EST A senior Vatican official said Friday he has asked Cuba's government to allow the Roman Catholic Church more access to mass media, saying Cubans are a religious people and should be given broadcast access to their pastors. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1320984.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1320984.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:30 EST A Cuban blogger who has gained international attention for her searing commentary about life on the communist island said she was briefly detained Friday and warned by state security agents about her opposition activity. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1318433.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1318433.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:25 EST Officials believe a new winery incubator tucked away on Chicago Street in Caldwell could emerge as a major hub for industry start-ups in the heart of the state's viticultural region. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1317872.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1317872.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:20 EST The European Union's development commissioner wants Cuba to show signs it's serious about protecting fundamental human rights. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1315609.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1315609.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:31 EST A Rhode Island man convicted of killing his wife during a 1999 scuba trip should serve at least 25 years in prison before getting parole, prosecutors in the British Virgin Islands told a judge on Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1315198.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1315198.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:31 EST A Kentucky man has died scuba diving in caverns off Florida's Gulf Coast. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1315194.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1315194.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:26 EST A Kentucky man has died scuba diving in caverns off Florida's Gulf Coast.