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Cuban constitutional reform spawns unusual public debate
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Cuban constitutional reform spawns unusual public debate

  HAVANA (AP) — In a country with no opinion polls, campaigns or independent mass media, a series of meetings…
Bureaucrat set to replace Raul Castro as Cuba’s president
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Bureaucrat set to replace Raul Castro as Cuba’s president

A 57-year-old bureaucrat will take Raul Castro’s place as the president of Cuba on Thursday as a government led by…
Dangerous sound? What Americans heard in Cuba attacks
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Dangerous sound? What Americans heard in Cuba attacks

It sounds sort of like a mass of crickets. A high-pitched whine, but from what? It seems to undulate, even…
Analysis: If attacks aim to divide US-Cuba, they’re working
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Analysis: If attacks aim to divide US-Cuba, they’re working

When Americans started falling ill last year in Havana, the victims of eerie, invisible attacks, investigators seized on a key…
Ties threatened: US to ask Cuba to cut most of its diplomats
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Ties threatened: US to ask Cuba to cut most of its diplomats

Only days ago, the United States and Cuba maintained dozens of diplomats in newly re-opened embassies in Havana and Washington,…
Attacked in bed, safe a few feet away: Cuba mystery deepens
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Attacked in bed, safe a few feet away: Cuba mystery deepens

The blaring, grinding noise jolted the American diplomat from his bed in a Havana hotel. He moved just a few…
Cuba bounces back from recession in first half of year: minister
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Cuba bounces back from recession in first half of year: minister

Cuba’s economy bounced back from recession and expanded an estimated 1.1 percent in the first half of this year, driven…
Castro, 84, says Cuba’s leaders are too old, proposes limits
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Castro, 84, says Cuba’s leaders are too old, proposes limits

Future top leaders of Cuba's Communist party should retire at 70 to let in younger blood, President Raul Castro said…
Obama challenges Communist-led Cuba with call for democracy
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Obama challenges Communist-led Cuba with call for democracy

US President Barack Obama challenged Cuba's Communist government with an impassioned call for democracy and economic reforms on Tuesday, addressing…
Cuba casts aside rancor to welcome Obama on historic visit
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Cuba casts aside rancor to welcome Obama on historic visit

President Barack Obama arrives in Cuba on Sunday for a 48-hour visit, making history by venturing into what was once…
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