Apr 22, 2009 -
Associated Press
By WILL WEISSERT
HAVANA – Fidel Castro says President Barack Obama "misinterpreted" his brother Raul's remarks regarding the United States and bristled at the suggestion that Cuba should free political prisoners or cut taxes on remittances from abroad as a goodwill gesture to the U.S.
Raul Castro touched off a whirlwind of speculation last week that the U.S. and Cuba could be headed toward a thaw in nearly a half-century of chilly relations.
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Dec 31, 2008 -
Havana looks for any hints of 'change' from President-elect Obama
ANALYSIS
By Andrea Mitchell
Chief foreign affairs correspondent
NBC News
updated 2:24 p.m. CT, Tues., Dec. 30, 2008
WASHINGTON — As Cuba marks the 50th anniversary of its Communist revolution this week, it is looking to Washington and wondering how Barack Obama, the 11th U.S.
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Jun 09, 2009 -
by Patrick J. Buchanan
06/09/2009
Despite his boldness, Barack Obama seems as fated to fail as were Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter. And for the same reason: a belief in his own righteousness and moral superiority, and a belief that his ideals and his persona count mightily in the modern world.
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Apr 14, 2009 -
PUBLIC POST
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Time for Congressional Black Caucus to Disband?
By Dennis Prager
Last week, seven members of the Congressional Black Caucus - Reps. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., Melvin Watt, D-N.C., Michael Honda, D-Calif., Laura Richardson,, D-Calif., Bobby Rush, D-Ill., Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, and Emanuel Cleaver II, D-Mo.
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May 22, 2009 -
Washington has offered to resume talks on legal immigration by Cubans to the US, the US state department says. It says the move aims to "reaffirm both sides' commitment to safe, legal and orderly migration". The talks were halted in 2003 after Havana refused to give exit permits to people who had been granted US visas.
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Aug 31, 2008 -
Cuba punk rocker spared jail term
By Emilio San Pedro
BBC Americas editor
Gorki Aguila said international interest had helped his case
A court in Havana, Cuba, has ordered a punk rock musician to pay a fine of $30 (£15) for public disorder for playing his band's music too loud.
However, Gorki Aguila was cleared of a more serious charge that could have led to a jail sentence.
The lead singer of band Porno Para Ricardo is known for songs that ridicule Cuba's communist government.
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Dec 19, 2008 -
I ran across this article on GOPUSA. I don't remember seeing anything in the news about this summit.
Missing The Story -- Again
By Oliver North
December 19, 2008
WASHINGTON -- This week, the so-called mainstream media fixated on a Baghdad shoe-throwing contest, more government bailout bucks, and the delightful prospect of having Caroline Kennedy appointed to Hillary Clinton's vacant seat in the U.S.
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