Pinar del Rio Region (Cuba)

INTERVIEW - Venezuela would be "mad" to fight Colombia

SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez is stirring trouble with Colombia to disguise domestic failures and Venezuela would be "mad" to enter a conflict with its neighbor, a prominent opposition leader said.

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Unsung Cuban heroes

Forty-seven years ago this month, President John F. Kennedy revealed that the Soviet Union was secretly installing strategic nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba. More than 40 were to be emplaced, capable of obliterating nearly every...

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The secret of San Cristobal

Forty-seven years ago, on Oct. 22, President John F. Kennedy revealed that the Soviet Union was secretly installing strategic nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba. More than 40 were to be emplaced, capable of obliterating nearly...

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B.C. – Before (Aroldis) Chapman

There's been a lot of talk lately about Cuban pitching prospect and free-agent-to-be Aroldis Chapman. So, I decided to ask Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Pitching Game Finder to show me the big careers, since 1983, of...

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Cuba excels in hurricane preparedness

Like the Gulf Coast of the United States, the island nation of Cuba was hit hard by hurricanes Gustav and Ike in the fall of 2008. However, in Cuba, no one, not a single person, was left to their own luck to survive the...

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Reflections on 'Chavezuela'

Obviously, I didn't just spend 10 days at the French Riviera. Ten days in San Cristobal, Venezuela, talking with family and friends about everything from daily life and their children to politics and economics, well, called for...

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