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Cuba seeks normalization with US

CLAUDIA TORRENS AP 09/26/2011
Cuba seeks normalization with US

Cuba wants to re-establish relations with the United States with a focus on humanitarian and other issues, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said Monday.

Fidel Castro speaks in Venezuelan TV interview

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro jokingly dismissed rumors that he might be sick in an interview aired on Venezuelan state television.

Cuba's gay pride parade: big debut, few marchers

There were just a handful, but the dozen Cubans who took part in the country's first Gay Pride rally Tuesday celebrated one more step on the country's road to gay rights recognition.

Cuban state layoffs move slowly, workers uneasy

Cuba's program to slash 500,000 state jobs nationwide has barely gotten off the ground in the provinces, as officials scramble to provide alternatives and deal with unease and anger over the layoffs.

Broadband cable on its way to unplugged Cuba

Rory Carroll The Guardian 01/23/2011
Cuban asks Obama, Google chief for free Internet

Cuban folk star Silvio Rodriguez urged US President Barack Obama and Google CEO Eric Schmidt on Monday to provide free Internet to developing countries.

Broadband cable on its way to unplugged Cuba

Cuba is set to join the high-speed broadband era with an undersea fibre-optic cable laid from Venezuela, bringing the promise of speedy internet to one of the world's least connected countries.

Castro Calls Obama a 'Snake Charmer'

NATO is a "military mafia," the war in Afghanistan is "genocidal" and US President Barack Obama deserves the prize for the "best snake charmer" who ever lived, Cuba's Fidel Castro said Monday.

Cubans upset at video game that aims to kill Fidel Castro

Cuba's state-run media and bloggers are not amused at "Call of Duty: Black Ops," a new videogame in which the player can join a secret operation in the 1960s to assassinate former leader Fidel Castro.

Cuba self-employed to pay taxes up to 50 percent

Nelson Acosta Yahoo! News 10/25/2010
No survivors in Cuba airliner crash with 68 aboard

A state airliner filled with Cubans and travelers from Europe and Latin America crashed and burst into flames in a mountainous area after declaring an emergency and losing contact with air traffic controllers. All 40 Cubans and 28 foreigners aboard died, authorities announced early Friday.

Cuba self-employed to pay taxes up to 50 percent

Cuba has set income tax rates at 25 to 50 percent for its soon to be expanded private sector, with the biggest earners paying the most taxes, according to official decrees published on Monday.


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