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• UNITED NATIONS

  U.N. again condemns U.S. embargo of Cuba

  The vote was 187-3, with two abstentions, as the United Nations once again denounced the U.S. embargo of Cuba.

• MIAMI BEACH

  Cuba is focus of conference

  Charles Shapiro, the senior advisor for economic initiatives in the State Department's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, is slated to be among the dozens of speakers at a three-day conference starting Wednesday in Miami Beach on Cuba and other international issues.

• Castro's sister: My work with CIA didn't threaten brothers' lives

  Juanita Castro was recruited by the CIA in 1961 through her friend Virginia Leitao de Cunha, wife of the Brazilian ambassador in Havana, but refused to conspire in any attempts on the lives of her brothers Fidel and Raśl Castro
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  FORWARD LOOK

  Fidel Castro's sister says she worked with CIA while in Cuba

  Fidel Castro's younger sister, Juanita, now living in Miami, reveals in a Univisión-Noticias 23 report on her new book that she worked with the CIA while living in Cuba.

• CUBA

  Poll shows shift in Cuba travel opinions

  A new poll of Cuban Americans shows a strong majority favor allowing all Americans to travel to the island, a major shift from a 2002 survey that showed only a minority supporting the change, the Bendixen & Associates polling firm reported.
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  All Americans should be allowed travel to Cuba, says new poll

  A new poll of Cuban Americans shows a strong majority favor allowing all Americans to travel to the island, a major shift from a 2002 survey that showed only a minority supporting the change, the Bendixen & Associates polling firm reported Tuesday.

• Cuban newspaper deletes online column critical of regime

  A Cuban newspaper has deleted an online column harshly attacking the government's tight controls on information and arguing that a well-informed citizenry is required for a ``more full and democratic socialism.''

• U.S. INTELLIGENCE

  Cuba's spy `walk-ins' target U.S., experts say

  Two Cuba experts said spies sent by Cuba to the United States after 9/11 were part of a permanent intelligence program to mislead, misinform and identify U.S. spies.

• TELECOMMUNICATIONS

  U.S. calls to Cuba have decreased

  Possibly because more Cuban Americans are visiting Cuba these days, the number of calls to Cuba have gone down, as have U.S. payments for the calls.

• IMMIGRATION

  Boquete seeking U.S. residency to avert deportation to Cuba

  A Cuban national wrongly accused of sexual assault and threatened with eventual deportation is now seeking a green card and perhaps citizenship.

• Boquete seeking U.S. residency to end immigration limbo

  Orlando Boquete, a Mariel refugee erroneously convicted of sexual assault and threatened with deportation to Cuba, is now trying to become a permanent U.S. resident, which would make him eligible for citizenship.

• ESPIONAGE

  Convicted Cuban spy gets lighter sentence

  One of the Cuban Five defendants, initially sentenced to life in prison for espionage conspiracy, saw his term reduced to 22 years. The judge rejected an even lighter sentence recommended by prosecutors.

• CUBA

  Faced with a deep recession, Cuba tries socialism lite

  Facing a severe and protracted economic downturn, Cuba's government is scaling back socialism in an attempt to save it.

• ESPIONAGE

  Convicted Cuban spy gets lighter sentence

  One of the Cuban Five defendants, initially sentenced to life in prison for espionage conspiracy, saw his term reduced to 22 years. The judge rejected an even lighter sentence recommended by prosecutors.

• TOURISM

  U.S.-Cuba travel picking up steam

  Bills in Congress to allow all travel to Cuba are increasingly drawing support among U.S. lawmakers and the public -- but they still face an uncertain future.

• TRAVEL

  U.S.-Cuba travel flourishing

  Legal travel to and from Cuba is booming, even though the Obama administration has not officially changed any rules regarding nonfamily travel to the island.

• Report: Hard to ease Cuba embargo

  A U.S. president has limited ways to ease the embargo on Cuba -- unless he or she certifies that Havana is moving toward democracy or Congress overturns U.S. laws on the sanctions, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

• JUANES CONCERT

  Poll: Cuban Americans change tune about Juanes concert in Havana

  A poll showed that most Cuban-Americans now approve of the concert that Juanes put together in Havana.

• Defamation suit settled in Cuban 'agent' case

  A defamation lawsuit filed by a Cuban American anti-embargo activist against a U.S. counterintelligence expert who branded her a Havana ``agent'' has been settled, both sides say.

• CUBA

  Obama's Cuba policies receive faint praise

  U.S. changes in Cuba policy `are extremely limited and insufficient,' the nation's foreign minister told the U.N. General Assembly.

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