All posts tagged "Cuba"
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Cuban Entrepreneurs Build Network of Private Schools
Thousands Enrolled in Foreign Language and Art Schools
- Posted March 7, 2016
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White House: Obama to Meet with Whomever He Wants in Cuba
First Sitting President to Visit in Nearly 90 Years
- Posted March 5, 2016
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Cuba Gives Well-Known Dissidents Permission to Travel Abroad
HAVANA — The Cuban government has loosened travel restrictions on some of the island’s best-known dissidents, granting them one-time permission to travel abroad ahead of President Barack Obama’s trip to the island, activists said Wednesday. Obama has...
- Posted February 24, 2016
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Speaker: Legal Steps to Stop Obama From Closing Guantanamo
Ryan told reporters that lawmakers have the votes to block Obama's plan in Congress.
- Posted February 24, 2016
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Cuba Throws Soldiers Into Battle Against Zika Virus
Olive-clad soldiers are going door-to-door across Cuba, filling houses with mosquito-killing fog in a nationwide mobilization to keep the Zika virus out of one of the last countries in the hemisphere without it.
- Posted February 24, 2016
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Ramón Castro, Cuban Leader’s Older Brother, Dies at Age 91
HAVANA – Ramon Castro, a lifelong rancher and farmer who bore a strong physical resemblance to younger brother Fidel Castro, has died, Cuban state media announced Tuesday. He was 91. Widely known by his nickname “Mongo,” the...
- Posted February 23, 2016
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Obama: Guantanamo Bay Undermines Security, Must be Closed
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to “once and for all” close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and transfer the most detainees to a facility in the U.S., submitting a plan short on...
- Posted February 23, 2016
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Russia Gives Cuba $1.32B Credit, China Offers Financing
HAVANA, Cuba – Russia granted Cuba a credit of up to $1.32 billion to add 800 megawatts to its electric power system between 2022 and 2024, according to officials of the island’s National Electric Union (UNE by...
- Posted February 23, 2016
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Cuba Sending 9,000 Soldiers to Fight Zika Virus
HAVANA – Cuban President Raúl Castro announced Monday that he is dispatching 9,000 soldiers to help keep the Zika virus out of Cuba, calling on the entire country to fight the mosquito that carries the disease. In...
- Posted February 22, 2016