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US couple plead guilty to spying for Cuba over 30 yearsAn elderly US couple charged with spying for Cuba for almost 30 years have pleaded guilty, with the husband agreeing to serve a life sentence, the US Justice Department said. Published: 10:24AM GMT 21 Nov 2009 Walter Myers, 72, a former... In this article: Cuba, United States, Washington, State Department, FBI, US Justice Department, Havana, and Reggie Walton |
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washingtonpost.com | 7 hours ago
Ex-U.S. official and wife admit 30 years of spying for Cuba
A former State Department official and his wife admitted in federal court Friday that they spied for Cuba over the past three decades, receiving coded instructions over a shortwave radio and passing along information to intelligence...
In this article: South Dakota, Fidel Castro, Washington, Reggie B. Walton, and Foreign Service Institute
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washingtonpost.com | 12 hours ago
Ex-State Dept official pleads guilty to spying for Cuba
...in August 1977 as a contract instructor at its Foreign Service Institute and left in March 1979. During that period he spent two weeks in Cuba at the invitation of a Cuban government official who actually was an intelligence officer, court...
In this article: State Department, Washington, Fidel Castro, U.S., David Kris, Foreign Service Institute, and FBI
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Reuters | 13 hours ago
U.S., Cuba players find friendship in softball
...they both loved and in the process found they were not enemies as they had long been led to believe. "Now I know a lot of people in Cuba. They don't have horns," said catcher Alan Bresnick, a 71-year-old former corporate executive from...
In this article: United States, Havana, George W. Bush, Baltimore Orioles, and Barack Obama
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GlobalPost | 1 day ago
Cuba tries to keep the lights on
A light display of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, an Argentine who fought in Cuba's 1950s revolution, is seen on the facade of Cuba's Interior Ministry in Havana's Revolution Square, June 8, 2009. The sign reads, "Onwards toward victory always".
In this article: Fidel Castro, Havana, Jet fuel, Revenue, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, and Hugo Chavez
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
At House hearing, two sides debate U.S. ban on travel to Cuba
...in the democratization of Cuba than the indecisive performance of Raul Castro," she wrote, referring to Cuba's president. With Cuba having receded as a Cold War security threat, the country's human rights record is now at the center of...
In this article: Raul Castro, Howard L. Berman, U.S., and House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Reuters | 2 days ago
Cuba's Raul Castro crushes dissent like Fidel: report
By Susan Cornwell Cuba's Raul Castro has kept the system his brother Fidel used to repress critics, refusing to free scores of people imprisoned years ago and jailing others for "dangerousness," Human Rights Watch said in a report issued...
In this article: Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, Human Rights Watch, United States, Barack Obama, and Havana
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washingtonpost.com | 2 days ago
Human rights group says Cuba is holding scores of political prisoners
...under his brother Fidel. Human Rights Watch issued what it called the most comprehensive report yet on civil and political rights in Cuba under Raul Castro, based on a two-month unofficial visit by its researchers to the island and...
In this article: Raul Castro, Human Rights Watch, Fidel Castro, United States, and House Foreign Affairs Committee
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AP Online | 2 days ago
US rights group finds abuses rife in Raul's Cuba
WASHINGTON (AP) - Human Rights Watch says conditions in Cuba have not improved under Raul Castro and in some ways are worse than they had been when his brother Fidel was president. In a report released Wednesday, the group accuses Raul...
In this article: Raul Castro, Fidel Castro, United States, Human Rights Watch, Caribbean, and Washington
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Description from Wikipedia:
The Republic of Cuba (pronounced: /CUBA.ogg/; Spanish: República de Cuba, ) is an island country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city. Cuba is home to over 11 million people and is the most populous insular nation in the Caribbean. Its people, culture, and customs draw from diverse sources, including the aboriginal Taíno and Ciboney peoples; the period of Spanish colonialism; the introduction of African slaves; and its proximity to the United States.
- Name:
- Cuba
- Conventional Long Name:
- Republic of Cuba
- Local Name:
- República de Cuba
- Capital:
- Havana
- Language:
- Spanish
- Motto:
- Patria o Muerte
- Largest City:
- Havana
- Government type:
- One-party socialist republic
- Founding Date:
- October 10, 1868
- Formations:
- Declared
- Area:
- 110,861
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $108.2 billion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 107th
- GDP (nominal):
- $55.18 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $ (calculated)
- Currency:
- Cuban peso(<code>CUP</code>)
- Demonym:
- Cuban
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- CUC
- Country Calling Code:
- 53
- ccTLD:
- .cu
- Anthem:
- La Bayamesa
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