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Human Rights Torch Relay Visits the Dominican RepublicMonday, 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 SalesThursday, 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 CubaTuesday, 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 CubaMonday, 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 SuccessionMonday, 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 LifeSaturday, 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
Cuba's Fidel Castro Steps Down After Half a CenturyTuesday, February 19, 2008 9:11:00 PM HAVANA—Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro stepped down on Tuesday 49 years after taking power in an armed revolution, closing the book on a Cold War career that made him an icon to leftists and a tyrant ... Full Story
Subdued Reaction in Miami to Castro's RetirementTuesday, February 19, 2008 6:57:00 PM Cuban exiles in Miami expressed quiet relief at Fidel Castro 's resignation Tuesday but said their homeland had moved past the longtime leader and change was inevitable. Full Story
Cuba's Fidel Castro Retires After 49 Years in PowerTuesday, February 19, 2008 8:25:00 AM HAVANA—Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said on Tuesday that he will not return to lead the communist country, retiring as president 49 years after he seized power in a revolution and became a central ... Full Story
Raul Castro Raises Hopes of Economic Change in CubaTuesday, February 19, 2008 8:11:00 AM Raul Castro, Cuba's likely new leader after his ailing brother Fidel Castro bowed out Tuesday, is a pragmatist more concerned with putting food on Cuban tables than spreading revolution abroad. Full Story
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