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NY Philharmonic says Cuba tour prospects promising

HAVANA—Prospects for Cuban performances by the New York Philharmonic look promising following a tour of concert halls and meetings with music officials on the island, orchestra president Zarin Mehta said Sunday. Mehta said a final decision will be made ...

From ANITA SNOW, Boston Globe,  13 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Alan Gilbert,  Fidel Castro,  Leonard Bernstein

Castro questions timing of Cuban spy arrests

HAVANA—Fidel Castro called the case of two Americans accused of spying for Cuba "strange" Saturday and questioned whether the timing of their arrests was politically motivated. In an essay read by a newscaster on state television, the former Cuban ...

From ANITA SNOW, Boston Globe,  7 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Fidel Castro,  Barack Obama,  Organization of American States,  Federal Bureau of Investigation

Castro defends Cuba's response to flu outbreak

Fidel Castro defended Havana's response to the swine flu outbreak, including suspension of direct flights with Mexico, saying Thursday that Cuba is especially vulnerable to an epidemic because the U.S. embargo prevents it from buying medicine and ...

From ANITA SNOW, Taiwan News,  14 May 2009
Related Topics: Fidel Castro,  World Health Organization,  Barack Obama,  Felipe Calderon

US groups hope Obama to allow more travel to Cuba

Some Americans are eagerly awaiting the moment when they can make legal trips to Cuba despite the U.S. trade and travel embargo _ and all it would take is a stroke of President Barack Obama's pen. While the U.S. Congress is weighing whether to ...

From ANITA SNOW, Taiwan News,  26 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Bill Clinton,  George W. Bush,  American University,  Tom Miller

Cuban prisoners don't want to be traded for spies

HAVANA (AP) — A leading rights activist says most of Cuba’s 200 or more political prisoners would rather serve out long terms on the island than be part of an exchange for five communist agents imprisoned in the U.S., as Cuban President Raul Castro ...

From ANITA SNOW, NevadaAppeal.com,  21 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

Migration, drug enforcement likely first topics

Cuba and the U.S. are likely to tackle migration and drug trafficking first if the two cold-war foes can successfully start talks, which would precede any meetings between presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro. More prickly themes such as human ...

From ANITA SNOW, eTaiwan News,  19 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  Dwight D. Eisenhower

Relations between US, Cuba seem within reach

HAVANA—Talks toward a thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations seemed to be a real possibility after the new presidents of both countries reached out to each other with surprisingly straightforward language about their desire to revive a relationship frozen by 50 ...

From ANITA SNOW, Boston Globe,  17 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Fidel Castro,  Dwight D. Eisenhower,  New York Yankees,  Jimmy Carter

Rush on to capitalize on Cuba travel

HAVANA — Families separated by the Florida Straits rejoiced Tuesday and Miami-based charter companies rushed to add seats and flights to their Havana routes after the Obama administration decided to let more Americans visit Cuba as often as they want, ...

From ANITA SNOW, Inside Bay Area,  14 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Fidel Castro,  George W. Bush

Cuba rejoices: US change means more money, visits

HAVANA—Families separated by the Florida Straits rejoiced Tuesday and Miami-based charter companies rushed to add seats and flights to their Havana routes after the Obama administration decided to let more Americans visit Cuba as often as they want, ...

From ANITA SNOW, Boston Globe,  14 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Fidel Castro,  George W. Bush

Reported number of Cuban political prisoners dips

HAVANA—The number of political prisoners held in Cuba continues to fall gradually, but brief detentions of activists have soared under President Raul Castro's rule, with more than 1,500 documented last year, the island's leading independent rights ...

From ANITA SNOW, Boston Globe,  2 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

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