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Cuba Lifts Ban on Appliances that Consume Too Much Energy
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Cuba Lifts Ban on Appliances that Consume Too Much Energy

By Sugey Palomares | 05/22/2013 - 12:05 | 0 Comments

Cuba is now allowing individual imports of appliances, lifting a ban imposed in 2005 after a wave of energy shortages and blackouts, reports the AP. As a result, Cubans are now able to bring up to two appliances per person into the...

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Fidel Castro Calls North Korea the Biggest Nuclear Threat
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Fidel Castro Calls North Korea the Biggest Nuclear Threat Since Cuba's Missile Crisis

By Sugey Palomares | 04/05/2013 - 14:21 | 0 Comments

As tensions rise concerning North Korean threats to attack the U.S. using nuclear force, Fidel Castro recently shared his concern over the current crisis and urged American politicians to avoid confrontation with the communist...

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Fidel Castro meets with Pope Benedict XVI on March 29, 2012
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Venezuelan Doctor Claims Fidel Castro Suffered a Stroke

By Sugey Palomares | 10/19/2012 - 12:08 | 0 Comments

Several reports have claimed that Fidel Castro’s health decline is taking a rapid turn for the worst. As Fox News Latino reports, Venezuelan Dr. Jose Marquina, revealed to the Spanish-language...

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George Clooney Set to Direct New Cuban Military Film ‘The Yankee Comandante’

By Samantha Leal | 06/07/2012 - 17:13 | 0 Comments

George Clooney has been tapped to direct The Yankee Comandante, a drama based on a New Yorker article on an American who assisted Fidel Castro and other Cuban rebels in overthrowing dictator Fulgencio Batista, reports the...

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Fidel Castro Steps Down: For Real This Time

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 04/19/2011 - 15:00 | 1 Comment

For real, for real?
 
Fidel Castro, who first stepped out of the limelight (sort of) after becoming seriously ill in 2006, then handed over power to his brother Raul Castro in 2008, has made it official. He resigned his role as secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party on Tuesday.
 
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Castro Says Tea Party is Leading U.S. to Fascism
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Castro Says Tea Party is Leading U.S. to Fascism

By Fox News Latino | 11/19/2010 - 15:00 | 3 Comments

In a recent report published in the Cuban state-run newspaper, Granma, Fidel Castro made a bold declaration about American politics when speaking to a group of studens visiting Havana.

What was on his mind? The rise of the Tea Party in the United States. He called the country a "ruined nation" and said the new movement was "extreme right,"...

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Cuban Government Denounces Popular Video Game
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Virtual Assassination Attempt on Fidel Castro has Cuban Government Up in Arms

By Mariela Rosario | 11/11/2010 - 10:36 | 1 Comment

The Cuban government is harshly criticizing a new video game released this week in the U.S. Call of Duty: Black Ops was expected to be one of the highest selling video games of the year and sold $360 million in its first 24 hours on sale. Its release this week has been highly anticipated by gamers all across the country. But when the Cubans got wind that...

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Four Books to Read this Fall

By Janel Martinez | 09/23/2010 - 15:30 | 1 Comment

Fall weather brings a certain chill in the air that just makes us want to curl up with a good book and get some serious reading done. Here are a few books that we are definitely going to be reading this fall. Be sure to add your own picks in the comments below!

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