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    <title><![CDATA[Cuba Nostalgia allows for a stroll down memory lane]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:02 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Cuba Nostalgia, a three-day event that celebrates pre-Castro Cuba, once again drew those wanting to relive the past and those trying to reconnect with their roots.
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    <title><![CDATA[Guant&#xE1;namo hunger strike tally hits 102]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:50 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Military officials would not comment on whether the current 102 hunger strikers include alleged 9/11 conspirators.
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     <p><img src="http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2009/12/30/19/5884609.highlight.prod_affiliate.56.JPG" /></p>  <p>Military officials would not comment on whether the current 102 hunger strikers include alleged 9/11 conspirators.
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    <title><![CDATA[ Cuban dissident says racism remains a grave problem]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Manuel Cuesta Morua says Cuban blacks need affirmative action to catch up to whites.
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    <title><![CDATA[Cuban food production drops despite reforms]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:42 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Part of the decline could be the result of devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy in agriculture-rich Eastern Cuba.
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    <title><![CDATA[ Cuban balsero census being taken by Brothers to the Rescue leader at Cuba Nostalgia]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:28 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[If you are a Cuban balsero and were spotted in the Florida Straits by a Brothers to the Rescue plane between 1991 and 1996, come to Cuba Nostalgia this weekend to leave your name for a list being created by the group&#x2019;s founder, Jose Basulto.
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    <title><![CDATA[A quince party in Cuba: a real fairytale to be recalled at this weekend&#x2019;s Cuba Nostalgia]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/15/3399801/a-quince-party-in-cuba-a-real.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:59 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Like many teenage girls in Cuba, Lydia Hortensia de Castroverde yearned to be a quincea&#xF1;era &#x2014; to one day dress like a princess, enter a banquet hall full of family and friends on her father&#x2019;s arm to dance a waltz, then blow out the candles on a spectacular cake. In effect, flying out as a butterfly from a cocoon. A beautiful human spring.
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    <title><![CDATA[Canadian jailed in Havana corruption scandal speaks out]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:08 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Sarkis Yacoubian, a Canadian accused of corruption in Cuba, says he blew the lid on a major corruption scandal.
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    <title><![CDATA[&#x91;Yankees of Cuba&#x92; to play games in Miami, Tampa]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/14/3395798/yankees-of-cuba-to-play-games.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:01 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The idea came from a comedian, but it&#x92;s far from being a joke.
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    <title><![CDATA[Cuban ex-CIA agent Posada returns to Miami]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/04/13/2165344/cuban-ex-cia-agent-posada-returns.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:07 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[After being acquitted in a trial for perjury in federal court in El Paso, former CIA-agent Luis Posada Carriles plans to make his first public appearance in Miami on Wednesday during a press conference and then he will dinner at the Big Club Five of Miami.
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    <title><![CDATA[TWO INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS ARRESTED COVERING ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/24/1698289/two-independent-journalists-arrested.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:30 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Two independent are being held by police following their arrest while covering an anti-government demonstration.
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    <title><![CDATA[4-year sentence for living in Havana without permission]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/07/1668020/4-year-sentence-for-living-in.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:50 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Dissident Duartes Miguel Lara Rodr&iacute;guez  has been sentenced to four years in prison on charges of being a &#147;danger&#148; to society because he was living illegally in Havana.
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    <title><![CDATA[Man arrested for stealing his own pressure cooker]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/06/1616976/man-arrested-for-stealing-his.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 16:23 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Leonardo D&iacute;az says he taken to the police station in handcuffs on Tuesday because he didn&#39;t have proof of purchase of a pressure cooker he was taking to a repair shop.
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[  <p>Leonardo D&iacute;az says he taken to the police station in handcuffs on Tuesday because he didn&#39;t have proof of purchase of a pressure cooker he was taking to a repair shop.
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    <title><![CDATA[Police captain under investigation for abuse of power]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/27/1600226/null.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:13 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A captain in the National Revolutionary Police force has been accused of selling pedicabs he confiscated from unlicensed owners.
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    <title><![CDATA[Whereabouts of detained independent journalist unknown]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/26/1598835/whereabouts-of-detained-independent.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:15 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Independent journalist Yosvani Anzardo Hern&aacute;ndez was arrested over the weekend by two State Security agents and his whereabouts are unknown, according to his wife.
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    <title><![CDATA[Anti-government slogans appear in Havana]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/23/1595168/anti-government-slogans-appear.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:52 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Anti-government slogans were written on Tuesday on the walls next to Havana&#39;s Mariano theater and near a police station, according to witnesses who said they saw the writing before police painted it over.
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    <title><![CDATA[Dissident's daughter jailed on charge of prostitution]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/22/1593145/dissidents-daughter-jailed-on.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:48 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Dissident Carmen Berm&uacute;dez Arrieta says her 25-year-old daughter has been sentenced to two years in an internment camp on a trumped up charge of prostitution.
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    <title><![CDATA[Independent librarian fired from government job]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/23/1543250/independent-librarian-fired-from.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:20 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Jos&eacute; Ignacio Oropesa Almora says he was fired from his job as a truck driver for the state oil company because he&#146;s an independent librarian
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[  <p>Jos&eacute; Ignacio Oropesa Almora says he was fired from his job as a truck driver for the state oil company because he&#146;s an independent librarian
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    <title><![CDATA[Protesters force police to return sack of rice]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/02/24/1497673/protesters-force-police-to-return.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:32 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[More than 60 passengers on a bus protested the seizure of a 20-pound sack of rice and forced the police to return it to the owner.
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    <title><![CDATA[Police try to stop sellers of bread]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/01/11/1419603/police-try-to-stop-sellers-of.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:31 EST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Since the beginning of the New Year, police in Santa Clara have been pursuing private sellers of bread, which is considered a crime.
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[  <p>Since the beginning of the New Year, police in Santa Clara have been pursuing private sellers of bread, which is considered a crime.
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    <title><![CDATA[Cuba government minister reports on corruption in international deals and gas]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/14/3395497/govt-minister-reports-on-corruption.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:07 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The Cuban cabinet hears about irregularities in international deals and the growing problem of gasoline thefts.
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[  <p>The Cuban cabinet hears about irregularities in international deals and the growing problem of gasoline thefts.
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    <title><![CDATA[Cuban hunger striker begins tour in Miami]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/12/3394425/cuban-hunger-striker-begins-tour.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 20:44 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A frequent Cuban hunger striker and dissident arrived Sunday in Miami ahead of Cuban Independence Day, as part of a tour that will include several U.S. stops before going to Europe.
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    <title><![CDATA[Elsa Morej&#xF3;n, wife of Cuban dissident Oscar El&#xED;as Biscet, visits Miami]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/09/3390097/elsa-morejon-wife-of-cuban-dissident.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 21:52 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Elsa Morej&#xF3;n, wife of Cuban dissident Oscar El&#xED;as Biscet, said the Cuban government is &#x201C;worried&#x201D; more about assigning resources to criticize opponents while ignoring the most urgent needs of the population.
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    <title><![CDATA[Cuba&#x2019;s Ladies in White leader meets Pope Francis]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/08/3387892/cubas-ladies-in-white-leader-meets.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 20:42 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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&#x2019;s Square.
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    <title><![CDATA[Cuban spy unrepentant, but hopes for better ties]]></title>
    <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/06/3383461/cuban-spy-renouncing-us-citizenship.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 06:26 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A Cuban intelligence agent who spent 13 years in a U.S. prison said Monday he still has affection for America and hopes to see the two countries reconcile, but added that he does not regret for a moment his decision to spy for Cuba.
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    <title><![CDATA[Federal appeals court: Florida law prohibiting hiring of companies tied to Cuba is unconstitutional]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 19:14 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A three-judge panel affirmed an earlier ruling by a federal judge in Miami blocking the law from taking effect.
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    <title><![CDATA[Catholic journal criticizes dissidents who support embargo]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 19:23 EDT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The publication&#x92;s criticism follows visits to the United States and elsewhere by several dissidents in recent months.
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    <title><![CDATA[Items from Hemingway's Cuba home go to JFK Library]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[ Cuban musician C&#xE9;sar Portillo de la Luz, one of Cuba&#x2019;s most celebrated composers, died Saturday in Havana, according to various press reports on the island. He was 90.
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    <description><![CDATA[A week of drag shows, colorful marches and social and cultural events in Havana culminates Friday with celebrations of the International Day Against Homophobia.
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    <description><![CDATA[Exactly 100 years after making the first successful flight between Key West and Havana, Cuba, aviation pioneer Domingo Rosillo del Toro is being honored.
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    <description><![CDATA[An American imprisoned in Cuba settled a lawsuit Thursday against the company he was working for when arrested, a lawsuit that claimed he wasn&#39;t properly warned about or prepared for the risks of working in the communist nation.
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    <description><![CDATA[Singer Gloria Estefan is expected to speak at a Miami event to commemorate Cuba&#39;s Independence Day.
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    <description><![CDATA[A frequent Cuban hunger striker is scheduled to be in Miami ahead of Cuban Independence Day.
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    <description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court agreed Monday on the unconstitutionality of a Florida law banning companies from bidding on government contracts if they also do business in Cuba and Syria.
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    <description><![CDATA[A week of drag shows, colorful marches and social and cultural events in Havana culminates Friday with celebrations of the International Day Against Homophobia.
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    <description><![CDATA[Exactly 100 years after making the first successful flight between Key West and Havana, Cuba, aviation pioneer Domingo Rosillo del Toro is being honored.
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