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Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 00:00
The article on the front page of the Communist Party newspaper Granma was one of a flurry of recent columns and announcements from Castro
Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 00:00
In the last few days, on a trip to Cuba that was in every way supposed to be about the lives of ordinary people — my own family — the big news story found me
Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 00:00
I dash off another hard-hitting column for Granma and e-mail it to the editor. He says he's not sure that the citizens of Cuba want to read 1,500 words about the value of milk quotas, because milk quotas are somewhat unpopular
Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 00:00
Nabor Cardenas, a defrocked Catholic priest known as "Papa Nabor" and founder of the New Jerusalem religious community, died Tuesday
Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 00:00
These men are the next generation of Cuba's leadership, and their fortunes in the government shake-up coming today will say a lot about where the island is headed
Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 00:00
When Cuba's National Assembly meets this morning to select the island's highest ruling bodies, the Council of State and their advisors, the Council of Ministers, Raul Castro is the leading contender
Saturday, February 23, 2008 - 00:00
Canada plans to push ahead and negotiate a free trade deal with Colombia despite human rights concerns that have stalled a similar agreement between Bogota and Washington
Saturday, February 23, 2008 - 00:00
Colombians are beginning to say bluntly what many have whispered in private — that Betancourt's fame may backfire, and that the Paris-raised politician and fearless anti-corruption crusader could be one of the last hostages freed
Saturday, February 23, 2008 - 00:00
By intercepting radio communications during operations, the FARC know that instructions to Colombian Air Force planes are given in English, a source from the guerrilla command told IPS
Saturday, February 23, 2008 - 00:00
"In past years, nothing was happening. There was total uncertainty," said Lecompte. "But the situation is no longer frozen, because the problem has been internationalised."