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Obama: It’s time to end repression in Cuba
Hispanosphere» Orlando Sentinel – HispanosphereWashington, Mar 25 (EFE).- U.S. President Barack Obama is calling on Cuba's communist government to release political prisoners and respect human rights. The strongly worded statement cited “deeply disturbing” events such as last month's death of... -
Latin America Digest: Belarus backs Venezuela, Brazil investigates priests and Cuba hears appeal on prisoners
La PlazaToday's One-Line News Briefs: Caracas, Venezuela — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko offered to help Venezuela strengthen its military, saying Tuesday that President Hugo Chavez’s government should not have to worry about foreign threats.... -
Fidel's slow fade
In the early '90s, when I was living in Havana with my family, my eldest daughter, Bella, who was then about 6 years old, came home from school one afternoon in a state of excitement. She asked me, in Spanish: "Daddy, do you know what 'amor' means?" I...Tags: Television, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Government, Death, Entertainment
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New Year's wishes
IN THE TIMES' sporadic New Year's Day tradition of making wishes for the coming year, only a precious few have come true. Last year was no different: Of 36 New Year's wishes, just five were fulfilled; two others were only partially realized. We got the...Tags: Vaccines, Movies, Antonio Villaraigosa, Harry Potter (fictional character), Entertainment
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Ready for Takeoff
After a marathon promotional tour for a slate of new movies, Brazilian actor Rodrigo Santoro pauses to reflect on the nature of celebrity and his growing fame in America. Linney, Santoros Love Actually costar, gets the story. Laura Linney: Hello, my...Tags: Carol Burnett, Movies, Entertainment, Corporate Crime, Celebrities
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China keeps Tibet closed
1 China The Chinese government has changed its mind and will not open Tibet to tourists again on May 1, as it had previously announced. The Tibetan Tourism Bureau told tour operators late last week to stop arranging trips beginning on that date....Tags: Heads of State, Travel, 2016 Olympic Games, Death, Government
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Bill O'Reilly to Sean Penn: Drop dead, will ya?
Reporter's Paul Bond has a new Q&A interview up with Fox News curmudgeon Bill O'Reilly once again proving that political conservatives have a bizarre antipathy toward Hollywood celebrities. Most of the Q&A is pretty softball stuff -- with questions like...Tags: Heads of State, Sean Penn, Chicago Cubs, Clint Eastwood, Movies
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Obama Sees Positive Signs From Venezuela, Cuba
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad - President Barack Obama on Sunday suggested Cuba release its political prisoners and strongly defended his highly publicized handshakes with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the end of overseas trip that he said heralded a...Tags: Republican Party, Heads of State, Hillary Clinton, Wars and Interventions, Michael Hayden
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Cuba's surrogates
Today, Fidel Castro will fire another round in his battle with the United States that began 47 years ago when the Kennedy administration imposed an economic embargo on Cuba. Castro may be on his deathbed, but he has surrogates.
In this case, it will...Tags: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Havana (Cuba), White House, Cuba, Barack Obama
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U.S.-Cuba relations
The United States has begun a liberalization of its Cuba policy. The omnibus spending bill that President Obama signed this week not only loosens restrictions on travel to Cuba, it opens the door for more exports from the U.S. despite the 47-year-old...Tags: Hispanic and Latino Americans, Heads of State, Diplomacy, Government, Communist Party of China
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Fidel Castro suggests his health is failing
Fidel Castro suggested today that his health is failing, saying that four years from now he doesn't expect to be following current events. In an online column titled "Reflections of Comrade Fidel," the 82-year-old Cuban leader appeared to be pondering...Tags: Prisons, Martin Luther King Jr., Death, Abraham Lincoln, Emergency Incidents
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Reach out to Cuba
Not since Richard Nixon went to China has an intractable foreign policy issue been so ripe for resolution as U.S. relations with Cuba are today.
As with China, bilateral hostility has persisted long after the causes of the initial break have ceased to...Tags: Europe, Elections, Trips and Vacations, Havana (Cuba), China
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