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The week in Latin America: Start-ups grow in Cuba
La PlazaHere are stories that made headlines this week in Latin America, and highlights from our coverage of the region by Times reporters and your blogger here at La Plaza: Small businesses in Cuba Reporting from Havana, correspondent Tracy Wilkinson examines... -
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¿Raul Castro says he's better off than many at 60
HAVANA (AP) -- Raul Castro was in a jovial mood on the eve of his 80th birthday, joking that he's in better shape than many 60-year-olds. The Cuban president bantered with reporters Thursday at the Havana airport as he saw off Brazilian ex-President Luiz...Tags: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Communist Party of China, Parties and Movements, Raul Castro
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Actor Andy Garcia Leads Demonstration for Cuban Political Prisoners
KTLA NewsECHO PARK- Actor Andy Garcia led a march with hundreds of people to show solidarity and support of Cuba's political prisoners. The march in Los Angeles was one of many around the country to commemorate the seventh anniversary of "Black Spring," the Cuban...Tags: KTLA, Human Rights, Corporate Crime, Gloria Estefan, Prisons
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Florida airports preparing for higher demand for flights to Cuba
Airport officials in Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Key West and possibly Orlando plan to seek federal permission to establish direct flights to Cuba under new travel rules implemented last month by the Obama administration to reach out to the Cuban people....Tags: Democracy, Trips and Vacations, Key West, Elections, Orlando International Airport
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Cuba OKs credits for entrepreneurs, farmers
HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban government has authorized local banks to offer credit to private small business owners and agricultural producers as part of a sweeping economic overhaul announced last year. Havana is dismissing hundreds of thousands of...Tags: Small Businesses, Elections, Raul Castro, Cuba, Business
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Book review: 'Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty' by Phoebe Hoban
Special to the Los Angeles TimesAlice Neel The Art of Not Sitting Pretty Phoebe Hoban St. Martin's Press: 479 pp., $35 Here comes that old question, the one that pops up when a new biography of a prominent artist or writer is published: Do we judge an artist by the life or the work?...Tags: Communist Party of China, Sexual Assault, Abusive Behavior, World War II (1939-1945), Biography (genre)
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Millions Gather Worldwide To Ring In The New Year
Associated PressNEW YORK -- Revelers smooched and cheered the famous ball drop in New York's Times Square as the largest New Year's Eve celebration in the U.S. ushered in 2011. Most tried to set aside concerns about the worldwide economic downturn as partiers from New...Tags: Waterford, Guerrilla Activity, White House, Satellite and Cable Service, New Zealand
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CUBA: Jimmy Carter arrives on 3-day visit
La PlazaFormer President Jimmy Carter is on a three-day visit to Cuba amid speculation he may try to win the release of a 61-year-old American convicted by a Cuban court of activities aimed at undermining the Communist-led government. Carter, a Nobel Peace... -
Havana dreaming: travel promoters gearing up for expected relaxation of limits to Cuba travel
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau The unofficial word in Washington is that the Obama administration plans to relax limits on travel to Cuba for professional, educational and artistic purposes. Some travel promoters are gearing up to handle... -
Another step toward capitalism in Cuba
La PlazaCuba's plan to lay off half a million state workers is another bid to save its economy through gradual but strictly controlled reforms that lean toward, if not fully embrace, capitalism, Tracy Wilkinson reports in The Times. Since it lost its chief patron...
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Aug 12, 2011
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Jun 2, 2011
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Mar 28, 2010
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Mar 28, 2011
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Sep 21, 2010
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