Castro vows Cuba will defend itself against U.S.
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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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Fidel Castro sent Cubans a sober greeting on his 80th birthday Sunday, saying he faces a long recovery from surgery &#151; and warning they should be prepared for "adverse news." But he encouraged them to be optimistic and said Cuba "will continue marching on perfectly well."
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Haiti&#39;s US-backed government vowed on Friday to crush &quot;terrorist&quot; supporters of exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide as gunfire crackled in the capital
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Despite pressure from members of Congress and business groups, the United States has no plans to soften its policies toward Cuba as the island heads into the post-Fidel Castro era, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez says.
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America's five-decade trade embargo on Cuba is expected to be far more durable than Fidel Castro, the Cuban leader it was aimed at deposing.
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Panama's new President Martin  Torrijos vowed on Wednesday to mend diplomatic ties with Cuba,  ruptured last week when his predecessor pardoned four men  jailed for plotting to kill Cuban President Fidel Castro.
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The State Department is accusing Cuba of training Colombian rebels and says it is troubled by a large presence of Cuban personnel in Venezuela, whose president, Hugo Chavez, is a close ally of Cuban President Fidel Castro.
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Acting President Raul Castro said Cuba remains open to normalized relations with the United States, but warned the Bush administration in his first comments since assuming power that it will get nowhere with threats or pressure.
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Iran is ready to defend itself if the West decides to attack it over Tehran's nuclear program, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards said on Friday.
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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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Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro took on  front-running U.S. Republican presidential candidate John  McCain on Monday, accusing him of lying about Cubans torturing  American prisoners of war in Vietnam.
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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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Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said on Tuesday that he will not return to lead the country, retiring as head of state 49 years after he seized power in an armed revolution.
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MEXICO CITY, June 12 -- Convalescing Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Tuesday mocked President Bush's trips to Albania and Bulgaria this week in an editorial headlined: "The Tyrant visits Tirana," a reference to the capital of Albania.
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Text of the letter from Fidel Castro that was read on state television Monday by his secretary, Carlos Valenciaga:
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President Bush insisted this afternoon that the confrontational U.S. approach to Cuba will endure until there is a change in its communist government and challenged the rest of the world to support efforts to bring democracy to the island nation.
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Fidel Castro reached out to Cuba's youth on Sunday, writing that "If the young people fail, everything will fail" in a public acknowledgement of the Communist Party's struggle to motivate a new generation.