Posts Tagged ‘castro’
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI meets Cuban President Raul Castro on the second day of his visit to the communist-run island, and is to meet Fidel Castro later.

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Pope meets Raul Castro in Havana
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Monday, March 26th, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Cuba on Monday, welcomed by President Raúl Castro, who gripped the pontiff’s hands in greeting but did not kiss his ring.
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Raúl Castro Greets Pope Benedict at Start of Closely Watched Visit
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro once again dominated his country's airwaves Monday during the televised presentation of an event for his new memoir, “Fidel Castro: Guerrilla of Time.”
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Cuba TV airs Castro book-release party
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Sunday, November 13th, 2011
As President Raul Castro agrees to allow people to buy and sell cars in Cuba, there are concerns the move could spell the beginning of the end for many of the island’s classic American cars.

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VIDEO: End of road for Cuba’s classic cars?
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Sunday, August 14th, 2011
On Castro’s 85th birthday.
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Gay Cuban Marries Transsexual
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Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
As Raúl Castro issues blunt calls for reform, Cubans seem ambivalent that the end result will change much.
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Havana Journal: In a Changing Cuba, Many Remain Skeptical
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Sunday, April 17th, 2011
Fidel Castro, Cuba’s historic leader, gave his successor and younger brother Raul a vote of confidence on Sunday with praise for a speech promoting a radical overhaul of the economy and term limits for political offices.
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Fidel Castro praises brother’s reforms
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Saturday, April 16th, 2011
HAVANA — Cuban President Raul Castro has told a Communist Party summit that economic changes will not allow the accumulation of private property.

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Raul Castro tells Communist summit reforms will not allow accumulation of private property
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Friday, February 4th, 2011
Hoping to resuscitate Cuba’s crippled economy, President Raúl Castro has opened the door to a new, if limited, generation of entrepreneurs.
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In a Shift, Cubans Savor Working for Themselves
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Saturday, January 8th, 2011
Renato Seabra had not been charged in the killing of Carlos De Castro, whose badly beaten body was found on Friday at the Midtown hotel.
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Man Held in Times Sq. Hotel Killing
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Saturday, December 18th, 2010
Cuban President Raul Castro warns that the island’s revolution is at stake if his proposed economic reforms are not adopted.

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Castro appeal over Cuban reforms
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Friday, December 17th, 2010
New cables released by WikiLeaks reveal that Western democracies around the world fail to condemn the Castro regime for its poor record on human rights. Visiting dignitaries from Canada, Switzerland, Australia, and the European Union routinely…
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Cables: Cuba Treated With Kid Gloves
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Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
CBS is shuffling the anchor desk of its low-rated morning show. Early Show anchors Harry Smith and Maggie Rodriguez are being replaced by Chris Wragge and Erica Hill, who host the Saturday edition. Marysol Castro of ABC’s Good Morning America will…
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Harry Smith Out at CBS Early Show
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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
Cuba’s Raul Castro calls the first Communist Party congress in 14 years, to be held in April, to discuss the country’s economic problems.

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Castro calls Cuban party congress
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Friday, September 10th, 2010
Fidel Castro says he was misinterpreted when he was quoted by a US reporter as saying that the Cuban economic model no longer worked.

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Castro quote ‘was misinterpreted’
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