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Miami Herald
March 15, 2018
Cubans in the United States who return to live on the island may be able to recover some of their rights as Cubans, but they risk losing some of their U.S. benefits. A string of changes in Cuban migration laws in 2013 allow people who left the island before that date to return to live there — Cubans call it “toÃâà...
Axios
March 13, 2018
Nearly 7 million Cubans, or 78.5% of eligible voters, participated in one-party parliamentary elections Sunday that will ultimately help choose the nation's next president, reports Telesur. Those elected to the 605 member National Assembly will vote April 16 to choose a new Council of State, a 31-member executive bodyÃâà...
The Militant
March 9, 2018
... Cubans from all walks of life, visit workers on the factory floor, work side by side with Cubans in the fields, and exchange views with leaders and members of the unions, the women's federation and other mass organizations. You'll join in the May Day march in Havana, as the Cuban people demonstrateÃâà...
TRT World
March 9, 2018
Cubans will head to the polls on Sunday to elect 605 members to the National Assembly and provincial representatives. One of them will succeed President Raul Castro, who will step down in April, marking the first generational change of leadership under the island's communist rule. "We hope that it will beÃâà...
WPLG Local 10
March 8, 2018
MIAMI - Roberto Bolle is one of the most handsome men in Italy. The statuesque classical ballet dancer and former UNICEF goodwill ambassador recently appeared in Tod's advertising campaign along with Kendall Jenner, the world's highest earning model. Bolle has also modeled for Ferragamo andÃâà...
Havana Times
March 8, 2018
We Cubans also have reasons to join this initiative against sexist violence and in favor of eliminating discrimination in all its forms. The objective is to make visible the important work that women do and, most of the time, goes unpaid. Often, we ourselves don't even give it its proper value. But Migdalia, likeÃâà...
FederalNewsRadio.com
March 2, 2018
With fewer employees on hand, the U.S. Embassy in Havana halted visa processing, forcing Cubans who wish to visit the United States to seek visas through U.S. ... The U.S. is also expected to fall far short of granting the 20,000 immigrant visas to Cubans that have been allotted annually for decades.
Havana Times
March 1, 2018
The Cuban people are the last ones to be served and I've even sometimes been canceled on, after having a date set, because something unexpected comes up. I don't know if I have somewhere to sleep right up until the last moment and that makes my travels a lot more difficult.” Prices of these “vacationÃâà...
Miami Herald
March 1, 2018
There are no campaign buttons or rallies and no one will lose when Cuban voters go to the polls March 11 to ratify pre-chosen slates for the National Assembly of People's Power — Cuba's parliament — and for provincial assemblies. But this year's election will be different. On April 19, the newly seatedÃâà...
ABC News
February 23, 2018
A U.S. military spokeswoman says a wildfire at the Guantanamo Bay Navy base has been put out with help from Cuban fire brigades. Naval base spokeswoman Julie Ripley says Cuba sent a helicopter and crews in several trucks to help extinguish the fire in a remote section of the base under a mutual-aidÃâà...
WPLG Local 10
February 19, 2018
HAVANA - Tourists flock to Havana to take pictures along the world famous Malecon and to shoot the beautiful iconic architecture. But many Cubans are now learning to take these shots in hopes of landing a good paying job. In Havana, residents are receiving real-life lessons in photography at, likely, theÃâà...
Prensa Latina
December 31, 1999
She recalled that this election is the first voting without the physical presence of Fidel Castro; however, his thinking is present in the unity of Cubans ... with the Peoples (ICAP), the world knows about the Cuban people's support for the Revolution and their confidence in the authorities representing them.
FRANCE 24
December 31, 1999
Cubans voted Sunday to ratify a new National Assembly, a key step in a process leading to the elevation of a new president, the first in nearly 60 years from outside the Castro family. The new members of the National Assembly will be tasked with choosing a successor to 86-year-old President Raul CastroÃâà...
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
December 31, 1999
Stephen Mally photos/The Gazette A Cuban sandwich features three types of pork: smoked ham, roast pork and bacon. The Grinder is an Iowa State Fair favorite sandwich. A Reuben sandwich in Robins on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette) A Reuben sandwich is perfect for a St.
The Militant
December 31, 1999
Some 700,000 workers and peasants learned to read and write during what the Cubans called the “Year of Education.” The campaign came just two years after workers and peasants had overthrown the U.S.-supported dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. Fidel Castro and the revolutionary leadership knewÃâà...
