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MiamiHerald.com: Cuba
MiamiHerald.com: Cuba

  • Cuba reports more tourism, less revenue
    (AP) -- Cuba says more than 2.4 million tourists will come to the sun-kissed island by the end of the year, up 3.3 percent from 2008, though deep discounts and shorter stays mean vacation industry revenues are down overall.
  • Florida's U.S. Senate candidates unified on Cuba
    The four leading candidates for Florida's open U.S. Senate seat in 2010 were in the same room for the first time Monday at the U.S.-Cuba Democracy Political Action Committee's annual luncheon -- where they staked out their positions on the future of Cuba and its relations with the United States.
  • Cuba makes Valdes, Bejerano Council of State VPs
    Cuba has promoted revolutionary commander Ramiro Valdes and comptroller Gladys Bejerano to vice presidents of its supreme governing body, the Council of State.
  • Cuban prisons torture, former inmates claim
    Inmates in a high-security prison in eastern Cuba are alleging that guards punish infractions with beatings and handcuffings in excruciatingly painful positions known as ``the rocker'' and ``Shakira.''
  • U.S. envoys see American jailed in Cuba
    Cuba on Monday allowed U.S. diplomats their first visit with an American government contractor jailed since early this month for distributing communications equipment to activists, the State Department said.
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  • Raul Castro: Obama wants to topple Cuban communism
    HAVANA -- Ra&uacute;l Castro gave the strongest signal yet his government's would-be honeymoon with the Obama administration is over, delivering a harshly worded speech Sunday charging that the White House endorses efforts to topple Cuba's communist system.
  • In Cuba, bringing a message or help can lead to jail
    Jan Bubenik went to Cuba to ``spread the hope'' but did everything wrong.<p/> Working on behalf of an American pro-democracy group, the former student leader of the Czech Velvet Revolution knocked on a Cuban dissident's door and sat down to chat -- then spent the night in a hotel in the same Ciego de Avila town. He was quickly picked up by Cuban authorities and jailed for more than three weeks.
  • American being held in high-security Cuban prison
    A U.S. government subcontractor was put in a high-security Cuban prison instead of a common jail after his arrest in Havana as he was about to take a flight home, U.S. congressional officials said Monday.
  • American subcontractor's arrest in Cuba confirmed
    A U.S. government contractor confirmed Saturday that Cuba has detained one of its subcontractors' employees but did not comment on a report he went to the island as a tourist and was handing out laptops and communications equipment.
  • Cuba fighting blogs with blogs
    Cuba is counter-attacking its cyber-foes with government backers calling them mercenaries and CIA agents, but sometimes admitting it's difficult to fight Internet critics like well-known blogger Yoani S&aacute;nchez.
  • Documentary takes peek at Fidel Castro's private side
    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 Dracula that kept him up all night reading and smuggled ingredients into the country so he could make baklava.
  • Six arrested in Cuban smuggling sting
    A South Florida operation that conspired to smuggle Cubans into the United States has been broken up after its leader and five members were arrested in Miami-Dade and Broward counties this month, the U.S. attorney's office said Wednesday.
  • Cuban spy's life sentence reduced to 30 years
    A spy case that exploded after Cuba's 1996 shoot-down of two Miami exile planes over the Florida Straits formally ended Tuesday, when a federal judge reduced the prison sentences of two convicted Castro agents.
  • U.S. writer wants name off list of signers on Cuban letter
    One of the 60 African Americans who signed a letter last week alleging Cuban repression against the island's black-rights activists has asked to be removed from the list.
  • Claim of Cuban racism rejected
    Pro-government Cuban writers and artists Friday rejected allegations by African-Americans of racism and repression on the island, calling the charges ``delusional'' and part of ``an anti-Cuban campaign.''
  • U.S., Cuban artists stage a collaboration
    A groundbreaking multimedia theater performance created in an unprecedented collaboration between U.S. and Cuban artists was set to debut Friday in Havana.
  • Cuba critical of all 4 Florida Senate candidates
    Cuba's official media lashed out at all four main candidates to become Florida's next senator - Democrats and Republicans alike - saying Tuesday they will do nothing to improve relations between Havana and Washington.
  • Cuba gives US diplomat access to arrested American
    The Cuban government has given a U.S. diplomat access to a jailed American citizen accused of providing communications equipment to dissident groups while working as a government contractor, a U.S. official in Havana said Tuesday.
  • Cuba lets cardinal give X-mas message on state TV
    Cuba's Roman Catholic cardinal will read a Christmas message on state television for the second straight year, another small sign the once officially atheist communist government is warming to religion.
  • Top Cuban official says Obama lied in Copenhagen
    Cuba's foreign minister called President Barack Obama an "imperial and arrogant" liar Monday for his conduct at the U.N. climate conference, a reflection of the communist island's increasingly fiery verbal attacks on the U.S. government.
  • Fla. Senate candidates meet at Cuba forum
    The four top candidates in the race to become Florida's next U.S. senator vied Monday to show the state's politically powerful Cuban-American community why each would be the best to fight for democracy in Cuba.
  • Cuba makes Valdes, Bejerano Council of State VPs
    Cuba has promoted revolutionary commander Ramiro Valdes and comptroller Gladys Bejerano to vice presidents of its supreme governing body, the Council of State.
  • Castro: Obama seeking to topple Cuban communism
    Raul Castro gave the strongest signal yet his government's would-be honeymoon with the Obama administration is over, delivering a harshly worded speech Sunday charging that the White House endorses efforts to topple the island's communist system.
  • Kool & the Gang gives rare US concert in Havana
    American R&B pioneers Kool & the Gang helped Cuba get its funk on, bringing their eclectic mix of sounds Sunday to an open-air stage a stone's throw from the sparkling waters of the Caribbean.
  • Mavs owner files protest over OT loss to Rockets
    Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban officially filed a protest with the NBA office on Sunday over what he termed "misapplication of the rules" by the officiating crew during Friday night's overtime loss to