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Foreign Policy: Getting Ready for Life after Castro »

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07:52 pm | Early this month, a senior Cuban official raised the possibility of loosening travel restrictions, potentially making it far easier for Cuban citizens to travel abroad as tourists. So far, little is known about…

May 11 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Tampa Bay Times: U.S. embargo of Cuba adds risks to country’s deepwater oil drilling, expert says »

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02:06 am | WASHINGTON — The 50-year-old U.S. embargo of Cuba is getting in the way of safety when it comes to deepwater drilling in Cuban waters, an expert on the communist country’s offshore drilling activity…

May 11 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Las Vegas Review Journal: If promising Cuban boxers flame out here, they can’t go home »

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06:20 pm | It was roughly this time three years ago when Luis DeCubas brought a bunch of Cuban defectors – five altogether- just off the boat to fight at Planet Hollywood. These Cubans were mostly…

May 10 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Miami Herald: Cuban cardinal an apologist for Cuba, Radio and TV Martí says in strong editorial »

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01:15 am | Criticism of statements made by Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega during a recent visit to the U.S. heightened with an editorial by Miami-based Radio and TV Martí that describes the clergyman as a “lackey”…

May 7 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Cuba Confidential: Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen Highlights Dangers of Cuban Spies in Argentina »

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01:40 am | Miami, Florida – Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) released the following statement today regarding press reports that three Cuban spies who were expelled from the U.S. in 2003 may be living in Buenos Aires,…

May 3 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Huffington Post: Life Imitates Art: When Cuban Actors Defect »

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12:21 pm | Did the actors follow the script too closely? In the film Una Noche Javier Nunez Florian and Anailin de la Rua de la Torre play a Cuban brother and sister who set out…

Apr 28 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

IANS/EFE: Almost half of Cuba’s foreign visitors are Canadians »

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12:13 pm | HAVANA – Just over 48 percent of foreign tourists who visited Cuba in the first quarter of 2012 came from Canada, according to figures released Friday by the National Statistics Office, or ONE.…

Apr 28 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Jakarta Globe: Cuban Actors Missing En Route to US Film Festival »

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03:21 am | Two Cuban actors starring in a film about defecting to the United States have gone missing while en route to a New York festival where they were due to appear at the movie’s…

Apr 24 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Examiner.com: For the love of Fidel? Ozzie Guillen, Hollywood Democrats and defining evil down »

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04:01 am | I never laughed at jokes  with the late Kim Jung Il’s hair as the punch line nor Saturday Night Live skits featuring mumbling caricatures of late Libyan and Iraqi strongmen. They eat bark…

Apr 20 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Examiner: Obama is behaving like Fidel Castro, and for good reason »

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03:56 am | Ever since Monday, when President Barack Obama openly challenged the authority of the “unelected members” of the U.S. Supreme Court, which now holds sway over Obamacare, the first image that came to mind…

Apr 20 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Pedazos de la Isla: Recap: Another Violent Weekend in Cuba »

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12:30 pm | Once again, the Lady in White Caridad Caballero Batista and her husband Esteban Sandez Suarez were impeded from assisting Catholic Mass this past Sunday, April 15th, in the city of Holguin.  It was…

Apr 18 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

AP: Cuba rebukes Obama over summit talk of democracy »

11:52 am | HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban government is criticizing U.S. President Barack Obama for calling for democratic change in Cuba. The strongly worded statement published in Communist Party newspaper Granma says “we Cubans will…

Apr 18 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

New York Post: Hillary Havana heck of a good time »

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01:44 am | Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday slugged back a beer and kicked up her heels at a Cuban-themed nightclub in Cartagena, as the brewing Secret Service prostitution scandal stunned the Summit of…

Apr 17 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

AP: Modest crowd for Marlins game after Ozzie flap »

02:19 am | By STEVEN WINE, Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Havana-born Isabel Diaz arrived at the Miami Marlins’ ballpark two hours before the first pitch Friday, ready to root for the home team but not…

Apr 14 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

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Washington Free Bacon: The Soros Summit »

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01:21 am | A secretive network of left-wing billionaires and their political operatives descended on the luxurious Biltmore Hotel in Miami over…

May 16 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Foreign Policy: Getting Ready for Life after Castro »

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07:52 pm | Early this month, a senior Cuban official raised the possibility of loosening travel restrictions, potentially making it far easier…

May 11 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Tampa Bay Times: U.S. embargo of Cuba adds risks to country’s deepwater oil drilling, expert says »

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02:06 am | WASHINGTON — The 50-year-old U.S. embargo of Cuba is getting in the way of safety when it comes to…

May 11 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Las Vegas Review Journal: If promising Cuban boxers flame out here, they can’t go home »

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06:20 pm | It was roughly this time three years ago when Luis DeCubas brought a bunch of Cuban defectors – five…

May 10 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Miami Herald: Cuban cardinal an apologist for Cuba, Radio and TV Martí says in strong editorial »

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01:15 am | Criticism of statements made by Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega during a recent visit to the U.S. heightened with an…

May 7 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

E!Science: Increasing speed of Greenland glaciers gives new insight for rising sea level »

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12:35 am | Changes in the speed that ice travels in more than 200 outlet glaciers indicates that Greenland’s contribution to rising…

May 4 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Cuba Confidential: Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen Highlights Dangers of Cuban Spies in Argentina »

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01:40 am | Miami, Florida – Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) released the following statement today regarding press reports that three Cuban spies…

May 3 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Huffington Post: Life Imitates Art: When Cuban Actors Defect »

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12:21 pm | Did the actors follow the script too closely? In the film Una Noche Javier Nunez Florian and Anailin de…

Apr 28 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

IANS/EFE: Almost half of Cuba’s foreign visitors are Canadians »

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12:13 pm | HAVANA – Just over 48 percent of foreign tourists who visited Cuba in the first quarter of 2012 came…

Apr 28 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

NYT: Challenge for U.S. After Escape by China Activist »

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11:48 am | BEIJING — The dramatic nighttime escape of a blind rights lawyer from extralegal house arrest in his village dealt…

Apr 28 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

The Economist: The rather dangerous Monsieur Hollande »

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01:58 am | IT IS half of the Franco-German motor that drives the European Union. It has been the swing country in…

Apr 28 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Jakarta Globe: Cuban Actors Missing En Route to US Film Festival »

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03:21 am | Two Cuban actors starring in a film about defecting to the United States have gone missing while en route…

Apr 24 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Examiner.com: For the love of Fidel? Ozzie Guillen, Hollywood Democrats and defining evil down »

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04:01 am | I never laughed at jokes  with the late Kim Jung Il’s hair as the punch line nor Saturday Night…

Apr 20 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Examiner: Obama is behaving like Fidel Castro, and for good reason »

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03:56 am | Ever since Monday, when President Barack Obama openly challenged the authority of the “unelected members” of the U.S. Supreme…

Apr 20 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Pedazos de la Isla: Recap: Another Violent Weekend in Cuba »

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12:30 pm | Once again, the Lady in White Caridad Caballero Batista and her husband Esteban Sandez Suarez were impeded from assisting…

Apr 18 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

AP: Cuba rebukes Obama over summit talk of democracy »

11:52 am | HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban government is criticizing U.S. President Barack Obama for calling for democratic change in Cuba.…

Apr 18 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

New York Post: Hillary Havana heck of a good time »

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01:44 am | Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday slugged back a beer and kicked up her heels at a Cuban-themed…

Apr 17 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

AP: Modest crowd for Marlins game after Ozzie flap »

02:19 am | By STEVEN WINE, Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Havana-born Isabel Diaz arrived at the Miami Marlins’ ballpark two hours…

Apr 14 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

McClatchyDC.com: On the road in Cuba, tales of woe and yearning »

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04:33 pm | ON THE CARRETERA CENTRAL, Cuba — “Subanse,” climb aboard, I said repeatedly, pulling the right wheels of my eight-seat…

Apr 12 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

AP: Beloved Cuban bishop Agustín Román dies in Miami »

02:56 pm | By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ The Associated Press Updated: 1:32 p.m. Thursday, April 12, 2012 Published: 11:06 a.m. Thursday, April 12, 2012   MIAMI — Agustín Román, the first Cuban to…

Apr 12 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Extreme Tech: How to wipe a hard drive »

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02:53 pm | If you didn’t know, when you delete a file or empty your trash can, it isn’t actually wiped from…

Apr 12 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Huffington Post: The Color of Prosperity »

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02:34 pm | The balustrades are shaped like naked women and the wrought iron gate is topped with stone slabs. The garden…

Apr 12 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

NDTV: Earthquake in Indonesia: India withdraws tsunami warning »

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05:06 pm | New Delhi:  India has withdrawn the tsunami warning issued after the massive earthquake measuring 8.6 on the Richter scale…

Apr 11 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

NYT (Baseball): Marlins Suspend Manager for 5 Games Over Comments on Castro »

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11:54 am | Ozzie Guillen, brought in to manage the Miami Marlins as part of an effort to court the city’s Latino…

Apr 10 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

The Economist: Shells and shelves »

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02:58 am | SEARCH online for “company incorporation” and you’ll be spoilt for choice. Hundreds of so-called formation agents ply their trade…

Apr 9 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Reuters: Federal judge approves $25 billion mortgage pact »

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01:48 am | U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer signed the previously announced series of settlements on Wednesday but the approval was not…

Apr 8 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Fox News: US economy adds 120G jobs, jobless rate at 8.2 percent »

01:45 am | Employers pulled back sharply on hiring last month, a reminder that the U.S. economy may not be growing fast…

Apr 8 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Guardian: Cuba celebrates Good Friday for first time since 1959 revolution »

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04:32 am | Bells rang from Roman Catholic churches throughout Havana as Cubans celebrated a holiday on Good Friday for the first…

Apr 7 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

FoxNews: Google begins testing ‘Terminator’-style smartphone glasses »

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02:05 pm | Google on Wednesday unveiled Project Glass, a secret program designed to bring augmented-reality to the masses. The team leading…

Apr 5 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Yahoo News: Multiple tornadoes cause massive damage across Dallas, Fort Worth and North Texas »

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02:38 am | Possibly a dozen tornadoes rumbled across the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area Tuesday, leveling homes and tossing big-rigs around like…

Apr 4 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

The Escambray: Interview with Enrique Encinosa and Humberto Fontova

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  3. Tampa Bay Times: U.S. embargo of Cuba adds risks to country’s deepwater oil drilling, expert says
  4. Las Vegas Review Journal: If promising Cuban boxers flame out here, they can’t go home
  5. Miami Herald: Cuban cardinal an apologist for Cuba, Radio and TV Martí says in strong editorial
  6. E!Science: Increasing speed of Greenland glaciers gives new insight for rising sea level
  7. Cuba Confidential: Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen Highlights Dangers of Cuban Spies in Argentina
  8. Huffington Post: Life Imitates Art: When Cuban Actors Defect
  9. IANS/EFE: Almost half of Cuba’s foreign visitors are Canadians
  10. NYT: Challenge for U.S. After Escape by China Activist
  11. The Economist: The rather dangerous Monsieur Hollande
  12. Jakarta Globe: Cuban Actors Missing En Route to US Film Festival
  13. Examiner.com: For the love of Fidel? Ozzie Guillen, Hollywood Democrats and defining evil down
  14. Examiner: Obama is behaving like Fidel Castro, and for good reason
  15. Pedazos de la Isla: Recap: Another Violent Weekend in Cuba
  16. AP: Cuba rebukes Obama over summit talk of democracy
  17. New York Post: Hillary Havana heck of a good time
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  19. McClatchyDC.com: On the road in Cuba, tales of woe and yearning
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Foreign Policy: Getting Ready for Life after Castro »

07:52 pm | Early this month, a senior Cuban official raised the possibility of loosening travel restrictions, potentially making it far easier for Cuban citizens to travel abroad as tourists. So far, little is known about the details of the policy Havana has in mind. But the flurry of interest stirred by this news reminds us that change…

May 11 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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E!Science: Increasing speed of Greenland glaciers gives new insight for rising sea level »

12:35 am | Changes in the speed that ice travels in more than 200 outlet glaciers indicates that Greenland’s contribution to rising sea level in the 21st century might be significantly less than the upper limits some scientists thought possible, a new study shows. “So far, on average we’re seeing about a 30 percent speedup in 10 years,”…

May 4 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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Washington Free Bacon: The Soros Summit »

01:21 am | A secretive network of left-wing billionaires and their political operatives descended on the luxurious Biltmore Hotel in Miami over the weekend to discuss strategy for the coming elections. The location of the conference had been kept a closely guarded secret by the members and guests of Democracy Alliance (DA), a collection of ultra-wealthy liberal donors…

May 16 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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The Economist: The rather dangerous Monsieur Hollande »

01:58 am | IT IS half of the Franco-German motor that drives the European Union. It has been the swing country in the euro crisis, poised between a prudent north and spendthrift south, and between creditors and debtors. And it is big. If France were the next euro-zone country to get into trouble, the single currency’s very survival…

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Extreme Tech: How to wipe a hard drive »

02:53 pm | If you didn’t know, when you delete a file or empty your trash can, it isn’t actually wiped from your hard drive. Using special tools, deleted files can be recovered by the authorities. That sensitive love letter — or photo, or video — that you think has been safely deleted, can be easily dug up…

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The Economist: The rather dangerous Monsieur Hollande »

01:58 am | IT IS half of the Franco-German motor that drives the European Union. It has been the swing country in the euro crisis, poised between a prudent north and spendthrift south,…

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The Economist: Shells and shelves »

02:58 am | SEARCH online for “company incorporation” and you’ll be spoilt for choice. Hundreds of so-called formation agents ply their trade online, offering to set up companies, trusts and foundations cheaply and…

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Reuters: AIG selling $6 billion of AIA shares, to repay bail-out »

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02:57 am | AIG is offering about 1.7 billion shares in a range of HK$27.15-27.50 per share – a discount of up to 7 percent…

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MarketWatch: Economy still hobbled by weak housing, high debts »

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03:50 pm | WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) – The weak housing market and high levels of household debt are still holding back the economic recovery, more than…

Feb 29 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

The Economist: The devil’s in the details (and the politics) »

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02:51 am | LIKE the weather, American politicians talk a lot about tax reform but do nothing about it. Which is a pity, because while…

Feb 23 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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Extreme Tech: WiGig breaks 1-watt barrier, 5Gbps wireless hopefully on its way to smartphones »

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04:12 am | Panasonic has developed a new WiGig radio chip that uses less than 1 watt of power, making it the most power-efficient WiGig…

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TechNewsWorld: Internet of Things Close, Thanks to ARM’s Reach »

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03:26 am | Chipmaker ARM (Nasdaq: ARMHY) has announced a tiny product with huge implications. The company unveiled its ARM Cortex M0+, a 1mm microchip…

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AFP: Court ruling forces FBI to deactivate GPS to track suspects »

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12:36 am | WASHINGTON — A recent US Supreme Court decision is hurting the ability of federal law enforcement agencies to monitor criminal suspects with…

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Extreme Tech: How to wipe a hard drive »

02:53 pm | If you didn’t know, when you delete a file or empty your trash can, it isn’t actually wiped from your hard drive. Using special tools, deleted files can be recovered…

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Smithsonian Magazine: Richard Clarke on Who Was Behind the Stuxnet Attack »

03:35 am | The story Richard Clarke spins has all the suspense of a postmodern geopolitical thriller. The tale involves a ghostly cyberworm created to attack the nuclear centrifuges of a rogue nation—which…

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