http://www.mail.com/people/3284-raul-castro.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/3284-raul-castro.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2055520-world-angry-workers-unite-day.html ISTANBUL (AP) — Workers around the world united in anger during May Day rallies Wednesday — from fury in Europe over austerity measures that have cut wages, reduced benefits and eliminated many jobs altogether, to rage in Asia over relentlessly low pay, the rising cost of living and hideous working conditions that have left hundreds dead in recent months. ... Wed, 01 May 2013 18:29:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2055520-world-angry-workers-unite-day.html 2013-05-01T18:29:17Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2052850-despite-hurdles-cuba-real-estate-market-buzzing.html HAVANA (AP) — In some ways, Yosuan Crespo's real estate office resembles any you might find in New York, London or Tokyo. There are slick posters of hot properties hanging from the ceiling, a steady stream of hopeful buyers and sellers and a constant clack of computer keys. But Crespo's headquarters in central Havana's trendy Vedado neighborhood is actual... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:05:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2052850-despite-hurdles-cuba-real-estate-market-buzzing.html 2013-04-30T08:05:09Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2045138-cuba-work-remains-6-months-sandy.html HAVANA (AP) — Many people in eastern Cuba are still living with family or in houses covered by flimsy makeshift rooftops six months after Hurricane Sandy pummeled the island's eastern provinces, residents and aid workers said Thursday. Many praised the government's efforts to rebuild Santiago and other cities but said much work remains to recover from the... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:57:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2045138-cuba-work-remains-6-months-sandy.html 2013-04-25T23:57:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2039378-cuban-dissidents-pick-up-eu-prize-8-years.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Eight years after winning Europe's top human rights prize, members of a Cuban opposition group on Tuesday finally picked it up after securing permission to travel abroad. Cuba's Ladies in White won the European Union's Sakharov Prize in 2005 for their fight for democracy and human rights, but they weren't granted permission to leave the co... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:09:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2039378-cuban-dissidents-pick-up-eu-prize-8-years.html 2013-04-23T18:09:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2031178-rough-inauguration-day-venezuelan-leader.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Inauguration day could have gone better for the man picked to lead Venezuela's socialist revolution for the next six years. Hours before President Nicolas Maduro's swearing-in, his government announced it would allow a full audit of the razor-thin vote that the opposition says he won by fraud, which analysts said was likely a bow... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:31:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2031178-rough-inauguration-day-venezuelan-leader.html 2013-04-20T01:31:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2019886-maduro-certified-election-winner-amid-protests.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's government-friendly electoral council quickly certified the razor-thin presidential victory of Hugo Chavez' hand-picked successor Monday, apparently ignoring opposition demands for a recount as anti-government protests broke out in the bitterly polarized nation. People stood on balconies banging pots and pans in prote... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 03:17:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2019886-maduro-certified-election-winner-amid-protests.html 2013-04-16T03:17:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2002080-cuba-culture-official-demoted-ny-times-op-ed.html HAVANA (AP) — A leading Cuban cultural official said Friday that he has been demoted nearly two weeks after he published an opinion piece in the New York Times that criticized "blatant racism" on the island. In a phone interview with The Associated Press in Havana, Roberto Zurbano refused to speculate on whether his demotion from publishing director at th... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 03:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2002080-cuba-culture-official-demoted-ny-times-op-ed.html 2013-04-06T03:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1991888-miami-cuban-dissident-blogger-calls-unity.html MIAMI (AP) — They came from all over to hear her speak. Old Cuban ladies with wrinkled faces and pristine makeup. Young students with iPhones and digital cameras. Men and women who fled Cuba decades ago and just last year, on makeshift rafts and planes. When Cuban dissident and blogger Yoani Sanchez entered the room to speak Monday, dressed simply in whit... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:48:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1991888-miami-cuban-dissident-blogger-calls-unity.html 2013-04-01T23:48:02Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1984906-cuban-revolution-video-game-treatment.html HAVANA (AP) — Fight your way through mangrove swamps shoulder-to-shoulder with bearded guerrillas clad in the olive green of Fidel Castro and Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Your mission: Topple 1950s Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Out to foil you are helmeted Batista soldiers and police in mustard-yellow uniforms who pop out from behind trees and fire from tru... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:35:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1984906-cuban-revolution-video-game-treatment.html 2013-03-28T17:35:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1974856-key-us-decision-cuba-terror-designation-coming.html HAVANA (AP) — A normally routine bit of Washington bureaucracy could have a big impact on U.S. relations with Cuba, either ushering in a long-stalled detente or slamming the door on rapprochement, perhaps until the scheduled end of the Castro era in 2018. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry must decide within a few weeks whether to advocate that President ... Sat, 23 Mar 2013 07:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1974856-key-us-decision-cuba-terror-designation-coming.html 2013-03-23T07:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1942698-maduro-leans-chavezs-charisma-popularity.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Nicolas Maduro so far has led by imitation, seeking to fill the shoes of a president whose uncanny vigor, mischievous humor and political wiles sowed a revolution and transformed a nation. As Hugo Chavez did during his 14-year presidency, Maduro has stoked confrontation, and shed tears. While steering Venezuela through the traum... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:12:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1942698-maduro-leans-chavezs-charisma-popularity.html 2013-03-09T19:12:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1940102-fiery-funeral-venezuelas-chavez.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hugo Chavez was lauded as a modern-day reincarnation of Latin American liberator Simon Bolivar at a fiery, foot-stomping state funeral Friday, hours before his handpicked successor was sworn in as acting president over the fierce objections of the opposition. Nicolas Maduro took the oath of office in the National Assembly before ... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 04:17:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1940102-fiery-funeral-venezuelas-chavez.html 2013-03-09T04:17:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1939978-hugo-chavezs-body-to-permanent-display.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Vladimir Lenin, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, and now Hugo Chavez. The late leader's supporters have put him on a pedestal long provided for the world's great leftist revolutionaries by saying they will embalm his body for perpetual display. Vice President Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's acting head of state, said Thursday that Chavez's b... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:19:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1939978-hugo-chavezs-body-to-permanent-display.html 2013-03-08T07:19:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1937354-chavez-body-to-permanent-display.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hugo Chavez's body will be preserved and forever displayed inside a glass tomb at a military museum not far from the presidential palace from which he ruled for 14 years, his successor announced Thursday in a Caribbean version of the treatment given Communist revolutionary leaders such as Lenin, Mao and Ho Chi Minh. Vice Presiden... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:21:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1937354-chavez-body-to-permanent-display.html 2013-03-08T03:21:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1935032-chavez-widely-mourned-hope-change-way.html LONDON (AP) — Some cried, some cheered. Many Latin Americans mourned the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, leaders in Europe and Asia sent condolences, and Iran's president predicted great works in the afterlife. President Barack Obama, meanwhile, focused on "a new chapter" for Venezuela, following 14 years in which Chavez cast himself as a bulwa... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:46:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1935032-chavez-widely-mourned-hope-change-way.html 2013-03-06T22:46:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1934326-chavez-death-echoes-with-leftists-worldwide.html HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — Reactions to the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez were as mixed, polemical and outsized as the leader was in life, with some saying his passing was a tragic loss and others calling it an opportunity for Venezuela to escape his long shadow. Seen as a hero by some for his anti-U.S. rhetoric and gifts of cut-rate oil, others cons... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 03:58:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1934326-chavez-death-echoes-with-leftists-worldwide.html 2013-03-06T03:58:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1917072-chavezs-return-spurs-doubts-speculation.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez's continued silence in the week since his return to Venezuela has only deepened the mystery about his health. While tweets and letters have been issued in Chavez's name, and officials insist they have had long meetings with him, no photos have emerged and even an ally as close as Bolivian President Evo Moral... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:35:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1917072-chavezs-return-spurs-doubts-speculation.html 2013-02-26T19:35:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1914960-tepid-response-miami-castro-retirement.html MIAMI (AP) — For more than five decades, Cuban exiles in Miami have waited for the Castro brothers to be out of power. The firmest step toward that happening came Sunday when Raul Castro announced he plans to retire as president within five years. And yet, when the news reached Florida's shores it created little more than a quiet ripple of apathy. ... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:27:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1914960-tepid-response-miami-castro-retirement.html 2013-02-26T00:27:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1914916-cubas-heir-apparent-work-cut.html HAVANA (AP) — Miguel Diaz-Canel has five years to get started and a lot of work to do. The man tapped as Cuban President Raul Castro's chief lieutenant and likely successor must quietly fend off any challenges from within the Communist-run island's secretive citadel of power. He must gain legitimacy with young, and even middle-aged, Cubans who have never ... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:46:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1914916-cubas-heir-apparent-work-cut.html 2013-02-25T20:46:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1913410-castros-2018-retirement-looms-cuba-miami.html HAVANA (AP) — It's been more than 54 years since someone not named "Castro" led Cuba, and it will likely be five more. But now islanders and exiles alike have finally been given a date for when the sun will set on brothers Fidel and Raul's longtime rule: 2018. In accepting a new presidential term on Sunday, the 81-year-old Raul Castro announced that it wo... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 07:22:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1913410-castros-2018-retirement-looms-cuba-miami.html 2013-02-25T07:22:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1911768-cubas-raul-castro-announces-retirement-5-years.html HAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro announced Sunday that he will step down as Cuba's president in 2018 following a final five-year term, for the first time putting a date on the end of the Castro era. He tapped rising star Miguel Diaz-Canel as his top lieutenant and first in the line of succession. The 81-year-old Castro also said he hopes to establish two-term li... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:23:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1911768-cubas-raul-castro-announces-retirement-5-years.html 2013-02-25T04:23:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1912860-cubas-diaz-canel-rose-gradually-to-no-2-post.html HAVANA (AP) — The man tapped as the likely heir-apparent to Raul Castro is largely unknown off the island, but his rise to the country's No. 2 job was anything but meteoric. Miguel Diaz-Canel has spent 30 years gradually paying his dues behind the scenes, earning a reputation as a Communist Party loyalist and rising through the ranks to a succession of ev... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:26:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1912860-cubas-diaz-canel-rose-gradually-to-no-2-post.html 2013-02-25T02:26:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1911762-senator-give-take-needed-us-cuba.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A senator just back from Cuba says it will require "give and take on both sides" and "quiet negotiation" to secure the release of an American man imprisoned in Cuba. Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont says that Alan Gross isn't going to be released by the Cuban government because of pressure from the United States. Leahy tells CNN'... Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:01:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1911762-senator-give-take-needed-us-cuba.html 2013-02-24T15:01:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1908176-cubas-raul-castro-raises-possibility-retiring.html HAVANA (AP) — Cuban President Raul Castro has unexpectedly raised the possibility of leaving his post, saying Friday that he is old and has a right to retire. But he did not say when he might do so or if such a move was imminent. The Cuban leader is scheduled to be named by parliament to a new five-year term Sunday, and Castro urged reporters to listen to... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:51:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1908176-cubas-raul-castro-raises-possibility-retiring.html 2013-02-22T23:51:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1906216-cuba-borrowers-use-gems-autos-collateral.html HAVANA (AP) — Cubans can now use personal property such as jewelry, cars and works of art as collateral for loan applications under the island's nascent lending system, according to a new law enacted Thursday. The measure expands Cubans' ability to apply for credit to build homes, start their own businesses or invest in farming equipment. Previously Cuban... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:39:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1906216-cuba-borrowers-use-gems-autos-collateral.html 2013-02-21T18:39:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1903132-us-lawmakers-meet-with-jailed-american-cuba.html HAVANA (AP) — U.S. lawmakers confirmed on Wednesday that they visited an American man whose detention and long sentence in Cuba has hampered efforts to improve ties between the countries, but they gave no details on his condition or what was said. The seven-member delegation led by Sen. Patrick Leahy also met with Cuban President Raul Castro and other sen... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:29:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1903132-us-lawmakers-meet-with-jailed-american-cuba.html 2013-02-20T15:29:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1898876-pro-cuba-protesters-halt-dissidents-brazil-event.html FEIRA DE SANTANA, Brazil (AP) — Boisterous protesters backing the Cuban government blocked the Monday screening of a documentary featuring Cuba's best-known dissident, the blogger Yoani Sanchez, who was in attendance after being allowed to leave the communist island for the first time in nearly a decade. Small groups of protesters met Sanchez when she arr... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:59:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1898876-pro-cuba-protesters-halt-dissidents-brazil-event.html 2013-02-19T01:59:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1899226-us-lawmakers-visit-cuba.html HAVANA (AP) — A delegation of American lawmakers led by Sen. Patrick Leahy arrived in Cuba on Monday to gauge the island's economic changes and stress the importance of freeing a jailed American whose detention has chilled relations between the two countries. The trip, which included five senators, was the first to the Communist-run island by high-level U... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:08:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1899226-us-lawmakers-visit-cuba.html 2013-02-18T21:08:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1898810-president-chavez-returns-to-venezuela-cuba.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home to Venezuela early Monday after more than two months of medical treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery. Chavez announced his return in a series of message on his Twitter account, saying "we will continue our treatment here." They were the first messages to appear on Chavez's Twit... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:20:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1898810-president-chavez-returns-to-venezuela-cuba.html 2013-02-18T10:20:54Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1898012-cuban-dissident-blogger-starts-world-tour.html HAVANA (AP) — Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez set off on a three-month, dozen-nation world tour Sunday, after a new law eliminated the exit permit that had been required of islanders for five decades and was denied to her around 20 times in recent years. Pulling a blue rolling suitcase emblazoned with the logo of her "Generation Y" blog at Havana's ... Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:38:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1898012-cuban-dissident-blogger-starts-world-tour.html 2013-02-17T19:38:14Z