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Fidel Castro News

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3 hrs ago | Delaware Watch

More McCain Red-baiting: Ad "Castro Prefers Obama"

Thursday, July 24, 2008 McCain has taken his campaign into the gutter already and it's just July.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, Illinois, Illinois Government

Thu Jul 24, 2008

Queerty

McCain Attempts Obama/Castro Link, Breaks Word In Process

John McCain looks more and more desperate as the days go on. Not only did the Republican political hopeful release that ad criticizing the media for loving Barack Obama too much , but now he's running a web ad ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, Barack Obama

Wed Jul 23, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Castro cryptic on Russian bomber report

Ailing Fidel Castro said Wednesday that Cuba's president was right to adopt a "dignified silence" over a Moscow newspaper report that Russia may station nuclear bombers on the island, and said Cuba doesn't owe ...

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Related Topix: Washington, Strategic Defense Initiative, Raul Castro

Los Angeles Times

On Russian visit, Chavez is all business

MOSCOW -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez blew through Russia on Tuesday, cutting business deals, griping about the United States and pumping up the friendship between two oil-rich nations.

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Related Topix: Hugo Chavez, Vladimir Putin

Tue Jul 22, 2008

Daily Mail

The comb-over Soviet-style tyrant who could soon be one of the West's favourite allies

Get ready for the coming transformation of Europe's last official dictatorship into a smiley, freedom-loving friend of the West.

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Related Topix: Europe, Belarus, World News, Condoleezza Rice,

Mon Jul 21, 2008

Cuba Journal

Failing to kill Fidel

Review by Simon Butler 19 July 2008 Executive Action: 634 Ways to Kill Fidel Castro By Fabian Escalante Ocean Press, 2006 RRP $28, 229 pages Former Cuban president Fidel Castro holds one world record most ...

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Sun Jul 20, 2008

The Oregonian

Chavez touts socialism to Venezuela kids

Hugo Chavez on Sunday urged kids to embrace socialism, raising the ire of educators and parents who turned back the Venezuelan president's earlier proposal to rewrite textbooks to add socialist doctrine.

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Related Topix: Hugo Chavez, Family, Kids, US Politics, US News

Raw Story

Fidel Castro praises Nelson Mandela as 'symbol of humanity's highest nobility.'

Fidel Castro on Sunday hailed Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday, calling the Nobel Peace Prize winning icon "a symbol of humanity's highest nobility." "Glory to you Nelson, for 25 years from a solitary prison you ...

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Related Topix: South Africa, Africa, World News

Buzzle.com

Hugo Chavez Does Barack Obama a Favour

Barack Obama has attracted some unwanted support, but he can breathe a sigh of relief as the Venezuelan leader says he won't be backing Obama's presidential campaign In his quest for the White House, there are ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, Hugo Chavez, Terrorism, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election

Sat Jul 19, 2008

American Chronicle

REVIEW: Havana Nocturne: How The Mob Owned Cuba...And Then Lost It To The Revolution

Author: T.J. English ISBN: 979-0-06-114771-5 Between 1952 and 1959 Havana was a city of spectacular growth with dazzling casino and hotel development, tourist resorts, new highways and where the allure of ...

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Related Topix: Opinion

Fri Jul 18, 2008

International Herald Tribune

Saturday, July 26

Today is Saturday, July 26, the 208th day of 2008. There are 158 days left in the year.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, World News, Germany, Winston Churchill, Iraq, Terrorism

Las Cruces Sun-News

Chavez party seeks changes for 3rd term

Venezuela's ruling party pledged Thursday to seek to reform the nation's constitution to let President Hugo Chavez seek indefinite re-election. Proposed changes to end the two-term limit for presidents will be ...

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Related Topix: Hugo Chavez

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Cuba Journal

Cubans eye U.S. election

Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:52 AM Filed Under: Havana, Cuba By Mary Murray, NBC News Havana Bureau Chief HAVANA - ' The U.S. election season is once again in full swing - ' here in Havana.

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Related Topix: John McCain, US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, US Senate, Republican, Illinois, Illinois Government, Cuba, World News

The Hindu

U.S. plans envoy presence in Iran after 30 years

Washington: The U.S. plans to establish a diplomatic presence in Tehran for the first time in 30 years as part of a remarkable turnaround in policy by President George Bush.

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Related Topix: Travel, Switzerland Travel, Washington, George Bush

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Inside Costa Rica

Fidel Castro Censures G8's Lack of Environmental Compromise

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has censured the lack of more environmental compromise from the Group of Eight nations at their recent summit in Hokkaido, Japan.

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Related Topix: Japan, World News

The Miami Herald

Report blasts Radio and TV Mart no-bid deals

The investigating branch of the U.S. Congress has accused the federal agency that oversees radio and television broadcasts to Cuba of awarding more than $1 million in contracts to two Miami broadcast outlets ...

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Related Topix: Media, Miami Metro, TV Azteca SA, Television, William Delahunt, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Tue Jul 15, 2008

Prensa Latina

Fidel Castro: The Powerless Powers

Havana, Jul 15 Cuban leader Fidel Castro stated that the leaders of G-8 nations live beset by problems that include those inherited from the past and the growing tendency of the United States towards political, ...

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Related Topix: Japan

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Denton Record-Chronicle

Cubans are happily adjusting to change under Ra l Castro

Gerardo Guardiola looks beyond the material items newly available to Cubans - cellphones, DVD players, meals at restaurants once reserved for tourists - and keys in on a more fundamental change that has ...

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Related Topix: Smith College, Washington University in Saint Louis, Washington College, Washington State University, Cellphones

Spiked

If you can't inspire them, bribe them

In offering iPods to people who vote, the New Labour government is taking its cue from the Fidel Castro School of Public Engagement.

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Related Topix: New College of Florida, Cuba, World News, The College of New Jersey, The College of Wooster, The College of Idaho

Sun Jul 13, 2008

Home News Tribune

Colombian rescue reveals the armed struggle in Latin American

The spectacular rescue of Ingrid Betancourt, three Americans and 11 Colombian soldiers has given Latin American leaders the opportunity to speak up - and show the world that the political battle in the region ...

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Related Topix: South America, Chile, World News, Hugo Chavez, Terrorism, Colombia

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