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Fidel Castro launches his memoirs
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| Feb.21 |
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  Hugo Chavez faces new operation Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said that he will have to have further surgery after doctors found a lesion during medical tests in Cub...
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| Mar.18 |
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Cuban protesters held in Havana  Map of Havana Cuba Dozens of members of the influential Cuban protest group Ladies in White have been arrested in Havana
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| Mar.26 |
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  Pope arrives in Cuba on key visit Pope Benedict XVI has begun a three-day visit to Cuba - the first papal visit to the communist-run island for 14 years
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| Mar.27 |
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Pope meets Raul Castro in Havana Map of Havana Cuba| Pope Benedict has met Cuban President Raul Castro on the second day of his visit to the communist-run island | |
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| Mar.31 |
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Chavez resumes Cuba cancer treatment Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he is returning to Cuba for another round of cancer treatment
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| Apr.28 |
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Cuban 'defector' actors reappear Javier Nunez Florian and Anailin de la Rua, two actors who starred in a film about defectors have themselves defected to the United States
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| May.12 |
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Chavez cancer treatment 'success' Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned from Cuba, saying he has successfully completed a course of radiotherapy for cancer
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| Jun.12 |
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Cuban boxing legend Teofilo Stevenson dead
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| Jul.7 |
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 Cholera reaches the Cuban capital A patient has been diagnosed with cholera in Havana, days after three people died in a rare outbreak in the south-eastern town of Manzanillo
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| Jul.22 |
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'Crash kills top Cuban dissident' Prominent Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya, 60, has died in a car crash, according to fellow activists
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| Jul.27 |
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 Raul Castro again says Cuba willing to talk with U.S. On Cuba's main holiday President Raul Castro declared once again that his government is ready to enter into talks with the United States
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| Aug.25 |
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Tropical storm dumps rain on Cuba Tropical Storm Isaac has swept into eastern Cuba after bringing flood misery to the south coast of Haiti, where four people were killed
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| Sep.10 |
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Millions plunged in darkness as power goes out in Havana The large blackout that plunged the western part of the Caribbean island into darkness. More than 2 million residents of the capital lost el...
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| Oct.5 |
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Dissident Cuban blogger arrested, colleagues say Cuban authorities detained blogger Yoani Sanchez along with two others as she traveled to cover the killing a prominent dissident's trial
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| Oct.12 |
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Cuban refugees die near Mexico An improvised raft carrying 23 Cuban refugees has sunk as it approached a Mexican island near the popular resort of Cancun
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| Oct.15 |
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Cuba to end to exit permits for foreign travel Cuba has announced it is removing the need for its citizens to obtain exit permits before travelling abroad
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| Oct.18 |
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 Amid death rumors, Cuba releases Castro message State media released a message from Fidel Castro, the first communique said to be from the ex-leader since speculation over his health reached a fever pitch
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| Oct.21 |
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Fidel Castro appears in public Map of Havana Cuba| Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has appeared in public for the first time in months, refuting persistent rumours that he was gravely ill | |
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| Oct.25 |
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 Sandy packs punch as a strong Category 2 hurricane Sandy churned over eastern Cuba early Thursday as a Category 2 storm with winds of 105 mph, slipping a bit in strength since making landfall
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 Sandy kills 11 in Cuba, then batters Bahamas  Map of Santiago de Cuba Cuba| Nine deaths occurred in Santiago de Cuba province and two bodies were recovered in Guantanamo state | |
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| Nov.27 |
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Chavez back to Cuba for treatment Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will have further medical treatment in Cuba, where he had months of cancer therapy
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| Dec.11 |
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President Chavez's cancer surgery 'successful'| Surgeons in Cuba have successfully operated on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to remove cancerous tissue, says his Vice-President | |
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| Dec.24 |
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Hugo Chavez 'improves slightly' Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's condition has improved after his latest operation for cancer, Venezuela's information minister has said
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| Dec.30 |
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 Chavez suffers new complications| Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has suffered 'new complications' after a cancer operation in Cuba, his vice-president has said | |
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