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Change in the Air? Cuba Vows to Free 52 Activists

(July 8) -- Cuba has agreed to release 52 political prisoners, prompting Spain's foreign minister to call on the European Union to ease its refusal to normalize relations with Havana and to describe the move as an opportunity for the U.S. to improve its fractured ties. One almost immediate result today was that Guillermo...

Cuba Looks to Private Farms to Boost Economy

(Feb. 8 ) – Cuban President Raul Castro has announced a five-year plan that he hopes will ease the country's economic problems and reliance on food imports. Echoing some of his previous attempts at agricultural reform, the president wants to surround cities with small urban farms so private citizens can raise animals...

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Visas Denied to Scholars to Attend Same Conference as Castro's Daughter

RaÃºl Castro's daughter Mariela received a visa to attend a conference of scholars next week, but several less prominent academics have been denied, according to conference organizers.

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Mariela Castro, Cuba President Raul Castro's Daughter, Backs Obama On Gay Marriage

Cuban President Raul Castro's daughter congratulated Barack Obama on Thursday for his support for gay marriage, but said his comments are just a first step toward changing policy.

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05/30/12 Castro niece champions gay rights in New York Source: Aljazeera.com The daughter of Raul Castro, Cuba's president, is taking her long standing fight for gay rights to the people of the US.
05/30/12 Cuban Dictator's Daughter Predictably Bashes U.S.,... Source: The Heritage Foundation Mariela Castro Espin, daughter of Cuban dictator Raul Castro and director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education ( CENESEX ), used a visit to the U.S. to criticize American policy and endorse President Obama.
05/24/12 Raul Castro's daughter lauds Obama's gay marriage... Source: The San Francisco Examiner - San Francisco CA Cuban President Raul Castro's daughter Mariela said on Wednesday she was surprised by the warm welcome she received on arrival in the United States and was heartened by President Barack Obama's support for same-sex marriage.
05/24/12 Castro's niece: "I would vote for Obama" Source: AdelaideNow - Australia Mariela Castro, the daughter of President Raul Castro, also lamented a "small group of delinquents" who she said were preventing the warming of ties between Washington and Havana.
05/23/12 Mariela Castro Espin, daughter of Cuban President Raul... Source: AlertNet Mariela Castro Espin, daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro, speaks during a medical lecture for health care providers on care for transgender patients at San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco, California May 23, 2012.