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US Judges Doing Their Part on Cuba

Anti-Cuba activist judges are helping make it difficult for any US government to lift the 50-year economic blockade on Cuba. By awarding huge sums in suits against Cuba the courts try to tie the administrations hands on foreign policy.

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Juanes Peace Concert Has Its Risks

There’s a lot of hullabaloo these days over a concert with popular Colombian-born singer Joanes set for September 20 at Havana’s Plaza of the Revolution. Those who dream of a pre-revolutionary Cuba are in rage that a fellow Latino who lives in Miami would dare to perform in the “communist” country they would love to destroy.

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Eastern Cuba on Alert for Bill Swells

Hurricane Bill’s strong winds could cause heavy waves that would impact on low-lying areas of Cuba’s eastern region, warned the island’s Institute of Meteorology on Friday morning, reported IPS.

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Electricity Frauds in Urban Areas

The Cuban authorities have detected 15,000 electricity frauds in the residential sector since January this year, reported IPS on Friday. The Caribbean country’s government is carrying out an energy saving campaign to attenuate the effects of the international economic crisis.

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Rafael Correa Vacations in Cuba

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa will spend starting tomorrow a week’s vacation in Cuba with his wife and three children, announced the South American country’s Presidential Secretariat of Communications, reported IPS.

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Cuba Tracks Hurricane Bill Moves NW

urricane Bill continues to gain in intensity as at moves northwest in the Atlantic, reported the Cuban Meteorology Center on Wednesday evening. While Cuba and Caribbean appears well off Bill’s path, the island nation of Bermuda is endangered by the powerful Category 4 storm that could hit on late Friday or early Saturday.

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Church Wants to Help Cuba-US Ties

The Catholic Church of Cuba and the United States want to play an important role in promoting improved relations between the two countries, said Orlando Florida Bishop Thomas Gerard Wenski in statements to the Cuban press in Havana.

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Van Van with Juanes at Cuba Concert

With the upcoming Juanes Peace Concert in Havana just under a month away, Juan Formell, director of the famous Van Van salsa orchestra, said his popular dance band was invited to perform at the event. In South Florida, conservative Cuban-American exile groups strongly oppose any cultural exchange with Cuba.

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Bill Gains Force, No Threat to Cuba

Hurricane Bill has reached sustained winds of 110 miles per hour with stronger gusts, but its course toward the northwest will move it far away from Cuba in the next few days, said the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

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R. Blades Presents CD, Praises Juanes

Ruben Blades has just released a new CD “Songs of Underdevelopment” which he dedicated to Puerto Rico and Cuba, which he said “has survived attacks from within and without.” Blades also supported popular Columbian musician Juanes’ decision to give a peace concert in Havana on September 20.

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