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• CUBA

  A Havana theater built in 1921 collapsed, killing one man and highlighting Cuba’s desperate housing shortage.

  A theater opened in 1921 was the second fatal building collapse in 10 days
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  Cuba Communist Party eyes term limits at gathering

  Cuba's Communist Party closed the first day of its national conference Saturday with declarations of support for the burgeoning private-sector class, tough talk on corruption and vows to be attentive to islanders' complaints.
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  Energy

  Is oil drilling in Cuban waters safe?

  With Scarabeo 9, a Spanish company’s leased oil rig, in place for exploratory drilling off the Cuban coast, response plans are being firmed up in case a spill reaches the United States.

• CUBA

  Fidel Castro writes again after long break

  The former Cuban leader produced five columns in three weeks, after a long break that sparked rumors about his health.

• CUBA

  2 Cuban migrants escape Cayman detention

  Two Cuban boatpeople who escaped from a detention center in the Cayman Islands remained at large Tuesday and might have found a way to leave the Caribbean territory, officials said.
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  CAMPAIGN 2012

  Romney, Gingrich call for policy to end the Castro dictatorship

  Both GOP hopefuls were courting Cuban-American voters during campaign swings through South Florida to outline their Latin American policies.
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  CUBA

  Cuba court: Gross set up Wi-Fi nets for Jews in three cities

  The defense lawyer for U.S. government contractor Alan Gross says the new court document shows that his client is not guilty.

• Oil rig arrives off Havana; drilling 70 miles from Keys

  An offshore oil drilling operation has begun less than 90 miles from the coast of Key West.

• CUBA

  Catholic bishop, priest reportedly protected dissidents from pro-government mob

  A pro-government mob was reportedly waiting outside a church for activists, but they were protected by a Catholic bishop and priest.

• Cuba

  World reacts to death of Cuban dissident Wilman Villar Mendoza

  The United States and Europe called on Cuba to honor the human rights of its citizens after the death Thursday of dissident Wilman Villar Mendoza.

• CUBA

  U.S. reacts to Cuban dissident’s death

  The U.S. State Department Friday deplored the death of Cuban dissident Wilman Villár, “a young and courageous defender of human rights,” and said it “highlights the continuing problem of political repression, and political prisoners, in Cuba.”

• CUBA

  Cuba travel program comes under scrutiny

  Congressional investigators will review the government-funded Smithsonian Institution’s travel offerings to Cuba.

• Jailed Cuban dissident dies at 31

  The young Cuban dissenter Wilman Villar, who 50 days ago began a hunger strike in his jail cell in response to his imprisonment, died Thursday night in the Juan Bruno Zayas de Santiago hospital in Cuba.
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  Guantanamo

  Al Qaida magazine found at Guantánamo prison

  The disclosure that a copy of an al-Qaida magazine made it inside Guantánamo raises questions about prison camp’s security.

• CUBA

  Convicted Cuban spy wants transfer to Florida prison

  One of the five Cuban spies convicted as part of the “Wasp Network” requested a transfer to a medium-security prison in northwestern Florida to make it easier for his mother to visit him, according to supporters.
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  Cuba

  Havana building collapse kills at least 3, injures 6

  Families refuse to leave buildings, such as the one that collapsed Tuesday, because of Cuba’s housing shortage.

• CUBA

  Jailed Cuban dissident reported near death

  Wilman Villar is in a coma after hunger strike and contracting pneumonia
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  Florida Keys

  26 Cuban migrants reach land in Keys

  Authorities took the refugees into custody, but under the wet foot-dry foot policy they will be allowed to remain in the United States.
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  2012 REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN

  Newt Gingrich stumps in Miami and Orlando, slamming Mitt Romney

  A caffeinated Newt Gingrich kicked off his Florida campaign in Miami, where he talked about Mitt Romney, Cuba politics and immigrants learning English.
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  Oil rig could be off Key West in two weeks

  The Scarabeo 9, a giant semi-submersible oil rig headed to Cuba, set sail from its temporary port in Trinidad and Tobago this week, observers said.

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