Cuba official wants U.S. 'regime change'
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A top Cuban official said Friday he hopes the United States will experience "regime change" and stop interfering in the affairs of governments around the globe.
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A senior Cuban official has defended the country's Internet restrictions as a response to U.S. aggression and called for controlling "the wild colt of new technologies."
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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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Cuba vowed to defy U.S. efforts for economic and political change on the island in a front-page editorial Thursday in the Communist Party's newspaper that also referred to dissidents as "mercenaries" and "counterrevolutionary puppies."
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High-ranking US officials and lawmakers are pressuring the State Department to take a more punishing tone with Venezuela, at the risk of tossing &quot;red meat&quot; to President Hugo Chavez, who now rules by decree, experts told AFP.
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A delegation of American lawmakers sought improved diplomatic and economic ties with Cuba on Friday, anticipating leadership changes in Havana and on Capitol Hill.
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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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Fidel Castro indicated in a statement that he was willing to hand over the reins of Cubaâs government to a younger generation of leaders.
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Spain and the United States will work more closely together to encourage democracy in Cuba, despite conflicting approaches to the communist state, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday.
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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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A Cuban rafter who was sent back to communist Cuba by the United States 11 months ago said Monday he would take to the sea again in a 19th bid to get to Florida if Cuban authorities do not allow him to emigrate legally.
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Putting an end to nearly five decades of animosity between Cuba and its ideological foe the United States depends entirely on Washington, Cuban leader Fidel Castro said in an editorial published on Monday.
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A presidential candidate backed by Venezuela's major opposition parties pledged Thursday that, if elected, his government would remain independent of both U.S. and Cuban influence.
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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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Cuban officials called a veteran human rights activist a "mercenary" for the United States on Monday, accusing him of exaggerating the number of political prisoners held on the island to make money and destabilize the communist system.
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Leftist intellectuals and human rights activists from around the world pleaded with the United States on Monday not to interfere with Cuba while Fidel Castro recovers from intestinal surgery, and Cuba's parliament speaker warned the U.S. would face dire consequences if it did.
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The Bush administration chose Thursday to urge change in Fidel Castro's Cuba rather than speculate on the health of its aging leader.