Canada loses to Cuba in women's FIBA, still heading to worlds - TSN

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Canada loses to Cuba in women's FIBA, still heading to worlds TSN XALAPA, Mexico -- Canada's women's basketball team had to settle for a silver medal after losing 79-71 to Cuba in the FIBA Americas championship final on Saturday. Forward Tamara Tatham of Brampton, Ont., was the high-scorer for Canada with 25 points. Canada, Cuba to clash for gold Canada draws Cuba in semifinals

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Cuba to allow athletes to seek pro contracts abroad - CNN

Cuba to allow athletes to seek pro contracts abroad CNN (CNN) -- Ever since the Cuban Revolution more than 50 years ago, athletes on the communist island have been able to garner gold medals and glory, but not big paychecks. In a shift, the Cuban government says it will allow its athletes to play ...

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Jesse Jackson Farc mediation refused

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos rejects US civil rights activist Jesse Jackson's offer to mediate to seek a hostage release from Farc rebels.



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Pro sports eye comeback, cash in Cuba - GlobalPost

Pro sports eye comeback, cash in Cuba GlobalPost But its economy -- largely dependent on Venezuelan subsidies, tourism, earnings of foreign contract workers and remittances from Cubans living abroad -- remains feeble. The government has offered minor reforms but still controls virtually the entire ...

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Jackson: Release of U.S. captive in Colombia 'imminent'

The release of an American held since June by Colombia's FARC rebel group is "imminent," U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson said Saturday.



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Cuba to allow athletes to seek pro contracts abroad

Ever since the Cuban Revolution more than 50 years ago, athletes on the communist island have been able to garner gold medals and glory, but not big paychecks.



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Payday arrives for island's elite athletes - MiamiHerald.com

Payday arrives for island's elite athletes MiamiHerald.com Cuba has established an intricate set of pay scales, bonuses and regulations for its top athletes in what clearly appears to be an effort to stem an ongoing wave of defections by its stars and perhaps return the island to its sports glories of old. The ...

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45 mentiras dijo Obama ante la ONU

El activista estadounidense y bloguero David Swanson ha compilado una lista de las mentiras del presidente de EE.UU. Barack Obama ante el pleno de la 68ª Asamblea General de la ONU. ¿Cuáles fueron los embustes de Obama? 1. En el arranque de su discurso el presidente Obama menospreció a las personas que quieren resolver los conflictos por medio de una guerra. A juicio del bloguero, Obama obviaba así el hecho de ...



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Lionel Messi se lesiona bíceps femoral

El argentino Lionel Messi abandonó en el minuto 28 el partido Almería-Barcelona, como consecuencia de una lesión en el bíceps femoral de la pierna derecha, ha informado el club catalán. El atacante argentino, autor del 0-1 del partido, se ha retirado del campo después de notar unas molestias, tras realizar una presión sobre un rival. En su lugar, ha entrado Xavi Hernández.



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Chile Death Caravan general suicide

Former Chilean general and director of intelligence during Pinochet's rule Odlanier Mena kills himself while on weekend release from prison.



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Lessons from South America - Vancouver Sun

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Lessons from South America Vancouver Sun he new South American pope is calling the globe's wealthy into question. World Cup mania is set to burst out of Brazil next year. Gay marriage has been approved in many countries. Reformers are successfully taking on the South American establishment.

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Una ciudad minera sepultada por el desierto

A principios del siglo XX, después de que se descubriera la presencia de diamante en el desierto de Namibia (África), mineros alemanes se establecieron en la zona, creando una ciudad que se llamó Kolmanskop. Cuando la explotación minera hubo extraido todo el diamante, el lugar se convirtió en una ciudad fantasma. En 1954 ya había sido totalmente abandonada. Estas imágenes muestran la soledad del lugar hoy en día.



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NSA revela casos de agentes que espiaban a sus parejas

La Agencia de Seguridad Nacional (NSA) ha puesto de manifiesto al menos una docena de casos de empleados que utilizan sus poderes de vigilancia para espiar a sus amantes o cónyuges, tras la solicitud hecha por un senador. Después de que Associated Press revelara que los agentes de la NSA utilizaban su posición oficial para poder vigilar a sus parejas, el senador republicano Charles Grassley solicitó al inspector general de la agencia una explicación sobre los posibles abusos de las controversiales capacidades de vigilancia de dicha entidad.



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Cuba will let athletes sign with foreign leagues - Sacramento Bee

Cuba will let athletes sign with foreign leagues Sacramento Bee NEW YORK -- It will be up to the U.S. government to decide whether a new wave of Cuban baseball players can quickly make their way to the major leagues. Cuba announced Friday that athletes from all sports will soon be able to sign contracts with ...

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Young Cuban baseball pitcher believed to have left the island - Reuters

Young Cuban baseball pitcher believed to have left the island Reuters HAVANA (Reuters) - A promising young Cuban pitcher failed to show up for training this week and was widely believed to have left the island, which would make him the latest talented prospect to seek a lucrative Major League Baseball contract in the ...

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Consejo de Seguridad de Naciones Unidas aprueba la resolución sobre Siria

Los países miembros del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU ha aprobado hoy por unanimidad la resolución, acordada por Rusia y Estados Unidos para eliminar las armas químicas en Siria. "La resolución aprobada corresponde por completo a los acuerdos conseguidos en Ginebra. Según la resolución, el papel principal en la destrucción de las armas químicas en Siria pertenecerá a la OPAQ (Organización para la Prohibición de las Armas Químicas), que actuará con la ayuda de la ONU. Esperamos que los expertos actúen en Siria imparcialmente", declaró el canciller ruso, Serguéi Lavrov.



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Elías Jaua: La ONU está secuestrada por el viejo imperialismo

La Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) está secuestrada por el viejo imperialismo, por lo que la paz y la dignidad del mundo se mantienen como rehenes en Nueva York, Estados Unidos, sede del organismo multilateral, sostuvo este viernes el canciller venezolano, Elías Jaua Milano. “El secuestrador tiene muchos rostros, cambia de nombre y a veces hasta de bandera, pero sigue siendo el mismo: el viejo imperialismo”, dijo Jaua durante su discurso en la 68º Asamblea General de la ONU.



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Emiten declaración final del Consejo Político Alba-TCP (+ Documento)

Delegaciones latinocaribeñas fijaron su posición ante la reunión extraordinaria del Consejo Político de la Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América, Tratado de Comercio de los Pueblos (Alba-TCP), frente a los agravios imperiales, que han vulnerado los principios del Derecho Internacional. Tocaron diferentes puntos importantes como la evidente necesidad de cambiar la sede de Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, ubicada actualmente en Nueva York, a cualquier otro país que ratifique todos los tratados internacionales sobre DDHH.



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Treaty of Tlatelolco

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How Miami (And The U.S.) Are Becoming Latin America - WLRN

How Miami (And The U.S.) Are Becoming Latin America WLRN Latin America has long had some of the worst (if not the worst) wealth inequality of any region in the world. But over the past decade, Latin America has been adding people to the middle class, while the U.S. has been dismantling its middle class ...

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Cuba allows citizens to play pro sports abroad - MLB.com

Cuba allows citizens to play pro sports abroad MLB.com Cuba, in a move that could alter the sports landscape forever, has decided to allow its athletes to pursue careers in foreign sports leagues. Prior to that announcement, professional sports had been banned in Cuba since 1961, a policy that lasted for ...

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Weekly Address: Averting a Government Shutdown and Expanding Access to Affordable Healthcare

In this week’s address, President Obama says that on October 1, a big part of the Affordable Care Act will go live and give uninsured Americans the chance to buy the same quality, affordable health care as everyone else. It is also the day when some Republicans in Congress might shut down the government just because they don’t like the law. The President urged Congress to both pass a budget by Monday and raise the nation’s debt ceiling so that we can keep growing the economy.



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Cuba to Let Its Athletes Play Professionally Abroad - Wall Street Journal

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Cuba to Let Its Athletes Play Professionally Abroad Wall Street Journal Cuba, in an effort to thwart the wave of top baseball players defecting to the U.S., said on Friday it would allow its athletes to play abroad as professionals, breaking with a decades-old policy of considering professional sports as counter to the ...

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Cubans get a taste of tourism abroad - Regina Leader-Post

Cubans get a taste of tourism abroad Regina Leader-Post Benito Perez, right, smiles as he talks to his friends Rogelia Ventura, left, and Luis Ventura, centre, at his arrival at Miami International Airport in Miami on Sept. 11. Perez, who had never been on a plane, is one of thousands of Cubans travelling ...

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“Duaba, la odisea del honor”: Una buena historia sobre la Historia

Cuando, los sábados por la noche, conecto el canal Cubavisión a las 8 y 30, me apena que el tiempo sea inexorable y una anciana que conocí hace muchos años hoy esté muerta. En junio del 2011, escribí sobre esa mujer, de un brillo singular en los ojos, que me encontré en los campos de mi querido Holguín. Aquella nonagenaria me contó que “cuando tenía si acaso 14 años, estaba una noche en un baile de esos, cuando para su asombro los músicos pararon, nació el silencio y se abrió el camino a un hombre que acababa de llegar con otros montados en sus caballos. Ella se quedó mirando a aquel mulato no tan alto, pero bien plantao, vestido de blanco con unas botas relucientes, y dijo ‘ese podría ser mi hombre’.



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VIDEO: Cash boost for Cuba sports stars

Cuban athletes will be allowed to keep most of the prize money they win abroad, and sign contracts with foreign teams, under reforms being introduced by the country's government.



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