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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Havana</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Cuba taps Ramiro Valdes, new comptroller as vice presidents on supreme governing council</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Cuba makes Valdes, Bejerano Council of State VPs

HAVANA — Cuba has promoted revolutionary commander Ramiro Valdes and comptroller Gladys Bejerano to vice presidents of its supreme governing body, the Council of State.
Valdes is a former leader of the rebels who brought Fidel Castro to power and an ex-interior minister. He is also communications minister and .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-taps-ramiro-valdes-new-comptroller-as-vice-presidents-on-supreme-governing-council-246660/">Original article &nbsp;: Cuba taps Ramiro Valdes, new comptroller as vice presidents on supreme governing council</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Raul Castro brands global climate summit a failure before it starts; calls for leftist unity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Raul Castro: Copenhagen a failure before it starts

HAVANA — President Raul Castro has declared the global climate summit a failure before it starts.
Addressing the leftist Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas trade group on Sunday, Castro said that though Copenhagen should produce &#8220;concrete, verifiable steps to confront the effects of climate change, we already know there ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/raul-castro-brands-global-climate-summit-a-failure-before-it-starts-calls-for-leftist-unity-243563/">Raul Castro brands global climate summit a failure before it starts; calls for leftist unity</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Jesse Jackson, Hank Aaron, Gabriel Garcia Marquez share tales of Castro the man in film</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Weissert</dc:creator>
		
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Documentary peeks at Fidel Castro&#8217;s human side

HAVANA — The Rev. Jesse Jackson took him to church for the first time in 27 years. Home run legend Hank Aaron asked him for autographed baseballs. Literary great Gabriel Garcia Marquez gave him a copy of &#8220;Dracula&#8221; that kept him up all night reading and smuggled ingredients into ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/jesse-jackson-hank-aaron-gabriel-garcia-marquez-share-tales-of-castro-the-man-in-film-242656/">Jesse Jackson, Hank Aaron, Gabriel Garcia Marquez share tales of Castro the man in film</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba-US immigration talks in Havana delayed for 2 months due to Cuban scheduling concerns</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Haven</dc:creator>
		
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Cuba-US migration talks pushed back until February
HAVANA — Highly anticipated immigration talks between Cuba and the United States have been pushed back because of scheduling concerns that each side blames on the other, another hint that reconciliation may be more difficult than it once appeared.
A U.S. State Department official told The .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-us-immigration-talks-in-havana-delayed-for-2-months-due-to-cuban-scheduling-concerns-240010/">Cuba-US immigration talks in Havana delayed for 2 months due to Cuban scheduling concerns</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuban Catholic Church starts blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EFE</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA - The Cuban Catholic Church has started a blog, &#8220;Creer en Cuba&#8221;, which features about a dozen pieces on spirituality, faith and values, said Sergio Cabarrouy who is in charge of the site.

&#8220;It&#8217;s an open space for sharing the faith of living in Cuba, on the island and in the diaspora, and in it .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuban-catholic-church-starts-blog-238541/">Cuban Catholic Church starts blog</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Son of Cuban revolutionary hero Juan Almeida Bosque detained briefly</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Haven</dc:creator>
		
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Son of Cuban revolutionary hero briefly detained

HAVANA — The ailing son of one of Cuba&#8217;s revolutionary heroes said he was detained by security officials for three days after protesting that authorities wouldn&#8217;t let him leave the country for treatment.
Juan Almeida Garcia, whose father fought alongside Fidel Castro during Cuba&#8217;s 1959 revolution and rose to the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/son-of-cuban-revolutionary-hero-juan-almeida-bosque-detained-briefly-237769/">Read more : Son of Cuban revolutionary hero Juan Almeida Bosque detained briefly</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Son of Cuban revolutionary hero Juan Almeida Bosque reportedly detained for protest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Haven</dc:creator>
		
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Son of Cuban revolutionary hero reported detained

HAVANA — The ailing son of one of Cuba&#8217;s revolutionary heroes has been detained by security officials after protesting that authorities won&#8217;t let him leave the country for treatment, a human rights leader on the island said Monday.
Juan Almeida Garcia, whose father fought alongside Fidel Castro during Cuba&#8217;s 1959 .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/son-of-cuban-revolutionary-hero-juan-almeida-bosque-reportedly-detained-for-protest-237720/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuban military commands mobilised</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prensa Latina</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA - The Cuban government has mobilised its military commands as part of the strategic drill &#8216;Bastion 2009&#8242; aimed at strengthening country&#8217;s defence against enemy attack, mainly by the US, a Prensa Latina report said.

On the first day of the three-day drill, country&#8217;s provincial defence councils were instructed to assess any difficult situation in their .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuban-military-commands-mobilised-236534/">Source &nbsp;: Cuban military commands mobilised</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama answers top Cuban dissident blogger, says Cuban gov&#8217;t must change to improve relations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-answers-top-cuban-dissident-blogger-says-cuban-govt-must-change-to-improve-relations-232626/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
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Obama answers top Cuban blogger
HAVANA — President Barack Obama has answered written questions from a Cuban blogger who has become famous by daring to criticize life in her country on line.
The president says he is not interested in &#8220;talking for the sake of talking&#8221; with Cuban leader Raul Castro and indicates he won&#8217;t .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-answers-top-cuban-dissident-blogger-says-cuban-govt-must-change-to-improve-relations-232626/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Obama answers top Cuban dissident blogger, says Cuban gov&#8217;t must change to improve relations</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hugo Chavez invites ex-Cuban leader Fidel Castro to meeting of ALBA trade bloc in Havana</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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Hugo Chavez invites Fidel Castro to trade summit

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez is inviting former Cuban leader Fidel Castro to next month&#8217;s meeting of the regional ALBA trade bloc being held in Havana.
Chavez says Castro is well enough to attend the conference in mid-December. Venezuela&#8217;s leftist leader dismissed persistent speculation that Castro&#8217;s health is ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hugo-chavez-invites-ex-cuban-leader-fidel-castro-to-meeting-of-alba-trade-bloc-in-havana-229707/" title="Hugo Chavez invites ex-Cuban leader Fidel Castro to meeting of ALBA trade bloc in Havana">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuban, Chinese firms to jointly produce television sets</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prensa Latina</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA - Chinese electrical appliance company Haier and Cuban Group of Electronics will set up a joint company here to produce television sets, the firms announced Friday.

The company will start operation in the first quarter of 2010. It will also produce laptops and other electricial appliances.	 	
This will be the first time Cuba would manufacture ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuban-chinese-firms-to-jointly-produce-television-sets-228833/">Cuban, Chinese firms to jointly produce television sets</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Boosters hope &#8216;baseball diplomacy&#8217; can help thaw US-Cuba relations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/boosters-hope-baseball-diplomacy-can-help-thaw-us-cuba-relations-228624/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic J. Frommer</dc:creator>
		
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Can baseball help bring US and Cuba together?

WASHINGTON — &#8220;Pingpong diplomacy&#8221; thawed relations between the United States and China in 1971. Can &#8220;baseball diplomacy&#8221; help do the same for the U.S. and Cuba?
Americans ranging from 12-year-old ballplayers to softballing senior citizens are visiting the communist island to engage in their own kind of field work, ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/boosters-hope-baseball-diplomacy-can-help-thaw-us-cuba-relations-228624/" title="Boosters hope &#8216;baseball diplomacy&#8217; can help thaw US-Cuba relations">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba art auction falls short of expectations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA - An auction of 69 lots of Cuban plastic and decorative art raised some 400,000 euros (about $600,000), less than half the expected total, organisers said here.

Wednesday&#8217;s auction of works by acclaimed painters such as Mariano Rodriguez, Rene Portocarrero, Servando Cabrera Moreno and Roberto Fabelo had been expected to bring in 1 million euros ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-art-auction-falls-short-of-expectations-228007/" title="Cuba art auction falls short of expectations">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Castro as political junkie: Cuban leader offers long stream of commentary on all things Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
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HAVANA — Think you&#8217;re obsessed with President Barack Obama and the many challenges he faces at home and abroad?
Well, you&#8217;re not alone.
Fidel Castro appears to have a fascination with the American leader that would make Obama Girl jealous, writing obsessively not only about his politics, but ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/castro-as-political-junkie-cuban-leader-offers-long-stream-of-commentary-on-all-things-obama-227920/" title="Castro as political junkie: Cuban leader offers long stream of commentary on all things Obama">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Husband of top Cuban blogger challenges wife&#8217;s assailants to verbal street duel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
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Cuban blogger&#8217;s husband out to avenge her assault

HAVANA — The husband of an internationally known dissident Cuban blogger is challenging the presumed state security agents who roughed up his wife to a verbal duel on a Havana street corner.
Reinaldo Escobar said Thursday he feels compelled both as a husband and open critic of the communist ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/husband-of-top-cuban-blogger-challenges-wifes-assailants-to-verbal-street-duel-227425/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Husband of top Cuban blogger challenges wife&#8217;s assailants to verbal street duel</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Delegation of 8 American scientists arrive in Cuba for short visit of &#8217;science diplomacy&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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US scientists visit Cuba for &#8217;science diplomacy&#8217;

HAVANA — Eight American scientists, including Nobel laureate in chemistry Peter Agre, are in Havana to engage in &#8220;science diplomacy.&#8221;
The group was scheduled to meet with officials at Cuba&#8217;s foreign and public health ministries as well as visit the island&#8217;s Academy of Sciences and the University of Havana.
There was .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/delegation-of-8-american-scientists-arrive-in-cuba-for-short-visit-of-science-diplomacy-226288/">Delegation of 8 American scientists arrive in Cuba for short visit of &#8217;science diplomacy&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Too many idle hands on Cuba&#8217;s state farms: Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA - One of the major ills of Cuba&#8217;s state-run agricultural enterprises is &#8220;the excess of non-productive personnel&#8221;, Communist Party daily Granma reported.

The newspaper estimated the number of redundant employees in the state farming sector at 89,000, or 26 percent of the total.	 	
&#8220;The urgency to increase production of food and reduce imports has accelerated ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/too-many-idle-hands-on-cubas-state-farms-report-225431/">Too many idle hands on Cuba&#8217;s state farms: Report</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuban weekly warns of more austerity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA - The weekly publication of Cuba&#8217;s only legal labour union says residents of the communist-ruled island will have to get used to belt-tightening &#8220;with intelligence&#8221; amid a severe recession and little prospect of improvement in the short term.

Cuba is struggling to cope with the effects of the global slump at a time when it .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuban-weekly-warns-of-more-austerity-224204/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>State Department &#8216;deplores assault&#8217; on Cuban blogger who claims harassment by state security</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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US State Dept &#8216;deplores assault&#8217; on Cuban bloggers

HAVANA — The U.S. State Department issued a statement late Monday decrying attacks on three Cuban bloggers, including one who has gained international attention for her searing observations about life on the communist island.
&#8220;The U.S. government strongly deplores the assault on bloggers Yoani Sanchez, Orlando Luis Pardo, and .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/state-department-deplores-assault-on-cuban-blogger-who-claims-harassment-by-state-security-223945/">State Department &#8216;deplores assault&#8217; on Cuban blogger who claims harassment by state security</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican official says he would like Roman Catholic Church to have more access to Cuban media</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Vatican official seeks more access to Cuban media

HAVANA — A senior Vatican official said Friday he has asked Cuba&#8217;s government to allow the Roman Catholic Church more access to mass media, saying Cubans are a religious people and should be given broadcast access to their pastors.
Currently, there are no Catholic radio stations or television stations .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vatican-official-says-he-would-like-roman-catholic-church-to-have-more-access-to-cuban-media-221289/">Source article &nbsp;: Vatican official says he would like Roman Catholic Church to have more access to Cuban media</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez says she is briefly detained, harrassed by state security agents</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Cuban blogger says she is briefly detained

HAVANA — A Cuban blogger who has gained international attention for her searing commentary about life on the communist island said she was briefly detained Friday and warned by state security agents about her opposition activity.
Yoani Sanchez, who runs a blog called &#8220;Generation Y&#8221; and whose writings have appeared .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuban-blogger-yoani-sanchez-says-she-is-briefly-detained-harrassed-by-state-security-agents-221260/">Source article &nbsp;: Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez says she is briefly detained, harrassed by state security agents</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>EU urges Cuba to carry out democratic reforms</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA - Cuba must carry out democratic reforms in the country as a step to normalise relations with the European Union (EU), an official of the 27-member bloc said.

EU aid commissioner Karel de Gucht made the remarks after ending his five-day visit to Cuba Thursday.	 	
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		<title>EU commissioner says Cuba should offer gestures to show it&#8217;s serious about human rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
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EU leader: Cuba must make human rights gestures

HAVANA — The European Union&#8217;s development commissioner wants Cuba to show signs it&#8217;s serious about protecting fundamental human rights.
Karel De Gucht met with Raul Castro while wrapping up a three-day visit to Cuba and says he held &#8220;open, frank and constructive&#8221; talks with several top Cuban officials.
He said ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/eu-commissioner-says-cuba-should-offer-gestures-to-show-its-serious-about-human-rights-219008/">Read : EU commissioner says Cuba should offer gestures to show it&#8217;s serious about human rights</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Russia to prospect for oil in Cuba</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA - Russian and Cuban governments have signed four agreements for oil exploration and production on the Caribbean island, official media reported.

Under the accords, Russian state energy firm Zarubezhneft has been given permission to operate for 25 years in blocks located in the Cuban provinces of Matanzas, Sancti Spiritus, Villa Clara and Ciego de Avila, .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/russia-to-prospect-for-oil-in-cuba-218535/" title="Russia to prospect for oil in Cuba">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba to host international folklore conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA - Cuba will host the 39th Conference of Organisations for Folklore Festivals November 8-15.

Representatives from more than 40 countries, including Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Pacific regions, will participate in the conference.	 	
Various activities, including exhibitions of books and craftworks, will be organised.	 	
The International Council of Organisations for Folklore Festivals (CIOFF) was ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-to-host-international-folklore-conference-217884/">Cuba to host international folklore conference</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Juanita Castro&#8217;s autobiography a commercial stunt in bad taste: Cuba</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA - Cuba has said the autobiography of Juanita Castro, in which she revealed her association with the CIA and her estranged relationship with her elder brothers Raul and Fidel Castro, is &#8220;a commercial venture in bad taste and of low morality&#8221;. 

The Cuban culture ministry made its first official reaction to the book in ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/juanita-castros-autobiography-a-commercial-stunt-in-bad-taste-cuba-216249/" title="Juanita Castro&#8217;s autobiography a commercial stunt in bad taste: Cuba">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba slashes purchases from US in 2009 by 37 percent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA - Cuban purchases from US companies will total some $580 million by the end of 2009, down 37 percent from last year, the head of the state corporation Alimport said.

&#8220;This will be the first year that they (purchases from the US) will decline both in volume and in value, and if current conditions continue,  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-slashes-purchases-from-us-in-2009-by-37-percent-215725/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuban tourism booms for sixth year in a row</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuban-tourism-booms-for-sixth-year-in-a-row-214931/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prensa Latina</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA - Cuba has seen two million tourists coming from all over the world to the country&#8217;s tourist destinations for sixth year in a row, a tourism ministry report said.

This time the record has been achieved 15 days earlier than in 2008, the report said Saturday.	 	
The report claimed to have achieved the record amid ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuban-tourism-booms-for-sixth-year-in-a-row-214931/">Original article on  : Cuban tourism booms for sixth year in a row</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP Interview: Foreign Minister says Cuba prepared for talks with the US &#8216;on any level&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
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AP Interview: Cuba FM says ready for talks with US
UNITED NATIONS — Cuba is willing to hold talks with the United States &#8220;on any level,&#8221; Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said Wednesday in conciliatory remarks aimed at the Obama administration.
Rodriguez said in an interview with The Associated Press the island nation was waiting .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-interview-foreign-minister-says-cuba-prepared-for-talks-with-the-us-on-any-level-210337/">AP Interview: Foreign Minister says Cuba prepared for talks with the US &#8216;on any level&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Fearing more food shortages, Cubans protest government takeover of farmers markets</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Weissert</dc:creator>
		
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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 ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/fearing-more-food-shortages-cubans-protest-government-takeover-of-farmers-markets-210170/">Original article on  : Fearing more food shortages, Cubans protest government takeover of farmers markets</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>World Health Org. plans 200 million doses of swine flu vaccine for 100 developing nations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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WHO to send 200M swine flu vaccines to 100 nations

HAVANA — The World Health Organization plans to distribute 200 million doses of swine flu vaccine to 100 developing countries.
WHO secretary-general Margaret Chan says shipments could begin next month.
Cuba is on the list of recipients. State media reports that Cuba will accept vaccines, putting aside previous .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/world-health-org-plans-200-million-doses-of-swine-flu-vaccine-for-100-developing-nations-210167/">Original source &nbsp;: World Health Org. plans 200 million doses of swine flu vaccine for 100 developing nations</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>World Health Org. director says Fidel Castro walking, talking at length: looks &#8216;wonderful&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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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 ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/world-health-org-director-says-fidel-castro-walking-talking-at-length-looks-wonderful-210099/">Original article on  : World Health Org. director says Fidel Castro walking, talking at length: looks &#8216;wonderful&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba plans to increase rum exports to Russia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA - Cuban rum producers intend to increase supplies to Russia to more than a million litres a year, a vice-president of a rum producing company said.

Cuba&#8217;s current rum exports to Russia total some 30,000-50,000 boxes (270,000-450,000 litres) a year.	 	
&#8220;Trade perspectives in Russia are promising,&#8221; Juan Gonzalez, head of the Cuba Ron company, said. .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-plans-to-increase-rum-exports-to-russia-203084/">Cuba plans to increase rum exports to Russia</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba frees two political prisoners</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA - The Cuban government has freed two political prisoners and released on bail a Spanish businessman in a gesture to mark the just-completed visit by Spain&#8217;s foreign minister to Havana , diplomatic sources said.

The political prisoners released are Nelson Alberto Aguiar Ramirez and Omelio Lazaro Angulo Borrero, and the businessman is Pedro Hermosilla, who .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-frees-two-political-prisoners-201666/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Cuba frees two political prisoners</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP Interview: New Orleans mayor says Cuba&#8217;s all-powerful government an asset during hurricanes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — Under Cuba&#8217;s communist system, the government calls all the shots all the time — but during monster hurricanes that may not be such a bad thing, New Orleans&#8217; mayor says.

In an interview during his six-day trip to Cuba&#8217;s capital to study the island&#8217;s disaster-response system, Ray Nagin told The Associated Press that &#8220;one .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-interview-new-orleans-mayor-says-cubas-all-powerful-government-an-asset-during-hurricanes-201600/">AP Interview: New Orleans mayor says Cuba&#8217;s all-powerful government an asset during hurricanes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba frees political prisoner from &#8216;03 crackdown, paroles Spaniard following Spanish FM visit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Weissert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — Cuba has freed one of the 54 political prisoners still behind bars following a state crackdown on dissent six years ago and also paroled a Spanish businessman awaiting trial for bribery, officials in Spain and a Cuban political opposition group said Tuesday.

The moves appear to be gestures of goodwill on the heels of ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-frees-political-prisoner-from-03-crackdown-paroles-spaniard-following-spanish-fm-visit-201150/">Cuba frees political prisoner from &#8216;03 crackdown, paroles Spaniard following Spanish FM visit</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain to increase aid to Cuba</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA - Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said here his country&#8217;s new policy towards Cuba &#8220;has already had one result,&#8221; the renewal of aid to the island state, which will continue to increase, a report said.

&#8220;Some will perhaps have forgotten that at one time due to the lack of political dialogue between Cuba and ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spain-to-increase-aid-to-cuba-201072/">Spain to increase aid to Cuba</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>In Cuba, Spanish foreign minister meets with government leaders but shuns dissidents</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — Spain&#8217;s foreign minister met with Cuban leader Raul Castro and other government leaders Monday during an official visit that has caused a stir for who he wouldn&#8217;t see: top political opposition leaders on the island.

Miguel Angel Moratinos met for nearly three hours with Castro at Havana&#8217;s convention center, discussing human rights and winning ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-cuba-spanish-foreign-minister-meets-with-government-leaders-but-shuns-dissidents-199957/" title="In Cuba, Spanish foreign minister meets with government leaders but shuns dissidents">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>New Orleans mayor comes to Cuba for firsthand look at natural disaster response system</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Weissert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — The mayor of New Orleans arrived in Cuba on Friday to study the communist government&#8217;s disaster response system.

A Cuban official said Mayor Ray Nagin planned to be on the island six days, though details were not available. Nagin&#8217;s office confirmed the visit, which began a day after President Barack Obama was in New ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-orleans-mayor-comes-to-cuba-for-firsthand-look-at-natural-disaster-response-system-198586/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : New Orleans mayor comes to Cuba for firsthand look at natural disaster response system</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish aid to Cuba doubles in two years</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA - Spanish aid to Cuba has climbed from 17 million euros ($25.36 million) in 2007 to 34 million euros ($50.7 million) this year, an official said.

These figures are to be touted during the upcoming visit to the island by Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos as a key aspect of the growing cooperation between the  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spanish-aid-to-cuba-doubles-in-two-years-197695/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Amid housing crunch, Cuba cracks downs on illegal home remodels, streamlines building permits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Weissert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — Cuba has quietly made it easier to obtain state permission to build or remodel homes even as it pledges to crack down like never before on unlicensed residential construction, including routine do-it-yourself projects.

A decree enacted this week allows authorities to undo unauthorized home improvements, sometimes resorting to tearing down exterior walls and new ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/amid-housing-crunch-cuba-cracks-downs-on-illegal-home-remodels-streamlines-building-permits-197334/">Amid housing crunch, Cuba cracks downs on illegal home remodels, streamlines building permits</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba&#8217;s Communist Youth Union replaces director, promotes group&#8217;s No. 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — Cuba&#8217;s Communist Youth Union has replaced its 41-year-old director and promoted its second-in-command, six years his junior.

Directors of the 600,000-member organization voted by a show of hands to replace first secretary Julio Martinez with Liudmila Alamo, who had been second secretary.
Martinez remains a member of the Council of State, Cuba&#8217;s supreme governing body, .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cubas-communist-youth-union-replaces-director-promotes-groups-no-2-197074/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuban spy gets reduced sentence of about 22 years after initial life prison term tossed out</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curt Anderson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — A man convicted of spying for Cuba while working at a Navy base in Florida received a reduced prison sentence of 22 years Tuesday, far shorter than the original life term thrown out by an appeals court.

Antonio Guerrero, a member of the so-called Cuban Five, reached an agreement last week with federal prosecutors .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuban-spy-gets-reduced-sentence-of-about-22-years-after-initial-life-prison-term-tossed-out-195140/">Cuban spy gets reduced sentence of about 22 years after initial life prison term tossed out</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Miami firm plans to lay first US-Cuba fiber line, possibly reducing cost of calls, Internet</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — A small Miami-based company said the U.S. government has given it permission to lay the first optical communications fiber from the U.S. to Cuba. That could drastically cut the cost of calling the island nation and make the Internet more accessible to Cubans.

Treasury Department officials were unavailable to confirm that TeleCuba Communications ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/miami-firm-plans-to-lay-first-us-cuba-fiber-line-possibly-reducing-cost-of-calls-internet-194967/">Miami firm plans to lay first US-Cuba fiber line, possibly reducing cost of calls, Internet</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba modernises ports to admit larger ships</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA - Cuba is working on the dredging and technological modernisation of its three major ports in collaboration with China and Venezuela, official media said.

The work seeks to increase depth to allow the operation of larger vessels in the ports of Havana, Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba, through which more than 80 percent of the .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-modernises-ports-to-admit-larger-ships-194283/">Cuba modernises ports to admit larger ships</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba denies blogger Yoani Sanchez permission to travel to US to accept top journalism prize</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — A Cuban blogger who has become an international sensation for offering frank criticism of her country&#8217;s communist system said she was denied government permission Monday to travel to New York to receive a top journalism prize.

Yoani Sanchez had hoped to go to Columbia University for a Wednesday ceremony to receive her Maria Moors .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-denies-blogger-yoani-sanchez-permission-to-travel-to-us-to-accept-top-journalism-prize-194109/">Source article &nbsp;: Cuba denies blogger Yoani Sanchez permission to travel to US to accept top journalism prize</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Many of 75 dissidents jailed during 2003 Cuban government crackdown cheer Obama&#8217;s Nobel prize</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — Many of the 75 activists jailed in a 2003 Cuban government crackdown on political dissent are congratulating Barack Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

In a letter released Monday to international journalists, 29 of those imprisoned six years ago said Obama &#8220;has become a global symbol, especially for us who, under difficult conditions, .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/many-of-75-dissidents-jailed-during-2003-cuban-government-crackdown-cheer-obamas-nobel-prize-193942/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Many of 75 dissidents jailed during 2003 Cuban government crackdown cheer Obama&#8217;s Nobel prize</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Nobel win positive, says Fidel Castro</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA - The decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama was &#8220;a positive measure and compensates his defeat in Copenhagen when Rio de Janeiro was picked as a site for 2016 Olympic Games&#8221;, Cuban leader Fidel Castro has said.

He added that Obama&#8217;s Nobel win could be considered a condemnation of .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obamas-nobel-win-positive-says-fidel-castro-193132/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Nobel reflects badly on his predecessors: Castro</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA - Former Cuban president Fidel Castro Saturday described the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama as a &#8220;positive measure&#8221; that marked a criticism of the &#8220;genocidal policies&#8221; of previous US presidents.

&#8220;Many will say that he still hasn&#8217;t earned the right to receive such distinction,&#8221; the 83-year-old Cuban revolutionary leader .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-nobel-reflects-badly-on-his-predecessors-castro-192677/">Original source &nbsp;: Obama Nobel reflects badly on his predecessors: Castro</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Fidel Castro calls Nobel Peace Prize for Obama repudiation of America&#8217;s past policies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — Count Fidel Castro among those in favor of the Norwegian Nobel Committee&#8217;s controversial choice of U.S. President Barack Obama for the Nobel Peace prize.

The former Cuban leader said Saturday that he thought the choice was a &#8220;positive step,&#8221; though he added it was more a repudiation of Obama&#8217;s predecessors than a recognition of ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/fidel-castro-calls-nobel-peace-prize-for-obama-repudiation-of-americas-past-policies-192664/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Fidel Castro calls Nobel Peace Prize for Obama repudiation of America&#8217;s past policies</a>.]]></description>
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