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New York Times
April 23, 2018
Although it has generally had at least one Afro-Cuban in a high-ranking position, cynics dismissed them as symbolic figures. Although skeptics doubt that too much will change to address the disparities faced by many black people in Cuba, even some of the government's harshest critics acknowledged thatÃâà...
Havana Times
April 23, 2018
They call this woman “stateless”, a “traitor”, “liar”, “annexationist” and say that she has asked for a military intervention in Cuba, that she has made money ... Seeing how the government treats Cuban dissidents, how much rage would pro-government Cuban press unload on somebody with this track record?
Aljazeera.com
April 22, 2018
Havana, Cuba - The new president of this country, Miguel Diaz-Canel, is promising to defend the socialist revolution while also modernising the economy. ... But for almost everything else - from shampoo to shoes - citizens need "convertible pesos" (CUC), the Cuban government's replacement for the USÃâà...
The Hill
April 21, 2018
It is not in our interests to marginalize ourselves as Cuba moves towards its future. Doing so eliminates any chance of the U.S government effectively raising human rights concerns before the Cuban government. And while the United States and Cuba currently collaborate on a broad range of nationalÃâà...
teleSUR English
March 19, 2018
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta arrives for the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and the Government of the African ... Kenya has announced that they will bring 100 Cuban medical specialists to assist county hospitals after Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta ended a short visitÃâà...
The New Yorker
March 19, 2018
An economic and cultural transition has been under way in Cuba for nearly a decade: the government had relaxed rules preventing foreign travel by most of ... By now, Cuban officials have become impatient, suggesting that the ailments are likely the result of group hysteria, or that the Trump AdministrationÃâà...
The Hill
March 17, 2018
Our diplomats are vital, especially in Cuba where our bilateral relationship is undeniably important. Though government-to-government ties are sometimes tense, there is much that unites us; in 2017 alone, more than 1.1 million U.S. travelers, including several hundred thousand Cuban Americans, traveledÃâà...
Miami Herald
March 17, 2018
Gonzalez, his mother and several other Cubans fled the island aboard a makeshift boat in 1999. His mother drowned, but the 5-year-old boy was rescued and turned over to relatives in Miami. His father, in Cuba, won custody of the boy after a propaganda campaign by the Cuban government, headed byÃâà...
WPLG Local 10
March 11, 2018
SANTA CLARA, Cuba - Cuba on Sunday took the final political step before a promised transition from the founders of the Communist state to a younger ... Despite a series of reforms instated by Castro at the beginning of his decade in power, the Cuban government maintains its monopoly on most forms ofÃâà...
WPLG Local 10
March 8, 2018
A team with the Directorio Democratico Cuba, a Miami-based organization pushing for political diversity on the Communist island, believe the Cuban government is engaging on social media bot techniques. These mimic the style of Russian propaganda networks. "It's a very racist effort," said OrlandoÃâà...
The Nation.
March 7, 2018
Tourists ride classic convertible cars on the Malecon beside the United States Embassy last October in Havana, Cuba. .... community, “both the intelligence officials and senior diplomats guessed that the noises were 'just another form of harassment' by the Cuban government,” ProPublica reported. In MarchÃâà...
Granma English
March 6, 2018
The decision by the United States Government, which unilaterally maintains the drawdown of its staff at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba indefinitely, is politically motivated and has no relation whatsoever to the safety and security of its officials in Havana, said the General Director for U.S. Affairs of the CubanÃâà...
Miami Herald
March 1, 2018
Many Cubans interviewed by the Miami Herald about the election and their hopes for Cuba's future spoke of change, especially changes that would give them a better standard of living. That desire for change bubbling up from below may be the biggest challenge the new Cuban government will face.
Sputnik International
December 31, 1999
Sputnik Mundo has found out what the expectations from the new Cuban government are among those who left the country long time ago, and it appears that migration is at the core of heated debates outside Cuba. READ MORE: Cuba Elects New National Assembly to Relinquish Castro's Presidency.
CNN
December 31, 1999
Cuba's National Assembly announced Thursday that First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel, 57, will replace Raul Castro as the head of the Cuban government. Castro embraced Diaz-Canel -- who wasn't even born when Fidel Castro led his revolution in 1959 -- during the session Wednesday, all butÃâà...
Havana Times
December 31, 1999
HAVANA TIMES – Cuba's National Electoral Commission celebrated on Monday the “massive participation” in the legislative elections last Sunday (82.90%), despite the decreasing attendance by eight points compared to the 2013 elections, reported dpa news. “The day was a triumph and a reaffirmation ofÃâà...
Miami Herald
December 31, 1999
Cuba is approaching a generational change in government amid difficult circumstances and a population less interested in politics, according to ... But CEN officials said only 1.26 percent of the votes were voided and declared the elections “a triumph” and “a reaffirmation of the Cuban electoral system.
Miami Herald
December 31, 1999
Manuel, 39, who has applied to the Cuban government for permission to repatriate but plans to continue living in Miami, said he knows people who lost their U.S. residence because they served time in a Cuban prison. “You enter Cuba under Cuban law. They will do with you whatever they want,” he said.
CNN
December 31, 1999
"The health, safety, and well-being of U.S. government personnel and family members are of the greatest concern for Secretary Tillerson and were a key factor in the decision to reduce the number of personnel assigned to Havana." Cuban officials previously denied they had anything to do with theÃâà...
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