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  PORTMIAMI

  Army Corps of Engineers awards contract to deepen Miami port

  A dredging contract ws awarded to make the port’s channels deep enough for the ships that will traverse an expanded Panama Canal
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  Ex-dictator convicted of genocide in Guatemala

  Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt's conviction of genocide is a historic moment in a country still healing from a brutal, three-decade civil war and his trial offered Guatemala's oppressed indigenous communities their first chance to be heard, human rights activists said.

• Caribbean

  Arrests of vacationing Americans in Turks and Caicos spark concern

  Two U.S. Senators demand a thorough investigation following the arrests of two of their constituents while visiting the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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  War court

  Navy lawyer leaving case of waterboarded bombing suspect

  The Naval officer who has been defending an alleged terrorist linked to a plot on a U.S. Navy warship is leaving the case to study at Harvard Law School.
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  World Trade

  Brazilian will be the first Latin American to head the WTO

  Roberto Azevêdo, a career diplomat, will take the reins at a time when the world trading system is at a crossroads.

• Curacao

  Ally of slain politician suspects political motive

  Political associates said they believe Donald Belentina’s assassination was politically motivated.
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  military

  Former Southcom, NATO admiral to become dean of diplomacy school

  Retiring Navy Adm. James Stavridis, who ran the Southern Command and then took charge of NATO, will become the next dean of Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy outside Boston, the school announced Monday.
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  IN THE CAMPS

  Detainee alleges guards searched Qurans in prison

  In a newly released court filing, a Guantánamo detainee accused guards of going through their holy books to instigate a hunger strike.
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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.
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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.

• GUANTANAMO

  Law office says defense lawyer’s death not linked to Guantánamo

  An Ohio public defender who was part of a team that represents Guantánamo detainees died last week but had not been to the base for months, his office said Friday.

• 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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  Venezuela

  Political tensions run high at Venezuela May Day rallies

  The rallies were, ostensibly, to celebrate international workers day, and counted on the support of rival unions and labor organizations. But they were also a show of political strength in a nation still at odds over the April 14 presidential vote.

• International trade

  World Trade Month celebrates global ties

  A series of international events will be held in South Florida in May

• 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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  IN THE CAMPS

  Some force-fed captives are cleared for release

  The U.S. military now counts 100 of the 166 captives as hunger strikers. Twenty-three are being tube fed, four in the prison hospital.
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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

  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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