Cuban nationals can be found every day at the busy corner of Amazonas and Naciones Unidas avenues in the Ecuadorean capital, where the National Civil Registry Office is located.

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ON JULY 7th a terrorist was brought to justice. Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al-Qosi, a Sudanese man who was said to have worked in Afghanistan as Osama bin Ladena TMs bodyguard, driver, cook and paymaster, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and supporting terrorism.

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In this file photo, Omar Khadr listens to Interrogator 1 testify during his military hearing in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in this court sketch.

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Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro says he plans to publish a book next month that focuses on the Cuban revolution that brought him to power more than 50 years ago.

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Another day, another secret bar. yawn. you'll find the staircase that leads to Cienfuegos tucked away in the back of the Cuban sandwich shop Carteles.

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HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- Cuba's lawmakers on Wednesday mulled legalizing more small private businesses, perhaps expanding a limited program to include farm and food industries in the economically struggling communist nation, state media said. Committees in the National Assembly were reviewing... www.caribbeannetnews.com | 7/29/10 12:00 AM

A view of Capitol plaza in Havana, Cuba. Photograph by: Dave Makichuk, for the Calgary Herald Cody LeCompte's story is a sad cautionary tale about visiting Cuba -- a popular destination for Canadian tourists and one full of pitfalls of the kind that trapped LeCompte.

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A recently freed Cuban political prisoner was preparing to board his Wednesday flight to the U.S from Havana's airport.

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Santa Maria Cay, Cuba, Jul 27 The first Cuba-Venezuela Presidential Summit reviewed the progress of bilateral relations and asserted the mutual willingness to achieve a real Economic Union.

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Havana, Jul 27 Cuban deputies are fine-tuning details for two days of debates commencing on July 28 in the 12 Permanent Commissions in preparation for the 5th sessions of the 7th Legislature of the National Assembly of People''s Power.

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Havana, 28 jul "The Strategic Victory" is the most recent reflection by the leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro.

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Three generations of jazz musicianship strong, the legendary Valdes family roots continue on with the Chuchito Valdes Afro-Cuban Ensemble, the featured act in tonight's Glenwood Springs Summer of Jazz series concert.

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Readers are starting to get scary-good at this game. One writes: Alright you bastard.

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SANTA CLARA, Cuba (AFP) -- Fidel Castro made an appearance on Monday marking the start of Cuba's communist revolution, in the latest in a series of public events for the country's longtime leader. Wearing his traditional olive green shirt, Fidel Castro was seen in television images at the ceremony. www.caribbeannetnews.com | 7/28/10 12:00 AM

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- Fidel Castro unveiled plans on Tuesday to release a book in August that includes stories from his childhood and explains how he became a revolutionary. The longtime Cuban leader said the 25-chapter book would be titled "La Victoria Estrategica," or "The Strategic Victory." www.caribbeannetnews.com | 7/28/10 12:00 AM

Cuban leaders will not be rushed into decisions about economic reforms and whatever they do will be faithful to the ideals of the Cuban revolution, Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura said yesterday in a nationally televised speech.

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Thanks to rising obesity rates in Latin America and the Caribbean, elderly people there are becoming more likely to suffer from disabilities, according to a paper recently published by University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers in the American Journal of Epidemiology .

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Havana, Jul 26 The Cuban Five, antiterrorist fighters unjustly imprisoned in the United States, sent their greetings to the Cuban people for the 26th of July, the 57th anniversary of the assaults on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes garrisons.

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Former Cuban president Fidel Castro made a brief appearance at a wreath laying ceremony in Havana as Cuba celebrated its Revolution Day. Socialist speakers spent Cuba's Revolution Day criticising... story.venezuelastar.com | 7/27/10 12:27 PM

Former Cuban president Fidel Castro made a brief appearance at a wreath laying ceremony in Havana as Cuba celebrated its Revolution Day. Socialist speakers spent Cuba's Revolution Day criticising... story.caribbeanherald.com | 7/27/10 12:27 PM

A Sudanese prisoner accused of guarding Osama bin Laden and helping him escape US forces in Afghanistan pleaded guilty in the Guantanamo tribunals on Wednesday, giving the Obama administration its first conviction in the controversial war crimes court.

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Countless Canadians vow to vacation elsewhere after learning about Cody LeCompte, the Simcoe teen trapped in Cuba for three months.

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Cuba and Venezuela signed 139 bilateral cooperation agreements on Monday in northeastern Cuba.

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HAVANA, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Cuba and Venezuela signed 139 bilateral cooperation agreements on Monday in northeastern Cuba. The agreements were signed during a meeting between Cuban leader Raul Castro... story.venezuelastar.com | 7/27/10 2:52 AM

Cuba and Venezuela signed 139 bilateral cooperation agreements on Monday in northeastern Cuba.The agreements were signed during a meeting between Cuban leader Raul Castro and Venezuelan Vice President... story.venezuelastar.com | 7/27/10 2:51 AM

Cuba and Venezuela signed 139 bilateral cooperation agreements on Monday in northeastern Cuba.The agreements were signed during a meeting between Cuban leader Raul Castro and Venezuelan Vice President... story.caribbeanherald.com | 7/27/10 2:51 AM

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SANTA CLARA, Cuba (AFP) -- President Raul Castro refrained from speaking on Monday at celebrations marking the start of Cuba's communist revolution, dashing expectations he would announce a loosening of controls on the island's economy. Instead, Vice President Jose Ramon Machado, an old-guard... www.caribbeannetnews.com | 7/27/10 12:00 AM

CAYO SANTAMARIA, Cuba (ACN) -- “We are moving towards the economic union between Cuba and Venezuela” said Cuban President Raul Castro in closing the first summit between the two nations on Monday. Castro pointed out that both nations have travelled a long and intense way together. www.caribbeannetnews.com | 7/27/10 12:00 AM

SANTA CLARA, Cuba a " A B-team of socialist speakers spent Cuba's Revolution Day bashing the United States for everything from its drug consumption to the war in Iraq to its military support for Colombia, portraying Washington as the great villain in world affairs.But the day was more notable for who didn't address the crowd a " President Raul ...

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During his campaign and at the beginning of his presidency Barack Obama promised to shut Guantanamo and give its prisoners their freedom.

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SANTA CLARA (Cuba), July 26 (RIA Novosti) - More than 90,000 people gathered in Santa Clara, central Cuba, to mark the anniversary of the start of the revolution in 1953. On July 26, 1953 a group of ... story.trinidadtimes.com | 7/26/10 4:10 PM

Cuba's President Raul Castro, front left, and Venezuela's Vice-President Rafael Ramirez applaud during a rally marking the Cuba's Revolution Day in Santa Clara, Cuba, 26 Jul 2010. story.venezuelastar.com | 7/26/10 3:25 PM

A prisoner with a long ponytail and dark glasses took seeds out of a small clear plastic bag and sprinkled them on a spit of land surrounded by gravel and razor wire.

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This scene remains a hopeful vision for America's farmers and ranchers: American tourists strolling down the paving-stone streets, browsing the colorful shops and enjoying the rustic cantinas of Old Havana.

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In this file photo, Omar Khadr listens to Interrogator 1 testify during his military hearing in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in this court sketch.

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Omar Khadr listens to Interrogator 1 testify during his military hearing in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in this May 6, 2010 court sketch.

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A man uses an umbrella in the rain as he walks by the former Saint Francis of Assisi convent, currently a museum, in Old Havana, Cuba Photographer: Javier Galeano/AP Dominoes dancing 12 Nov 2007: As the World Domino Championship takes place in Havana, organisers say more women are now competing in the male-dominated game More video Capturing Cuba ...

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It would be easy for Raul Castro to make headlines in a major Revolution Day speech Monday.

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After 50 years, the U.S. travel ban on Cuba has not made the island any more free.

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Before their lives changed in a phone call from Cuba's Cardinal Jaime Ortega, the men's days were focused on surviving notoriously harsh Cuban prisons, their energy spent on winning a psychological war with their jailers, armed with only a sliver of hope that one day they might get out.

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The decade of the 1950's was marked by the baby boom, the Cold War, the Iron Curtain, Hollywood blacklists, drive-in movies, suburban build ups, rock and roll, nuclear proliferation, and the space race.

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Before their lives changed in a phone call from Cuba's Cardinal Jaime Ortega, the men's days were focused on surviving notoriously harsh Cuban prisons, their energy spent on winning a psychological war with their jailers, armed with only a sliver of hope that one day they might get out.

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The venue is undistinguished: a cramped theater tucked beneath a downtown apartment block.

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Havana, Jul 24 Artists of the central province of Villa Clara will celebrate on Saturday night the anniversary of the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes barracks on July 26, 1953, a national day in Cuba.

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As the government of Raul and Fidel Castro appears to be loosening its grip, Andrew Hamilton finds a country waiting to take advantage of the imminent capitalist explosion.

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Ciego de Avila, Cuba Jul 23 Cuba needs more art for promoting community social development, Culture Minister Abel Prieto said at a graduation ceremony for future concert band members.

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Havana, Jul 23 Cuba became the first country to win two gold medals at the 13th IAAF World Junior Championships in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, which end Sunday.

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Cuban dissident Antonio Ramon Diaz Sanchez holds a Cuban flag as he arrives at a hotel in Madrid, on Friday, July 23, 2010.

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U.S. military guards move a detainee inside Camp VI at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on March 30, 2010.

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