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25 Dec 2011, 8:57 am by InternationalLaw Blogger
Just in time for the holidays, Cuban President Raul Castro announced on Friday that that the Cuban government will grant amnesty to 2,900 prisoners. [read post]
24 Dec 2011, 11:51 am by Sarah Posner
The announcement was motivated by humanitarian concerns [AP report], in an effort by President Raul Castro to establish good will in anticipation of a visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Cuba scheduled for next spring. [read post]
6 Aug 2011, 7:27 pm by Howard Friedman
Cuba's president, Raul Castro, gave a speech (full text) to Cuba's Parliament (Legislature of the National Assembly of People's Power) on Monday, reviewing economic and other developments in recent months. [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]
21 Apr 2011, 1:48 pm by Jason Poblete
I’m convinced that, under the direction of comrade Raul Castro Ruz, the socialist revolution and construction of Cuba without any doubt will achieve new successes,” the Chinese president Hu Jintao said. [read post]
4 Apr 2011, 2:14 am by Jason Poblete
Correa is Hugo Chavez and Raul Castro’s pawn, always has been, always will be. [read post]
31 Mar 2011, 12:12 pm by Judicial Watch Blog
This week the one-time Georgia peanut farmer made the rounds in Cuba, where he hung out with communist Dictator Fidel Castro and his brother Raul. [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 7:10 pm by Glenn Reynolds
Carter spent hours talking about improving ties with brothers Raul and Fidel Castro, describing the latter as an “old friend. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 3:30 am by Jason Poblete
What we should be doing is encouraging new leaders to urge the dinosaurs to step aside and put in motion a process that empowers free people, and as required by statute, creates a transition government without Fidel Castro or Raul Castro. [read post]
25 Oct 2010, 6:36 am by lpbncontracts
Why, go into business for themselves, says President Raul Castro,... [read post]
17 Mar 2010, 10:21 am by Haley Wojdowski
" AI called on President Raul Castro [BBC profile] to invite UN experts and human rights organizations into the country to [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]
13 Apr 2009, 4:00 pm
Only nine percent (9%) of voters have a favorable view of longtime Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who for health reasons formally stepped down last year and put his brother Raul in his place. [read post]
19 Dec 2008, 6:37 am
When asked in the Brazilian capital about Cuban political dissidents, President Raul Castro responded by proposing an exchange. [read post]
3 Dec 2008, 6:00 am
Last week end, Cuban President Raul Castro sat in the front row at a 3-hour mass beatifying Cuban Friar Jose Olallo Valdes. [read post]
12 Jul 2008, 9:45 pm
Whatever my Democratic friends may be telling themselves, whatever Raul [Martinez] and Joe [Garcia] may be hoping, they’re not ready to be energized politically. [read post]
23 May 2008, 2:17 pm
The son of the foundation's late founder, Mas described any expectation of engaging Raul Castro in democratic reforms as "wishful thinking. [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]