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Afro-Cuban author who complained of racism demoted

The demotion occurred after Roberto Zurbano’s column on racism in Cuba was published last month in The New York Times.

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Social Security says benefits can’t be sent to Havana

The U.S. Social Security Administration makes it clear that benefits cannot be collected in Cuba.

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UM professor: Cuba’s electricity has been sagging for years

The number of blackouts and hours without power in Cuba are rising, according to a University of Miami professor.

Cuban classical dancer Arianni Martin is part of a group of dancers that recently defected from the Cuban National Ballet. She practices during a class at the Miami Hispanic Ballet on Thursday.

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Cuban dancers begin new lives in Miami

Six dancers of the National Ballet of Cuba who arrived in Miami after defecting and crossing the Mexican border are certain they will make their dreams come true in the United States.

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Seven members of the National Ballet of Cuba defect

The dancers said they defected from the National Ballet of Cuba because they want to grow artistically.

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Beyoncé and Jay-Z stroll in Havana

The superstars celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary, dining and walking in old Havana.

In My Opinion

Fabiola Santiago: I am Cuban and American — y más

Somos cubanos y punto.” We, those in exile and on the island, are all Cubans — period.

Blogger Yoani Sanchez visits the Cuban Heritage Collection at the University of Miami 4/02/13.

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Blogger Yoani Sánchez hits the books at the University of Miami

Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez, who arrived in Miami last week, visited UM’s Cuban Heritage Collection and talked politics with UM academics on Tuesday. Video Available Photo Gallery Available

Yoani Sanchez smiles holds up the Presidential Medal given to her by Eduardo Padron, the president of Miami Dade College. The Cuban blogger spoke at Miami's Freedom Tower during an interview by Miami Herald editorial columnist Myriam Marquez on Monday, April 1, 2013.

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Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez gets joyous Miami welcome

The celebrated dissident journalist told a Cuban-American crowd at Miami’s Freedom Tower that all Cubans, whether exiles or on the island, are a single people and must not allow Cuba’s government to divide them. Video Available Photo Gallery Available

Yoani Sánchez and Cuban exile Armando Brana, whose wife is a Pedro Pan kid.

While in Miami, Yoani Sánchez tweets at record pace

Famed Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez spent Easter Sunday in South Florida explaining her motivation for speaking out against the Castro government. Photo Gallery Available

Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez speaks to members of the United Nations Correspondents Association at the United Nations complex in New York City on March 21, 2013.

Blogger’s U.N. visit

The Yoani Sánchez roadshow at the U.N.

Yoani Sánchez at the United Nations, March 21, 2013, New York City:

Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez greets members of the local media at La Ermita de la Caridad in Miami after she visited the sanctuary.

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With wit as her weapon, Yoani Sánchez cuts Castro regime to ribbons

Her lacerating yet cool language, and the simple but powerful ideas it delivers have made Yoani Sánchez the spearhead of a burgeoning digital dissident ‘blogostroika.’

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U.S. administration calls for investigation of the death of Cuban Oswaldo Payá

Two Cuban dissidents died in car crash that the Cuban government says was caused by careless driving; others allege the car was rammed by state security agents

From left, Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski, Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez, the Rev. Juan Rumin, rector of La Ermita de la Caridad del Cobre, and the Rev. Richard Vigoa, secretary to the archbishop pose for a picture outside the Catholic church in Coconut Grove on Thursday, March 28, 2013.

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Blogger Yoani Sánchez arrives in Miami

Yoani Sánchez arrived in Miami Thursday for a reunion with her family and a public agenda that begins Monday Video Available Photo Gallery Available

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Turks and Caicos frees Cubans who sewed their lips shut to protest detention

After the illegal Cuban migrants were released by the Turks and Caicos, they removed the stitches they had sewn to protest their detentions.

Medical staff at the Guanttanamo Bay prison camp hospital said Thursday, March, 21, 2013 that there was a sufficient suppliy nutritional shakes -- these boxes shown here are vanilla flavored -- for the current captive hunger strike at the U.S. Navy base in southeast Cuba. This photo was approved for release by the U.S. military under terms of access to the prison that let a soldier review each and every image and delete those that show too much or certain details.

IN THE CAMPS

Guantánamo hunger strike grows; 3 captives hospitalized

Navy medical staff at Guantánamo on Monday listed 28 of the 166 war on terror captives as Pentagon-defined “hunger strikers,” three of whom were being treated at the prison camps hospital. Video Available Photo Gallery Available

Faithful are reflected in the roof of Pope Benedict XVI's pope-mobile as he arrives to celebrate his last general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Benedict XVI basked in an emotional sendoff Wednesday at his final general audience in St. Peter's Square, recalling moments of "joy and light" during his papacy but also times of great difficulty. He also thanked his flock for respecting his decision to retire. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Papal visit anniversary

Gauging the impact of Pope Emeritus Benedict’s visit to Cuba

Some who traveled to Cuba for the papal visit have taken his message of reconciliation to heart and want to build bridges with Cubans on the island. Photo Gallery Available