Cuba Tightens Control Over Tourist Nightlife Spots
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Ernest Hemingway's favorite bars in  Havana are under new management in a drive by Cuba's Communist  government to increase control over its main cash cow, the  tourist trade.
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Cuba has released five political prisoners, including poet and journalist Raul Rivero, in recent days, in an apparent attempt to improve ties with the European Union.
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The venue and date of Madonna's Moscow tour date are changed to allay fears about safety.
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The Cuban government announced it was renewing diplomatic contacts with eight European Union countries that have stopped inviting dissidents to official embassy functions.
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Cuba will free seven of 59 dissidents imprisoned since 2003, a move that opponents of ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said reflects a "climate of change" under his brother's rule.
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HAVANA Despite tighter American restrictions on Cuba, Havana has signed more deals to buy US cattle and wheat. It happened at a major international trade fair in Havana, where American businesses played a major role.
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Argentina&#39;s most revered soccer star, Diego Maradona, will soon begin treatment in Cuba for his drug addiction, Argentine news sources reported Tuesday.
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Cigar-producing Cuba says a ban on smoking in some public places will come into force in February.
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At first glance, Havana's Chinatown seems a misnomer. Restaurants serve pizza, and actual Chinese are vastly outnumbered by tourists and Hispanics.
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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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Cuba announced Monday that US dollars will no longer be accepted at businesses and stores on the communist island starting next month in a move that will radically change the
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Cuba on Monday began an island-wide ban on smoking in public places such as stores, theaters, and office buildings. But some Cubans didn't seem to know, or care, and continued to light up their black tobacco cigarettes in enclosed areas now designated as nonsmoking.
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Spain has tightened control over prisoners tied to Islamic terrorism or who exhibit other signs of extremism, EFE said Tuesday.
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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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HAVANA -- At first glance, Havana's Chinatown seems a misnomer. Restaurants serve pizza, and actual Chinese are vastly outnumbered by tourists and Hispanics.
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Aficionados of Cuba's famous hand-rolled cigars will be able to puff away without fear of running afoul of new anti-smoking laws during the island's annual cigar festival, organizers said Thursday.
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Cuba HAVANA -- Cuban press authorities have told the Havana correspondents for the Chicago Tribune, the BBC, and a major Mexican newspaper that they can no longer report from the island. The Chicago Tribune said correspondent Gary Marx, based in the country since 2002, was told Wednesday that his stories were too negative. His press credentials were not renewed during ...