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President
of Venezuela in post-operative phase
December
12,12
CARACAS, December 11.—The
President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, is in the post-operative
phase after the conclusion of surgery he underwent
today, Vice President Nicolás Maduro announced.
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Council of State repeals Decree-Law on
communications between Cuba and the United States
December 3,12
IN the year
2000, the Cuban government instigated Decree-Law No.
213, which increased the charge per minute for
international calls between the United States and
Cuba, in response to the freezing of Cuban assets
owed by U.S. telephone companies.
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First
round of talks between Colombian government and
FARC-EP conclude
November 30,12
THE first 11-day
session of talks between representatives of the Juan
Manuel Santos government and delegates from the
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-Army of the
People (FARC-EP), directed at ending 50 years of
conflict in this South American country, concluded
with advances and a spirit of optimism.
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Another U.S. blockade
action
Against religious
freedoms
November 27,12
THE latest violation
of the U.S. blockade, this time against religious
freedom in Cuba, has been condemned in Havana. This
came after $101,000, which should have been
transferred to the country weeks ago to cover food
and accommodation costs for participants in the 6th
Assembly General of the Latin American Council of
Churches (CLAI) was frozen in the Miami branch of
the Ecuadoran Pichincha bank.
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Interview with the
Palestinian ambassador to Cuba
Most
people on the planet can't be wrong
November 27,12
ISRAEL’S most recent
attack on the Gaza Strip provoked $300 million in
economic losses and the death of six Israelis and
168 Palestinians, 20% of whom were children under
14. But beyond the brutal effectiveness of the
Israeli bombardments and the asymmetric figures of
the dead on either side, this military action
recalls earlier attacks in a very different
political context.
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UN
recognizes Cuba’s model response to disasters
November 23,12
MARGARETA Wahlström, the UN special representative
for disaster risk reduction, has acknowledged Cuba’s
traditional model of response to natural disasters.
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Santos
thanks Cuba for supporting peace initiative in
Colombia
November 15,12
LISBON, November 14.—
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has thanked
Cuba for the support it is providing, in conjunction
with Norway, as a guarantor of the peace process
with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-Peoples
Army (FARC-EP), AFP reports.
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Blockade of Cuba resoundingly rejected at the UN
November 13,12
THE resolution "On the necessity of ending the
economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba
by the United States was approved today at the UN,
with 188 member countries of the organization voting
in favor of it.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs Statement
October 25,12
THE U.S. Interests
Section in Havana continues to function as the
general staff in charge of implementing the
government's policy of subversion toward Cuba, which
has as one of its principal goals the fabrication of
an...
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Measures adopted to update Cuba’s
migration and travel policy correspond to the
current historical moment of the Revolution
October 25,12
THE measures adopted to update Cuba’s
migration and travel policy correspond to the
current historical moment of the Revolution and take
into account the country’s economic and social
changes, affirmed Homero Acosta, secretary of the
Council of State, during a special informative
program broadcast October 24 on Cuban television.
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Message
of congratulations
October 8,12
Havana, October 7,
2012
COMPAÑERO Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías
President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
In the name of the government and people of Cuba, I
congratulate you on this historic triumph, which
demonstrates the strength of the Bolivarian
Revolution and its unquestionable popular support.
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Honorary
Doctorate for Antonio Guerrero
October 4,12
SANTIAGO DE CUBA.—An
honorary doctorate from the University of Oriente
has been conferred on Antonio Guerrero, the anti-terrorist
fighter and hero of the Republic of Cuba
incarcerated in the United States, on the occasion
of the 65th anniversary of the institution’s
founding.
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The United States does not have the
slightest moral or political authority to judge Cuba
October 2,12
Statement by Bruno Rodríguez
Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, during the
general debate of the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly. New
York, October 1, 2012
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UN: condemnation
of blockade growing
September 28,12
NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—Rejection of the
U.S. blockade of Cuba is increasing in the speeches
of heads of state and government participating in
the UN General Assembly debate.
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Cuba
reiterates rejection of intervention in Syria
September 18,12
GENEVA, Sept 17.—Cuba
today reiterated in the Human Rights Council its
rejection of any attempt to undermine the
independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity
of Syria, PL reports.
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U.S. Supreme Court
upholds law preventing university visits to Cuba
September 13,12
WASHINGTON, September 12.—The U.S. Supreme Court has
upheld a controversial law in effect in Florida
which prevents state university and public school
students and teachers from traveling to Cuba.
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Cuba
denounces obstacles to peaceful use of nuclear
energy
September 13,12
VIENNA.—Cuba has lodged a complaint with the
executive of the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) concerning the country’s limited access to
radioactive materials related to health and food
security as a result of the U.S. blockade of the
island.
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A
Challenge to Journalism (I)
September 10,12
THE U.S. government
has flagrantly violated the Constitution and the law
to ensure the unjust conviction the Cuban Five, who
will soon complete 14 years of arbitrary and illegal
imprisonment.
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Santos
officially announces start of talks with the FARC-EP
September 5,12
BOGOTA.— Colombian
President Juan Manuel Santos officially announced on
September 4 the initiation of talks between the
government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP), directed at
reaching peace after more than 50 years of armed
conflict.
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FARC-EP calls on Colombian society to join the
search for peace
September 5,12
THE Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP), in
Havana on September 4, called for the incorporation
of all of Colombian society into the dialogue
initiated with the country's government, directed at
ending more than 50 years of political, social and
military conflict.
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Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
the Republic of Cuba
September 4,12
The
Cuban Revolution has had a historical commitment
towards peace in Colombia and the efforts aimed at
putting an end to the political, social and military
conflict in that Latin American and Caribbean sister
nation.
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The Non-Aligned Movement can count on Cuba
August 31,12
TEHRAN, August 30.—Vice
President José Ramón Machado Ventura emphasized
during the 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit
that the organization "can always count on Cuba’s
honest contribution in solidarity to our common
battle."
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U.S.
Treasury Department continues to obstruct travel to
Cuba
August 29,12
WASHINGTON, August 27.— U.S. authorities have
implemented a series of bureaucratic measures
restricting ‘People to People’ travel to Cuba. This
particular program was reinitiated by the Obama
administration in 2011, although it did not entail
any substantive change in U.S. policy toward Cuba
and left the blockade intact.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs Statement
August
1,12
ON July 31, the U.S.
State Department once again included Cuba on its
arbitrary, unilateral list of "countries which
sponsor international terrorism."
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An intensive
and very useful working visit
July
12,12
MOSCOW.—"This has been
an
intensive and very useful working visit,"
confirmed President Raúl Castro Ruz,
during his meeting with Russian
President Vladimir Putin at the end of
a working visit to this country.
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U.S.
government denies Gerardo’s rehearing petition
July
10,12
WASHINGTON.—On July 6,
the District Attorney’s Office for the state of
Florida informed the Miami Court of its opposition
to the petition presented by Martin Garbus, the
lawyer representing Gerardo Hernández Nordelo,
asking for a rehearing of the case and the release
by the government of additional evidence in order to
investigate the issue of journalists paid with
federal money to create, before and after the trial
of the Cuban Five, what the 2005 Court of Appeal
panel described as a perfect storm of prejudice and
hostility.
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Raúl begins official visit to China
July 5,12
BEIJING.—President
Raúl Castro Ruz arrived in the People’s Republic of
China in the afternoon of July 4, on his first
official visit as the Cuban head of state.
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Cuban President
received by Chinese counterpart
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CAN
SOMEBODY PROTECTING CUBA AGAINST TERRORISM BE FAIRLY
TRIED IN MIAMI?
June 9,12
United States v. Gerardo Hernández, Luis Medina,
Antonio Guerrero, Rubén Campa and René González.
From the panel of appeals. 11th
Circuit. Atlanta. August 9, 2005
Judges BIRCH, KRAVITCH and OAKES.
United States v. Campa
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New
legal step in the case of the Cuban Five
June 8,12
ON June 6,
2012, a motion on behalf of Gerardo Hernández
requesting an Oral Argument and Discovery was filed
with the U.S. Southern District Court of Florida
(Miami Court) by counsel Tom Goldstein and Martin
Garbus*, through his local counsel Richard Klugh.
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Ministry of
Foreign Affairs Statement
May 17,12
ON May 14,
2012, the United States Supreme Court denied the
Cuban company Cubaexport the opportunity to defend
its right to renew the registration of the
prestigious trademark Havana Club with the U.S.
Patent and...
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Pope
Benedict XVI sends letter to Raúl
May 4,12
"WITH the
pleasure of having undertaken my apostolic journey
to Cuba for the 400th anniversary of the discovery
and presence in that nation of the venerated image
of Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre, it is a
pleasure for me to express to Your Excellency and
the country’s other authorities my deep gratitude
for the...
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René
returns to the U.S.
April
17,12
On the
afternoon of April 13, René González Sehwerert, Hero
of the Republic, returned to the United States after
a two-week stay in Cuba, as authorized by a South
Florida District federal court judge in March and in
accordance with the unjustifiable conditions imposed
while he serves three years of supervised liberty.
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Mexican President
Felipe Calderón arrives in Cuba
April
11,12
The honorable
Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, President of the United
States of Mexico arrived in Cuba April 11, on an
official visit.
During his stay, the distinguished guest will hold
conversations with Army General Raúl Castro Ruz,
President of the Councils of State and Ministers,
along with other activities.
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Brigadier General
John Adams calls for Cuba to be taken off the list
of countries sponsoring terrorism
March
23,12
WASHINGTON, March 22.—Influential U.S.
Brigadier General John Adams has publicly stated
that his country should remove Cuba from the list of
countries sponsoring terrorism and end its
counterproductive and hypocritical policy toward the
island, PL reports.
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POPE JOHN PAUL II’S
VISIT TO CUBA
A
lesson to the world
March
22,12
AS the
Popemobile moved along Havana’s wide avenues lined
with enthusiastic people, chants of "You can feel it,
you can feel it, the Pope is here with us," and
"Juan Pablo, friend, Cuba is with you," could be
heard.
• FIDEL’S 1996 VISIT TO THE
VATICAN
A very special meeting
March
22,12
WHEN Pope John
Paul II visited Cuba, the whole world was interested
in his historic meeting with President Fidel Castro.
But it wasn’t the first time the two had met. In
November of 1996 they had an exchange in the Vatican.
For the first time, a Cuban President was received
by the highest authority of the Catholic Church.
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Miami judge authorizes
trip to Cuba for René González
March
20,12
On the
afternoon of March 19, 2012, it was announced that
South Florida District Court Judge Joan Lenard, who
has overseen since its inception the case of the
Cuban Five, unjustly imprisoned in the United States,
approved a...
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René
writes his brother Roberto
March 12,12
February 24, 2012
My life-long Brother:
I never thought I would have to
write this letter. We share the same indifference to
correspondence, something fully evidenced during our
respective internationalist missions and – more
conclusively – during my unique experience these
last 20 years.
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Cuba and China strengthen economic relations
February
21,12
BEIJING.—Council of Ministers Vice President Marino
Murillo Jorge, head of the implementation commission
responsible for the guidelines approved at the 6th
Communist Party Congress, met in Beijing with
Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu to discuss the
progress of bilateral economic relations and other
shared interests.
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Cuban diplomat
condemns Spanish government interference
February
21,12
CUBAN Deputy Foreign Minister
Dagoberto Rodríguez has recommended Spanish Foreign
Minister José Manuel García-Margallo to attend to
his own country’s affairs and refrain from meddling
in Cuban issues.
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Cuba and China
strengthen economic relations
February
21,12
BEIJING.—Council of Ministers Vice President Marino
Murillo Jorge, head of the implementation commission
responsible for the guidelines approved at the 6th
Communist Party Congress, met in Beijing with
Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu to discuss the
progress of bilateral economic relations and other
shared interests.
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Cuba condemns U.S.
radioelectronic aggression
January 24.12
GENEVA, January
23.—Cuba has lodged a complaint before the World
Radiocommunication Conference against increased U.S.
radio and television aggression on the part of the
United States.
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Cuba and Brazil:
excellent bilateral relations
January 17.12
DURING a visit to Cuba, Brazilian Foreign Minister
Antonio de Aguiar Patriota had official talks on
January 16 with Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez
Parrilla.
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Antonio Guerrero in
Marianna, Florida prison
January 13.12
Dear Friends,
I am in the prison of my destination, where René's
presence of peace, respect, friendship, dedication
to study and physical exercise still lingers.
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U.S. editorial denounced
for distorting events
January 11.12
WASHINGTON.— The
Cuban Interests Section here in the U.S. capital
denounced an editorial in The Washington Post
which distorts events related to Cuba, including the
prosecution of Alan Gross and the case of the Five
Cuban anti-terrorists incarcerated in the United
States.
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Ramiro Valdés heads Cuban delegation to investiture
of Nicaraguan President
January 10.12
VICE President Ramiro Valdés Menéndez is heading the
Cuban delegation to the official investiture Daniel
Ortega Saavedra, President of the Republic of
Nicaragua.
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Antonio Guerrero
transferred to Oklahoma penitentiary
January 9.12
HAVANA.—María Eugenia (Maruchi), the sister of
Antonio Guerrero, one of the five Cuban anti-terrorists
incarcerated in the United States, has sent a
message to all those in solidarity with the Five and
demanding their liberation.
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