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Friday, April 13, 2012
| Location: | Cuba, Mexico |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Title: | What's brewing in Cuba? Mexico's president |
| Author/Source: | Sandra Hernandez The Los Angeles Times |
| Brief: | Calderon's visit to the island nation is interesting for several reasons. |
| Location: | Cuba, Mexico |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Title: | Felipe Calderon says Mexico, Cuba renewed 'mutual affection' during his island visit |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press The Washington Post |
| Brief: | Mexican President Felipe Calderon said Thursday that his brief visit to Cuba was a "re-encounter" between two nations whose long history of friendship has hit some bumps. |
| Location: | Cuba, Mexico |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Al abandonar la isla Calderon condena el bloqueo a Cuba |
| Author/Source: | Milenio (Mexico) |
| Brief: | El presidente Felipe Calderon reitero a su homologo de Cuba, Raul Castro que Mexico "condena y seguira condenando el bloqueo injustificado cometido sobre la isla desde hace medio siglo". |
Thursday, April 12, 2012
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Cartagena summit should not reject "democratic clause" |
| Author/Source: | Andres Oppenheimer The Miami Herald |
| Brief: | Santos is right in trying to find a way to bring Cuba back into the inter-American diplomatic community. But the way to do it is inviting Cuba as an observer, and urging its military regime to accept some minimum standards of respect for civil, political |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | The Ozzie Guillen affair |
| Author/Source: | Hal Weitzman Chicago Tribune |
| Brief: | The anger of the exiles in Miami is understandable, but it cannot hide the failure of the Cuba embargo. |
| Location: | Cuba, Mexico |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Title: | Mexico's Calderon arrives in Cuba pledging better relations |
| Author/Source: | Jeff Franks Reuters |
| Brief: | Calderon told reporters that Cuba-Mexico relations were in a "renewed stage" and he hoped to "take to its best level." |
| Location: | Cuba, Mexico |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Title: | Mexico's President Calderon pays first official visit to Cuba |
| Author/Source: | Tracy Wilkinson The Los Angeles Times |
| Brief: | The visit is largely symbolic. Calderon has not quite eight months left in office. But it marks an important boost for the Castro government. |
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Cuba: US locked in Cold War, blocks Havana from summit |
| Author/Source: | Carlos Batista Agence France Presse |
| Brief: | The US government vetoed proposals to include Cuba, the Americas' only Communist country, among invited leaders to the summit in Cartagena. |
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
| Location: | Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Venezuela |
| Category: | Human Rights, International Community |
| Title: | CIDH presenta su Informe Anual 2011 |
| Author/Source: | Organization Of American States |
| Brief: | El informe, en su Capitulo IV contiene secciones especiales sobre la situacion de derechos humanos en Colombia, Cuba, Honduras y Venezuela, paises que la CIDH considero que merecian especial atencion. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Fidel Castro laughs at thought of guayabera-wearing Obama |
| Author/Source: | David Trifunov Global Post |
| Brief: | Castro - who relinquished power to his brother, Raul, in 2008 - lambasted Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in his most recent editorial for state media. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | 'Spring' delayed as Cuba follows China's model |
| Author/Source: | John Hughes The Christian Science Monitor |
| Brief: | They are patterned after the Chinese example, namely creating a market economy under a communist political system. |
Monday, April 9, 2012
| Location: | Entire Region, Cuba |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Narcotrafficking |
| Title: | ¿Saldra algo de la Cumbre de las Americas? |
| Author/Source: | Semana (Colombia) |
| Brief: | Los debates sobre Cuba y la despenalizacion de la droga hacen que este evento en Cartagena no sea solo un saludo a la bandera. |
Thursday, April 5, 2012
| Location: | Chile, Cuba |
| Category: | Education |
| Title: | Recibe Fidel Castro a Camila Vallejo y lideres estudiantiles chilenos |
| Author/Source: | Agence France Presse La Jornada (Mexico) |
| Brief: | El lider cubano Fidel Castro recibio durante tres horas el miercoles a Camila Vallejo y a otros dirigentes juveniles chilenos de visita en La Habana, informo este jueves el sitio digital Cubadebate. |
| Location: | Cuba, Mexico |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Title: | Mexico's President Calderon to make first official trip to Cuba |
| Author/Source: | Tracy Wilkinson The Los Angeles Times |
| Brief: | Mexico's conservative President Felipe Calderon will make his first official visit to Cuba next week, a long-delayed effort to improve relations between the two governments. |
| Location: | Cuba, Venezuela |
| Category: | Politics And Security, Press Freedom |
| Title: | How to Handle Rumors of Your Demise: Lessons from Cuba |
| Author/Source: | Exovera |
| Brief: | Chavez's close association with Cuban leader Fidel Castro makes comparisons to how each leader has dealt with their respective health problems inevitable. |
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
| Location: | Entire Region, Cuba, Ecuador |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Ecuador's president to skip Summit of the Americas |
| Author/Source: | Alexandra Valencia Reuters |
| Brief: | Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said on Monday he will not attend this month's Summit of the Americas in Colombia, nor any other gathering that excludes Cuba or fails to address what he calls the region's most pressing issues. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Justice System, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Cuban Five detainee gets furlough to see dying brother |
| Author/Source: | Nick Miroff Global Post |
| Brief: | Because while Gonzalez is back in Cuba now, he can't stay. Over the objections of the Obama administration, US federal Judge Joan Lenard granted him a two-week furlough to visit his dying brother, who is suffering from lung cancer. |
| Location: | Cuba, Ecuador |
| Category: | Church's Role, Politics And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Daily Press Briefing - Cuba & Ecuador |
| Author/Source: | Mark C. Toner Deputy Spokesperson U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | We believe the summit offers an opportunity for the leaders to discuss issues that concern all of the citizens of the hemisphere, but ultimately it’s each country’s own decision to decide whether to participate. |
Monday, April 2, 2012
| Location: | Entire Region, Cuba, Venezuela |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Chavez: April summit should be last without Cuba |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press The Miami Herald |
| Brief: | "This will be the last so-called Summit of the Americas without Cuba. The next one wouldn't occur," Chavez said in a phone call broadcast on state television Monday night. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Human Rights, Public Security |
| Title: | Beating spotlights Cuban's message |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press Winston-Salem Journal |
| Brief: | As he was removed from the square, Carrion was slapped and beaten violently with a folded gurney by a group of at least three men, including one wearing a Cuban Red Cross uniform. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Reaccion mixta a la visita del Papa a Cuba |
| Author/Source: | Juan O. Tamayo The Miami Herald |
| Brief: | Los analistas estan de acuerdo en que tomara tiempo para ver los verdaderos resultados incluso de las partes mas concretas de la visita. |
| Location: | Cuba, Mexico |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Title: | Calderon to Visit Cuba Prior to Summit of the Americas |
| Author/Source: | Americas Quarterly |
| Brief: | The visit to Cuba will be the first for the Partido Accion Nacional (PAN) president; a planned 2009 visit was postponed after outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus. |
| Location: | Cuba, Venezuela |
| Category: | Public Security |
| Title: | Espias cubanos sostienen el regimen de Hugo Chavez |
| Author/Source: | Antonio Maria Delgado El Nuevo Herald |
| Brief: | Pero tambien suministro miles de agentes que operan con total liberad en Venezuela para moniteorear a la oposicion y detectar cualquier riesgo de alzamiento dentro de las fuerzas armadas. |
Friday, March 30, 2012
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Politics And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Cuba Policy / The Pope's Visit |
| Author/Source: | Mark C. Toner U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | We've long said as well that our Cuba policy is focused on improving relations between American people and the Cuban people, and we've taken steps to that end to improve that kind of communication and that kind of cooperation. |
Thursday, March 29, 2012
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Analysis: Pope, Castros talked past each other |
| Author/Source: | Paul Haven Associated Press |
| Brief: | The spiritual leader of the world's Roman Catholics and the brothers who have carried Cuba along an increasingly solitary Communist path mixed warm smiles with the hard language of their respective camps during Pope Benedict XVI's three-day tour of Cuba. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Bendict calls for "authentic freedom" in Cuba and has cordial chat with Fidel Castro |
| Author/Source: | MercoPress |
| Brief: | The leader of the world's 1.2 billon Catholics led a public Mass in Havana's vast Revolution Square where Castro, 85, once drew huge crowds to listen to his fiery hours-long speeches. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Pope wraps Cuba visit with Mass, Fidel meeting |
| Author/Source: | Anne-Marie Garcia, Nicole Winfield, Peter Orsi, Vivian Seque Associated Press Star Advertiser |
| Brief: | Later, the president's brother, revolutionary leader Fidel, grilled the pontiff on changes in church liturgy and his role as spiritual leader of the world's Catholics, a Vatican spokesman said. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Politics And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Pope Calls for 'Authentic Freedom' in Cuba |
| Author/Source: | Randal C. Archibold, Rachel Donadio The New York Times |
| Brief: | But reflecting an effort to stay in the good graces of his hosts and usher in even more religious freedom on the island, he also denounced the American economic embargo that Cuba has long blamed for most of its troubles. |
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Human Rights, Politics And Security |
| Title: | What Happened to Cuba's Mystery Protester? |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press Fox News Latino |
| Brief: | Just before Monday's Mass was to begin in Santiago's main square, the man wearing a dark T-shirt and cap yelled "Down with the Revolution! Down with the dictatorship!" near journalists covering the ceremony. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Pope in Cuba Softens Some Exiles in Miami |
| Author/Source: | Charlie Devereux Bloomberg Business Week |
| Brief: | The visit comes 14 years after Saladrigas led a group of Cuban Americans that blocked Bishop Thomas G. Wenski of Orlando's plans to take a cruise ship of Catholics from Florida for Pope John Paul II's visit to Cuba. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Video: Fidel Castro asks for 'modest and simple' meeting with pope |
| Author/Source: | David Ariosto CNN |
| Brief: | Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro says he has asked for a "modest and simple" meeting with Pope Benedict XVI in Havana on Wednesday. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Video: Cuba vows to keep its political system despite pope's comments |
| Author/Source: | David Ariosto CNN |
| Brief: | "In Cuba, there will not be political reform," said Marino Murillo, vice president of the island's council of ministers. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Pope in Cuba: a heavy dose of religion |
| Author/Source: | Nick Miroff Global Post |
| Brief: | If Pope Benedict XVI is going to leave a lasting impression on this island - as his predecessor John Paul II did in 1998 - today will be his final opportunity. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Pope in Cuba prays for 'renewal and hope' |
| Author/Source: | Associated Press The Guardian (UK) |
| Brief: | Communist government rebuffs Benedict XVI's call for political change but Fidel Castro willing to meet pontiff. |
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Video: Pope to visit Cuban capital of Havana on Tuesday |
| Author/Source: | David Ariosto CNN |
| Brief: | Pope Benedict XVI will fly to the Cuban capital of Havana on Tuesday and preside over a Mass in the city's Revolution Plaza the following day. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Raul Castro Greets Pope Benedict at Start of Closely Watched Visit |
| Author/Source: | Rachel Donadio, Victoria Burnett The New York Times |
| Brief: | "I am convinced that Cuba, at this moment of particular importance in its history, is already looking to the future, and thus is striving to renew and broaden its horizons," the pope said. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | In Cuba, Pope Calls for a More Open Society, Cooperation |
| Author/Source: | Nicholas Casey, David Luhnow The Wall Street Journal |
| Brief: | Even as the pontiff was greeted warmly by cheers and waving flags, Cuban dissidents said they had been blocked from attending ceremonies in a crackdown which had began this weekend and has left at least 50 people detained, according to several dissidents. |
Monday, March 26, 2012
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Human Rights, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Some Cuban-Americans Wary As Cuba Welcomes Pope |
| Author/Source: | Greg Allen NPR |
| Brief: | But when Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Cuba on Monday, hundreds of Cuban-Americans will be on hand in Santiago de Cuba when he celebrates Mass. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Human Rights, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Cuba's Ladies in White protest without incident |
| Author/Source: | Vivian Sequera Associated Press San Jose Mercury News |
| Brief: | A Cuban dissident group known as the Ladies in White held its customary weekly protest without incident Sunday on the eve of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the island. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Rolling out welcome mat for pope, Cuba continues complex relationship with Catholic Church |
| Author/Source: | Patrick Oppmann CNN |
| Brief: | After decades of chilly relations between church and state here, including the near dismantling of Cuba's Catholic Church in the 1960s, the Castro regime is rolling out the welcome mat for the pope's visit. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Of Popes and Potatoes |
| Author/Source: | Yoani Sanchez Foreign Policy |
| Brief: | We already know, for example, that the phrase, "Let Cuba open herself to the world and let the world open itself to Cuba," never became more than the beautiful intention of the Polish pope. |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Video: Revolution in retreat |
| Author/Source: | The Economist (UK) |
| Brief: | Under Raul Castro, Cuba has begun the journey towards capitalism. But it will take a decade and a big political battle to complete, says Michael Reid |
| Location: | Cuba |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Catholic Church Deals With a Diminished Role in Cuban Life |
| Author/Source: | Randal C. Archibold The New York Times |
| Brief: | Since most restrictions on worship were lifted in the early 1990s, it has been Pentecostal and evangelical churches like Pastor Ortega's, which is said to be among the largest churches now in Cuba, that have watched their membership rolls explode while th |
| Location: | Cuba, Venezuela |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Venezuela's Hugo Chavez returns to Cuba for radiotherapy |
| Author/Source: | BBC (UK) |
| Brief: | The Venezuelan leader's illness has cast doubt on his ability to campaign for re-election in October. |
| Location: | Cuba, Venezuela |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Chavez in Cuba for Treatment, but Hasn’t Sought Visit With Pope |
| Author/Source: | William Neuman, Rachel Donadio The New York Times |
| Brief: | Mr. Chavez has locked horns in the past with the Catholic hierarchy in his country, but since he fell ill with cancer last year, he has increasingly put his personal religious expressions on public display. |