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Unlike Fidel, Raul Castro has his tomb ready in Cuba (AFP)

yahoo.com 01-Aug-2008 32 related

by Rigoberto Diaz 7 minutes ago SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AFP) - Cubans may not know the ultimate resting place of Fidel Castro, but there is no mystery surrounding the future repose of his brother and successor as president,...

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Cuba to finish Villa Clara to Sancti Spiritus highway connection

havanajournal.com 29-Jul-2008

ACN After nearly two decades, Cuba is ready to resume the construction of the national highway with plans to complete three lanes in a 60 km stretch between the central provinces of Villa Clara and Sancti Spiritus by next year....

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Raul Castro warns Cubans to prepare for slowdown

ft.com 27-Jul-2008 136 related

By Richard Lapper in Santiago de Cuba President Raúl Castro has dampened expectations of rapid change in Cuba, arguing that his country faces tougher conditions as a result of rising fuel and food prices and sharply higher...

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Raúl Castro warns over Cuba slowdown

ft.com 27-Jul-2008 2 related

By Richard Lapper in Santiago de Cuba President Raúl Castro has dampened expectations of rapid change in Cuba, arguing that his country faces tougher conditions as a result of rising fuel and food prices and sharply higher...

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When the going gets tough...

babalublog.com 27-Jul-2008 4 related

Raul Castro warns Cubans of more tough times ahead. SANTIAGO DE CUBA (AFP) — Cuban President Crown Prince Raul Castro has told his compatriots to expect more hard times, but failed to usher in more reforms that many Cubans had...

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What do drunks, children and fools have in common?

babalublog.com 27-Jul-2008 1 related

The answer is that, in Cuba, only they would be quoted in the foreign press according to a man who declined to be interviewed by NPR at yesterday's 26th of July event in Santiago de Cuba. Then the reporter goes on to quote one...

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A boy walks past grafitti in Santiago de Cuba July 25, 2008. ...

yahoo.com 26-Jul-2008

A boy walks past grafitti in Santiago de Cuba July 25, 2008. President Raul Castro returns to the birthplace of the Cuban revolution this week for a speech that will be watched for news on what some consider another, quieter...

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Forced Landing

babalublog.com 25-Jul-2008

By Yoani Sanchez To Felipe, who gave me this metaphor This coming Saturday, July 26, Raúl Castro will speak in Santiago de Cuba. Broadcasting live on TV, he will address a people who still remember last year’s speech in which...

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Santiago de Cuba oil refinery to get free upgrade courtesy of Venezuela

havanajournal.com 28-Jun-2008 1 related

(Original title: Cuba says will double Santiago refinery capacity) Reuters Cuba plans to raise the capacity of a refinery in the eastern city of Santiago to 50,000 barrels a day, more than double current output, the island’s...

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Manuel de Jesús Díaz Breval, R.I.P.

marcmasferrer.typepad.com 25-Jun-2008

Cuban dissident lead Manuel de Jesús Díaz Breval, best known as "Pachi," died Sunday morning in Santiago de Cuba. He was 69. Pachi, who had been suffering from emphysema and other ailments, was chairman of the Cuban Republican...

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