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Cuba to Open TV Channel With Foreign Content
Thursday, April 03, 2008 8:11:00 AM
Cuba's state-run television broadcaster will start a 24-hour channel with mostly foreign content in a move to provide Cuban audiences with more variety.   Full Story
 

Cubans Rush to Buy DVD Players, Electric Bikes
Wednesday, April 02, 2008 8:02:00 AM
HAVANA—Cubans crowded shops on Tuesday to buy DVD players and electric bikes that went on sale for the first time as new President Raul Castro moved to lift many restrictions in the one-party socialis ...   Full Story
 

Cuba Ends Restriction on Cellular Phones
Friday, March 28, 2008 8:07:00 PM
Cuba said Friday it will allow all Cubans to buy and use mobile telephones for the first time in the latest step by new President Raul Castro to improve access to consumer goods.   Full Story
 

Cuba Delays Access to Top Cuban Blog
Monday, March 24, 2008 9:17:00 PM
Cuba's most popular blogger Yoani Sanchez said Monday that Cuban authorities had blocked viewing of her blog and then allowed slow access to the Web site from Cuba.   Full Story
 

Human Rights Torch Relay Visits the Dominican Republic
Monday, March 17, 2008 8:20:00 PM
The Human Rights Torch Relay (HRTR) visited the Dominican Republic on Saturday, March 12, after beginning its tour of South America in Peru on Friday.   Full Story
 

Cuba Lifts Ban on Computer, DVD Player Sales
Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:12:00 PM
HAVANA—Communist Cuba has authorized the unrestricted sale of computers and DVD and video players in the first sign that its new president, Raul Castro, is moving to improve Cubans' access to cons ...   Full Story
 

Raul Castro's Army Could Drive Reform in Cuba
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 8:17:00 PM
The rise of army generals to top political posts under Cuba's new leader Raul Castro does not signal iron-fisted rule but rather the key role the army will play as a motor for economic change.   Full Story
 

Raul Castro Urged to Change Cuba
Monday, February 25, 2008 9:20:00 PM
HAVANA—Cuba's new President Raul Castro came under outside pressure to release political prisoners and allow more dissent Monday, after taking over from his ailing brother Fidel Castro who ruled f ...   Full Story
 

Young Cubans Turned off by Castro Succession
Monday, February 25, 2008 8:11:00 PM
HAVANA—Young Cubans frustrated by a regimented and austere life under socialism see little hope of change under the team of old guard revolutionaries who have taken over following Fidel Castro's r ...   Full Story
 

Cubans Expect Few Big Changes in Post-Castro Life
Saturday, February 23, 2008 8:23:00 PM
As the world watches and waits for signs of change in a Cuba without Fidel Castro at the helm, few Cubans expect life to be different after a new president is named on Sunday.   Full Story
 

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