Castro says Cuba right to rebuff EU dialogue offer
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Cuba was right to reject calls from the  European Union for negotiations to improve relations until the  EU scraps sanctions against the island, Cuban leader Fidel  Castro said in an editorial published on Thursday.
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Cuba said on Saturday it barred entry to three European lawmakers on a trip to support dissidents, setting back Spain's campaign to mend frosty ties between the EU bloc and the communist-ruled island.
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The Cuban government has resumed formal diplomatic contacts with eight European nations, including France, Germany and Britain, Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque said Monday.
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Cuba's Fidel Castro says CIA admissions of illicit Cold War tactics disguise the fact the US is still using them.
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Cuba will continue to build up its defenses against the United States and Cubans should be prepared to make more sacrifices to remain independent, Cuban leader Fidel Castro said in an editorial published on Monday.
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The United States on Wednesday rebuffed a recent offer by Cuba for talks and said Havana had become even more hard-line since Raul Castro stepped in for his ailing brother Fidel Castro.
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Acting President Raul Castro said Cuba remains open to normalized relations with the United States, but warned the Bush administration in his first comments since assuming power that it will get nowhere with threats or pressure.
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Cuba's ailing leader, Fidel Castro, says he does not want to 'cling' to power
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Friday that he spoke on Thursday with ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who temporarily stepped aside in July following intestinal surgery.
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The European Union agreed on Tuesday to rethink its practice of inviting Cuban dissidents to diplomatic receptions in Havana after the invitations soured relations between Cuba and the bloc.
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Cuba's ailing leader, Fidel Castro says he will not return to the presidency, in an letter published in the official press.
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Cuba restores contacts with eight EU embassies in Havana, ending a bitter row over "dissident cocktail wars".
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The EU suspends a diplomatic freeze imposed on Cuba in response to human rights violations.
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Cuba's communist government rejected calls from the European Union for negotiations to improve relations on Friday and said talks can only happen when the EU scraps sanctions imposed on the island in 2003.
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Poland vowed on Friday to reopen debate  on an EU treaty deal to ensure it gets the concessions it wants  on voting rights, clashing again with European partners who say  those discussions are over.
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In a bid to thaw icy relations with Europe after last year's crackdown on dissent, Cuban authorities released well-known writer Raul Rivero and four other dissidents as the EU reviews diplomatic sanctions against the island nation.
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Javier Solana, European Union foreign policy chief, was on Thursday forced to issue a retraction after saying he had made &quot;direct contact&quot; with Hamas, listed by the EU as a banned terrorist group.