Row erupts as Cuba refuses entry to Spanish, Dutch lawmakers
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A political row erupted after Spain and the Netherlands vehemently protested Cuba's refusal to grant entry to three parliamentary deputies who had arrived in Havana to meet Cuban dissidents.
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Cuba said on Saturday it barred entry to three European lawmakers on a trip to support dissidents, setting back Spain&#39;s campaign to mend frosty
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Cuba on Monday rejected Washington's offer of &#36;50,000 in post-Hurricane Charley aid, calling the gesture hypocritical and the amount humiliating.
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Cuba's communist government said it would defend itself against U.S. attempts to take advantage of Fidel Castro's health crisis as some exiles urged Washington to go further in fostering a democratic transition on the island.
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The government vowed tough measures yesterday against what a leading politician called &#39;&#39;the arrival of jihad in the Netherlands&quot; after
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The Cuban government brought the proposal to the UN, asking the General assembly to reject the embargo, on human rights and fair trade grounds, but the USA urged the body to reject the proposal, saying that any hardship suffered by Cuban citizens is a
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Panama recalled its ambassador from Cuba on Monday after the Cuban government threatened to break off relations in a dispute over four anti-Fidel Castro exiles imprisoned in Panama.
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Cuba will not send a boxing team to the world championships in Chicago in October, heeding Fidel Castroâs fears about future defections after two fighters abandoned their teammates during the Pan American Games last month in Brazil.
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Venezuela rejected criticism by a U.S. State Department spokesman of a proposed media law that government legislators are trying to approve in the National Assembly, said an official Wednesday.
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A measure that would end the U.S. ban on travel to Cuba was dropped on Wednesday by its chief House of Representatives sponsor, who said he could not get "meaningful debate" in an election year on legislation that has attracted bipartisan support for several years.
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The Dutch government on Friday refused to order a referendum on a new EU constitutional treaty which risks opening up new divisions over Europe.
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The largest delegation from the U.S. Congress to visit Cuba since 1959 arrived in Havana on Friday seeking to open a dialogue with the communist government of acting President Raul Castro despite White House opposition to such contacts.
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The Spanish Foreign Ministry summons Cuba's ambassador after an opposition politician is expelled from the island.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch lawmakers accused the government yesterday of underestimating the threat from Islamic terrorists and failing to protect a filmmaker whose slaying is blamed on a suspected Muslim radical.
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The State Department's decision to deny visas to 65 Cuban scholars seeking to attend a conference in Las Vegas drew protests Wednesday from Congress and academia.
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Spain and Cuba said on Thursday they had  held talks on human rights, an issue that led to a diplomatic  freeze with the European Union, but did not say whether they  discussed 59 dissidents held in prison in Cuba.
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Lawmakers from both parties proposed opening up agriculture exports to Cuba and ending travel restrictions, putting them at odds with a White House adamantly opposed to easing a half-century-old embargo.