Raúl Castro da inicio al ejercicio de entrenamiento militar “Bastión 2013” - La Prensa (Nicaragua) (Suscripción)

Raúl Castro da inicio al ejercicio de entrenamiento militar “Bastión 2013” La Prensa (Nicaragua) (Suscripción) El presidente de Cuba, Raúl Castro, ordenó este martes el comienzo del ejercicio militar "Bastión 2013", las maniobras de entrenamiento bélico más importantes realizadas en los últimos cuatro años en la isla y que se prolongarán hasta el próximo viernes.

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Young Cuban shortstop defects to U.S. - Philly.com

Young Cuban shortstop defects to U.S. Philly.com A slick-fielding Cuban prospect has just defected to the United States, and he has one of the longest surnames in the history of baseball in Cuba. He is Erisbel Barbaro Arruebarruena, a 23-year-old, right-handed hitting shortstop. In 2008-09, at 18 ...

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Cuban lecturer and activist to visit UAF - The Sun Star

Cuban lecturer and activist to visit UAF The Sun Star Pardo Lazo will visit UAF from Nov. 25 to 27 and will give a discussion titled “Virtual Leadership in Today's Cuban Blogosphere.” The lecture is focused on Cuba's blogosphere, or their current blog atmosphere, compared to free blogging without ...

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Presidente cubano Raúl Castro ordena iniciar Ejercicio Estratégico Bastión 2013 - Escambray

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Presidente cubano Raúl Castro ordena iniciar Ejercicio Estratégico Bastión 2013 Escambray Durante este ejercicio estarán involucrados en maniobras tácticas efectivos de las fuerzas armadas, del Ministerio El presidente cubano, Raúl Castro, dio la orden de iniciar este martes al ejercicio estratégico militar Bastión 2013, el cual se ...

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Fuel Politics in Latin America: Where to Begin? - NACLA (blog)

Fuel Politics in Latin America: Where to Begin? NACLA (blog) It is an honor to join NACLA and Luís Manuel Claps in the Extractives in Latin America blog. With Luís offering insights on mining, I hope to cover the broad terrain of energy resource extraction, and fuels in particular—not only what is extracted ...

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ObamaCare Fan Learns She Has Second Thoughts

Jessica Sanford, a self-employed single-mom, was so ecstatic at being able to purchase affordable health coverage for her and her son that she wrote President Obama a fan letter. The president even acknowledged her letter and quoted from it in an October 21 speech. Ms. Sanford later discovered the state website she had used to [...]



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Leftward reshuffle in Argentina

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner reshuffles her economic team, in what is seen as a further move towards interventionism.



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Haiti - Reconstruction : Ambassador of Venezuela visited sites in Jacmel - Haitilibre.com

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Haiti - Reconstruction : Ambassador of Venezuela visited sites in Jacmel Haitilibre.com ... the Ambassador of Venezuela to Haiti, Pedro Antonio Canino Gonzalez accompanied by the authorities of the city of Jacmel and Ms. Dithny Joan Raton, the Departmental Director of Tourism South East, visited the works financed by the Petrocaribe ...

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Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

While President Obama was telling the nation that only 5% of the population would lose grandfathered status, the Obama Justice Department argued in court that the administration internal estimates expect a majority of group health plans will have lost their grandfather status by the end of 2013. Obama and the White House knew as early [...]



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Cuba Abolishes Dual Currency System - NumisMaster.com

Cuba Abolishes Dual Currency System NumisMaster.com Cuban authorities announced on Oct. 22 that the dual national system of coins and currency that is separated into the official national peso and the so-called convertible peso tourist money or “chavito” is about to be abolished. The official Cuban ...

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Diálogos de paz cumplen un año con resultados favorables para Colombia

Los Diálogos de Paz entre el Gobierno de Bogotá y las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP) cumplen este martes un año de haberse iniciado y, tras doce meses de conversaciones, el pueblo colombiano celebra los acuerdos históricos alcanzados en dos de los seis puntos del debate que se desarrolla en La Habana, Cuba.



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Elena Poniatowska, ganadora del Premio Cervantes 2013

Elena Poniatowska ganó el premio Cervantes, según anunció el ministro de Educación, Cultura y Deportes en conferencia de prensa. Considerado el Nobel español y creado en 1975 por el Ministerio de Cultura, el Premio Cervantes está dotado 125.000 euros y reconoce la figura de un escritor que con el conjunto de su obra haya contribuido a enriquecer el legado literario hispano.



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Domadores de camino a Polonia para próximos enfrentamientos en Mundial de Boxeo

Encabezados por los bicampeones del orbe Julio César la Cruz y Lázaro Álvarez viajaron los miembros del equipo Domadores de Cuba, que enfrentarán el viernes a los Húsares de Polonia en duelo de la IV Serie Mundial de Boxeo. Junto a la Cruz (81 kg) y Álvarez (60) asumirán el compromiso el subtitular universal Arisnoidys Despaigne (69) y los noveles Gerardo Cervantes (52) y Yoandy Toirac (+91), lo que redondea una combinación de experiencia y proyección de futuro.



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Alocución de Raúl Castro inicia Ejercicio Militar Bastión 2013

El General de Ejército Raúl Castro, Presidente del Consejo de Defensa Nacional, dio inicio al Ejercicio Estratégico Militar Bastión 2013, con una alocución transmitida por la Televisión Cubana. Cubadebate publica las palabras del líder cubano: "Con la realización de este ejercicio, nos proponemos como objetivo general, continuar elevando el nivel de preparación y cohesión de los órganos de dirección y de mando en todas las instancias, las tropas, la economía y el pueblo, para enfrentar diferentes acciones del enemigo."



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Memorias de Angola

A toda mi generación le pasaba algo así. Muchos todavía éramos niños cuando triunfó la revolución. La conciencia de haber tenido una edad límite que nos había privado de combatir por nuestra libertad fue como otro “pecado original” que arrastramos hasta que apareció nuestro momento. Acaso por eso mi rostro emerge de las olas con una sonrisa para nada distinta a la de mi familia, mientras pienso: “Menos mal que la Historia, Neto y Fidel nos dieron la oportunidad de arder en África, en Angola, y que luego la moral de Mandela lo certificó”... y vuelvo a zambullirme.



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Comienza ejercicio estratégico militar Bastión 2013

En medio de la actualización de su modelo económico, otra forma decisiva de defensa nacional, Cuba desarrolla desde hoy el ejercicio estratégico Bastión 2013, devenido la expresión más amplia de la concepción de la Guerra de Todo el Pueblo. Su realización, hasta el viernes 22, permitirá preparar a los órganos de dirección y de mando integrados por las instancias del Partido y el Gobierno.



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Dos explosiones matan a 23 personas junto a la embajada iraní en Líbano

Dos explosiones impactaron este martes en la embajada de Irán en Líbano y dejaron al menos 23 muertos, entre ellas el agregado cultural iraní. Un grupo libanés vinculado a Al Qaeda conocido como Brigadas Abdullah Azzam se adjudicó la responsabilidad de lo que describió como un ataque suicida doble contra la misión diplomática iraní en el sur de Beirut.



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Fiscalía de EE.UU. no olvida a Julian Assange

La Fiscalía Federal de EE.UU. todavía no ha presentado cargos contra Julian Assange, fundador del portal WikiLeaks, sin embargo no descarta que esto pueda ocurrir, revelaron fuentes oficiales estadounidenses citadas por el diario Washington Post. “Hasta el momento, no ha ocurrido, pero esto puede cambiar. No puedo predecir qué pasará. La investigación continúa”, dijo una fuente cercana al caso Assange.



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Chile: La hora de la verdad para Bachelet

Un importante paso dio la candidata por el Pacto Nueva Mayoría, Michelle Bachelet, hacia un eventual segundo mandato suyo, al imponerse a su contrincante de la derecha pinochetista, Evelyn Matthei, en las elecciones generales celebradas el pasado domingo en Chile, en las cuales no logró los suficientes votos para triunfar en primera vuelta.



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Ejército Árabe Sirio recupera la ciudad de Qara

Unidades del Ejército Árabe Sirio recuperaron el control de la estratégica ciudad de Qara, a unos 80 kilómetros al norte de Damasco. Una fuente militar aseguró que las Fuerzas Armadas liquidaron en los combates a 650 terroristas, varios de ellos de diversas nacionalidades árabes, particularmente salafistas (extremistas islámicos) provenientes del Libano.



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Raul Castro calls for the start of the strategic exercise called “Bastión 2013"

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Hits and Misses

Culture matters: “It’s no accident that the English-speaking nations are the ones most devoted to law and individual rights.” 56% of adults (including 30% of Democrats) say making sure that everyone has health insurance is not the responsibility of government. In 1989 a health entitlement program was repealed — the first repeal of a federal [...]



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Daily Headlines: November 19, 2013

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Mobile panic button for abuse victims

A Brazilian city is using mobile panic buttons and GPS technology to keep women safe and secure evidence that can be used in court against their abusers.



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US man who hijacked jet airliner to Cuba faces bond hearing in Miami federal ... - MiamiHerald.com

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US man who hijacked jet airliner to Cuba faces bond hearing in Miami federal ... MiamiHerald.com jweaver@MiamiHerald.com. An American who admits hijacking a Miami-bound airliner to Cuba almost 30 years ago will be back in federal court Tuesday for a bond hearing to determine whether he will remain behind bars before trial on air-piracy charges. Cuba Hijacker Who Returned To US Seeks Release

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This Is Pretty Amazing

As reported by Sarah Kliff: [Jim] Donelon is the president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, a group of state regulators that, on Thursday, was made a crucial player in the fight over cancellation notices. It’s up to Donelon’s group whether or not to allow President Obama’s proposed cancellation ‘fix’ — giving insurers another [...]



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Cuba Hijacker Who Returned To US Seeks Release - NBC 6 South Florida

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Cuba Hijacker Who Returned To US Seeks Release NBC 6 South Florida FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2013 file photo, U.S. citizen William Potts explains his arrest in Cuba during an interview at his home in Havana, Cuba. Potts says he is booked on a charter flight from Havana to Miami early Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 and that he ...

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Chile Is Latin America's Best Country To Do Business, 34 In The World ... - International Business Times

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Chile Is Latin America's Best Country To Do Business, 34 In The World ... International Business Times The World Bank, with the latest edition of its report "Doing Business," has confirmed what economists and investors already knew: Chile is the best country in Latin America to do business. The South American powerhouse was the highest-scoring country ... Colombia will be first "totally connected" Latin American country, president ...

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China Gobbles Up Assets in Latin America - OilPrice.com

China Gobbles Up Assets in Latin America OilPrice.com China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has agreed to purchase $2.6 billion in Peruvian gas assets from Brazil's debt-strapped state-run oil company Petrobras as China works fast to increase its Latin America footprint. CNPC, China's top oil and gas firm ...

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Regional dialogue on promoting trade in services in Latin America - UNCTAD

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Regional dialogue on promoting trade in services in Latin America UNCTAD Services and services trade have grown significantly in Latin America and the Caribbean in recent years. Total services exports from Latin America and the Caribbean exceeded $160 billion in 2012. Over the past ten years, IT-enabled services have grown ...

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Turning point for ballet contest - Independent Online

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Turning point for ballet contest Independent Online Now that the City of Cape Town has relinquished naming rights and Badenhorst has secured sponsorship from the National Lotteries Board, rotating the competition among cities is viable, opening up tourism possibilities. It has taken years to build the ...

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Sardinia swept by deadly cyclone

At least 17 people have died in flooding after a cyclone lashed the island of Sardinia, prompting Italy to declare a state of emergency.



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Last UK Guantanamo inmate speaks out

Shaker Aamer, the last British resident being held in Guantanamo Bay, is broadcast speaking from his prison cell for the first time.



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More Chileans Want the Benefits of Living in Latin America's 'Tiger' - Inter Press Service

More Chileans Want the Benefits of Living in Latin America's 'Tiger' Inter Press Service But he didn't manage to pass the university entrance exam known as PSU, and his family couldn't afford to send him to a private prep school – a big business in a country where tuition-free higher education does not exist, in contrast to most of Latin ...

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Activists demand US return Gitmo - Press TV

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Activists demand US return Gitmo Press TV During an international seminar in Cuba against foreign military bases, the Network of Intellectuals in Defense of Humankind called for the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison, where detainees are tortured and humiliated in clear breach of international law.

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Cuba HS grad day unlikely to be changed - ABQ Journal

Cuba HS grad day unlikely to be changed ABQ Journal It's looking more and more like Liberty Thompson, the likely valedictorian at Cuba High School, will not get her wish to have graduation day changed from a Saturday to Friday so she can walk with her class. L. THOMPSON: Unable to graduate on a Saturday.

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