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Raúl receives call from Namibian
President
ON Thursday afternoon, President Raúl Castro received
a telephone call from Namibian President Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba expressing
his nation’s solidarity with the people of Cuba following the devastating
passage of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike across the island. During the conversation,
Raúl thanked the president of this sister nation for his concern and provided
detailed information about the damage caused by the meteorological phenomenon
over the past 11 days.
TEN YEARS AFTER THE FIVE’S ARREST
A new anti-Cuba spectacle in Miami
TEN years on from the operation unleashed by Miami’s
FBI chief Héctor Pesquera at the request mafia ringleaders to eliminate Cubans
infiltrated in their organizations, a new witch hunt is taking place in this
city to foster hatred of the island, justify new operations against the
Revolution and favor the interests of the Batista-loving Congress members in
Florida. On September 12, 1998, after spending the entire
night involved in an operation just like those you
find in the worst Hollywood movies, before he had
even notified his own FBI bosses, ...
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Tobacco shed under
water.
First
the winds of Gustav, now the floodwaters of Ike
FROM up
above, chaos seems to reign in Pinar del Río
province. It is enough to go up a number of meters —
this time 300 — in a Revolutionary Air Force
helicopter to grasp the magnitude of the disaster.
In addition to the destruction wreaked by Hurricane
Gustav’s furious winds, there is now the devastation
of Ike’s floodwaters inundating towns and fields.
Two hurricanes that have disrupted the lives and
surroundings of the people of Pinar del Río.
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Unfortunate loss of seven human lives in Ike’s
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U.S.
ambassador expelled from Venezuela
CARACAS,
September 11.—Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has
ordered the U.S. ambassador in Caracas, Patrick
Duddy, to leave the country within 72 hours, a
measure that was adopted in solidarity with Bolivia,
and at the same time informed Washington of
Venezuela’s decision to cut off supplies of crude
oil to that nation, the AFP reported. "As
a gesture of solidarity with Bolivia, from this
moment on, the Yankee ambassador in Caracas has 72
hours to leave Venezuela," ... |
MORE INFORMATION
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Letter
from Fidel to Randy
Alonso, director of the
“Roundtable” program
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Evo
orders expulsion of U.S. ambassador to Washington
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More than 320,000 houses damaged
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STATEMENT FROM THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Cuba will come through. Neither hurricanes, nor
blockades,
no aggressions can prevent that
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