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If Castro wants to start dialogue with the United States, he should release political prisoners and lower the steep fees the Cuban government charges on money sent from abroad, Obama said. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1007157.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1007157.html Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:00 EDT President Barack Obama, beginning his final day of the Fifth Summit of the Americas, told Central American leaders that their region is important and the United States wanted to be a true partner. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1007245.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1007245.html Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:53 EDT Cuban leader Raúl Castro's recent offer to discuss all issues -- including the fate of political prisoners -- is ''a sign of progress'' that could lead to more deliberate strides toward normalization, President Barack Obama said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006696.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006696.html Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:01 EDT Hinting that relations between the two countries could finally be warming, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said Saturday he may welcome back the U.S. ambassador who was kicked out of Caracas seven months ago. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1012229.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1012229.html Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:01 EDT Hinting that relations between the two countries could finally be warming, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said Saturday he may welcome back the U.S. ambassador who was kicked out of Caracas seven months ago. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006518.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006518.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:30 EDT There was a lot of talk about a new chapter in U.S-Cuban relations at the 34-country Summit of the Americas, but top U.S. and Latin American officials point to some hopeful signs that go beyond the rhetoric. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006198.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006198.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:51 EDT Bolivian President Evo Morales on Saturday became the second leader to publicly denounce the final declaration all 34 hemispheric leaders are supposed to sign at the conclusion of the Fifth Summit of the Americas. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006021.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006021.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:33 EDT The first full day of the Summit of the Americas began with a gift during President Barack Obama's Saturday morning meeting with Andean nations: Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez walked over to Obama and handed him a book, in Spanish. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006382.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006382.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:00 EDT In order to dig out of the global economic crisis and ensure peace and security in the future, nations must join forces to deliver collective solutions to common problems, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told hemispheric leaders Saturday. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1005574.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1005574.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:01 EDT Presidents Barack Obama and Hugo Chávez of Venezuela took the stage at the hemispheric gathering here like boxers in a much-anticipated bout. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006165.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1006165.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:38 EDT Closer relations between Venezuela and the United States are no doubt coming soon, President Hugo Chávez said Saturday, adding that the two countries may soon return each other's ambassadors to their posts. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1004639.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1004639.html Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:05 EDT Caribbean leaders spent Friday morning and early afternoon huddled behind closed doors to discuss a variety of issues they hope to address with President Barack Obama following his late-afternoon arrival here. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1002947.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1002947.html Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:48 EDT Venezuela ''will veto'' the final declaration due to be issued by this weekend's Fifth Summit of the Americas in neighboring Trinidad and Tobago, President Hugo Chávez said Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1003562.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1003562.html Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:04 EDT Ever wonder whether anything actually comes out of these presidential summits? A new report by the Active Democracy Network says Latin American nations are slow at showing results and have suffered ''worrying setbacks'' when it comes to following up on summit mandates. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1003913.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1003913.html Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:01 EDT President Barack Obama asked Havana to make the next move to improve U.S.-Cuba relations, saying Thursday that he needs to see signs of changes on the island before he makes any more overtures. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1001798.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1001798.html Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:33 EDT Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday the Obama administration is reviewing a U.S. policy of deporting undocumented Haitians and left open the possibility of expanding travel to Havana beyond the families of Cuban exiles in the United States. http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1001762.html http://www.miamiherald.com/summit/story/1001762.html Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:59 EDT Academics, activists and educators get a head start on Summit of the Americas issues. Poverty. Climate change. Public safety. Never mind the other hot topic -- Cuba. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005929.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005929.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:16 EDT Prime Minister Patrick Manning last night set the tone for the Fifth Summit of the Americas, when he called on leaders to be politically mature and not allow any one subject to cause discord, as he made reference to the contentious issue of the US trade embargo against Cuba. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005930.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005930.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:19 EDT In a 16-minute address punctuated by applause, United States President Barack Obama called on leaders of the Americas not to become "prisoners of past disagreements", but instead to look forward to a new beginning and to commit themselves to a new set of rules of engagement. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005924.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005924.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:13 EDT "I want to be your friend," tough-talking Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told US President Barack Obama yesterday, when both men came face to face minutes before the formal opening of the Fifth Summit of the Americas at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port of Spain. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005939.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005939.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:33 EDT An environmentalist was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail after he was charged with erecting placards protesting the Fifth Summit of the Americas. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005934.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005934.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:25 EDT Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez proved to be a highlight during the arrivals of the Heads of State/Government to the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port of Spain for the Fifth Summit of the Americas yesterday, as he spoke to reporters gathered outside its entrance while US President Barack Obama entered through a back entrance. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005933.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1005933.html Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:22 EDT Disappointment marked many faces of fans who, having for hours awaited the arrival of US President Barack Obama at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Port of Spain yesterday, were finally cheated of the opportunity of seeing him. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1004316.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1004316.html Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:57 EDT Many people were disappointed yesterday as news spread that US First Lady Michelle Obama would not be coming to Trinidad and Tobago with her husband, US President Barack Obama, for the Fifth Summit of the Americas which opens today. The next top spouse, it appears, will be the only First Gentleman coming to Trinidad - Nestor Carlos Kirchner. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1004315.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1004315.html Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:55 EDT When the Heads of State/Government meet for the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain this weekend, many people would be sunbathing along the nation's coastline. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1004314.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1004314.html Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:52 EDT Piarco and Oropune villagers will be involuntarily confined to their homes this weekend after the Summit Secretariat failed to ensure that everyone living in these areas received accreditation to move freely in their communities during the Fifth Summit of the Americas. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1004311.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1004311.html Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:49 EDT "We are ready. We are anxious. But we are ready," Communications Coordinator Felipe Noguera said Thursday as the National Secretariat for the Fifth Summit of the Americas prepared for the biggest event this country has ever hosted, which starts Friday http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1002880.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1002880.html Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:27 EDT By Barack Obama Thursday, April 16th 2009 As we approach the Summit of the Americas, our hemisphere is faced with a clear choice. We can overcome our shared challenges with a sense of common purpose, or we can stay mired in the old debates of the past. For the sake of all our people, we must choose the future. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1003377.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1003377.html Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:28 EDT A meeting between US President Barack Obama and all Caricom leaders is being organised "tentatively" for tomorrow night, after the opening ceremony of the Fifth Summit of the Americas, Government sources said yesterday. The exact time is still to be decided. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1344508.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1344508.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:27 EST Caribbean voters living in the tiny island of Dominica will head to the polls on Dec. 18 for general elections, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced during a rally. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1343612.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1343612.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:42 EST José Misael Valero Santana, who, according to Colombian prosecutors, led a paramilitary force of about 2,000 members in five Venezuelan border states, was arrested Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1343337.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1343337.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Deep in the heart of Vatican City, Cuban-born Roman Catholic theologian Miguel H. Díaz has managed to find an Italian version of a sandwich that reminds him of home: pan con lechón. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1342658.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1342658.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:42 EST Honduras' de facto president Roberto Micheletti will give up his controversial post for seven days beginning on Tuesday so that Hon- durans can "concentrate on elections and not on the political crisis," he announced Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1341042.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1341042.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Thousands of fans put Honduras' political problems aside for one night to cheer on the nation's soccer team as it prepares for World Cup competition. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1341025.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1341025.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:04 EST Cuba's government remains as repressive under Raúl Castro as it was under his brother Fidel, according to the first in-depth report on the island's human rights since the younger Castro took power. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1338778.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1338778.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Alejandro J. Aguirre, deputy editor and publisher of the Spanish-language Diario Las Américas newspaper, was elected president of the hemisphere's free-press organization, the Inter American Press Association announced Tuesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1338880.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1338880.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:00 EST The arrest of a Peruvian Air Force noncommissioned officer accused of feeding military secrets to his Chilean handlers has pushed long-simmering relations between the two South American neighbors to a new low. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1337778.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1337778.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:37 EST Facing a group of presidents loudly critical of Washington, the U.S. government's Voice of America broadcast is expanding its audience in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua, VOA officials say. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1335534.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1335534.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Editor's Note: This story is part of an occasional series appearing in The Miami Herald leading up to Honduras' Nov. 29 national elections. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1330443.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1330443.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:52 EST Leading Cuban dissident Martha Beatriz Roque is extremely ill due to complications from her diabetes and a liquids-only fast launched to protest the government, another dissident reported Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1327030.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/1327030.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:21 EST Heavy rain, lightning and strong winds caused blackouts that left nearly a third of Brazilians - 60 million people - in the dark, officials said Wednesday as they scrambled to restore confidence in the country's infrastructure before soccer's 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1344839.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1344839.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Thirty years of spying for Cuba will send a retired State Department official to prison for life after he and his wife pleaded guilty Friday to sending secrets to the United States' longtime antagonist. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1344148.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1344148.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:07 EST A retired State Department employee and his wife pleaded guilty Friday to a 30-year conspiracy to provide classified information from the U.S. to Cuba. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1343131.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1343131.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00 EST Cuba's celebrated and increasingly brassy blogger Yoani Sánchez emerged Thursday as a player in U.S.-Cuba relations, scoring a lengthy reply from President Barack Obama to her questions and playing a starring role in a congressional hearing on efforts to let American tourists visit Cuba. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1342657.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1342657.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A high-octane effort to let U.S. tourists visit Cuba got a major endorsement Thursday from one of the island's leading dissidents, who suggested that ``along with suitcases, Bermuda shorts, and sunblock, support, solidarity, and freedom could come too.'' Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez, who this week drew the attention of President Barack Obama, wrote in an essay to House Foreign Affairs chairman Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., that lifting the ban on U.S. travel to Cuba ``could bring more results in the democratization of Cuba than the indecisive performance of Raúl Castro.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1341647.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1341647.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:52 EST U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen blasted efforts to open Cuba up to U.S. tourists Thursday during a House Foreign Affairs Coomittee meeting, suggesting the tourist dollars would only keep the regime in power. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1341025.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1341025.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Cuba's government remains as repressive under Raúl Castro as it was under his brother Fidel, according to the first in-depth report on the island's human rights since the younger Castro took power. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1337133.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1337133.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Any goodwill Raul Castro enjoyed as Cuba's new leader has dissipated, according to a new poll indicating that more than four out of five Cubans surveyed inside the country are unhappy with its direction. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1330443.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1330443.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:52 EST Leading Cuban dissident Martha Beatriz Roque is extremely ill due to complications from her diabetes and a liquids-only fast launched to protest the government, another dissident reported Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1327702.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1327702.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:52 EST The U.S. State Department has told Cuba it deplores last week's ``assault'' on blogger Yoani Sánchez, one of the toughest of several expressions of support for the Havana writer. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1325230.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1325230.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST When a dozen Cuban bloggers wanted to stage a protest last month, they simultaneously tweeted, texted and posted messages like ``Freedom.'' <p/> One later used a blond wig to sneak into a government building and complain against censorship of the Internet. And the next day, she posted a video of her complaint on her blog. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1321116.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1321116.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00 EST More than 50 House Democrats sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi supporting current Cuba policy, which embargo-supporters say effectively means that a bill to open Cuba to tourists is dead. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1321125.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1321125.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Famed Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez said Friday she and another blogger were punched and thrown violently into a car by presumed state security agents as they walked to participate in a peaceful march in downtown Havana. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1346623.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1346623.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:59 EST President Hugo Chavez is hailing the forthcoming arrival of 300 Russian-made tanks and armored vehicles, and urging civilians to join government-organized militias to be ready to defend Venezuela from a foreign invasion. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1346457.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1346457.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:57 EST Ugandan officials were offended Sunday after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wondered out loud whether Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was truly as brutal as he was reputed to be. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1346213.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1346213.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Un grupo de estudiantes opositores al presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, se declaró el sábado en huelga de hambre hasta tanto visite el país una delegación de la Comisión Internacional de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) de la OEA para que constate las supuestas violaciones a los derechos fundamentales. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1346254.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1346254.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:52 EST Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is inviting his mentor Fidel Castro to visit Venezuela during the coming months. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1345693.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1345693.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:27 EST Venezuela has no interest in talking directly to Colombia to end a monthslong crisis but would support an effort by other South American nations to broker a solution, a top government official said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1344985.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1344985.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:43 EST President Hugo Chavez is praising Carlos the Jackal, the imprisoned Venezuelan once notorious for a series of Cold War-era bombings, assassinations and hostage dramas, saying he was a "revolutionary fighter" and not a terrorist. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1344927.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1344927.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST El candidato liberal a la presidencia de Colombia, Rafael Pardo, pidió este viernes que se declare la emergencia social en la frontera con Venezuela, a la vez que denunció que la población en la región es hostigada por las autoridades de ese país. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1342608.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1342608.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:16 EST La denuncia internacional que el gobierno colombiano prepara contra Venezuela por la voladura de dos puentes fronterizos es "una nueva provocación'' y una "manipulación más'' de las autoridades del país vecino, declaró el vicepresidente venezolano y ministro de Defensa, Ramón Carrizalez. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1340857.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1340857.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:24 EST El presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, llamó "desgraciado'' al canciller colombiano, Jaime Bermúdez, al criticar el "cinismo'' del gobierno de Bogotá por deplorar que la Unasur no haya emitido ningún comentario sobre el lenguaje belicista de Caracas. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1338941.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1338941.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:24 EST El comercio entre Estados Unidos y Venezuela registró durante los primeros nueve meses del 2009 una caída superior al ... http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1337218.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1337218.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:29 EST A Venezuelan commander contends Colombia wrongly detained four of his soldiers last week along the border separating the South American nations. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1337188.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/venezuela/story/1337188.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:09 EST Una élite de técnicos y asesores cubanos participan activamente en el control de funciones oficiales clave en el gobierno de Venezuela ... http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007154.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007154.html Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:55 EDT Prime Minister Patrick Manning is expected to give an important "recognition" nod on Cuba today as a "family member" of the Caribbean-Latin America region. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007156.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007156.html Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:00 EDT The Calypso King of the World, Mighty Sparrow, will headline today's Summit of Culture taking place at the Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007165.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007165.html Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:08 EDT The United States "must break away from the concept of viewing us as its backyard," Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Saturday http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007160.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007160.html Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:05 EDT President Barack Obama offered a spirit of cooperation to America's hemispheric neighbours yesterday, listening to complaints about past US meddling and even reaching out to Venezuela's leftist leader. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007159.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007159.html Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:02 EDT Although Canada feels that the US trade embargo against Cuba is not the way to go, its removal is ultimately a matter between Cuba and the United States, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Saturday. http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007155.html http://www.miamiherald.com/870/story/1007155.html Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:57 EDT Riot police inadvertently ensured the success of an anti-summit event in St James Saturday afternoon. After they tried to stop the gathering, hundreds more people came out to support the demonstrators' right to protest.