<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Breaking News &#187; Fidel castro</title>
	<atom:link href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/t/fidel-castro/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n</link>
	<description>News and incisive Views 24/7/365</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Hugo Chavez says Sean Penn may shoot movie based on Cuban novel in Venezuela</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hugo-chavez-says-sean-penn-may-shoot-movie-based-on-cuban-novel-in-venezuela-210433/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hugo-chavez-says-sean-penn-may-shoot-movie-based-on-cuban-novel-in-venezuela-210433/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Jones</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caracas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Celebrity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sean penn]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/hugo-chavez-says-sean-penn-may-shoot-movie-based-on-cuban-novel-in-venezuela-210433/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
more images


more images


more images


more images

Chavez: Sean Penn may make film in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez said he met privately with actor Sean Penn on Wednesday, and that the Oscar-winning celebrity may film a movie in Venezuela.
Penn may shoot a film based on a novel by Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier, which is set largely [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hugo-chavez-says-sean-penn-may-shoot-movie-based-on-cuban-novel-in-venezuela-210433/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Fearing more food shortages, Cubans protest government takeover of farmers markets</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fearing-more-food-shortages-cubans-protest-government-takeover-of-farmers-markets-210170/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fearing-more-food-shortages-cubans-protest-government-takeover-of-farmers-markets-210170/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Weissert</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Food Manufacturing and Agriculture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Food And Drink]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Food Shopping]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Havana]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Shopping]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/fearing-more-food-shortages-cubans-protest-government-takeover-of-farmers-markets-210170/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Cubans fear more gov&#8217;t control of farmers markets

HAVANA — The habanero peppers, oranges and peanuts cost more at Cuba&#8217;s free-market &#8220;agros&#8221; — farmers markets where vendors, not the government, set prices. But food stalls overflow with abundance not seen elsewhere on the shortage-plagued island.
So when the Communist Party served notice that it plans to impose [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fearing-more-food-shortages-cubans-protest-government-takeover-of-farmers-markets-210170/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>World Health Org. director says Fidel Castro walking, talking at length: looks &#8216;wonderful&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/world-health-org-director-says-fidel-castro-walking-talking-at-length-looks-wonderful-210099/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/world-health-org-director-says-fidel-castro-walking-talking-at-length-looks-wonderful-210099/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Havana]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/world-health-org-director-says-fidel-castro-walking-talking-at-length-looks-wonderful-210099/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
WHO head says Castro looks stronger, &#8216;wonderful&#8217;

HAVANA — The head of the World Health Organization says Fidel Castro looks stronger and wonderful for his 83 years.
Margaret Chan met with Castro for more than two hours and found him &#8220;very dynamic.&#8221;
Chan is director-general of the United Nations&#8217; health authority. She also is a physician, but says [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/world-health-org-director-says-fidel-castro-walking-talking-at-length-looks-wonderful-210099/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Document says Nixon, Brazilian president discussed intervention in Chile, Cuba</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/document-says-nixon-brazilian-president-discussed-intervention-in-chile-cuba-141374/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/document-says-nixon-brazilian-president-discussed-intervention-in-chile-cuba-141374/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[International Relations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/document-says-nixon-brazilian-president-discussed-intervention-in-chile-cuba-141374/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Two years before the coup that toppled the leftist leader of Chile, President Richard Nixon and Brazilian President Emilio Medici discussed coordinated intervention in that nation and Cuba, according to a newly declassified document.

The formerly Top Secret account of a Dec. 9, 1971, White House Oval Office meeting spells out a desire by [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/document-says-nixon-brazilian-president-discussed-intervention-in-chile-cuba-141374/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>AFTER 1- Latin American leaders seek `forever&#8217; presidencies</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/after-1-latin-american-leaders-seek-forever-presidencies-140985/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/after-1-latin-american-leaders-seek-forever-presidencies-140985/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Franz Smets</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fact]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sao Paulo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/after-1-latin-american-leaders-seek-forever-presidencies-140985/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SAO PAULO/MEXICO CITY - Many democratically elected Latin American presidents are reluctant to relinquish office as their terms draw to a close. In an effort to remain president &#8220;forever&#8221;, they have resorted to changing constitutions and forcing referendums to extend their time in office.

The reasons cited are usually nobel. The Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuelan President [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/after-1-latin-american-leaders-seek-forever-presidencies-140985/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Venezuela&#8217;s Chavez shares cake with Fidel Castro on Cuba leader&#8217;s 83rd birthday</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/venezuelas-chavez-shares-cake-with-fidel-castro-on-cuba-leaders-83rd-birthday-140254/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/venezuelas-chavez-shares-cake-with-fidel-castro-on-cuba-leaders-83rd-birthday-140254/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Birthdays]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caracas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Occasions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/venezuelas-chavez-shares-cake-with-fidel-castro-on-cuba-leaders-83rd-birthday-140254/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez said Friday he found his close ally and mentor Fidel Castro in good health during a visit to Cuba to celebrate the Cuban leader&#8217;s 83rd birthday.

Chavez says they shared a cake. He says he also gave Castro Venezuelan products including chocolate and sardines, and two charcoal drawings: one of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/venezuelas-chavez-shares-cake-with-fidel-castro-on-cuba-leaders-83rd-birthday-140254/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>US pastor: Fidel Castro, 83 on Thursday, looked strong, animated in July 31 meeting in Havana</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-pastor-fidel-castro-83-on-thursday-looked-strong-animated-in-july-31-meeting-in-havana-138946/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-pastor-fidel-castro-83-on-thursday-looked-strong-animated-in-july-31-meeting-in-havana-138946/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Rodriguez</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Communism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Havana]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-pastor-fidel-castro-83-on-thursday-looked-strong-animated-in-july-31-meeting-in-havana-138946/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — The founder of a New York-based church group that opposes the U.S. embargo of Cuba said Thursday that former Cuban President Fidel Castro looked strong and animated during a July 31 meeting.

The Rev. Lucius Walker Jr. of Pastors for Peace told The Associated Press he met for several hours with Castro at a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-pastor-fidel-castro-83-on-thursday-looked-strong-animated-in-july-31-meeting-in-havana-138946/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Not seen, but heard: Out of sight for 3 yrs, Fidel Castro marks 83rd birthday with essay</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/not-seen-but-heard-out-of-sight-for-3-yrs-fidel-castro-marks-83rd-birthday-with-essay-138784/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/not-seen-but-heard-out-of-sight-for-3-yrs-fidel-castro-marks-83rd-birthday-with-essay-138784/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Rodriguez</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Communism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Birthdays]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Havana]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Occasions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/not-seen-but-heard-out-of-sight-for-3-yrs-fidel-castro-marks-83rd-birthday-with-essay-138784/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — Former President Fidel Castro marked his 83rd birthday Thursday out of the public eye but with an essay on the global economic crisis, climate change and immigration that headlined Cuban newspapers.

Castro ceded power to his brother Raul when he fell ill three years ago and has not been seen in public since. He [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/not-seen-but-heard-out-of-sight-for-3-yrs-fidel-castro-marks-83rd-birthday-with-essay-138784/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Group: Cuban political prisoners rise slightly, bucking big decline during Raul Castro&#8217;s rule</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/group-cuban-political-prisoners-rise-slightly-bucking-big-decline-during-raul-castros-rule-135823/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/group-cuban-political-prisoners-rise-slightly-bucking-big-decline-during-raul-castros-rule-135823/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Communism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights and Civil Liberties]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Human Welfare]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Havana]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Political Activism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Political Issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/group-cuban-political-prisoners-rise-slightly-bucking-big-decline-during-raul-castros-rule-135823/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA —Political prisoners held in Cuba increased by one to 206 in the past six months, the first time the number has not dropped sharply since Raul Castro took over running the communist country three years ago.

The Cuban Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation said Monday that the increase compares to 205 in late [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/group-cuban-political-prisoners-rise-slightly-bucking-big-decline-during-raul-castros-rule-135823/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Specialty cigar shop owners, like the cigarette industry, fret over higher taxes, smoking bans</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/specialty-cigar-shop-owners-like-the-cigarette-industry-fret-over-higher-taxes-smoking-bans-135733/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/specialty-cigar-shop-owners-like-the-cigarette-industry-fret-over-higher-taxes-smoking-bans-135733/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sayre</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Food Manufacturing and Agriculture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government Regulations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industry Regulation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Louisiana]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New Orleans]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Smoking Laws And Regulations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Spread]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/specialty-cigar-shop-owners-like-the-cigarette-industry-fret-over-higher-taxes-smoking-bans-135733/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS —With the world becoming ever less welcoming for tobacco smoke of all kinds, the owners of specialty shops that sell premium cigars have converged on New Orleans with the same concerns as mass-market cigarette manufacturers — higher taxes and anti-smoking laws.

The cigars at the annual trade show of the International Premium Cigar &#038; [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/specialty-cigar-shop-owners-like-the-cigarette-industry-fret-over-higher-taxes-smoking-bans-135733/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Now in paperback: a dictionary of the world according to Fidel</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/now-in-paperback-a-dictionary-of-the-world-according-to-fidel-134623/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/now-in-paperback-a-dictionary-of-the-world-according-to-fidel-134623/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Communism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Books And Literature]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fiction]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Havana]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/now-in-paperback-a-dictionary-of-the-world-according-to-fidel-134623/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA —Cubans accustomed to hourslong speeches, thousand-word essays and lengthy interviews can now get Fidel Castro at a glance, thanks to a new dictionary of El Comandante&#8217;s teachings.

&#8220;Unemployment&#8221; and &#8220;History&#8221; are among the myriad words for which the 339-page paperback provides definitions — based on snippets of speeches, columns and statements dispensed by Castro during [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/now-in-paperback-a-dictionary-of-the-world-according-to-fidel-134623/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Hugo Chavez says Venezuela to buy Russian tanks, citing plans for more US troops in Colombia</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hugo-chavez-says-venezuela-to-buy-russian-tanks-citing-plans-for-more-us-troops-in-colombia-132079/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hugo-chavez-says-venezuela-to-buy-russian-tanks-citing-plans-for-more-us-troops-in-colombia-132079/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fabiola Sanchez</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Diplomacy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[International Relations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caracas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[London]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/hugo-chavez-says-venezuela-to-buy-russian-tanks-citing-plans-for-more-us-troops-in-colombia-132079/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday his government will buy dozens of Russian tanks because Venezuela feels threatened by a pending deal for the U.S. military to increase its presence in neighboring Colombia.

Chavez announced the plan while condemning Colombia&#8217;s negotiations on an agreement to let U.S. forces use at least seven of its [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hugo-chavez-says-venezuela-to-buy-russian-tanks-citing-plans-for-more-us-troops-in-colombia-132079/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cuban state media portrays outcome of street protest as victory for Fidel Castro</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuban-state-media-portrays-outcome-of-street-protest-as-victory-for-fidel-castro-131625/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuban-state-media-portrays-outcome-of-street-protest-as-victory-for-fidel-castro-131625/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Weissert</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Communism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Crisis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Political and Civil Unrest]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Havana]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Protests And Demonstrations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rebellions And Revolutions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuban-state-media-portrays-outcome-of-street-protest-as-victory-for-fidel-castro-131625/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — Cuba&#8217;s Communist Party newspaper Granma published a front-page story Wednesday marking the 15th anniversary of street protests that Fidel Castro himself had to quell, an unusual public reference to one of the few serious internal threats to his nearly half-century of rule.

The article portrayed the event as a victory for Castro&#8217;s revolution — [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuban-state-media-portrays-outcome-of-street-protest-as-victory-for-fidel-castro-131625/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Raul Castro ready to talk to US, but rules out negotiations on Cuba&#8217;s socialism</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/raul-castro-ready-to-talk-to-us-but-rules-out-negotiations-on-cubas-socialism-127946/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/raul-castro-ready-to-talk-to-us-but-rules-out-negotiations-on-cubas-socialism-127946/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/raul-castro-ready-to-talk-to-us-but-rules-out-negotiations-on-cubas-socialism-127946/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Cuban President Raul Castro has said that he is ready to talk about everything and anything with the United States, but added that the country&#8217;s political system was not on the negotiating table.

Castro&#8217;s remarks came during a speech to the closing session of the Cuban Parliament on Saturday afternoon.
He specified that discussion meant [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/raul-castro-ready-to-talk-to-us-but-rules-out-negotiations-on-cubas-socialism-127946/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Raul Castro announces spending cuts, vows Cuba to be communist after he and Fidel are gone</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/raul-castro-announces-spending-cuts-vows-cuba-to-be-communist-after-he-and-fidel-are-gone-127869/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/raul-castro-announces-spending-cuts-vows-cuba-to-be-communist-after-he-and-fidel-are-gone-127869/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Weissert</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cabinets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Communism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economic Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Havana]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Municipal Governments]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Parliamentary Elections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Products And Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/raul-castro-announces-spending-cuts-vows-cuba-to-be-communist-after-he-and-fidel-are-gone-127869/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — Raul Castro announced Saturday that Cuba will cut spending on education and health care, potentially weakening the building blocks of its communist system in a bid to revive a foundering economy.

The former defense minister who took over the presidency last year called state spending &#8220;simply unsustainable&#8221; and said the cash-strapped government would reorganize [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/raul-castro-announces-spending-cuts-vows-cuba-to-be-communist-after-he-and-fidel-are-gone-127869/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Raul Castro announces spending cuts, but vows Cuba to be communist after he and Fidel are gone</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/raul-castro-announces-spending-cuts-but-vows-cuba-to-be-communist-after-he-and-fidel-are-gone-127849/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/raul-castro-announces-spending-cuts-but-vows-cuba-to-be-communist-after-he-and-fidel-are-gone-127849/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Communism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Havana]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Products And Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/raul-castro-announces-spending-cuts-but-vows-cuba-to-be-communist-after-he-and-fidel-are-gone-127849/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — Raul Castro announced Saturday that Cuba will cut spending on education and health care, potentially weakening the building blocks of its communist system in a bid to revive a floundering economy.

The former defense minister who took over the presidency last year called state spending &#8220;simply unsustainable&#8221; and said the cash-strapped government would reorganize [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/raul-castro-announces-spending-cuts-but-vows-cuba-to-be-communist-after-he-and-fidel-are-gone-127849/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cuba creates new office to fight corruption, keep better eye on government finances</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-creates-new-office-to-fight-corruption-keep-better-eye-on-government-finances-127822/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-creates-new-office-to-fight-corruption-keep-better-eye-on-government-finances-127822/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Weissert</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Communism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Havana]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Products And Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-creates-new-office-to-fight-corruption-keep-better-eye-on-government-finances-127822/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — Cuba established a new office of government finances on Saturday to stamp out corruption and keep better tabs on the communist state&#8217;s often mysterious spending patterns as the island struggles to keep its economy afloat.

Parliament approved a new comptroller&#8217;s office, breaking from a past when Fidel Castro lorded over the national treasury. Cuba&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-creates-new-office-to-fight-corruption-keep-better-eye-on-government-finances-127822/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cuba postpones key Communist Party congress, enters crisis mode as economy worsens</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-postpones-key-communist-party-congress-enters-crisis-mode-as-economy-worsens-127146/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-postpones-key-communist-party-congress-enters-crisis-mode-as-economy-worsens-127146/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Weissert</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Armed Forces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Communism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Crisis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Havana]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-postpones-key-communist-party-congress-enters-crisis-mode-as-economy-worsens-127146/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — Cuba clicked into crisis mode Friday, postponing a key Communist Party congress aimed at charting a post-Castro future and announcing that its woeful economy is even worse than expected.

Cubans will have to make do with less, top communists suggested, as they insisted the armed forces are strong enough to deal with any unrest.
The [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-postpones-key-communist-party-congress-enters-crisis-mode-as-economy-worsens-127146/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cuba Revolution Day is sobering celebration as economy falters, US relations change little</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-revolution-day-is-sobering-celebration-as-economy-falters-us-relations-change-little-120924/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-revolution-day-is-sobering-celebration-as-economy-falters-us-relations-change-little-120924/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Weissert</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Armed Forces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Communism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fact]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Holguin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-revolution-day-is-sobering-celebration-as-economy-falters-us-relations-change-little-120924/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[HOLGUIN, Cuba — Cuba&#8217;s economy has been hammered by the global credit crisis, U.S. relations have not improved much under President Barack Obama and economic reforms that were supposed to ease life on the island have been slow to come.

Cuban President Raul Castro seemingly has little positive to report in his speech Sunday marking Revolution [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-revolution-day-is-sobering-celebration-as-economy-falters-us-relations-change-little-120924/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>US citizen trying to challenge Cuba travel ban hasn&#8217;t been arrested or cited</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-citizen-trying-to-challenge-cuba-travel-ban-hasnt-been-arrested-or-cited-119888/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-citizen-trying-to-challenge-cuba-travel-ban-hasnt-been-arrested-or-cited-119888/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Weissert</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Arrests]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-citizen-trying-to-challenge-cuba-travel-ban-hasnt-been-arrested-or-cited-119888/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — A U.S. citizen trying to challenge the ban on travel to Cuba on Friday bemoaned his inability to get arrested or cited — even after having his passport stamped in Havana and bringing back Cuban memorabilia.

Mytchell Mora, a 39-year-old freelance entertainment news producer, said he told U.S. customs officials he broke the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-citizen-trying-to-challenge-cuba-travel-ban-hasnt-been-arrested-or-cited-119888/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Thousands march in Honduras as impasse hardens</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/thousands-march-in-honduras-as-impasse-hardens-117731/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/thousands-march-in-honduras-as-impasse-hardens-117731/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Diplomacy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tegucigalpa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/thousands-march-in-honduras-as-impasse-hardens-117731/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA - The impasse over Honduras&#8217; political future hardened further Wednesday as thousands of supporters of the de-facto government marched through the streets.

They answered the call of Roberto Micheletti, declared head of the de-facto government after President Manuel Zelaya was ousted and exiled June 28, by Congress, the Supreme Court and the military.	 	
Mediation overtures [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/thousands-march-in-honduras-as-impasse-hardens-117731/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Fidel Castro calls on US to withdraw troops from Honduras</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fidel-castro-calls-on-us-to-withdraw-troops-from-honduras-112738/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fidel-castro-calls-on-us-to-withdraw-troops-from-honduras-112738/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ria Novosti</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Diplomacy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Moscow]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[President]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/fidel-castro-calls-on-us-to-withdraw-troops-from-honduras-112738/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW - Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has called on the US to withdraw its troops from Honduras to ease the situation after the recent coup in the Central American state.

The Honduran military ousted President Manuel Zelaya from office and flew him to Costa Rica June 28, the day polls were due to open for [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fidel-castro-calls-on-us-to-withdraw-troops-from-honduras-112738/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Mediator proposing reconciliation gvt for Honduras; exiled leader prepares 2nd return bid</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mediator-proposing-reconciliation-gvt-for-honduras-exiled-leader-prepares-2nd-return-bid-112321/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mediator-proposing-reconciliation-gvt-for-honduras-exiled-leader-prepares-2nd-return-bid-112321/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Zamorano</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Cabinets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Central America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Costa Rica]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Coups D'etat]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[La Paz]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tegucigalpa]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/mediator-proposing-reconciliation-gvt-for-honduras-exiled-leader-prepares-2nd-return-bid-112321/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The mediator in Honduras&#8217; political crisis said he will propose a national reconciliation government during the next round of talks, while ousted President Manuel Zelaya prepared a second bid to return home to reclaim power.

Negotiations to end the standoff over a June 28 military-backed coup have increasingly come under fire, with Zelaya&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mediator-proposing-reconciliation-gvt-for-honduras-exiled-leader-prepares-2nd-return-bid-112321/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Fidel Castro blames US Embassy, Bush appointees in Latin America for military coup in Honduras</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fidel-castro-blames-us-embassy-bush-appointees-in-latin-america-for-military-coup-in-honduras-112250/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fidel-castro-blames-us-embassy-bush-appointees-in-latin-america-for-military-coup-in-honduras-112250/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Weissert</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Cabinets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Diplomacy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[International Relations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Central America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Costa Rica]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Coups D'etat]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Embassies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Havana]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Manuel zelaya]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tegucigalpa]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/fidel-castro-blames-us-embassy-bush-appointees-in-latin-america-for-military-coup-in-honduras-112250/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — Fidel Castro blames the coup in Honduras on the U.S. Embassy in that Central American country and other American diplomats in the region appointed during the administration of George W. Bush.

&#8220;Unscrupulous characters of the extreme right who were trustworthy officials of George W. Bush&#8221; toppled the democratically elected government of Honduran President Manuel [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fidel-castro-blames-us-embassy-bush-appointees-in-latin-america-for-military-coup-in-honduras-112250/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Aide: Exiled president heading to home to set up alternative government seat inside Honduras</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/aide-exiled-president-heading-to-home-to-set-up-alternative-government-seat-inside-honduras-112241/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/aide-exiled-president-heading-to-home-to-set-up-alternative-government-seat-inside-honduras-112241/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Zamorano</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Cabinets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[International Relations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Central America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Costa Rica]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Coups D'etat]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[La Paz]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tegucigalpa]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/aide-exiled-president-heading-to-home-to-set-up-alternative-government-seat-inside-honduras-112241/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A top aide said exiled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was heading home Thursday to set up an alternative seat of government inside the country, and will use it as his headquarters in a &#8220;final battle&#8221; against the coup leaders.

Zelaya&#8217;s foreign minister, Patricia Rodas, said he is &#8220;on his way&#8221; back, but refused [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/aide-exiled-president-heading-to-home-to-set-up-alternative-government-seat-inside-honduras-112241/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Aide: Ousted president en route home to set up alternative government hq inside Honduras</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/aide-ousted-president-en-route-home-to-set-up-alternative-government-hq-inside-honduras-112168/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/aide-ousted-president-en-route-home-to-set-up-alternative-government-hq-inside-honduras-112168/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Zamorano</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Cabinets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Central America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Costa Rica]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Coups D'etat]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[La Paz]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tegucigalpa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/aide-ousted-president-en-route-home-to-set-up-alternative-government-hq-inside-honduras-112168/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A top aide said exiled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was heading home Thursday to set up an alternative seat of government inside the country, and will use it as his headquarters in a &#8220;final battle&#8221; against the coup leaders.

Zelaya&#8217;s foriegn minister, Patricia Rodas, said he is &#8220;on his way&#8221; back, but refused [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/aide-ousted-president-en-route-home-to-set-up-alternative-government-hq-inside-honduras-112168/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Without customary bad boys of NAM, summit lacks excitement</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/without-customary-bad-boys-of-nam-summit-lacks-excitement-110910/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/without-customary-bad-boys-of-nam-summit-lacks-excitement-110910/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Chase]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sheikh]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/without-customary-bad-boys-of-nam-summit-lacks-excitement-110910/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sharm-el-SHEIKH - Without the presence of 21st century enfant terrible of the Middle East Mohammad Ahmadinejad, the towering personality of Fidel Castro or the biting wit of Venezuelian President Hugo Chavez, the 15th Non-Aligned Movement Summit meet lacks the glamour element.

The media room has journalists wondering which world leader to chase for bites. Ultimately the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/without-customary-bad-boys-of-nam-summit-lacks-excitement-110910/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Chavez blasts US plan to solve Honduras coup; talks continue but both sides stubbonrn</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chavez-blasts-us-plan-to-solve-honduras-coup-talks-continue-but-both-sides-stubbonrn-106158/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chavez-blasts-us-plan-to-solve-honduras-coup-talks-continue-but-both-sides-stubbonrn-106158/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marianela Jimenez</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caracas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Central America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Costa Rica]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Coups D'etat]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dominican Republic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nobel peace prize]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[San Jose]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tegucigalpa]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/chavez-blasts-us-plan-to-solve-honduras-coup-talks-continue-but-both-sides-stubbonrn-106158/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced a U.S.-backed effort to ease Honduras&#8217; coup crisis on Friday as a second day of negotiations ended without a deal between rival contenders for the presidency.

The mediator of the talks, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, said the sides representing ousted Honduran President Manuela Zelaya and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chavez-blasts-us-plan-to-solve-honduras-coup-talks-continue-but-both-sides-stubbonrn-106158/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Latin Americans in US bolster support for Honduran coup, opposition to socialist influence</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/latin-americans-in-us-bolster-support-for-honduran-coup-opposition-to-socialist-influence-104736/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/latin-americans-in-us-bolster-support-for-honduran-coup-opposition-to-socialist-influence-104736/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Wides-munoz</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Constitutions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Central America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Miami]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/latin-americans-in-us-bolster-support-for-honduran-coup-opposition-to-socialist-influence-104736/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Leaders of Cuban and Venezuelan communities across the U.S. have become among the loudest supporters of the military ouster of Honduras&#8217; president because they see it as a strike against socialist influence in Latin America.

Cuban and Venezuelan expatriates, many of whom came to the U.S. to escape Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, are [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/latin-americans-in-us-bolster-support-for-honduran-coup-opposition-to-socialist-influence-104736/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Former AP Latin American desk editor Jose Sobrino, who grew up in Cuba, dies in NYC at 79</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-ap-latin-american-desk-editor-jose-sobrino-who-grew-up-in-cuba-dies-in-nyc-at-79-102413/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-ap-latin-american-desk-editor-jose-sobrino-who-grew-up-in-cuba-dies-in-nyc-at-79-102413/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-ap-latin-american-desk-editor-jose-sobrino-who-grew-up-in-cuba-dies-in-nyc-at-79-102413/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Spanish-born journalist Jose Sobrino Dieguez has died at his Manhattan home. He was 79 years old.

His widow, Angela Sobrino, says her husband died of cancer Friday.
Sobrino worked as an editor on the Latin American desk of The Associated Press in New York City from 1964 to 1975.
Born in Madrid in 1930, Sobrino [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-ap-latin-american-desk-editor-jose-sobrino-who-grew-up-in-cuba-dies-in-nyc-at-79-102413/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Exiled Honduran president vows to return Sunday, calls on followers to meet him at airport</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/exiled-honduran-president-vows-to-return-sunday-calls-on-followers-to-meet-him-at-airport-99593/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/exiled-honduran-president-vows-to-return-sunday-calls-on-followers-to-meet-him-at-airport-99593/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Weissert</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[International Relations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Voting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Central America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lt-honduras-coup]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[President]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tegucigalpa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/exiled-honduran-president-vows-to-return-sunday-calls-on-followers-to-meet-him-at-airport-99593/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya said Saturday that he would return to Honduras to try to retake office following last week&#8217;s military-backed coup, and the Organization of American States kicked out the Central American nation for refusing to restore him.

At an emergency meeting in Washington, 33 nations backed the resolution suspending Honduras&#8217; membership, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/exiled-honduran-president-vows-to-return-sunday-calls-on-followers-to-meet-him-at-airport-99593/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Exiled Honduran president vows to return, calls on followers to meet him at airport</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/exiled-honduran-president-vows-to-return-calls-on-followers-to-meet-him-at-airport-99568/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/exiled-honduran-president-vows-to-return-calls-on-followers-to-meet-him-at-airport-99568/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Weissert</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Central America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lt-honduras-coup]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[President]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tegucigalpa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/exiled-honduran-president-vows-to-return-calls-on-followers-to-meet-him-at-airport-99568/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya said Saturday that he would return to Honduras to try to retake office following last week&#8217;s military-backed coup, despite warnings of a potentially bloody confrontation and the interim government&#8217;s vow to arrest him and put him trial.

Honduras rebuffed demands by the international community to reinstate Zelaya in the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/exiled-honduran-president-vows-to-return-calls-on-followers-to-meet-him-at-airport-99568/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>AP unveils &#8216;treasure trove&#8217; of historical footage in Eisenhower&#8217;s former WW II headquarters</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-unveils-treasure-trove-of-historical-footage-in-eisenhowers-former-ww-ii-headquarters-98158/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-unveils-treasure-trove-of-historical-footage-in-eisenhowers-former-ww-ii-headquarters-98158/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Industries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-ap-historical-video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-unveils-treasure-trove-of-historical-footage-in-eisenhowers-former-ww-ii-headquarters-98158/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The Associated Press is digitizing and has begun to release a &#8220;treasure trove&#8221; of historical film footage from the 1960s and &#8217;70s that had been sitting in Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower&#8217;s former World War II headquarters in London.

The archive includes color film recordings of a young Yasser Arafat, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-unveils-treasure-trove-of-historical-footage-in-eisenhowers-former-ww-ii-headquarters-98158/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Private secretary: Soldiers arrest Honduran president on day of disputed referendum</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/private-secretary-soldiers-arrest-honduran-president-on-day-of-disputed-referendum-94045/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/private-secretary-soldiers-arrest-honduran-president-on-day-of-disputed-referendum-94045/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Voting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Arrests]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Central America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Honduran president]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lt-honduras-referendum]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Political Corruption]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Political Issues]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tegucigalpa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/private-secretary-soldiers-arrest-honduran-president-on-day-of-disputed-referendum-94045/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — More than a dozen soldiers arrested President Manuel Zelaya and disarmed his security guards after surrounding his residence before dawn Sunday, his private secretary said. Protesters called it a coup and flocked to the presidential palace as local news media reported that Zelaya was sent into exile.

The chief executive was detained shortly [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/private-secretary-soldiers-arrest-honduran-president-on-day-of-disputed-referendum-94045/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Honduras&#8217; leftist president pushes ahead with divisive vote on constitutional referendum</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduras-leftist-president-pushes-ahead-with-divisive-vote-on-constitutional-referendum-93775/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduras-leftist-president-pushes-ahead-with-divisive-vote-on-constitutional-referendum-93775/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Weissert</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Constitutions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Voting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Central America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Homicide]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lt-honduras-constitution]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military Legal Affairs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tegucigalpa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduras-leftist-president-pushes-ahead-with-divisive-vote-on-constitutional-referendum-93775/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — President Manuel Zelaya enlisted government employees and his supporters Saturday to set up polling stations for a rogue referendum that opponents depicted as a power grab by the leftist leader.

Zelaya cast himself as the survivor of an attempted right-wing coup and vowed to forge ahead in his quest to reform the constitution, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduras-leftist-president-pushes-ahead-with-divisive-vote-on-constitutional-referendum-93775/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Honduras lurches toward constitutional crisis pitting president against military, courts</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduras-lurches-toward-constitutional-crisis-pitting-president-against-military-courts-92554/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduras-lurches-toward-constitutional-crisis-pitting-president-against-military-courts-92554/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddy Cuevas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Cabinets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Constitutions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Law and Order]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Voting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Associated press]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Central America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gasoline]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lt-honduras-constitution]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military Legal Affairs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Political Resignations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Political Systems]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tegucigalpa]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduras-lurches-toward-constitutional-crisis-pitting-president-against-military-courts-92554/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — With backing from Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, Honduras&#8217; leftist president pushed ahead Friday with a referendum on revamping the constitution, risking his rule in a standoff against Congress, the Supreme Court and the military.

Government supporters began distributing ballots at 15,000 voting stations across the country, defying a Supreme Court ruling declaring [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduras-lurches-toward-constitutional-crisis-pitting-president-against-military-courts-92554/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Honduran Supreme Court reinstates fired military chief in growing power struggle</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduran-supreme-court-reinstates-fired-military-chief-in-growing-power-struggle-92231/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduran-supreme-court-reinstates-fired-military-chief-in-growing-power-struggle-92231/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddy Cuevas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Constitutions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Voting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Central America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lt-honduras-constitution]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military Legal Affairs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Political Resignations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Political Systems]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tegucigalpa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduran-supreme-court-reinstates-fired-military-chief-in-growing-power-struggle-92231/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The Honduran Supreme Court rejected the president&#8217;s attempt to fire his military chief Thursday, escalating a showdown that has threatened the leftist leader&#8217;s hold on power.

President Manuel Zelaya&#8217;s attempt to hold a referendum on reforming the constitution has pitted him against the country&#8217;s top courts, the attorney general, military leaders and even [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduran-supreme-court-reinstates-fired-military-chief-in-growing-power-struggle-92231/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Honduran military chiefs quit in growing controversy over referendum on constitutional reforms</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduran-military-chiefs-quit-in-growing-controversy-over-referendum-on-constitutional-reforms-92030/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduran-military-chiefs-quit-in-growing-controversy-over-referendum-on-constitutional-reforms-92030/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddy Cuevas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Constitutions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Voting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Central America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Liberalism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lt-honduras-constitution]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military Legal Affairs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Political Resignations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Political Systems]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tegucigalpa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduran-military-chiefs-quit-in-growing-controversy-over-referendum-on-constitutional-reforms-92030/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The Honduran president warned that his country&#8217;s stability is at risk after the attorney general called for his ouster and the military chiefs resigned over an upcoming national referendum on constitutional reforms.

President Manuel Zelaya said he would seek a meeting of the Organization of American States to address the crisis in Honduras [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduran-military-chiefs-quit-in-growing-controversy-over-referendum-on-constitutional-reforms-92030/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Omar Bongo of Gabon, Africa&#8217;s longest ruling head of state, buried in native province</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/omar-bongo-of-gabon-africas-longest-ruling-head-of-state-buried-in-native-province-85758/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/omar-bongo-of-gabon-africas-longest-ruling-head-of-state-buried-in-native-province-85758/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rukmini Callimachi</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Af-gabon-funeral]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gabon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Libreville]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/omar-bongo-of-gabon-africas-longest-ruling-head-of-state-buried-in-native-province-85758/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[LIBREVILLE, Gabon — Omar Bongo of Gabon, one of the world&#8217;s longest ruling heads of state, was buried Thursday in his native province after a weeklong state funeral that saw nearly two dozen world leaders pay their respects.

The 73-year-old Bongo became president in 1967 and died in office last week after a 41-year rule, longer [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/omar-bongo-of-gabon-africas-longest-ruling-head-of-state-buried-in-native-province-85758/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Omar Bongo of Gabon, Africa&#8217;s longest ruling head of state, to be buried in native province</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/omar-bongo-of-gabon-africas-longest-ruling-head-of-state-to-be-buried-in-native-province-85500/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/omar-bongo-of-gabon-africas-longest-ruling-head-of-state-to-be-buried-in-native-province-85500/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rukmini Callimachi</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Af-gabon-funeral]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gabon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Libreville]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/omar-bongo-of-gabon-africas-longest-ruling-head-of-state-to-be-buried-in-native-province-85500/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[LIBREVILLE, Gabon — Omar Bongo of Gabon, one of the world&#8217;s longest ruling heads of state, was to be buried Thursday in his native province after a weeklong state funeral that saw nearly two dozen world leaders pay their respects.

The 73-year-old Bongo became president in 1967 and died in office last week after a 41-year [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/omar-bongo-of-gabon-africas-longest-ruling-head-of-state-to-be-buried-in-native-province-85500/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Lawyers for couple accused of spying for Cuba say they should be freed, monitored at home</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lawyers-for-couple-accused-of-spying-for-cuba-say-they-should-be-freed-monitored-at-home-84558/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lawyers-for-couple-accused-of-spying-for-cuba-say-they-should-be-freed-monitored-at-home-84558/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nedra Pickler</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Law and Order]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-us-cuba-spy-charges]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/lawyers-for-couple-accused-of-spying-for-cuba-say-they-should-be-freed-monitored-at-home-84558/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A husband and wife charged with three decades of spying for Cuba want a judge to let them out of jail and confine them at home, without access to their sailboat and maps of Cuban waters that prosecutors said were evidence they planned to flee to the island nation.

Lawyers for retired State Department [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lawyers-for-couple-accused-of-spying-for-cuba-say-they-should-be-freed-monitored-at-home-84558/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Lawyers for couple accused of spying for Cuba says they should be freed for home monitoring</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lawyers-for-couple-accused-of-spying-for-cuba-says-they-should-be-freed-for-home-monitoring-83969/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lawyers-for-couple-accused-of-spying-for-cuba-says-they-should-be-freed-for-home-monitoring-83969/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nedra Pickler</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Law and Order]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[State department]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-us-cuba-spy-charges]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/lawyers-for-couple-accused-of-spying-for-cuba-says-they-should-be-freed-for-home-monitoring-83969/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A husband and wife charged with three decades of spying for Cuba want a judge to let them out of jail and confine them at home, without access to their sailboat and maps of Cuban waters that prosecutors said were evidence they planned to flee to the island nation.

Lawyers for retired State Department [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lawyers-for-couple-accused-of-spying-for-cuba-says-they-should-be-freed-for-home-monitoring-83969/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>FBI releases file of Watergate figure E. Howard Hunt, including Presidential pardon request</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fbi-releases-file-of-watergate-figure-e-howard-hunt-including-presidential-pardon-request-83360/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fbi-releases-file-of-watergate-figure-e-howard-hunt-including-presidential-pardon-request-83360/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Law and Order]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Law Enforcement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Miami]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pardons And Commutations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Theft]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-e-howard-hunt-fbi-file]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/fbi-releases-file-of-watergate-figure-e-howard-hunt-including-presidential-pardon-request-83360/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Watergate break-in planner E. Howard Hunt sought a presidential pardon by saying he thought the infamous burglary had &#8220;executive authorization,&#8221; according to FBI documents released two years after his death. He died without getting a pardon.

The FBI released 167 pages of Hunt&#8217;s files following a Freedom of Information Act request by The Associated [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fbi-releases-file-of-watergate-figure-e-howard-hunt-including-presidential-pardon-request-83360/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Reaching Argentina at last, dissident Cuban physician wishes Fidel Castro the best</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/reaching-argentina-at-last-dissident-cuban-physician-wishes-fidel-castro-the-best-81505/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/reaching-argentina-at-last-dissident-cuban-physician-wishes-fidel-castro-the-best-81505/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debora Rey</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Buenos Aires]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lt-argentina-cuba-dissident-doctor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/reaching-argentina-at-last-dissident-cuban-physician-wishes-fidel-castro-the-best-81505/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A dissident Cuban surgeon said Sunday that she harbors no grudge against Fidel Castro upon arriving in Argentina for an emotional family reunion after being denied permission to leave Cuba for more than a decade.

Desperate to see her ailing, 90-year-old mother, Dr. Hilda Molina said she wrote directly to Cuban leaders [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/reaching-argentina-at-last-dissident-cuban-physician-wishes-fidel-castro-the-best-81505/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Dissident Cuban physician arrives to emotional family reunion in Argentina</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dissident-cuban-physician-arrives-to-emotional-family-reunion-in-argentina-81290/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dissident-cuban-physician-arrives-to-emotional-family-reunion-in-argentina-81290/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debora Rey</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Buenos Aires]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Family Gatherings]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lt-argentina-cuba-dissident-doctor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Occasions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[President]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reunions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/dissident-cuban-physician-arrives-to-emotional-family-reunion-in-argentina-81290/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A dissident Cuban surgeon who had been denied permission to leave the island for more than a decade hugged her grandchildren Sunday for the first time after arriving to an emotional family reunion in Argentina.

Dr. Hilda Molina, who quickly took advantage of the communist government&#8217;s surprise decision late last week to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dissident-cuban-physician-arrives-to-emotional-family-reunion-in-argentina-81290/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Grounded for years, dissident Cuban physician flies to Argentina to visit family members</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/grounded-for-years-dissident-cuban-physician-flies-to-argentina-to-visit-family-members-81033/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/grounded-for-years-dissident-cuban-physician-flies-to-argentina-to-visit-family-members-81033/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cb-cuba-dissident-doctor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Havana]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[South America]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/grounded-for-years-dissident-cuban-physician-flies-to-argentina-to-visit-family-members-81033/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — A once prominent neurosurgeon who became a political pariah after criticizing Cuba&#8217;s health system flew to Argentina on Saturday, quickly taking advantage of the communist government&#8217;s surprise decision to let her leave the island after years of rejecting her requests.

A day after being granted travel papers, Dr. Hilda Molina went to visit her [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/grounded-for-years-dissident-cuban-physician-flies-to-argentina-to-visit-family-members-81033/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Libyan selected to become next UN General Assembly president in September</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/libyan-selected-to-become-next-un-general-assembly-president-in-september-77804/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/libyan-selected-to-become-next-un-general-assembly-president-in-september-77804/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Heilprin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North Africa]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[President]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Territorial Disputes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Un-un-general-assembly-president]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Western Europe]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/libyan-selected-to-become-next-un-general-assembly-president-in-september-77804/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS — The next president of the U.N. General Assembly will be a Libyan politician, marking another step for the once-isolated country as it seeks an increasingly larger role in world affairs.

Ali Abdessalam Treki, who has been in charge of his nation&#8217;s relationship with the Africa Union, won election Wednesday by acclamation rather than [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/libyan-selected-to-become-next-un-general-assembly-president-in-september-77804/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Judge orders Washington couple held without bond on charges of spying for Cuba</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-orders-washington-couple-held-without-bond-on-charges-of-spying-for-cuba-77470/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-orders-washington-couple-held-without-bond-on-charges-of-spying-for-cuba-77470/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nedra Pickler</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Law and Order]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[D.c.]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Say]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-cuba-spy-charges]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-orders-washington-couple-held-without-bond-on-charges-of-spying-for-cuba-77470/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A federal judge ordered a former State Department employee and his wife held without bond, saying there appeared to be insurmountable evidence that they spied for Cuba.

At the request of federal prosecutors, U.S. Magistrate Judge John Facciola agreed Wednesday to hold 72-year-old Walter Kendall Myers and his wife, 71-year-old Gwendolyn, in jail pending [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-orders-washington-couple-held-without-bond-on-charges-of-spying-for-cuba-77470/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Judge orders couple held without bond on charges of spying for Cuba</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-orders-couple-held-without-bond-on-charges-of-spying-for-cuba-77444/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-orders-couple-held-without-bond-on-charges-of-spying-for-cuba-77444/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nedra Pickler</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Law and Order]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-cuba-spy-charges]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-orders-couple-held-without-bond-on-charges-of-spying-for-cuba-77444/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ordered a former State Department employee and his wife held without bond on charges of spying for Cuba.

U.S. Magistrate Judge John Facciola agreed with prosecutors&#8217; argument that Walter Kendall Myers and his wife, Gwendolyn, were a flight risk.
Supporting their claim that the Myerses might flee, prosecutors told the judge [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-orders-couple-held-without-bond-on-charges-of-spying-for-cuba-77444/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Judge to hear arguments over whether couple accused of spying for Cuba should stay in jail</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-to-hear-arguments-over-whether-couple-accused-of-spying-for-cuba-should-stay-in-jail-77196/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-to-hear-arguments-over-whether-couple-accused-of-spying-for-cuba-should-stay-in-jail-77196/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nedra Pickler</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Latin America And Caribbean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[North America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Us-cuba-spy-charges]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-to-hear-arguments-over-whether-couple-accused-of-spying-for-cuba-should-stay-in-jail-77196/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A former State Department employee and his wife, accused of spying for Cuba for three decades, are having a day in court to find out whether they will stay in jail.

Retired State Department official Walter Kendall Myers and his wife, Gwendolyn, have been behind bars since they were arrested Thursday.
U.S. Magistrate Judge John [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-to-hear-arguments-over-whether-couple-accused-of-spying-for-cuba-should-stay-in-jail-77196/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

