Cuba

Cuba to free two more political prisoners (Reuters)

November 13th, 2010

The Ladies in White, a group of family members of imprisoned dissidents, march during their weekly protest in Havana November 7, 2010. REUTERS/Desmond BoylanReuters - Cuba will soon release two of 13 political prisoners who had rejected a government deal to leave the country in exchange for freedom, the Catholic Church said on…

Cuba to free political prisoner who refused exile (Reuters)

November 13th, 2010

Reuters - Cuba will soon release one of 13 political prisoners who have rejected a government deal to leave the country in exchange for freedom, a family member said on…

Cuba missed prisoner release deadline: dissidents (Reuters)

November 7th, 2010

Reuters - The dissident group “Ladies in White” accused the Cuban government on Sunday of failing to meet a deadline to release political prisoners and vowed to continue their weekly…

Cuba says plane crash killed all 68 on board (Reuters)

November 5th, 2010

Reuters - All 68 people on board a Cuban Aero Caribbean passenger plane were killed, including 28 foreigners, when it crashed in a central province on Thursday after issuing an…

Cuba says all 68 on board died in plane crash (Reuters)

November 5th, 2010

Reuters - All 68 people on board an Aero Caribbean plane were killed when it crashed in mountainous central Cuba on Thursday after issuing an emergency call, a government website…

Rescuers pulling bodies from Cuba plane crash (Reuters)

November 5th, 2010

Reuters - Rescue workers began pulling bodies from the burning wreckage of an Aero Caribbean plane that crashed in central Cuba with 68 people on board on Thursday after issuing…

Plane with 68 aboard crashes in Cuba (Reuters)

November 5th, 2010

Reuters - A plane carrying 68 people crashed in a mountainous region of central Cuba after issuing an emergency call, state-run media said on Thursday, and there were no initial…

Plane with 68 said to have crashed in Cuba (Reuters)

November 4th, 2010

Reuters - A plane reportedly carrying 68 people crashed in central Cuba on Thursday and there were no initial reports of survivors, according to state-run news media and sources at…

Cuba to release longest-held political prisoner (Reuters)

November 1st, 2010

Reuters - Cuba will free its longest-held political prisoner, jailed since 1985, and send him to Spain as the government continues to ship opponents out of the country.

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Cuba to add new docks, terminal at Cienfuegos port (AP)

October 1st, 2010

In this May 28, 2010 photo is seen the Camilo Cienfuegos oil refinery in Cienfuegos, Cuba.  Cuba plans to build three additional loading docks and a terminal large enough to accommodate modern supertankers by 2014 at its port in Cienfuegos, part of the Cuban government's effort with Venezuela to rehabilitate and modernize the area's oil refinery. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, Prensa Latina)AP - Cuba will build three additional loading docks and a terminal large enough to accommodate modern supertankers by 2014 at its port in Cienfuegos, part of the communist government’s…