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Pelosi douses hopes for quick end to Cuba travel ban

AFP American Edition yesterday

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that congressional efforts to end the US ban on travel to Cuba would take a back seat to overhauling US health care and fostering job creation. "I've always been a supporter of lifting the travel ...

Cuba's Raul Castro crushes dissent like Fidel: report

Reuters US Online Report World News 2 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cuba's Raul Castro has kept the system his brother Fidel used to repress critics, refusing to free scores of people imprisoned years ago and jailing others for "dangerousness," Human Rights Watch said in a report issued on Wednesday. The ...

Serious rights violations in Raul Castro's Cuba: HRW

AFP American Edition 2 days ago

Communist Cuba's shift from Fidel Castro's leadership to President Raul Castro's has brought continued serious human rights violations including persistent aggression against dissidents. A new report by Human Rights Watch released Wednesday cited examples such as at least 40 people arrested for ...

Guantanamo suspect denied military lawyers in N.Y.

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News 2 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The first detainee transferred to New York from a U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to face criminal charges in a civilian court will not be represented by military lawyers, a judge ruled on Wednesday. Ahmed Khalfan ...

US rights group finds abuses rife in Raul's Cuba

AP News 2 days ago

US rights group says Cubans' lives unimproved under 2nd Castro and worse in some ways Human Rights Watch says conditions in Cuba have not improved under Raul Castro and in some ways are worse than they had been when his brother Fidel ...

Cuba dissident ends protest fast amid health rumor

AP News 3 days ago

Top Cuban activist ends hunger strike, resumes normal diet amid reports she was gravely ill A hunger strike by a Cuban dissident has been a hot story for Miami-based Spanish-language media, and concern about her health even reached the halls of the ...

Key US lawmakers: 'Scrap' Cuba travel ban

AFP American Edition 3 days ago

The United States should "scrap" a ban on its citizens travelling to Cuba, two key US lawmakers said Tuesday, blaming the policy for hampering Washington's efforts to promote democratic reforms there. "US law lets American citizens travel to any country on earth, ...

US softball players try sports diplomacy in Cuba

AP News 3 days ago

American softball players find friendly reception as sports diplomats in Cuba Softball has been a passion for Michael Eizenberg since he was a child, but the 63-year-old has never been as excited about a game as the one played Monday on a ...

US, Cuba to hold second round of migration talks

AFP American Edition 4 days ago

The United States and Cuba will hold a second round of talks on migration issues in Havana at a yet undetermined date, a State Department spokesman said Monday. "We are currently exploring dates that would work for both delegations to discuss the ...

Cuba US Old Time Senior Softball

AP News 4 days ago

Michael Eizemberg, left, of the Eastern Massachusetts Senior Softball Association, wears a boxing glove as he jokes with Cuba's former World Champion boxer Teofilo Stevenson as Cuba's senior softball team looks on before the start of the Old Time Senior Softball Tournament ...

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