http://www.mail.com/locations/2974-cuba.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/2974-cuba.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1862762-cuba-us-spar-blame-poor-ties.html HAVANA (AP) — A senior Cuban official sharply criticized U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday for suggesting Cuba was stuck in the past, saying the only anachronistic element of the relationship is Washington's half-century-old economic embargo. Josefina Vidal, the head of the Foreign Ministry's North American affairs division, said Obama was poorly info... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1862762-cuba-us-spar-blame-poor-ties.html 2013-02-01T19:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859110-sept-11-judge-rules-censor.html GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — The second round of pretrial hearings in the Sept. 11 case sputtered to a close Thursday with the judge ordering the government to remove censorship equipment from the courtroom at the U.S. base in Cuba but little progress on some fundamental legal issues that must be resolved before the long-stalled case can go to trial. ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859110-sept-11-judge-rules-censor.html 2013-01-31T19:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857698-cuba-dissidents-approved-denied-passports.html HAVANA (AP) — Two Cuban dissidents who applied for passports to go overseas under recently enacted travel reform reported mixed results Wednesday, as one former prisoner was turned down while a prominent blogger excitedly tweeted a photo of her brand new, bright blue travel document. "The called me at home to say my passport was ready! They just delivered... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857698-cuba-dissidents-approved-denied-passports.html 2013-01-30T23:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854306-judge-weighs-amount-access-to-secret-gitmo-camp.html GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — A military judge was deciding on Tuesday how much access defense lawyers should have to a secret section of the Guantanamo Bay prison where five men charged in the Sept. 11 attacks have been held in near-total secrecy for more than six years. Lawyers for the prisoners say they need to spend time inside Camp 7 to eval... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854306-judge-weighs-amount-access-to-secret-gitmo-camp.html 2013-01-29T20:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1853852-obamas-envoy-closing-gitmo-prison-reassigned.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has reassigned its special envoy for closing the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in another step away from one of President Barack Obama's first campaign promises. Ambassador Daniel Fried is starting this week as the department's sanctions coordinator, according to an internal notice, focusing on governments lik... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1853852-obamas-envoy-closing-gitmo-prison-reassigned.html 2013-01-29T16:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851064-lawyer-fired-911-case-guantanamo.html GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — A Guantanamo Bay prisoner charged in the Sept. 11 attacks fired one of his military attorneys Monday in an apparent sign of distrust of his Pentagon-appointed legal counsel. Waleed bin Attash at first refused to speak when questioned by the judge about his desire to dismiss one of his three lawyers, Marine Corps Maj.... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851064-lawyer-fired-911-case-guantanamo.html 2013-01-28T23:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1849610-court-rulings-dim-outlook-guantanamo-trials.html GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — A civilian appeals court has now reversed the verdicts of the only two Guantanamo Bay prisoners convicted in trials by military tribunal, casting a shadow over proceedings set to resume this week at the U.S. base in Cuba for the men accused in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. A federal appeals court on Friday threw out... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1849610-court-rulings-dim-outlook-guantanamo-trials.html 2013-01-27T18:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847456-chavez-starting-medical-treatment-cuba.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has defeated a respiratory infection and has begun additional medical treatment in Cuba after struggling with complications following cancer surgery more than six weeks ago, a government spokesman said Saturday. Venezuelan Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said that it remains unclear how soon Ch... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847456-chavez-starting-medical-treatment-cuba.html 2013-01-26T23:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1848238-kerry-hagel-drive-reboot-us-cuba-ties.html HAVANA (AP) — The nominee for U.S. Secretary of State, Sen. John Kerry, once held up millions of dollars in funding for secretive U.S. democracy-building programs in Cuba. Defense Secretary hopeful Chuck Hagel has called the U.S. embargo against the communist-run island "nonsensical" and anachronistic. Both men are now poised to occupy two of the most imp... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1848238-kerry-hagel-drive-reboot-us-cuba-ties.html 2013-01-26T18:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1846222-round-2-sloppy-joes-bar-havana-original.html HAVANA (AP) — A half-century later, Jose Rafa Malem remembers the balmy breezes blowing through the bar's arching porticos, the grain of the tall wood stools, the whiff of Pedro Domecq brandy on his father's breath. And how could he forget the tangy ground-beef-and-tomato-sauce sandwiches synonymous with what was then one of Havana's hippest hangouts, pla... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1846222-round-2-sloppy-joes-bar-havana-original.html 2013-01-26T01:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1846684-chavez-impersonator-cancer-laughing-matter.html MIAMI (AP) — It's an hour before showtime, and Gustavo Rios is transforming himself into Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. A makeup artist paints his skin a dark olive tone. A plastic mole is glued strategically on the upper right corner of his forehead. Large, latex ears and a short, black wig cover his head as he squints and purses his lips in front of ... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1846684-chavez-impersonator-cancer-laughing-matter.html 2013-01-25T21:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1844088-absent-omnipresent-chavez-powerful-symbol.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — While Venezuela's sick president recuperates from surgery behind closed doors in Cuba, at home he is more visible than ever. Iconic images of his eyes look out from murals lining the streets of Caracas, his portrait appears on T-shirts sported by followers, and on television he can be heard booming "I am a nation!" Though still a... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1844088-absent-omnipresent-chavez-powerful-symbol.html 2013-01-25T02:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1843750-cuba-confirms-undersea-cable-carrying-data-traffic.html HAVANA (AP) — Cuba's state telecom monopoly confirmed Thursday that the island's first hard-wired Internet connection to the outside world has been activated, but said it won't lead to an immediate increase in access. In a statement published in Communist Party newspaper Granma and other official media, ETECSA broke its long silence on the ALBA-1 fiber-op... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1843750-cuba-confirms-undersea-cable-carrying-data-traffic.html 2013-01-24T22:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1844260-mcgoverns-personal-items-to-sold-s-dakota.html SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — George McGovern once gave his daughter a bookend made out of soapstone in the shape of a bear — a symbol of the "Terr the bear" nickname the former South Dakota senator often called Teresa, who froze to death 18 years ago in a snow bank near a bar where she'd been drinking. The figure is one of many deeply personal items going up ... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1844260-mcgoverns-personal-items-to-sold-s-dakota.html 2013-01-24T21:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1841220-venezuela-vp-plot-chavez-allies-revealed.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's vice president said Wednesday that the government has uncovered a plot to attack him or another senior leader of President Hugo Chavez's party. The purported plot involved "groups that have infiltrated the country," Vice President Nicolas Maduro said in a speech to government supporters. He added that the authorities ... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1841220-venezuela-vp-plot-chavez-allies-revealed.html 2013-01-24T01:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1838822-venezuelan-government-hugo-chavez-recovering.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in good spirits and recovering six weeks after he underwent cancer surgery in Cuba, his government said Tuesday in a continuation of more upbeat assessments of the leader's fragile health. Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said officials received a "very encouraging" report Tuesday about th... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1838822-venezuelan-government-hugo-chavez-recovering.html 2013-01-22T21:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1838014-telefonica-no-involvement-with-cuba-cable.html HAVANA (AP) — Spanish telecom Telefonica denied Tuesday that it has anything to do with an undersea fiber-optic cable between Cuba and Venezuela, even as an analyst who monitors global data traffic noted an additional uptick in data speed to and from the island — suggesting the cable is in full operation. In a brief statement to The Associated Press, Tele... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1838014-telefonica-no-involvement-with-cuba-cable.html 2013-01-22T16:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1835776-report-cuba-using-undersea-fiber-optic-cable.html HAVANA (AP) — Cuba apparently has finally switched on the first undersea fiber-optic cable linking it to the outside world nearly two years after its arrival, according to analysis by a company that monitors global Internet use. In a report posted Sunday on the website of Renesys, author Doug Madory wrote that Cuba began using the ALBA-1 cable on Jan. 14.... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1835776-report-cuba-using-undersea-fiber-optic-cable.html 2013-01-21T18:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1830518-charges-stay-sept-11-guantanamo.html SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The prosecution of five Guantanamo Bay prisoners accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks will go on — for now — with eight charges against each of the men, the Pentagon said Friday. A Department of Defense legal official declined a prosecution request to withdraw the charge of conspiracy, which faced a likely challenge b... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1830518-charges-stay-sept-11-guantanamo.html 2013-01-18T20:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1827996-chavez-reportedly-exclusive-cuba-hospital.html HAVANA (AP) — It's a blocky, blush-colored building surrounded by a lush canopy of trees near the rumored home of Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro. Somewhere inside, as best as can be determined, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is fighting for his life. People in Venezuela and other parts of the world await word on the fate of a man who once called ... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1827996-chavez-reportedly-exclusive-cuba-hospital.html 2013-01-17T18:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1822414-venezuela-vp-stands-chavez-lawmakers.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro took the place of ailing President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday by delivering a short speech and turning in a state-of-the-nation report amid legal debate about his legitimacy. Maduro submitted the report in writing from Chavez's government while the president remained in Cuba undergoing treatme... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1822414-venezuela-vp-stands-chavez-lawmakers.html 2013-01-16T02:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1822864-cuba-critics-to-test-government-travel-law.html HAVANA (AP) — For years, Cuban dissidents say, authorities' message to them has been the same: Sure, you can leave the country. Just don't expect us to let you come back. Now, two prominent and outspoken government opponents say they've been told they can come and go freely under a new law that eliminated decades-old travel restrictions on nearly all isla... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1822864-cuba-critics-to-test-government-travel-law.html 2013-01-15T20:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1822144-cuba-acknowledges-51-cholera-cases.html HAVANA (AP) — Cuba's Public Health Ministry on Tuesday acknowledged 51 new cases of cholera in the capital amid growing concerns about the illness' spread and disappointment in the diplomatic community over the government's lack of transparency. The ministry said nobody had died from the latest outbreak, which began Jan. 6, and stressed that preventive me... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1822144-cuba-acknowledges-51-cholera-cases.html 2013-01-15T19:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1819380-lines-cuba-travel-agencies-day-1-law.html HAVANA (AP) — Cubans formed long lines outside travel agencies and migration offices in Havana on Monday as a highly anticipated new law took effect ending the island's much-hated exit visa requirement. The measure means the end of both real and symbolic obstacles to travel by islanders, though it is not expected to result in a mass exodus. Most Cubans ar... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 01:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1819380-lines-cuba-travel-agencies-day-1-law.html 2013-01-15T01:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1817534-venezuela-chavez-responding-to-treatment.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Thousands of supporters of Venezuela's cancer-stricken president held rallies across the nation Sunday, hours before the government announced that Hugo Chavez is responding favorably to treatment for a respiratory infection. The rallies came amid complaints by the opposition that it was unconstitutional for the government to inde... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1817534-venezuela-chavez-responding-to-treatment.html 2013-01-14T01:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1814188-venezuelas-vp-havana-to-chavez-family.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's vice president flew to Cuba on Friday to visit the ailing Hugo Chavez and his family, while the leaders of Argentina and Peru also traveled to Havana saying they hoped to ask about the Venezuelan president's condition. The 58-year-old president is fighting a severe respiratory infection a month after he underwent canc... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 01:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1814188-venezuelas-vp-havana-to-chavez-family.html 2013-01-12T01:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1814420-venezuela-humor-stymied-chavezs-crisis.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The monthlong absence of ailing President Hugo Chavez has elicited prayers, an emotional street rally and heated political debate. Amid the tense wait for news from Chavez's hospital in Cuba, Venezuelans are also turning to one of their most prized national attributes: a biting, irreverent sense of humor. A flurry of jokes and po... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1814420-venezuela-humor-stymied-chavezs-crisis.html 2013-01-11T23:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1813236-cubans-eager-to-try-law-easing-travel-rules.html HAVANA (AP) — Like many Cubans, 16-year-old Ana Liliam Garcia is excited at the thought of seeing the world beyond this Communist-run island smaller than the state of Pennsylvania. Once an impossibility, today she dreams of meeting several relatives in Florida — and maybe even Mickey Mouse. "My cousins and my uncles, they're all in Miami," Garcia said, he... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1813236-cubans-eager-to-try-law-easing-travel-rules.html 2013-01-11T19:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1811342-ex-gitmo-inmates-bin-laden-movie-excuses-torture.html LONDON (AP) — Two former Guantanamo detainees on Thursday condemned "Zero Dark Thirty," a film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden whose brutal interrogation scenes have sparked a discussion over the use of extreme methods in the U.S. campaign against terror. Speaking at an event in London on the eve of the 11th anniversary of the opening of the U.S. priso... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1811342-ex-gitmo-inmates-bin-laden-movie-excuses-torture.html 2013-01-10T21:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1807196-venezuela-lawmakers-postpone-chavez-swearing-in.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's opposition announced on Wednesday that it plans to ask the Supreme Court to rule on whether delaying the swearing-in of cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez violates the constitution. Opposition leader Ramon Guillermo Aveledo said the opposition coalition will ask the court for an opinion on Congress's decision to po... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1807196-venezuela-lawmakers-postpone-chavez-swearing-in.html 2013-01-09T12:35:00Z