Havana halts EU 'cocktail wars'
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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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Chicago Tribune - The Cuban government announced Monday that it is restoring diplomatic contacts with eight European countries almost two years after European nations scaled back their ties following the communist government's crackdown on dissent.
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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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The United Nations and European Union were Wednesday trying to settle a "misunderstanding" that led Kabul to order the expulsion of two senior European diplomats after claims they contacted Taliban militants.
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The EU called off its sanctions on &#36;4 billion worth of U.S. goods on Monday after Washington repealed illegal export tax subsidies, bringing some balm to transatlantic ties wounded by a battle over Airbus and Boeing.
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Cuba said Monday it was resuming formal ties with all of Europe, ending a deep freeze in relations following a 2003 crackdown on dissidents and the firing-squad executions of three men who tried to hijack a ferry.
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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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The US dollar, after a decade as the dominant currency for buying everything from shampoo to canned food to furniture, is no longer accepted in Cuba as of yesterday.
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MADRID, June 1 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a lightning stop here Friday, intending to signal an end to the Bush administration's diplomatic deep freeze of the Spanish government, but new tensions emerged over dealings with Cuba.
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Washington says Cuba should move to democracy after Fidel Castro says he is retiring, but its embargo stands.
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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 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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HAVANA  - Cuba freed a fourth and fifth regime opponent in a two-day period, and newly released journalist-poet Raul Rivero urged dialogue over international pressure.
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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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MIAMI, Feb. 19 -- As the news spread Tuesday morning that Fidel Castro was ceding power, the Versailles Restaurant was the scene of a predictable ruckus.
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Powerhouse Cuba has pulled out of the amateur World Boxing Championship in Chicago in October to avoid new defections by its boxers, the Cuban Boxing Federation said on Wednesday.
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Cuba announced yesterday that it had re-established formal contacts with Spain after a freeze in relations, despite continued EU measures against the island and the new Spanish prime minister - s recent ...