First Commercial Passenger Flight From Key West to Cuba in More Than 50 ... - NBC 6 South Florida

First Commercial Passenger Flight From Key West to Cuba in More Than 50 ... NBC 6 South Florida Key West Mayor Craig Cates, right, waves goodbye as he boards a chartered aircraft at Key West International Airport Monday that flew to Havana, Cuba. The trip was the first legal commercial passenger flight from Key West to Cuba in more than 50 years ...

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First commercial flight from Key West to Cuba in more than 50 years takes off - CTV News

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First commercial flight from Key West to Cuba in more than 50 years takes off CTV News KEY WEST, Fla. -- The first commercial passenger flight from Key West to Cuba in more than 50 years landed Monday in Havana, capping several years of efforts to reunite the two islands, though regular air service still appeared a distant prospect.

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Brazilian football club celebrates Che Guevara link

Why Brazilian football club sports Che Guevara's image on its kit



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Brazil tribe returns home after riot

Some 150 members of the Tenharim indigenous tribe in northern Brazil return to their lands nearly a week after seeking refuge in a military base.



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El ICAP celebra su aniversario en medio de más solidaridad

Este lunes 30 el Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos (ICAP ) celebra 53 años de promoción y canalización de las relaciones de solidaridad, que desde sus inicios suscitó la Revolución Cubana, recordó en la capital, Kenia Serrano, su presidenta. En declaraciones a la AIN, subrayó que la solidaridad con Cuba, por las personas honestas en el mundo, crece junto al prestigio de la Revolución, tras 11 lustros de lucha contra los intentos aislacionistas de Washington.



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Guerra de Afganistán más impopular que Vietnam

Un nuevo sondeo de la CNN reveló que la oposición pública a la guerra de Estados Unidos en Afganistán ha alcanzado un nuevo récord y ahora se encuentra muy por encima del rechazo a la guerra de Vietnam. La encuesta de CNN muestra que sólo el 17 por ciento de los estadounidenses apoyan el esfuerzo, mientras que el 82 por ciento se opone. Ocho de cada 10 estadounidenses que se oponen a la guerra es más alto que cualquier otro conflicto reciente.



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EE.UU. histérico ante influencia mundial de China y en Latinoamérica

El decadente imperio de Estados Unidos está histérico y desesperado ante el creciente avance internacional de China y su influencia en Latinoamérica, región considerada todavía por la Casa Blanca su traspatio, y donde Beijing intensifica sus vínculos políticos, económicos y comerciales. A juicio de expertos, son numerosos los ejemplos que demuestran que el gigante asiático le arrebata terreno en todo el mundo a Washington, y particularmente en América Latina, en detrimento del viejo dominio norteamericano sobre la Patria Grande.



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México en alerta por la “droga de los zombies”

Autoridades mexicanas se declararon alarmadas por la reciente aparición de la llamada "heroína de los pobres", el "krokodil", que amenaza con provocar efectos devastadores entre los adictos en el país. Fernando Cano, presidente de la Comisión Nacional contra las Adicciones (Conadic), afirmó que la introducción de la también llamada "droga de los zombies" se produjo a través de la frontera norte con Estados Unidos.



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Cuba's Santeria Faithful Ask for Prosperous 2014 - ABC News

Cuba's Santeria Faithful Ask for Prosperous 2014 ABC News Cuban followers of the Santeria faith beat sacred drums, sacrificed animals and sang ceremonial songs in the Yoruba tongue Monday to give thanks for the year's blessings and ask for prosperity in 2014. About 200 believers and onlookers thronged Havana ...

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Cuban dissident Antunez calls for push against Castro regime - MiamiHerald.com

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Cuban dissident Antunez calls for push against Castro regime MiamiHerald.com On the eve of returning to Cuba after a four-month trip abroad, democracy activist Jorge Luis García “Antúnez” said Monday that Cubans on the island and in exile must aggressively push to end the Castro government. “We are returning to Cuba, not to ... Six Cubans Perish at Sea The Castro Tyranny Turns Another Year Older Classic Cadillacs dominating Cuba's streets become available to collectos

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First Keys Flight To Cuba In More Than Five Decades - CBS Local

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First Keys Flight To Cuba In More Than Five Decades CBS Local Key West Mayor Craig Cates, right, waves goodbye as he boards a chartered aircraft at Key West International Airport Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, that flew to Havana, Cuba. The trip was the first legal commercial passenger flight from Key West to Cuba in ... First flight from Key West to Cuba takes off

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Former Cuban political prisoner Antonio Augusto Villareal is dead at 63 - MiamiHerald.com

Former Cuban political prisoner Antonio Augusto Villareal is dead at 63 MiamiHerald.com Villareal was one of the 75 democracy activists swept up in a harsh crackdown in 2003 known as Cuba's Black Spring. He was freed in 2010 and went directly from prison to Havana's airport for a flight to exile in Spain. He moved to Miami months later.

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AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America - U-T San Diego

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America U-T San Diego In this Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013 photo, a vacant barber chair sits in the home of Maleidy Blanco who runs a barbershop here in Havana, Cuba. After a surge of enthusiasm, the number of islanders working for themselves has stalled for the past two years.

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From Prison Honeys To Tweets From The Grave: The Year's Most Bizarre Stories ... - Fox News Latino

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From Prison Honeys To Tweets From The Grave: The Year's Most Bizarre Stories ... Fox News Latino It's been a long, strange trip in Latin America this year. Besides the big headlines like Hugo Chávez's death and the now infamous handshake between Barack Obama and Raúl Castro there were some more far out stories coming from the region in 2013.

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First Flight From Key West to Cuba Takes Off - ABC News

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First Flight From Key West to Cuba Takes Off ABC News The first commercial passenger flight from Key West to Cuba in more than 50 years landed Monday in Havana, capping several years of efforts to reunite the two islands, though regular air service still appeared a distant prospect. U.S. Customs and ... First flight in 50 years from Key West to Cuba takes off

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La NSA intercepta equipos informáticos, los prepara y luego los usa para espiar

Una unidad especial de la Agencia de Seguridad Nacional de EE.UU. (NSA) intercepta equipos y accesorios de informática mientras son transportados a un cliente para instalar componentes y programas maliciosos que se usan luego para espionaje, reveló el pasado fin de semana la revista alemana Der Spiegel que cita documentos secretos de la NSA. Estas operaciones, realizadas en “terminales de carga” especiales, se mencionan entre “las más productivas” de cuantas llevan a cabo los hackers de la NSA.



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Vicente Feliú estremeció la Sala Covarrubias (+ Fotos y Video)

"Este es uno de los conciertos más importantes de mi vida", dijo Vicente Feliú en la noche del domingo en la Sala Covarrubias del Teatro Nacional. Nunca había tocado con un formato de tan alto calibre -piano, contrabajo, guitarras, drums, violín, quinteto de cuerdas y voces-. Pero si fue especial para él, más lo fue para quienes compartieron esa tarde noche con el autor de "Creéeme", que asistieron a una propuesta inusual, por la calidad de la música, y la emoción y fuerza de la interpretación.



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Orgullo

Juan Delgado es el hombre del año en Brasil según el portal digital brasil247. Él no es carioca, ni paulista o bahiano. Es cubano, negro y doctor. Llegó al gigante sudamericano para incorporarse al Programa “Más Médicos” que impulsa la presidenta Dilma Rousseff. Como él, otros miles de médicos cubanos pueblan ya los más agrestes pasajes brasileños brindando atención de salud y respeto a los seres humanos.



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Hits and Misses

Almost all of the increase in the overall unpopularity of ObamaCare can be attributed to the growing number of women rebelling against it. 44% of large employers have on-site health care for their employees. Fake knee surgery just as good as the real thing. Nationally, more than 6.4 million visits to emergency rooms in 2010, […]



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Cashier's desks set up in Venezuela for currency exchange for tourists - El Universal

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Cashier's desks set up in Venezuela for currency exchange for tourists El Universal Tourism Minister Andrés Izarra announced the creation of three cashier's desks for foreign tourists visiting Venezuela to sell their foreign currency. At the international airports of Maiquetía (Vargas state) and Valencia (Carabobo state) and at ...

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Hits and Misses

Patient receives world’s first artificial heart. McDonald’s tells employees to avoid fast food. Can you get lifetime protection against the flu? ObamaCare Christmas carol. Moderate alcohol consumption boosts immunity. Worm is a breakthrough for artificial life: Each cell is being simulated one-by-one, along with neuron links between them.



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Uruguay may have started a marijuana legalization storm in Latin America - Quartz

Uruguay may have started a marijuana legalization storm in Latin America Quartz It's barely been a month since Uruguay moved to legalize marijuana, and yet the effects of the decision are already being felt well outside of its borders. Neighboring Argentina, a long-time proponent of keeping marijuana illegal, gave its first ... Uruguay's neighbors now considering legalization of pot

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'Hard Rock Havana': Cuba's Loudest Citizens Through The Lens Of An American ... - Fox News Latino

'Hard Rock Havana': Cuba's Loudest Citizens Through The Lens Of An American ... Fox News Latino About four years ago, during a trip with NYU Tisch School of the Arts, filmmaker and hard rock lover Nicholas Brennan stumbled across a heavy metal scene in one of the most unthinkable places ― Havana, Cuba, where free expression is strictly controlled.

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Patients Rushing To Get Care Before ObamaCare Kicks In

Thousands of people are cramming in tests, elective procedures and specialist visits before year’s end, seeking out top research hospitals and physician groups that will be left out of some 2014 insurance plans under the new health law, health-care providers say. Health insurers are especially focused on paring academic teaching and research hospitals from their […]



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Sobre el polémico “primer juego oficial”

Los cubanos tenemos derecho a crearnos nuestras fábulas, los mitos y las realidades, porque llevamos dentro la furia por las actividades atléticas, esencialmente por las bolas y los strikes, que nos llegaron temprano por estudiantes nativos en el país vecino del norte y nos le adueñamos, al extremo de conservarlo como parte indisoluble del nacimiento de la nación y la nacionalidad cubana, elementos esenciales de la identidad y la cultura nacional.



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Strike 3: Sobre estrenos, sorpresas y retornos

Al final, estuve cerca de vestirme de adivino con los clasificados al próximo tramo de la Serie Nacional, que ahora se toma unas fugaces vacaciones para entrar en su fase caliente a mediados de enero. Por poco acierto con los ocho, y me satisface decirlo porque odio la falsa modestia, y porque cuando yerro en los pronósticos, soy el primero en admitirlo en público. Esta vez –las deidades del béisbol mediante- me tocó dar en el clavo.



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Homenaje a Haydee en sus noventa

No hay sitio mejor para recordar a Haydee Santamaría que la Casa de las Américas. Por esa razón la institución que fundó y en la cual dejó una huella imborrable, celebrará un homenaje el lunes 30 de diciembre, en ocasión de cumplirse el aniversario 90 de su natalicio. Desde las tres de la tarde se iniciará la jornada bajo el título Haydee Santamaría: 90 años de una guerrillera. El mismo día 30 a las seis y treinta de la tarde, la Mesa Redonda trasmitirá una emisión dedicada a Haydee Santamaría con la participación como panelistas de Carlos Amat, Martha Rojas y Roberto Fernández Retamar.



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Industriales lideró la primera fase de la Serie Nacional de Béisbol

El equipo Industriales quedó de líder de la primera fase de la 53 de la Serie Nacional de Béisbol de Cuba en su última fecha de 2013, al derrotar 8-3 al elenco de Holguín en un juego celebrado en el estadio Latinoamericano de La Habana. La novena de Matanzas cayó 1-6 frente a la de Santiago de Cuba este domingo, pero ambos elencos clasificaron junto a los de Villa Clara, Isla de la Juventud, Pinar del Río, Holguín y Artemisa.



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Niñas piden a los Reyes Magos liberación de Oscar López Rivera

Más de 30 niñas congregadas ayer en la entrada al Puente Dos Hermanos en San Juan hicieron un mismo pedido a los Reyes Magos: “A los tres Reyes pedimos que traigan a Oscar rapidito”. No se referían a un muñeco ni al juego electrónico de temporada. Las niñas lo que quieren es que Oscar López Rivera, el puertorriqueño encarcelado en Estados Unidos hace 32 años por conspiración sediciosa al promover su ideal de independencia para Puerto Rico, sea liberado y pueda regresar a su patria para estar al lado de su familia.



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Iron Man 3, récord de taquilla en 2013 (+ Fotos)

Con más de mil 200 millones de dólares recaudados tras su estreno en abril último, Iron Man 3 resultó la película más taquillera de 2013 a nivel mundial, según el sitio británico DigitalSpy.com. El largometraje de superhéroes protagonizado por Robert Downey Jr y dirigida por Shane Black repitió los buenos resultados de sus dos predecesoras, saga que en su totalidad ha recaudado tres mil 800 millones de dólares, monto que la convierte en la más exitosa de la historia.



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Un segundo atentado en Volgogrado deja al menos 14 muertos

El segundo atentado suicida en 24 horas en la ciudad rusa de Volgogrado llevó la vida de, al menos, 14 personas, hecho que ha dejado a los residentes de la ciudad aterrorizados: les da miedo utilizar el transporte público. Según los testigos, tras el nuevo atentado muchos habitantes de Volgogrado han dejado los vehículos de transporte público y caminan a lo largo de las carreteras. El domingo una explosión en una estación de trenes de la ciudad se cobró 17 vidas y dejó decenas de heridos.



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IN TOUCH TRAVEL SERVICES ANNOUNCES - THE HISTORY OF HABANO ... - TravPR.com (press release)

IN TOUCH TRAVEL SERVICES ANNOUNCES - THE HISTORY OF HABANO ... TravPR.com (press release) More than 500 years later, In Touch Travel Services offers the opportunity to travel to Cuba under the People-to-People program to rediscover the history of tobacco, getting in touch with Cuban life in the plantations and meeting those who, from ...

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Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

ObamaCare ad for gays and lesbians. Your tax dollars at work. Insurers report on a worrisome trend: Customers who were put off by the insurance marketplaces’ early troubles are proving hard sells. The Obama administration knew of security vulnerabilities before the launch of Healthcare.org. Healthcare.gov switched web hosts one day before the end of the […]



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'Next Year in Cuba' Toast Going Silent - Valley News

'Next Year in Cuba' Toast Going Silent Valley News Cuban food blogger Marta Darby poses for photos in her home on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, in Mission Viejo, Calif. Darby will be making a toast to Cuba this year, accompanied with a glass of the rum-based eggnog known as the "creme de vie" or "cream of ...

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Insurance Turning Out To Be Unaffordable

More than half of the counties in 34 states using the federal health insurance exchange lack even a bronze plan that’s affordable — by the government’s own definition — for 40-year-old couples who make just a little too much for financial assistance, a USA Today analysis shows… More than a third don’t offer an affordable […]



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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev sends congratulatory letter to Raul Castro Ruz - APA

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev sends congratulatory letter to Raul Castro Ruz APA President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of congratulations to Chairman of the Council of State and the Council of Minister of the Republic of Cuba, Raul Castro Ruz, APA reports. The letter says: “On the behalf of the Azerbaijani people ...

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Cuba and the Veil: An Anecdote - Havana Times

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Cuba and the Veil: An Anecdote Havana Times HAVANA TIMES – It happened inside a bus in Havana some days ago, for all passengers to see. A teenager attacked my friend and colleague Yasmin S. Portales Machado, yanking the veil she normally wears so hard he almost made her fall backwards.

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Is The Welfare State Kind?

Uwe Reinhardt, writing at The New York Times economics blog the other day, made two points: (1) we’re not as kind as other countries are and (2) even if we were just as kind we couldn’t do as much for the needy because health care prices in this country are so much higher. I’ll have […]



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Aumenta cobertura docente en aulas cubanas

Aunque cada provincia presenta una realidad diferente, la cantidad de pedagogos en las aulas ha aumentado a lo largo de 2013 en Cuba, gracias a las estrategias empleadas para garantizar la calidad del proceso docente-educativo. Actualmente, la cobertura de maestros en la Isla llega al 95%, la mayor parte de los cuales ostenta el título de licenciado, cifra que se espera aumente en 2014.



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Cuba's unhappy birthday - Boston Globe

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Cuba's unhappy birthday Boston Globe When he was running for president, Obama told voters in Florida that he would “never, ever compromise the cause of liberty” and that his policy toward Cuba would “be guided by one word: libertad.” In reality his policy has amounted to little more than ... Cuba opens market for new cars but who's buying?

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Brazilian football faces courtroom drama

Brazilian football is bracing itself for a battle in the courts following the relegation of Sao Paulo club Portuguesa



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Aurelio Alonso: La unificación monetaria en Cuba no es un acto de magia

El sociólogo Aurelio Alonso, ensayista, investigador, subdirector de la revista Casa de las Américas y Premio Nacional de Ciencias Sociales 2013, opina acerca del anuncio, el pasado mes de octubre, del proceso de unificación monetaria en Cuba: "La mayor capacidad de ingresos tiene que estar respaldada por un efecto productivo mayor en el país. Una economía nacional, un país, no puede comerse más de lo que produce, en términos monetarios, de números."



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Heat wave hits power in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires officials ask public sector workers to stay at home in an attempt to drive down electricity demand heightened by a heat wave.



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Seven women who rocked 2013

From a 16-year-old girl who took over the United Nations to the winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Literature -- several remarkable women have captured the world's attention in 2013.



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Pirates to set sail for Cuba for training - Nanaimo Daily News

Pirates to set sail for Cuba for training Nanaimo Daily News The Nanaimo Pirates will get a chance to experience a new level of baseball passion this March when they fly to Cuba for spring training. It is a trip head coach Doug Rogers has wanted to do for a number of years but because of complication of ...

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Wife's Cuba experience sparks Ormond writer's novel - Daytona Beach News-Journal

Wife's Cuba experience sparks Ormond writer's novel Daytona Beach News-Journal For Michael Pyle, 60, an attorney by profession, he's hoping to finish research in Cuba for a historic novel that deals with the years before, during and after Castro's revolution, as recalled in the thoughts of a dying man in Miami who lived through ...

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Cuba opens market for new cars but who's buying? - VOXXI

Cuba opens market for new cars but who's buying? VOXXI Cuba recently announced it will open unrestricted imports of brand new cars for all residents in the island. The measure will rescind a domestic ban that constrained trading in new vehicles since the 1950s for the majority of the people in Cuba. Surely ...

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LA IMAGEN DEL DIA: Renació el Hotel Capri

Tras varios años de cerrado y otros en construcción, la noche del sábado 28 de diciembre se reinauguró oficialmente en La Habana el emblemático Hotel Capri, el cual recibió una remodelación total, ejecutada por más de 300 hombres de la Constructora Caribe. Cubadebate les ofrece una imagen de la histórica instalación hotelera, tomada en la noche de este domingo, 24 horas después de su reapertura.



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