Friday 10th September, 2010
Castro: Cuban System Needs Change
Cuban leader Fidel Castro says communism isn't working in his Caribbean island nation and the state-dominated system is in need of change. The state currently controls over 90 percent of the Cuban ec...
Fidel opens space for internal dissent in Cuba, expert says
Washington - The comment by historic Cuban leader Fidel Castro that 'the Cuban model doesn't even work' for the communist island anymore has gone round the world in a matter of hours.
Wynton Marsalis-led NY jazz band to travel to Cuba
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City's Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is traveling to Cuba next month for a series of concerts in Havana with bandleader Wynton Marsalis.
Cuba: My Revolution - HC Review
General SourcesComics can be a surprisingly useful method of learning about other cultures. Many artists and writers have turned to the medium to chronicle their travels and experiences in foreign lands and among un...
Stolen Castro Valley dog reunited with owner
Oakland TribuneCASTRO VALLEY -- Looking considerably heavier and a bit nappy, Lula the dognapped bichon frise-papillon mix was reunited with her owner Wednesday after being purchased at the San Jose Flea Market abou...
Cuban officials, public mourn U.S. activist's death
SINAHAVANA, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Cuban government officials and the general public mourned on Thursday the death of U.S. activist Lucius Walker, leader of the solidarity movement Pastors for Peace. A con...
Communism isn’t working: Fidel Castro
Belfast TelegraphCuba's communism doesn't work and the verdict comes from the most unlikely source — Fidel Castro himself. The revolutionary leader told a visiting American journalist and a US-Cuba policy...
Castro says Cuba's economic model is flawed
General SourcesFidel Castro's comment to a visiting U.S. journalist that Cuba's economic system doesn't work is the strongest signal yet that the communist island is looking to private enterprise and foreign investm...
Students' strike in Cuba draws never-before-seen anti-riot squad
Miami HeraldA Cuban anti-riot squad, previously unseen but surprisingly well-equipped and with fixed bayonets, quelled a Pakistani student protest in Matanzas, a video of the event shows. ``Our hand will not trem...
Fidel Castro admits communist system has failed in Cuba
General SourcesH AVANA - Fidel Castro admitted to a visiting American journalist that Cuba’s communist economic model has failed and isn’t worth exporting. “The Cuban model doesn’t even work...
Cuban Blogger Named IPI's World Press Hero
General SourcesSOURCE: International Press Institute(IPI/IFEX) - VIENNA, 3 September - The International Press Institute today declared Cuban blogger Yoani Maria Sanchez Cordero its 60th World Press Freedom Hero...
Fidel Castro says Cuban model doesn't work
News and SentinelHAVANA (AP) — Fidel Castro told a visiting American journalist that Cuba's communist economic model doesn't work, a rare comment on domestic affairs from a man who has conspicuously steered clear of...
Fidel latest to say Cuba's communism doesn't work
The Seattle TimesHAVANA — Cuba's communist economic model has come in for criticism from an unlikely source: Fidel Castro. The revolutionary leader told a visiting American journalist and a U.S.-Cuba policy exp...
Cuba dominates homecoming game
General SourcesThursday, 09 September 2010 21:27 Sometimes, if you’re lucky, the plan goes according to plan. Friday night’s plan worked out just fine for the Cuba Wildcats, who laid a 50-21 beating on Barat Aca...
Video shows armed Cuban police breaking up student protest
Miami HeraldCuban anti-riot squads, with bayonets fixed on assault rifles, broke up a protest by Pakistani students at a medical school in Matanzas earlier this year, videos of the strike show. ``Our hand will no...
Cuba mourns Pastors for Peace founder Lucius Walker
General SourcesThe Reverend Lucius Walker, who led an annual convoy of US solidarity activists to Cuba in defiance of Washington's nearly half-century-old blockade, has died of a heart attack at the age of 80.
Castro sees weakness in Cuba's economics
General SourcesHAVANA (AP) -- Cuba's communist economic model has come in for criticism from an unlikely source: Fidel Castro. The revolutionary leader told a visiting American journalist and a U.S.-Cuba policy e...
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