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A new poll of Cuban Americans shows a strong majority favor allowing all Americans to travel to the island, a major shift from a 2002 survey that showed only a minority supporting the change, the Bendixen & Associates polling firm reported Tuesday. (MiamiHerald.com)

The habanero peppers, oranges and peanuts cost more at Cuba's free-market "agros" - farmers markets where vendors, not the government, set prices. But food stalls overflow with abundance not seen elsewhere on the shortage-plagued island. (MiamiHerald.com)

The habanero peppers, oranges and peanuts cost more at Cuba's free-market "agros" - farmers markets where vendors, not the government, set prices. But food stalls overflow with abundance not seen elsewhere on the shortage-plagued island. (MiamiHerald.com)

The head of the World Health Organization says Fidel Castro looks stronger and wonderful for his 83 years. (MiamiHerald.com)

Frustrated passengers protested last week at the local bus terminal when a departure was canceled because of mechanical problems with a bus and the fares weren’t returned. (MiamiHerald.com)

Twenty-eight people showed up Tuesday for the inauguraion of the Bloggers Academy of Cuba, held in the home of internationally known blogger Yoani Sánchez. (MiamiHerald.com)

Dissident Néstor Rodríguez Lobaina says political police prevented him from leaving his home in Baracoa. (MiamiHerald.com)

El 90 por ciento de los 5,000 kil&oacute;metros de v&iacute;as ferras de Cuba est&aacute; deteriorado y es causa de frecuentes accidentes y retrasos de los trenes, por lo que se requiere una gran inversi&oacute;n para recuperarlo, inform&oacute; el diario <i>Granma</i>, portavoz del gobernante Partido Comunista. (MiamiHerald.com)

Cuando una decena de blogueros cubanos quisieron escenificar una protesta el mes pasado, simult&aacute;neamente recurrieron a Twitter, enviaron textos y publicaron mensajes que dec&iacute;an "Libertad''. Posteriormente, una de ellos, usando una peluca rubia, logr&oacute; entrar en un edificio gubernamental y quejarse de los controles del gobierno. Al otro d&iacute;a, present&oacute; un video de su protesta en su blog. (MiamiHerald.com)

El responsable de las Comunicaciones Sociales del Vaticano, arzobispo Claudio Mar&iacute;a Celli, elogi&oacute; en La Habana "el impacto'' internacional del premiado blog "Generaci&oacute;n Y'', cr&iacute;tico con la realidad cubana, cuya autora, Yoani S&aacute;nchez, acus&oacute; este viernes a la polic&iacute;a secreta de detenerla y golpearla. (MiamiHerald.com)

Nueva Gerona, Nov 4 The marble complex in the Isle of Youth is the only one among the four exsisting in Cuba to export its production to the international market, reported AIN .

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Cuba here on Saturday signed an agreement for the establishment of a joint commission for the promotion of cooperation in economic, commercial, technical, scientific and other related fields between the two countries.

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The defense secretary and attorney general are opposing an attempt to prohibit Guantanamo detainees from having civilian trials in the United States.Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Attorney General Eric Holder said in an Oct.

Havana - An official Cuban publication on Monday dismissed as "a bad taste commercial operation" a memoir by the younger sister of Fidel and Raul Castro that revealed she worked for the CIA in Cuba in the early 1960s.

Terrorism suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base will soon get swine flu vaccines, despite complaints that American civilians should have priority, a military spokesman said Sunday.

Famed Cuban blogger Yoani S&aacute;nchez said Friday she and another blogger were punched and thrown violently into a car by presumed state security agents as they walked to participate in a peaceful march in downtown Havana. (MiamiHerald.com)

More than 50 House Democrats sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi supporting current Cuba policy, which embargo-supporters say effectively means that a bill to open Cuba to tourists is dead. (MiamiHerald.com)

Juanita Castro was recruited by the CIA in 1961 through her friend Virginia Leitao de Cunha, wife of the Brazilian ambassador in Havana, but refused to conspire in any attempts on the lives of her brothers Fidel and Raúl Castro (MiamiHerald.com)

Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban rulers Fidel and Ra&uacute;l Castro, cooperated with the CIA in the 1960s -- a time when the U.S. agency was plotting to assassinate Fidel and overthrow his revolution -- according to an exclusive Univisi&oacute;n-Noticias 23 report on her newly published book. (MiamiHerald.com)

A Cuban newspaper has deleted an online column harshly attacking the government's tight controls on information and arguing that a well-informed citizenry is required for a ``more full and democratic socialism.'' (MiamiHerald.com)

A senior Vatican official said Friday he has asked Cuba's government to allow the Roman Catholic Church more access to mass media, saying Cubans are a religious people and should be given broadcast access to their pastors. (MiamiHerald.com)

A Cuban blogger who has gained international attention for her searing commentary about life on the communist island said she was briefly detained Friday and warned by state security agents about her opposition activity. (MiamiHerald.com)

Polls conducted by two independent non-governmental organizations (NGOs) show that 69 percent disapprove of president Raúl Castro. (MiamiHerald.com)

M&aacute;s de 50 legisladores dem&oacute;cratas enviaron una carta a la presidenta de la C&aacute;mara, Nancy Pelosi, en respaldo al pol&iacute;tica en vigor hacia Cuba, lo que seg&uacute;n quienes respaldan el embargo significa que un proyecto de ley para abrir la isla al turismo estadounidense fracas&oacute;. (MiamiHerald.com)

<b>Cuba Democracia Ya</b> pidi&oacute; en un comunicado al ministro espa&ntilde;ol de Asuntos Exteriores, Miguel Angel Moratinos, "no continuar envalentonando a la represi&oacute;n en Cuba''. (MiamiHerald.com)

ARTEAGA, Esteban, de 80 a&ntilde;os, natural de Cuba. Misa hoy a las 9 a.m. Iglesia St. Michael. Woodlawn Park North. Funeraria Caballero Rivero Woodlawn, Miami. (MiamiHerald.com)

La tortura, las ejecuciones extrajudiciales y la violencia desde el poder son recursos sistem&aacute;ticos para someter a los cubanos bajo el r&eacute;gimen de Fidel y Ra&uacute;l Castro, denunciaron el viernes activistas exiliados ante la Comisi&oacute;n Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) en Washington. (MiamiHerald.com)

El aclamado cineasta y m&uacute;sico serbio Emir Kusturica y su banda The No Smoking Orchestra (TNSO) realizar&aacute;n el pr&oacute;ximo viernes un concierto &uacute;nico en La Habana, informaron este viernes sus organizadores. (MiamiHerald.com)

La diva del Buena Vista Social Club, Omara Portuondo, se alz&oacute; el jueves con el Grammy Latino a Mejor Album Tropical Contempor&aacute;neo, en una ceremonia donde fue la primera artista cubana residente en su isla en asistir a esta premiaci&oacute;n, que se celebr&oacute; en Las Vegas (Nevada oeste). (MiamiHerald.com)

If one person's freedom fighter is another's terrorist, the case of the Cuban Five illustrates the chasm that remains between Havana and Washington, despite recent overtures that are gradually easing tensions left over from the Cold War. (MiamiHerald.com)