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The Mosaic Philosophy at Gitmo

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Harper's - By Scott Horton - Apr. 30 (News Report) - Several in the U.S. leadership became aware of this lack of proper vetting very early on and, thus, of the reality that many of the detainees were innocent of any substantial wrongdoing, had little intelligence value, and should be immediately released.

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24 year old Canadian Omar Khadr pleads guilty to war crimes

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

allvoices.com - Oct. 25 (News) - Canadian detainee Omar Khadr accepted a deal from the United States and pleaded guilty to all five counts of terrorism brought against him on Monday. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - Seated beside

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Desolation and Death

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Granma International - Jan. 15 (News Report) - Haitian Prime Minister Jean Max-Berllerive said that one of the reasons for the high number of fatalities caused by the January 12 earthquake is the serious degree of poverty, which forces many families to live in precarious housing and extremely crowded conditions.

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In Cuba, the economy is so bad the shantytowns are looking good

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

St. Petersburg Times - By David Adams - Aug. 09 (News Report) - A dead rat lies in the middle of the dirt track leading to a cluster of wooden shacks. Young boys — barefoot and shirtless — play a lively game of marbles in the dried mud. It could be a scene from any of the notorious shantytowns that pervade Latin America. But this is Cuba, the self-proclaimed socialist paradise where a revolution 50 years ago promised to eradicate the social inequalities rampant in the Third World. "Life here isn't easy, and we do what we have to do to survive," said Jorge Balmaseda, 52, a local barber who attends his clients under the eaves of a tin-roofed shack in Las Piedras, a squatter community of several hundred people east of Havana.

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Where Detroit still reigns

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By Nick Miroff - Jul. 10 (Special Report) - HAVANA — The Pontiac Aztek never made it to Cuba. Nor did the Dodge Nitro, Chrysler Crossfire, or any other flops of the past 50 years of American auto manufacturing. So as news of bankruptcy at General Motors and Chrysler reaches this city, where

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Obama Might Change Cuba Policy

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Congressional Quarterly - By Shawn Zeller - Dec. 08 (News Report) - The business community had some success in persuading Bill Clinton to loosen travel rules and sign a law allowing trade in food and medicine. But George W. Bush was not nearly as persuadable. He tightened travel rules; restricted humanitarian, agricultural and religious missions that Clinton routinely permitted; and even limited the travel of Cuban-Americans to see relatives on the island.

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The Next Cuban Missile Crisis?

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

CounterPunch - By Nikolas Kozloff - Sep. 12 (News Report) - AIn a move that undoubtedly set off alarm bells in Washington, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez announced that Venezuelan and Russian ships could soon hold joint naval exercises in the Caribbean. "Russia's naval fleet is welcome here," Chávez said on his weekly broadcast program. "If it's possible, we'll stage an exercise in our Caribbean waters." Russian naval vessels, including a nuclear cruiser, are due to call on Venezuelan ports in late November or December, Chávez said.

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Cuba demands US gives back Guantanamo Bay

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Herald Sun - By No author listed - Feb. 14 (News Report) - CUBA has demanded the US return Guantanamo Bay to the island nation and denounced the "war on terror" prison, where six detainees could face the death penalty.

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Anti-Castro terror in South Florida

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Salon - By Tristram Korten, Kirk Nielsen - Jan. 14 (Special Report) - Plans to attack Cuba are constantly being hatched in South Florida. Over the years militant exiles have been linked to everything from downing airliners to hit-and-run commando raids on the Cuban coast to hotel bombings in Havana. They've killed Cuban diplomats and made numerous attempts on Castro's life. But, other than an occasional federal gun charge, nothing much seems to happen to most of these would-be revolutionaries. They are allowed to train nearly unimpeded despite making explicit plans to violate the 70-year-old U.S. Neutrality Act and overthrow a sovereign country's government.

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Fidel's Final Victory

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:24:56 -0800

Foreign Affairs - By Julia E. Sweig - Dec. 08 (Special Report) - The post-Fidel transition is already well under way. Power has been successfully transferred to a new set of leaders, whose priority is to preserve the system while permitting only very gradual reform. Cubans have not revolted, and their national identity remains tied to the defense of the homeland against U.S. attacks on its sovereignty. As the post-Fidel regime responds to pent-up demands for more democratic participation and economic opportunity, Cuba will undoubtedly change -- but the pace and nature of that change will be mostly imperceptible to the naked American eye.

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