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Fidel Castro warns of bleak future, touts memoir

Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro painted a bleak picture of the future, saying the world was ...

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Cuba producing sugar with new technology

Cuba has begun to employ a new technology to produce white sugar, a measure that improves its qualit...

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Fidel Castro presents 2-volume memoir

It was a rare appearance for the retired and increasingly reclusive former Cuban leader.

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Cuba`s Raul Castro visits Venezuela`s Chavez

Cuban President Raul Castro flew to Caracas to attend a meeting with other allies of Venezuelan lead...

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Cuba: Raul Castro defends one-party system

President Raul Castro defended Cuba`s one-party political system as a bulwark against US imperialism...

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Cuba Communist Party eyes term limits at gathering

Cuba`s Communist Party closed 1st day of its national conference with declarations of support for bu...

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Amnesty was set to recognise late Cuba dissident

Wilman Villar died on Thursday night from complications of pneumonia after a 50-day hunger strike.

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Cuban document details charges against American

Alan Gross has been jailed in Cuba since December 03, 2009, and is serving a 15-year sentence.

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US rejects Cuba prisoner swap

The United States said that contractor Alan Gross held by Havana was not a spy.

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UK spies won`t face criminal charges for torture

Agents working for UK spy agencies won`t face criminal charges over their alleged complicity in tort...

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Iranian Prez denounces capitalism while in Cuba

Railing against the US and its allies, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said heartless capitalism is the root cau...

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Britain `working hard` with US to close Guantanamo

The 10th anniversary will be the subject of demonstrations in London and Washington.

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World marching into abyss with shale gas: Castro

Shale gas is natural gas locked in rock formations that in the past decade has been found in great a...

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2012 will be a year of upheaval: Cuban priests

Christian priests in Cuba have said 2012 will be a year of clashes, which could lead to the present ...

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Fidel Castro `laughs` off Twitter rumours of death

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro is "laughing" off rumours about his death that went viral on Twitt...

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Date set for second ever papal visit to Cuba

Pope Benedict XVI will begin only the second ever papal visit to Cuba on March 26, Catholic officia...

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Cuban Jewish leaders meet with jailed American

Judy Gross said her 62-year-old husband had recently cried for the first time while they spoke on t...

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At least 38 dead in Haitian shipwreck off Cuba

At least 38 people died on Saturday when a boat carrying Haitian migrants sunk off the coast of Guan...

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Cuba to free 2,900 in sweeping amnesty

Cuba will release 2,900 prisoners for humanitarian reasons in a sweeping amnesty ahead of a visit by...

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SCUBA-2 to give star gazers deeper look into space

A new ‘submillimeter’ astronomy camera that can map areas of sky hundreds of times faster will now h...

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Cuba: US man held for 2 years was `undercover`

Cuban officials say an American man held in prison in the communist country for two years conducte...

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Pope may visit Cuba, Mexico next spring

The announcement marks the first word from the Vatican of a possible foreign trip for the 84-year-ol...

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Cuba`s new def minister is an Angola war veteran

Cuba named General Leopoldo Cintra Frias, a hero of military campaigns in Angola and Ethiopia, as t...

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Fidel Castro should go: Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton said the US strongly supports the desire of the Cuban people to freely determine the...

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UN vote underscores US moral weakness: Castro

The UN General Assembly passed its 20th annual Cuba resolution on Tuesday by 186 votes to two.

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UN condemns US embargo of Cuba again

The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to condemn the US embargo against Cuba f...

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Hugo Chavez travels to Cuba for medical tests

Venezuelan President finished what he described as his fourth and final round of chemotherapy in Cub...

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Cuba`s Ladies in White mourn leader, vow to go on

Laura Pollan led the founding of the Ladies in White after 75 dissidents were imprisoned in a 2003 g...

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Leader of Cuba`s "Ladies in White" dies at 63

Laura Pollan was reported to have a pulmonary illness and been on a respirator since October 07.

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First of `Cuban 5` spy ring out of US prison

Rene Gonzalez is the first to be freed of the so-called Cuban Five espionage agents arrested in 1998...

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Fidel Castro mocks Obama for Cuba comments

Fidel Castro is mocking US President Barack Obama for saying he`s open to changing US policy towar...

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Obama `always` ready to change Cuba policy

US President said that he would always be ready to change tough policy towards Cuba.

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Chavez completes fourth chemo treatment in Cuba

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is feeling well after completing a fourth round of chemotherapy in ...

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Chavez to Cuba for fourth round of chemotherapy

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he would travel to Cuba for a fourth round of chemotherapy to...

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Fidel Castro breaks long silence with interview

Fidel Castro has broken a long silence by granting an interview to a Venezuelan television station.

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Fidel Castro silence sparks speculation on health

Fidel Castro has not appeared in public since a key Communist Party meeting in April.

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Chavez expected to return to Cuba for treatment

Chavez said in a newspaper column published yesterday that he was preparing for a "possible" new rou...

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Cuba rejects its inclusion on US ‘terror list’

Syria, Sudan and Iran are also included in US State Department backlist of ‘state sponsors of intern...

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Cuba rejects continued inclusion on US terror list

A Foreign Ministry statement said Cuba has an unblemished record fighting terrorism.

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Cuba transgender wedding shows shifting attitudes

Fidel Castro has expressed regret in recent years over the treatment of gays in the 1960s.

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Castro turns 85 quietly but still a force in Cuba

Fidel Castro is currently on a hiatus from opinion pieces, publishing just 1 column since late May.

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`Gay` marriage in Cuba for Castro`s birthday

Same-sex marriage is illegal in Cuba, which in past has showed little tolerance for homosexuality.

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Cuban court upholds sentence for jailed American

The case has brought US-Cuba ties to a standstill after a brief warming under President Obama.

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Chavez going back to Cuba for 2nd round of chemo

Hugo Chavez said Venezuela is stable and people should be confident about govt during his absence.

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Cuba condemns UN stance on Syria

Cuba is `deeply concerned` over the way the UN Security Council dealt with Syria.

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Cuba approves flights from 9 more American cities

Tourism is one of Cuba`s most important earners of foreign exchange, with revenues of $2.2 billion l...

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Jailed US contractor says intended no harm to Cuba

Havana has accused Alan Gross of being part of US govt efforts to subvert communist rule on Cuba.

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From Cuba, Venezuela`s Chavez governs via Twitter

Hugo Chavez hasn`t mentioned anything about his chemotherapy but has alluded to his personal battle.

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Chavez chemotherapy under way in Cuba

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez faced a second grueling day of chemotherapy treatment for cancer i...

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Chavez heads to Cuba, says chemo to `attack hard`

Venezuelan President has called for his political allies to stay united in his absence.

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