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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
Hotel chains and cruise lines have long eyed Cuba as a lucrative destination, though U.S. tourists are forbidden by the American government from vacationing there
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
Venezuela has agreed to pay $700-million (U.S.) in cash to Italian energy company Eni SpA for the takeover of an oil field, but it hardened its stance in a compensation battle with Exxon Mobil Corp.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
In interviews on neighborhood streets and corporate office buildings yesterday, many local residents who were born in Cuba said they expect democracy to come slowly
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
The news met with low expectations for political change, however, among Cuban-Americans, Cubans on the island and U.S.-based analysts
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
A government permanently led by a Raul Castro team is likely to loosen the state's grip on Cuba's economy, but specialists expect change to be slow and gradual
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
Members of Congress who oppose the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) are hurting the very people they claim to be protecting
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
The United States will have only one chance to lift the embargo. Once lifted, it will be almost impossible to reimpose
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
Fidel Castro's leaving office on his own terms is not the kind of change that successive American presidents have envisioned for Cuba. In fact, it's a sign that U.S. efforts to isolate that country and bring down its socialist government have failed
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
This is not my farewell to you. My only wish is to fight as a soldier in the battle of ideas
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 00:00
Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo said FARC guerrillas would harden their position since receiving public support from Chavez