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- The Honduras Itch
Unlike Cuba, Nicaragua or Venezuela, Honduras had been getting very little coverage in the Russian media before last weekend. Having said all of the above, I just hope that our readers in Honduras take as much offence from this joke as Poland takes from
- Un U.S./U.N. Complot Contra Anti-Comunista Honduras*
Las personas de Honduras imploran para la justicia de medios y comprenden de cómo ellos guardaron su sistema democrático del gobierno de una conspiración internacional basada en Venezuela y Cuba. En mensajes desesperados al mundo exterior, hondureños
- Venezuela bans ad campaign against property law
CARACAS, July 3 (Reuters) - Venezuela pulled the plug on Friday on a publicity campaign against the left-wing government's proposed changes to property legislation that critics dub 'the Cuban law.' Diosdado Cabello, a senior official who heads the
- Star Cuban pitcher reportedly defects
A highly regarded Cuban pitching prospect has defected from the national team while playing in a tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands. His next stop could be in the major leagues, possibly with the New York Yankees.
- Documents describe chaos of Gitmo's early months
(AP)
AP - Newly released Defense Department documents and memos about the first years of operation of the jail at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, portray a chaotic and sometimes violent operation that its own commanders described as dysfunctional.
- Obama Supports Honduran Dictator
In a stunning decision, Dictator Barack Hussein Obama and his State-run media?along with ObamaFriends Dictators Fidel Castro (Cuba) and Hugo Chavez (Venezuela)?announced that he supports Honduran President Manuel Zelaya against the democratic
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The native Amerindian population of Cuba began to decline after the European discovery of the island by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492 and following its development as a Spanish colony during the next several centuries. Large numbers of African slaves were imported to work the coffee and sugar plantations, and Havana became the launching point for the annual treasure fleets bound for Spain from Mexico and Peru. Spanish rule, marked initially by neglect, became increasingly repressive, provoking an independence movement and occasional rebellions that were harshly suppressed. It was US intervention during the Spanish-American War in 1898 that finally overthrew Spanish rule. The subsequent Treaty of Paris established Cuban independence, which was granted in 1902 after a three-year transition period. Fidel CASTRO led a rebel army to victory in 1959; his iron rule has held the regime together since then. Cuba's Communist revolution, with Soviet support, was exported throughout Latin America and Africa during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The country is now slowly recovering from a severe economic recession in 1990, following the withdrawal of former Soviet subsidies, worth $4 billion to $6 billion annually. Cuba portrays its difficulties as the result of the US embargo in place since 1961. Illicit migration to the US - using homemade rafts, alien smugglers, air flights, or via the southwest border - is a continuing problem. The US Coast Guard intercepted 2,810 individuals attempting to cross the Straits of Florida in fiscal year 2006.
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AP - Her fellow job seekers offer knowing groans as Diane Castro recalls the day she was laid off: The fear of being summoned to the front office. The phones in nearby cubicles going off like grenades. Finally, a ring at her desk.
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