http://cuba.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for cuba en Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:02:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2025077 unknown@Netscape.com HAVANA, Cuba (CNN) -- For the first time in four months, Cuban leader Fidel Castro was shown standing and talking in video footage that aired on state-run Cuban TV. Castro, 80, was seen early Sunday laughing, smiling and standing without assistance in an apparent meeting with Vietnamese Communist Party chief Nong Duc Manh. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:02:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2025077cubacastroNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2013803 unknown@Netscape.com A television cameraman held prisoner for years at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has issued an impassioned plea for the release of a fellow journalist kidnapped in Gaza. Tue, 29 May 2007 03:06:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2013803gitmocubajournalistTerroristGazaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2005072 unknown@Netscape.com Don" Albert Fox, a stocky Floridian who talks in a hushed, confidential tone, has his own custom cigar bands and a retired master cigar roller in Havana who keeps him well stocked. The tiny labels contain a Cuban flag and an American flag, representing the friendships that Albert A. Fox, Jr. has been carefully nurturing since about 2000. Wed, 23 May 2007 11:17:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2005072TheInsanityofU.S.embargooncubaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1750205 unknown@Netscape.com With his trial on immigration charges set for May 11, the US government has filed a motion in federal court seeking to bar the international terrorist Luis Posada Carriles from testifying on his role as an agent of the Central Intelligence Agency. Sat, 05 May 2007 05:19:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1750205luisPosadaCarrilesciabombingcubaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1355236 unknown@Netscape.com Cuba has slammed the US over what it says is a double standard on terrorism after a US federal judge ordered the release of an anti-Castro activist convicted in the deadly downing of a Cuban jet. Sun, 08 Apr 2007 19:45:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1355236cubaTerroristReleaseNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1168238 unknown@Netscape.com Since 2003, one country has been the main supplier of food to Fidel Castro's Cuba: the United States. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:24:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1168238cubaUnitedstatessupplytradeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1131160 unknown@Netscape.com A former CIA agent reportedly claims he personally buried leftist revolutionary icon Ernesto "Che" Guevara, and challenged Cuba to allow a DNA test to prove that the remains it interred are Guevara's. Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:31:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1131160CheGuevaraciasouthamericacubaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/969610 unknown@Netscape.com Pictures of Cars in Cuba via flickr Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:39:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/969610vintageAutoscubacarsinNews http://web2announcer.com/go/827448 unknown@Netscape.com The former chief of Cuba's military medical services is calling for international weapons inspections of a secret underground lab near Havana, where he says the government is creating biological warfare agents like the plague, botulism and yellow fever. Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:27:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/827448cubaBiologicalweaponswmdRobertoOrtegaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/694097 unknown@Netscape.com Seven months after Fidel Castro temporarily handed power to his brother because of illness, Cuba is at a critical juncture and the United States should not let up pressure for political change on the island, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez . Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:21:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/694097commerceSecretarySeesnochangeuscubapolicyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/517024 unknown@Netscape.com The Cuban government has deported to Colombia a suspected narcotics baron wanted in the US on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering. Colombian officials escorted Luis Hernando Gomez Bustamante, 49, from Havana to Bogota on a government plane. Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:47:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/517024cubadrugdealerscolombiaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/498364 unknown@Netscape.com Cuban President Fidel Castro's health is improving because he is now eating, the ambassador to Cuba from ally Venezuela said on Thursday, without making clear when Castro had been unable to eat. Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:31:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/498364fidelcastrocubaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/487156 unknown@Netscape.com The Episcopal Church has named a woman as bishop in Cuba, the first such appointment by the church in the developing world, church officials said Tuesday. Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:16:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/487156churchnames1stFemalebishopcubaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/414460 unknown@Netscape.com Cuba has announced it will send a group of doctors to help Castro's old ally President Daniel Ortega bolster the health system in Nicaragua. Castro also sent about 1,700 physicians to Bolivia in 2006 to lend aid to the government of Evo Morales. Why does Cuba have so many doctors to spare? Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:03:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/414460cubacubandoctorsmedicalindustryNews http://web2announcer.com/go/242364 unknown@Netscape.com Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says that Cuban leader Fidel Castro is "battling for his life" - Mr Chavez spoke at the Latin American summit in Brazil in a rare admission of the state of Mr Castro's health. Sat, 20 Jan 2007 15:32:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/242364castroGravelyillcubaVenezuelapresidentNews http://web2announcer.com/go/207462 unknown@Netscape.com At least one Canadian bank says it won't follow the lead of the Royal Bank and will risk American fines to give U.S. dollar accounts to dual citizens. Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:50:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/207462scotiabankroyalbankcanadairaniraqcubaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/188626 unknown@Netscape.com The Royal Bank has refused to open American dollar accounts for people of certain nationalities since April 2006. Canadian citizens with dual citizenship in Iran, Iraq, Cuba, Sudan, North Korea or Myanmar are affected. Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:58:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/188626royalbankcanadairaniraqcubasudanNorthKoreamyanmarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/4470 unknown@Netscape.com A massive cyberprotest by hackers from Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Turkey, Germany, Dominican Republic, Peru, Spain, Venezuela and for the first time ever by Cuban hackers (YES!!! CUBAN HACKERS!!!) against the United Nations resolution for Lebanon is taking place and according to reports, it has taken a lot of high-profile victims (UN,Sony,Gov sites) Wed, 16 Aug 2006 06:32:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4470PoliticsSecurityhackersLebanoncubaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/3824 unknown@Netscape.com Pictures of the President of Cuba, Fidel Castro, both old and new. Mon, 14 Aug 2006 07:07:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3824Newsfidel castrofidelcastrocubapresidentphotospictures http://web2announcer.com/go/3716 unknown@Netscape.com Acting Cuban President Raul Castro appeared in public for the first time on Sunday, receiving Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Cuban state television images showed. Sun, 13 Aug 2006 21:55:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3716NewscasreochavezcubafidelVenezuela http://web2announcer.com/go/3659 unknown@Netscape.com The Cuban newspaper Juventud Rebelde has released the first pictures of Cuban leaderFidel Castro taken after his gastrointestinal surgery, with Castro quoted as saying, "I feel very happy." Sun, 13 Aug 2006 15:11:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3659Politicsfidel castrocubapicturesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/3643 unknown@Netscape.com The statement by Fidel Castro on his 80th birthday, published Sunday in the Communist youth newspaper Juventude Rebelde, along with the first pictures of the Cuban leader since he announced July 31 he had undergone surgery and was temporarily stepping aside: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 13:59:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3643Newscastrocuba80th birthday http://web2announcer.com/go/3251 unknown@Netscape.com The prolonged disappearance of Fidel Castro from public view indicates that the Cuban president is confronting "serious" health problems, a senior U.S. State Department official said Friday. Fri, 11 Aug 2006 19:54:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3251Newscastrocubahealth http://web2announcer.com/go/2714 unknown@Netscape.com As Cuba inches toward a post-Fidel existence, international attention has focused on the ailing leader and his brother Raul. But it's worth keeping an eye on Fidel's staunchest ally. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is likely to pour millions of petrodollars into keeping Cuba socialist. Wed, 09 Aug 2006 18:24:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2714Newscubafidel castrohugo chavez http://web2announcer.com/go/2530 unknown@Netscape.com Cuba's military coup marks the end of the revolutionary era. Wed, 09 Aug 2006 05:11:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2530Newscubacastromilitaryrevolutioncoup http://web2announcer.com/go/1829 unknown@Netscape.com Elian Gonzalez sent a note Sunday wishing a speedy recovery to "my dear grandpa Fidel," and Cuba's vice president said the world's longest-serving leader is recuperating well after surgery. Sun, 06 Aug 2006 22:40:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1829Newselian gonzalezcastroeliancuba http://web2announcer.com/go/1613 unknown@Netscape.com Rio de Janeiro - A newspaper based in the commercial centre of Sao Paulo cited Brazilian government sources in its report Saturday that Cuban leader Fidel Castro has stomach cancer. Sun, 06 Aug 2006 00:43:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1613Newscastrocancerstomachcuba http://web2announcer.com/go/1506 unknown@Netscape.com Cuba government has mobilized citizen defense militias, saying it fears a U.S. attack during Fidel Castro's health crisis, even though the White House insists no such threat exists. Sat, 05 Aug 2006 18:17:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1506PoliticsinvasioncubacastroUSANews http://web2announcer.com/go/1278 unknown@Netscape.com With Cuban leader Fidel Castro ailing after 47 years in power, CNN said Thursday it had hired his estranged daughter, Alina Fernandez, as a network contributor. Fri, 04 Aug 2006 16:58:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1278Newscnncubafidel castrocastro http://web2announcer.com/go/1163 unknown@Netscape.com At a momentous moment in Cuban history -- with long-time strongman Fidel Castro in a sickbed and transferring his power to his brother -- foreign journalists are being shut out of the Communist island. Fri, 04 Aug 2006 06:02:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1163NewscubajournalismreportersCensorship http://web2announcer.com/go/1038 unknown@Netscape.com North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has sent a get-well note to Cuba's Fidel Castro, who has undergone stomach surgery, the North's KCNA news agency said on Thursday. Thu, 03 Aug 2006 21:56:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1038NewscastrocubaNorth KoreaKim Jong-il http://web2announcer.com/go/785 unknown@Netscape.com Cuban President Fidel Castro is "very alive and very alert" after undergoing surgery and ceding power, a key Cuban official said, though uncertainty remained as Castro and his brother and temporary replacement, Raul, stayed out of public view. Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:29:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/785Newsfidel castrocubasurgery http://web2announcer.com/go/673 unknown@Netscape.com Stephen Colbert addresses Castro's recent temporary transfer of power, saying now is the time to invade. Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:00:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/673Popular VideoscolbertcubainvadecastroNews http://web2announcer.com/go/613 unknown@Netscape.com The White House said Tuesday that the administration has no plans to reach out to Raul Castro, who has temporarily replaced his brother, Cuban President Fidel Castro, due to health problems. Wed, 02 Aug 2006 15:00:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/613NewsWhite Housefidel castroraul castrocubasurgery http://web2announcer.com/go/452 unknown@Netscape.com Sen. Mel Martinez was almost giddy Tuesday over the report that Cuban President Fidel Castro has ceded power temporarily while he undergoes surgery Tue, 01 Aug 2006 22:43:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/452PoliticscastrocubasenatorlawmakersNews http://web2announcer.com/go/539 unknown@Netscape.com The Bush administration said Tuesday it is monitoring the health crisis of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, as officials restated their goal of helping to ensure a democratic transition on the island. Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:13:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/539Newsdemocracycubacastrofidel castrocommunism http://web2announcer.com/go/357 unknown@Netscape.com Government: Cuban leader delegates powers provisionally to brother Raul Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:15:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/357Politicscastrocubafidel castroraul castrosurgeryNews