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An exploratory oil well off the northern coast of Cuba has proved a failure and will be capped and abandoned, Spanish company Repsol said Friday, a disappointment for a cash-strapped nation hoping for an economic lifeline.



HAVANA (Reuters) - Spanish oil giant Repsol said Friday that the first of three planned wells in Cuban waters was unsuccessful, a blow to Cuba's hopes for energy independence. "I can confirm that the Repsol well in Cuba has been reported to be unsuccessful and that we are proceeding to plug and abandon the well," a Repsol spokesman told Reuters. Repsol operated the well in a consortium with ...



Cuba's hope of cutting its energy dependence on Venezuela by developing new domestic sources of crude oil has suffered a blow -- the first in a series of exploratory offshore wells is a dry hole.



An exploratory oil well off the northern coast of Cuba has proved a failure and will be capped and abandoned, Spanish company Repsol said Friday, a disappointment for a cash-strapped nation hopi...



HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's reform plans to attract more overseas investment are off to a slow start as the government focuses more on regulating existing foreign joint ventures than encouraging new ones, businessmen and diplomats say. In fact, Cuba has closed more joint ventures than it has opened since the ruling Communist Party adopted wide-ranging economic reforms a year ago, and remains far ...



Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro has been granted a US visa, sparking anger from Cuban-American leaders.



Blue Jays clinch tie in Div. II



Cuba's Dayron Robles, the reigning Olympic champion and world record-holder in the 110-meter hurdles, finished fourth in a track meet at Puerto Rico.



For many Americans, Cuba is the forbidden fruit that has remained off-limits thanks to a decades-old trade embargo. The veil was lifted last year when the U.S. government granted licenses to a few companies to offer "people-to-people" programs allowing American tourists to visit.



The United States criticized Cuba on Friday for denying imprisoned American contractor Alan Gross permission to visit his ailing mother as a humanitarian gesture.





There, set back in an open field off a bustling highway, is the new regional defense school of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas, or ALBA—the eight-member economic and geopolitical bloc founded by Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Cuba’s ...



More soy for Cuba? Matt Hughes, the McLean County farmer who chairs the Illinois Soybean Association, reported in FarmWeek earlier this month that the United States is losing ground as a supplier of soybean products to Cuba. "In 2006, the U.S. had more ...



And in the other set of appeals, lawyers for six detainees at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are asking the justices to make good on their promise of four years ago and give the inmates a "meaningful opportunity" to be released.



Polakoff is a former photojournalist who produced and directed the TV documentaries Cuba: In the Shadow Of Doubt and The Closing Door: An Investigation Of US Immigration Policy. She is represented by Frank Wuliger/Gersh.



There are conflicting details about his parents' immigration from Cuba and his recently disclosed ties to the Mormon faith. The effect of those issues on his political fortunes is the subject of debate in Republican circles in Washington ...



She also volunteers in her hometown of Newton, plays tennis twice a week, and travels extensively - Israel and Cuba are next on her list. Her schedule may sound loaded, but Anger is a model of what many aging specialists say older adults need to ...



The hot and steamy atmosphere often associated with tropical Cuba will be on display June 2, when Upward Transitions hosts its “Havana Nights” fundraiser. Organizers are expecting about 400 people dressed in “Caribbean chic” attire, as the ...



Cienfuegos, Cuba, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Mexico will be the most represented country with the plays, "Ojo de gato", "Pero ¿qué quiere usted de mí?" and "U Mo", at the 1st Latin American Monologue Festival, to be held in Cienfuegos from May 24-27.



Florida Sen. Marco Rubio spent years describing himself as the "son of exiles" from Castro's Cuba, but the Post reported that "documents show that Rubio's parents came to the United States and were admitted for permanent residence more than two-and-a-half ...



Travel is Sept. 9 to 23 at $887 per person (double occupancy). … a dream trip? Rediscover Cuba — A Cultural ExplorationFor the fist time in two generations, the United States government has eased its travel restrictions to Cuba. Traveling on ...





MIAMI -- The U.S. Treasury Department has tightened a few of its restrictions on trips to Cuba by non-Cuban Americans on so-called "people-to-people" visits, saying the revisions will "help to deter abuses." Complaints of abuses of such trips -- they must ...



SANTIAGO, Cuba -- Norma Arias Puente has been learning the hospitality business for more than a decade from a perch overlooking this city's Parque Cespedes and the Cathedral of Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion with its statue of a trumpeting archangel.



(HAVANA) — Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend events in San Francisco and New York, one of her associates confirmed Thursday. The travel permission sparked a firestorm of criticism from Cuban-American politicians ...



An exploratory oil rig starts drills beneath the waters off Cuba's northern coast as fishermen work in Havana Bay, Cuba. (File photo) HAVANA (AP) - An exploratory oil well off the northern coast of Cuba has proved a failure and will be capped ...



HAVANA, May 19 (UPI) -- A first drilling attempt for oil in promising areas offshore of Cuba has come up empty, Spanish oil firm Repsol said. "It is not uncommon to strike out with offshore wells, and four out of five are dry," Repsol spokesman ...



U.S. economic sanctions against Cuba are a case in point. The sanctions were first authorized in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy issued an executive order in response to the Cuban government’s expropriation without compensation of American ...



The hot and steamy atmosphere often associated with tropical Cuba will be on display June 2, when Upward Transitions hosts its “Havana Nights” fundraiser. Organizers are expecting about 400 people dressed in “Caribbean chic” attire, as the ...



And in the other set of appeals, lawyers for six detainees at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are asking the justices to make good on their promise of four years ago and give the inmates a "meaningful opportunity" to be released.



HAVANA (AP) -- Cuban exports of goods and services generated about $9 billion in income in 2011, a senior government official said, as the island is diversifying and relying less on established sectors such as nickel and sugar. Antonio Luis ...



HAVANA — From her small, tidy apartment, Niurka dreams of visiting Miami one day to see her son's home and the school where he is studying medicine. She also yearns to bid farewell to her late father at his graveside and to meet her brother's children ...





Published: Sun, 20 May 2012 05:35:46 GMT




Published: Sun, 20 May 2012 05:35:46 GMT



Toronto Star

Cuba Nostalgia: Festival Takes People Back to Pre-Castro Cuba
Fox News
It's a journey that takes you back to Cuba before Fidel Castro rose to power, when the island was a must-stop for tourists and was the Caribbean's crown jewel. “Everybody talked about how wonderful and beautiful Cuba was," said Emilio Callejas.
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MiamiHerald.com

Cuban embargo and defending US property rights
MiamiHerald.com
US economic sanctions against Cuba are a case in point. The sanctions were first authorized in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy issued an executive order in response to the Cuban government's expropriation without compensation of American assets, ...


Los Angeles Times

Latino analysts dubious of Rubio's potential benefit for Romney
Los Angeles Times
(Jae C. Hong, Associated Press / May 20, 2012) By Hector Becerra, Los Angeles Times Handsome, youthful, Cuban American and Republican, US Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida has been mentioned repeatedly as a potential running mate for Mitt Romney — in part ...
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KPIC

Repsol: Exploratory oil well off Cuba comes up dry
KPIC
An exploratory oil rig starts drills beneath the waters off Cuba's northern coast as fishermen work in Havana Bay, Cuba. (File photo) HAVANA (AP) - An exploratory oil well off the northern coast of Cuba has proved a failure and will be capped and ...
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New York Times

US tightens requirements for some Cuba trips
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
By Juan O. Tamayo, The Miami Herald MIAMI -- The US Treasury Department has tightened a few of its restrictions on trips to Cuba by non-Cuban Americans on so-called "people-to-people" visits, saying the revisions will "help to deter abuses.
New Hints at Looser Rules on Travel Stir Hope in CubaNew York Times
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Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court considers whether to take up anti-terrorism laws
Los Angeles Times
US troops stand watch in a guard tower in 2006 at Camp Delta in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Mark Wilson, Getty Images / June 30, 2006) By David G. Savage, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, after a four-year break from terrorism issues, ...
Schilling says sale of prison a 'no-brainer'Galesburg Register-Mail
Leaders renew push to open Thomson Correctional CenterPeoria Journal Star

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Cuba's first daughter to meet with gay activists, speak on transgender issues ...
Washington Post
SAN FRANCISCO — Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro is planning to meet with San Francisco's lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual community during a US visit next week that is being opposed by some Cuban-American politicians.


CRIENGLISH.com

Olympics-Cuban hurdler Robles targets fast time in US
Reuters
By Nelson Acosta | HAVANA May 17 (Reuters) - Cuba's Olympic high hurdles champion Dayron Robles will attempt to get close to 13 seconds when he sharpens his London Games build-up with his first athletics meetings in the United States next month.
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The Daily Star

Venezuela's Chavez unseen for week but follows riot
Reuters
By Andrew Cawthorne and Mario Naranjo | CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has not been seen or heard in public since returning a week ago from his latest cancer treatment in Cuba but was well enough to monitor a jail riot in Caracas ...
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Spanish oil company Repsol says exploratory well off Cuba is unsuccessful ...
Washington Post
HAVANA — An exploratory oil well off the northern coast of Cuba has proved a failure and will be capped and abandoned, Spanish company Repsol said Friday, a disappointment for a cash-strapped nation hoping for an economic lifeline.

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