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Cuba’s food ration stores mark 50th anniversary

The ration card gives every Cuban a basic basket of food for less than $2 a month. 1373582817
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Cuba’s ex-prisons chief — accused of human-rights abuses — is back in the U.S.

Former prisons chief Crescencio Marino Rivero left Miami for Cuba after half a dozen dissidents accused him of abusing them
Gallery owner seeks Cuba-Key West art swap

Key West gallery owner Nance Frank has launched a Web-based fundraising effort to pay for an artistic exchange between the Southernmost City and its geographic and cultural neighbor of Cuba, just 90 miles away but a world apart due to federal sanctions.
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Ladies in White resign over alleged State Security infiltrator

Several members have quit the group over its refusal to expell an alleged infiltrator from State Security
Castro speech scolds islanders for bad behavior

Raul Castro spent the lion's share of a prominent speech Sunday scolding his countrymen for all kinds of bad behavior, everything from corruption and theft to public urination and the odoriferous practice of raising pigs in cities.
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Cuban dissident picks up human rights prize in Europe — three years late

Guillermo Fariñas dedicates the Sakharov Prize to his mother, who saw him through his many hunger strikes.
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Daniel Shoer Roth: U.S. gift to Cuban exiles abused

A walk on the beach to count my blessings led me to understand with greater clarity the polarized debate on the Cuban Adjustment Act.
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Report says Cuban economic growth hasn’t quickened despite reforms

The Council of Ministers got a report that Cuba’s economy will miss the goal of a 3.6 percent growth rate.

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U.S. says the number of visas issued in Havana increased significantly

The U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana says an increase in visa issued was due to stepped up interviews of ...
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US issues warning on driving in Cuba

The U.S. says reports suggest that highway crashes are the leading cause of accidental deaths in Cuba.
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Two groups of Cuban balseros arrive in Honduras and Cayman Islands

A boat carrying 32 Cubans was detained near Roatan and another with about 20 aboard docked in Cayman Islands.
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Priest alleges that foreign hurricane aid to Cuba is not reaching the people

Jose Conrado Rodriguez wrote a complaint to Communist Party chief in Santiago de Cuba about misuse of hurri...
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State Department confirms resumption of migration talks with Havana

The talks, first reported by El Nuevo, will be held July 17 in Washington.
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Cuba sentences Canadian businessman to nine years in prison
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Coast Guard: South Florida relatives fueling Haitian migrant smuggling

Family members in South Florida are possibly behind a dangerous new trend in the Caribbean: the smuggling ...
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Cuba cites drop in U.S., European arrivals as tourism sags

A new government report in Cuba suggests initial enthusiasm for travel to Cuba has fallen flat.
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Woman celebrates 100th birthday of late OH swimmer

A central Ohio woman plans a celebration for what would have been her late husband's 100th birthday and the...
Cuba economy czar: Reforms entering critical phase

Communist-led Cuba's experiment with limited capitalism is entering a crucial and transformative phase this...
Castro speech scolds islanders for bad behavior

Raul Castro spent the lion's share of a prominent speech Sunday scolding his countrymen for all kinds of ba...
Cuba's Raul Castro backs asylum offers for Snowden
Cuban parliament opens 2-day session

Cuba's parliament is meeting in one of its twice-annual legislative sessions.
Cuba: Flap over late cultural figure's estate

A dispute is brewing in Cuba over the estate of a prominent intellectual after authorities carried out a su...
Cuba announces shakeup of party leadership

Cuba's president has announced the removal of former Parliament chief Ricardo Alarcon and several other lea...
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Slow pace of reform troubles Cubans

It is an uncanny thing when you are in Cuba. With no cameras around, most Cubans on the street will speak f...
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