Cuba and Spain discuss human rights
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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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Dozens of political prisoners in Cuba should be freed, former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar said Friday at an international conference examining ways to support resistance to Fidel Castro's regime.
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Spain's parliament debates a law to grant reparations to victims of Gen Franco's dictatorship.
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is meeting the Basque president to discuss a plan to give the region more independence.
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A clearly recovering Cuban President Fidel Castro was shown on television Friday meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and brother Raul Castro, to whom he temporarily ceded power a month ago to have abdominal surgery.
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Spain has called in Cuba&#39;s ambassador to Madrid to protest the Cuban expulsion of a conservative Spanish lawmaker who arrived in Havana Friday in hopes of meeting with human rights activists.
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Officials from the EU's 25 member states are considering a Spanish proposal to lift sanctions on Cuba.
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Cuba&#39;s Communist government joined the  debate surrounding Michael Moore&#39;s new documentary &quot;SiCKO&quot; on  Friday, saying the film will allow the world to get a glimpse  of the humaneness of its health system.
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Spain and Britain agreed to look at revisiting European policy on Cuba &quot;so it can be more effective,&quot; Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said following talks with British counterpart Jack Straw.
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Developing co-operative relations between China and Cuba suits the interests of both countries and will contribute to world peace, visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao told his Cuban counterpart on Monday.
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The European Union is considering a  shift in policy toward Cuba that would get it back on speaking  terms with President Fidel Castro's government, diplomats said.
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Cuba ended a diplomatic deadlock with eight European Union nations on Monday in response to proposals by EU officials to stop inviting dissidents to National Day receptions in Havana.
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Spain is to host ministerial level talks in Cordoba with Britain and Gibraltar that could lead to a pathbreaking agreement on use of the British territory's airport, Madrid's foreign ministry said.
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SAN JOSE, Nov 19 (IPS) - Just when it seemed that Cuba would be locked in a   standoff with the other countries represented at the 14th  Ibero-American  Summit, currently underway in the Costa Rican  capital, Mexico's intervention  smoothed the way for a  consensus on a draft resolution condemning the pardon  granted to  four Cubans jailed in Panama for attempting to assassinate Cuban   President Fidel Castro.
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The European Union held informal  exploratory talks with Cuba on Monday on resuming closer ties  after years of tension over human rights issues, an EU diplomat  said.
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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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Parliament on Thursday began debating a law that seeks reparations for victims of Spain's 1936-39 Civil War and the dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco.