Cubans speak out on Castro's invitation
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Taking up Raul Castro's invitation to speak their minds without fear of reprisal, more Cubans have begun publicly complaining and challenging government policies on everything from limits on Internet access to travel restrictions.
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"But it is positive that we are talking about it. Surely, when we talk our positions will become more understandable."  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Cuba was on the verge of a 'major transition,' and chided Spain on Friday for doing business with Fidel Castro while not working more to support dissidents in the communist island nation.Rice's one-day visit here was meant to smooth over a three-year downturn in relations between Washington and the government Madrid, but the disagreement over Cuba has threatened to wash away any growing good will. At issue is Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos's decision to snub Cuban dissidents on a visit to Havana in April. Read more
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HAVANA, Oct. 22 -- Cuban officials said Monday there was a large voter turnout in municipal elections that started a process leading to next year's decision on whether to keep Fidel Castro atop the communist-run island's supreme governing body.
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It wasn't the Bay of Pigs invasion or the U.S. embargo against Cuba that turned Fidel Castro against the United States. He was in the anti-American camp long beforehand.
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The announcement that Fidel Castro would step down opens the way for his brother RaÃºl or another member of his inner circle to become president.
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In the heartland of opposition to Fidel Castro, some Miami exiles expressed relief at the Cuban leader's resignation on Tuesday but others said they doubted it would end his overwhelming influence on their homeland.
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Cuba's ailing leader, Fidel Castro, says he does not want to 'cling' to power
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HAVANA, Aug. 26 -- Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro signed a lengthy essay published Sunday saluting a Cuban political figure but giving no hint of how he is feeling, at a time of persistent rumors of his death.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro is appearing in his first TV interview in more than three months.
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International rights groups welcomed Cuba&#39;s surprise release of three dissidents jailed last year in a broad crackdown, and called on President Fidel Castro&#39;s government to free another 65 still behind bars.
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Fidel Castro telephoned a meeting of provincial legislative leaders, the Communist Party daily said Saturday in a report apparently aimed at quelling rumors about the ailing Cuban leader's health.
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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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Cuba's foreign minister said Sunday it was not certain that Fidel Castro will host a dinner for visiting leaders as noted in a schedule, raising doubts over whether the ailing leader would make his first public appearance since undergoing surgery.
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A clearly recovering Cuban President   Fidel Castro was shown on television on 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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A rare guest appearance by Cuban leader Fidel Castro has turned a routine trade summit into a politically charged gathering of Washington's greatest Latin American foes.
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In his first public comments since becoming Cuba's acting president, Raul Castro said his brother Fidel is recovering and that thousands of troops were mobilized soon after his illness was announced, according to an interview published Friday.
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Hundreds of flag-waving people rallied in Cuba's capital on Tuesday to publicly declare their support for ailing leader Fidel Castro, as assurances he was recovering began to ease Cubans' worries about their long-ruling leader.