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17 Dec 2014, 5:59 pm by Jeralyn
After 18 months of secret talks, Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro agreed in a phone call on Tuesday on a breakthrough prisoner exchange, the opening of embassies in each other's... [[ This is a content summary only. [read post]
23 Feb 2008, 10:07 am
Let's not get too optimistic just yet, but here is some evidence that Raul Castro might lean more toward Brazil's Lula da Silva than Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. [read post]
13 Mar 2008, 8:10 am
Communist Cuba has authorized the unrestricted sale of computers and DVD and video players in the first sign that its new president, Raul Castro, is moving to improve Cubans' access to consumer goods. [read post]
17 Dec 2014, 1:44 pm
For the first time since the Cuban missile crisis the U.S. and Cuba may soon be headed for a warmer relationship.From one dictator to another .........President Barack Obama declared the end of America's 'outdated approach' to Cuba Wednesday, announcing the re-establishment of diplomatic relations as well as economic and travel ties with the communist island – a historic shift in U.S. policy that aims to bring an end to a half-century of Cold War enmity.As Obama spoke,… [read post]
President Miguel Diaz-Canel and former President Raul Castro, who governed from 2008 to 2018, attended the session. [read post]
25 May 2018, 9:21 pm
Diaz-Canel to the first vice-presidency in 2013 that he was the favorite to take power after the announced end of Raul Castro’s two terms. [read post]
26 Nov 2007, 3:05 pm
KEYWORDS: cuba; fidel castro; anti-castro; embargo; trade; tourism; With 80-year-old Fidel Castro temporarily turning over power to his brother Raul, many countries around the world--including the U.S. [read post]
28 May 2009, 4:55 am
Mariela Castro, a sexologist and gay rights advocate, said she has identified 19 transsexuals ready to have the procedure.In comments to a health conference that were aired on state television, Castro did not say when the surgeries would begin.The government headed by her father, President Raul Castro, would pick up the tab.Does this free health care extend to visitors as well or is it just for citizens? [read post]
22 Apr 2009, 10:42 am
That appeared to enrage Fidel Castro, 82, who wrote in an essay published Wednesday that Obama "without a doubt misinterpreted Raul's declarations. [read post]
9 Sep 2017, 6:32 am
The Communist Party says it does not intervene in the elections, but a video circulating on social media of First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Raul Castro's probable successor, suggested otherwise. [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 5:04 am by Jason Poblete
Playing nice with Chavez, Correa, Ortega, Castro, and many other regional leaders, over the long run, bolsters their position and gives them credibility and acceptance they do not deserve. [read post]
26 Nov 2016, 8:27 pm
" (video here).It was with substantially these words that Raúl Castro, the current First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC), President of the Council of State of Cuba and the President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba since 2008, announced that the body of his brother, Fidel Castro Ruz, ceased to function (video here). [read post]
4 May 2008, 6:19 am
The island's communist government put desktop computers on sale to the public for the first time Friday, ending a ban on PC sales as another despised restriction on daily life fell away under new President Raul Castro. [read post]