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  Cuba

  Cuba’s Ladies in White leader meets Pope Francis

  Pope Francis exchanged a brief greeting Wednesday with Cuban dissident Berta Soler, leader of the Ladies in White, in the Vatican at the end of a general audience held in St. Peter’s Square.

• Courts

  Federal appeals court: Florida law prohibiting hiring of companies tied to Cuba is unconstitutional

  A three-judge panel affirmed an earlier ruling by a federal judge in Miami blocking the law from taking effect.

• Cuba

  Catholic journal criticizes dissidents who support embargo

  The publication’s criticism follows visits to the United States and elsewhere by several dissidents in recent months.
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  Cuban bolero giant César Portillo de la Luz dies at 90

  Cuban musician César Portillo de la Luz, one of Cuba’s most celebrated composers, died Saturday in Havana, according to various press reports on the island. He was 90.

• CUBA

  Analysts: Chesimard’s designation on terror list has no legal impact

  Fugitive Joanne Chesimard’s addition to list of top terrorists means nothing legally for her or Cuba, expert say.

• CUBA

  Watchdog group: Cuba cheated on its UN human rights review

  U.N. Watch said “fraudulent” NGOs sent in comments praising Cuba’s human rights record.

• Cuba

  Whispered complaints about U.S.-Cuba academic exchanges go public

  Cuba’s influence on the Latin American Studies Association has been talked about behind closed doors in the past, but not anymore.
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  Miami Federal Court

  U.S. judge allows Cuban spy to stay in Havana if he renounces citizenship

  René González, who had been convicted of espionage and released from prison on parole, can remain in Cuba, a federal judge has ruled.

• CUBA

  U.S. officials: Cuba will be kept on list of nations that sponsor terrorism

  Cuba will get off the list only if the White House certifies that it has promised not to engage in terrorism.
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  CUBA

  Mariela Castro gets permit to travel to LGBT forum in U.S.

  Previously the State Department had said she would not be able to travel beyond the New York metro area. Now it says she can go to Philadelphia for the forum.
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  CUBA

  Dissident Antonio Rodiles says network with exiles can facilitate Cuba’s transition to democracy

  Antonio Rodiles also favors keeping U.S. embargo in place during a critical time for Cuba
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  CUBA

  Ladies in White leader wants U.S. to maintain hard-line on Cuba

  Berta Soler favors both maintaining the embargo and limiting travel to Cuba from the United States
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  Cuban dissidents

  Globe-trotting Cuban activists sway world opinion

  Under Cuba’s new travel rules, the world has become a stage for Cuban bloggers and dissidents. Who benefits the most — Havana or the dissidents themselves — is open to debate

• Follow live-tweeting of Ladies in White leader meeting with Miami Herald Editorial Board on Monday

  Cuba’s Ladies in White leader Berta Soler will meet with the Miami Herald Editorial Board on Monday morning.
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  Cuba

  Historic Capitol building to host parliament again

  Havana’s Capitol building will play host to Cuba’s parliament for the first time since 1959, when it came to be seen as a symbol of the old regime thrown out of power that year by Fidel Castro’s revolution.
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  Cuba

  Cuba’s Ladies in White leader Berta Soler praises exile support

  The leader of Cuba’s Ladies in White thanked Miami’s exile community on Saturday for its continued support for dissidents on the island and asked for more moral, spiritual and material help for those who seek to end the Castro regime.

• Cuban spy case

  Charge against former State Department employee in spy case

  Marta Rita Velazquez is accused of introducing convicted spy Ana Belen Montes to the Cuban Intelligence Service. The indictment against Velazquez, who is in Sweden, was unsealed after nine years

• 10 rafters returned to Cuba by Coast Guard

  The U.S. Coast Guard returned 10 Cuban migrants to their homeland Wednesday after finding their vessels during two separate interceptions at sea.
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  Florida man behind Medicare money-laundering transfers to Cuba sentenced to 4 years

  A Florida “middle man’’ who sent stolen Medicare millions to Cuba was sentenced to 4½ years in prison in Miami federal court.

• Cuba

  Raúl Castro's sexologist daughter bound to New York during U.S. visit

  Mariela Castro won’t be able to accept an LGBT award in Philadelphia because her travel is restricted to the New York metropolitan area

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