New Zealand Herald - Cuba
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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:01:19 +0000
| 07/24/2010 02:13 AM |
| Last of Cuban dissidents leave for Spain |
| The last five of a group of recently freed Cuban dissidents left for Madrid yesterday.
The Spanish Embassy said Jorge Luis Gonzalez, 39, Blas Giraldo Reyes, 54, Jose Ubaldo Izquierdo, 44, Jesus Mustafa, 66, and 47-year-old Antonio... |
| 07/22/2010 09:10 AM |
| Desktop globetrotter: Thursday, July 22 |
| MONDAYS ARE FOR PARTYING: The residents of Oaxaca, southern Mexico, are currently in the midst of their Guelaguetza celebrations. The annual cultural festival (also known as Los Lunes del Cerro - Mondays on the Hill) takes place... |
| 07/22/2010 01:15 AM |
| Spain reveals Cuba's plan to free all political prisoners |
| The Spanish Foreign Minister yesterday told his country's parliament that Cuba would soon release "all" political prisoners and suggested that the EU and US could respond by softening long-standing sanctions against the communist... |
| 07/16/2010 06:00 PM |
| Free press the communists ignored |
| Should communist authorities ever embrace reform, the island's Chinese may hint at what's to come. At Cuba's only privately run newspaper, it doesn't take much to stop the presses. It's a wonder they even get started.
The language... |
| 07/12/2010 06:00 PM |
| Fidel Castro makes rare appearance on Cuban TV |
| HAVANA - Fidel Castro appeared relaxed and lucid in his most prominent television interview in years overnight, though he spoke slowly and with a raspy voice in an appearance that thrust him back in the limelight after a long time... |
| 07/09/2010 06:00 PM |
| Hunger strike ends with news of prisoners' release |
| CUBA: Opposition activist Guillermo Farinas went 134 days without eating in his bid to highlight the treatment of political prisoners in Cuba. Yesterday he ended his hunger strike.
The move follows signs the communist Government... |
