Read more Cuba stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1671/cuba.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:59:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74429/obama-to-cuban-blogger-next-move-is-castros.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagProminent Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez emailed a list of questions to President Obama, and in an unusual move, he responded. Obama's answers, which Sánchez posted today, largely reiterate his stated positions on Cuba. But he also indicates he has no interest in "talking for the sake of talking," and he...http://www.newser.com/story/74429/obama-to-cuban-blogger-next-move-is-castros.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 15:33:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74331/watchdog-raul-just-as-bad-as-fidel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe perception that Cuba is less repressive under Raúl Castro than Fidel is false, Human Rights Watch says. Dissidents are still harassed by the state, subject to arbitrary detention—532 such cases in the first half of 2009 alone—fired. or denied work. The government also continues to pressure friends...http://www.newser.com/story/74331/watchdog-raul-just-as-bad-as-fidel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 14:45:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72535/castro-sister-i-worked-with-cia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe sister of Fidel and Raúl Castro worked with the CIA in the 1960s, while the agency was planning to assassinate Fidel and overthrow the revolutionary government. In a new book, Juanita Castro, who now lives in Miami, reveals that she hid opponents of her brothers' regime in her home...http://www.newser.com/story/72535/castro-sister-i-worked-with-cia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 9:14:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71460/fugitive-in-68-hijack-nabbed-at-jfk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA longtime fugitive who allegedly hijacked a plane in 1968 and diverted it to Cuba was arrested yesterday at JFK Airport in New York and will be arraigned tomorrow. Luis Armando Pena Soltren, now 66, is accused of smuggling weapons inside a diaper bag and terrorizing dozens of passengers 41...http://www.newser.com/story/71460/fugitive-in-68-hijack-nabbed-at-jfk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 4:55:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70985/travel-to-cuba-soars-under-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTravel between the US and Cuba has soared this year, thanks to the Obama administration. The president hasn’t officially changed any policies regarding Cuba, but permission to travel in or out is suddenly a lot easier to come by, applicants tell the Miami Herald . Joan Brown Campbell, Elian Gonzalez’s church...http://www.newser.com/story/70985/travel-to-cuba-soars-under-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 13:55:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69247/early-castro-compatriot-almeida-dead-at-82.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne of the original leaders of the Cuban Revolution and a general in Fidel Castro’s military has died, the BBC reports. Juan Almeida Bosque, 82, was the third most senior member in Raul Castro’s Council of State and the only black member of the Cuban leadership. Almeida met Fidel at...http://www.newser.com/story/69247/early-castro-compatriot-almeida-dead-at-82.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Sep 2009 12:32:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68855/cuban-activists-rally-around-drunken-youtube-ranter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCuban activists have found an unlikely cause celebré in the case of Juan Carlos González Marcos, who was sent to prison last month for drunkenly interrupting a shoot for a video about reggaeton with a rant about hunger. González was drinking, as he often did, at his neighborhood park in...http://www.newser.com/story/68855/cuban-activists-rally-around-drunken-youtube-ranter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 9:45:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68651/miami-cubans-feud-over-havana-peace-concert.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJuan Esteban Aristizábal, the Colombian pop star better known as Juanes, has sparked a generational spat among Cuban-Americans by agreeing to sing at a “peace concert” in Havana, the Economist reports. Many elders view the event as the Cuban regime’s latest attempt to manipulate public opinion, but 26-year-old Felice Gorordo,...http://www.newser.com/story/68651/miami-cubans-feud-over-havana-peace-concert.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 05 Sep 2009 15:32:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67960/toilet-paper-shortage-gives-cuba-a-pain-in-the.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCuba is battling a toilet paper shortage, the Miami Herald reports. The country says the global financial crisis and recent hurricanes have forced it to shutter factories and cut down on electricity usage. The result: The cost of a four-pack of TP in Havana is the equivalent of 2 days'...http://www.newser.com/story/67960/toilet-paper-shortage-gives-cuba-a-pain-in-the.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 16:36:02 CDT