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That time Obama promoted myth of excellent healthcare and education in Cuba
In his recent remarks in Cuba, President Obama offered glowing praise to institutions in that communist country that did not deserve it.…
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Fidel Castro, who defied U.S. for 50 years, dies at 90 in Cuba
HAVANA (AP) — Fidel Castro, who led his bearded rebels to victorious revolution in 1959, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power…
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Cruz attends town hall meet-and-greet in New Hampshire
New Boston, N.H. — During a seven-stop campaign tour of New Hampshire, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) traveled to…
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Accused US cop killers say Cuba tells them they’re safe
HAVANA (AP) — Two American fugitives who fled to Cuba after they were accused of killing police officers said Friday that Cuban officials…
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Becket Fund leader named to religious freedom panel
WASHINGTON – The executive director of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a nonprofit legal advocacy group that has defended key civil rights…
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Cuban refugee climbed from modest start to help addicts get clean
WORCESTER – Dr. Matilde Castiel could probably give state policymakers plenty of advice about dealing with drug abuse and the deadly opioid crisis…
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Raul Castro retains top Cuban Communist Party post
HAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro will hold the Cuban Communist Party's highest post for another five years alongside his hardline second-…
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Cuban poet Valladares to receive Becket’s Canterbury Medal
WASHINGTON – "They've taken everything away from me – or almost everything – I still have my smile, the proud sense that…
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Fidel Castro to Obama: We don’t need your ‘presents’
HAVANA (AP) — Fidel Castro responded Monday to President Barack Obama's historic trip to Cuba with a long, bristling letter recounting…
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Cuba trip part of Mass. delegation’s long relationship with Latin American communists
Overshadowed this week by President Barack Obama's historic visit with Cuban leaders in Havana, another top American government official made…
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Rolling Stones unleash rock and roll on massive Cuban crowd
HAVANA (AP) — The Rolling Stones unleashed two hours of shrieking, thundering rock and roll on an ecstatic crowd of hundreds of thousands…
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The day freedom died in Cuba
In 1959, Fidel Castro and his communist henchmen put a bullet through the head of freedom. Proclaiming the era of equality, they…
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DOD official: ‘There have been Americans that have died because of Gitmo detainees’
As reported by the Associated Press, U.S. Defense Department Special Envoy for Guantanamo Detention Closure Paul Lewis testified in the House…
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Speaker Ryan: Obama’s Cuba trip ‘legitimizes a tyrannical dictatorship’
(CNSNews.com) – During a press conference today about the terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) said he…
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Victims of communism in Cuba: 73,000
As President Barack Obama currently visits Cuba, it merits noting that the Communist regime south of Florida has killed an estimated 73,…
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Obama says he welcomes Castro’s criticism of the United States
(CNSNews.com) – In a joint press conference with Cuban dictator Raul Castro in Havana, Cuba, on Monday, President Barack Obama said he…
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Raul Castro: ‘What political prisoners?’
(CNSNews.com) – In a joint press conference with President Barack Obama in Havana, Cuba, on Monday, Cuban dictator Raul Castro was asked…
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Obama tweets from Havana hours after regime detains dissidents
(CNSNews.com) – President Obama landed in Cuba on Sunday afternoon, hours after dozens of dissidents from the Ladies in White movement were…
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Adios, Guantanamo
President Obama is heading to Cuba in two weeks, eager to unveil more travel and trade concessions to the country's…
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Cubans rights groups fear Democratic world legitimizing Castros
(CNSNews.com) – President Obama's outreach to communist-ruled Cuba risks "legitimizing the deeply entrenched Cuban regime," Cuban human…
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US eases security for ships visiting Cuba as Obama trip nears
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. authorities removed Cuba from a list of countries deemed to have insufficient security in their ports, eliminating on…
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Obama will take McGovern on trip to Havana
WORCESTER – When President Barack Obama becomes the first sitting U.S. commander-in-chief to visit Cuba since Calvin Coolidge landed on…
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Boston-to-Cuba route on the runway
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. airlines are looking to serve Cuba primarily from their large hub cities, with Havana being the most…
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Obama Guantanamo plan faces roadblocks, Speaker Ryan says
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday Republicans are taking legal steps to stop President Barack Obama from closing the U.…
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Castro mouthpiece: Obama visit ends ‘myth’ that ‘Cuba violates human rights’
(CNSNews.com) – Secretary of State John Kerry told lawmakers Tuesday he intends to travel to Cuba in the coming weeks "to…
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Rubio: Cuba ‘is harboring a killer from New Jersey who killed a state trooper’
(CNSNews.com) – Although President Barack Obama plans to visit Communist Cuba and meet with dictator Raul Castro in March, Senator Marco Rubio…
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Cheered in Havana, Obama’s Cuba trip spurs GOP skepticism
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's plans for a history-making trip to Cuba drew hopeful cheers in Havana on Thursday…
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Obama plans Castro meeting during historic Cuba trip
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday he'll raise human rights issues and other U.S. concerns with Cuban President…
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Obama plans historic trip to Cuba to further ties
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will pay a historic visit to Cuba in the coming weeks, senior Obama administration officials said, becoming…
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US, Cuba pact expected to let airline flights begin
HAVANA (AP) — The United States and Cuba will sign an agreement next week to resume commercial air traffic for the first time…
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Fewer than 100 Guantanamo prisoners left as 10 leave to Oman
MIAMI (AP) — Ten prisoners from Yemen who were held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been released and sent to the Middle Eastern…
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Stranded Cuban migrants brought by air, bus to Mexico
CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) — Nearly 200 Cuban migrants traveled by air and across land through Central America and into southern Mexico on…
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First of 17 detainees to be released from Gitmo next week
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first of 17 detainees scheduled to be released from the Guantanamo Bay prison in January will be transferred next…
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Social media helps drive historic Cuban exodus to US
PENAS BLANCAS, Costa Rica (AP) — As summer began to bake the central Cuban city of Sancti Spiritus, Elio Alvarez and Lideisy Hernandez…
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Critics: Changing Guantanamo prison’s ZIP code isn’t a fix
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's quest to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, perhaps by moving some detainees to the…
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Historic surge in Cuban emigration divides families
CAMAGUEY, Cuba (AP) — On the 14th of September last year, nine Cuban men pushed their scrap-metal raft into the Florida Straits,…
