Wednesday, February 25, 2009

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/AP/story/921053.html

talks about the first time people were able to read a book that was not allowed in the country after 50 years of authority intervention. The book is called "Boring Home" by Orlando Pardo

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

U.S.-Cuba Trade Relations

Outlook good for U.S. rice to Cuba

This article is about the possibility of Cuba restoring trade with the U.S. It focuses specifically on the impact of Cuba importing rice, and how that has the potential to benefit the U.S. rice business.

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Cuba distributes more than 45,000 land parcels

Contrary to the previous article, President Raul Castro just distributed more than 45,000 land parcels composed of unused state lands to citizens (mostly farmers), in an attempt to revitalize Cuba's agriculture business. This article also talks about how he plans on cutting Cuba's imports. So, we'll see how the whole trade-with-Cuba-while-it-becomes-independent-of-trade thing plays out.

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Guatemala apologizes to Cuba for Bay of Pigs

A little more recently, the Guatemalan President, Alvaro Colom, apologized for his role in the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 (a failed CIA attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro). Seeing as how the US has recently expressed interest in restoring trade relations with Cuba, I wonder if this incident, since it's recently resurfacing, will play a role in preventing the restoration of U.S.-Cuban trade relations.

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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-05-voa52.cfm



Fidel Castro criticizes Obama demanding Guantanamo bay back to the Cuban people. And Obamas promise of US energy independence.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Castro wants Guantanamo returned to Cuba (En Español)

This article is a column written by Fidel Castro, in which he claims that the U.S. Government is illegally occupying Guantanamo, and demands that the property be returned to Cuba. Castro also claims that Obama supports the Israeli genocide against the Palenestian people.

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