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	<title> &#187; 2006 &#187; December</title>
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		<title>PROMINENT SPANISH SURGEON RUSHED TO TREAT CASTRO</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2006/12/24/prominent-spanish-surgeon-rushed-to-treat-castro/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Dec 2006 20:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[La Nueva Cuba broke the story that was first published in Spain&#8217;s El PeriÃ³dico de Catalunya:

prominent Spanish surgeon JosÃ© Luis GarcÃ­a Sabrido (Chief of Surgery, Gregorio MaraÃ±Ã³n de Madrid Hospital) traveled to Havana on Monday in a Cuban government airplane.
Garcia Sabrido               [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CASTRO ABSENT FROM CUBA ASSEMBLY</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2006/12/22/castro-absent-from-cuba-assembly/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2006/12/22/castro-absent-from-cuba-assembly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC reports:

Cuba&#8217;s National Assembly has opened its end-of-year session without President Fidel Castro, who was taken ill some five months ago.  
It is only the second time in the past 30 years that he has not attended and his usual chair was left empty. 
The veteran leader handed over control to his brother [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CASTRO NEAR DEATH, US INTEL CHIEF SAYS</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2006/12/15/castro-near-death-us-intel-chief-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Karen DeYoungÂ of the Washington Post writes:Â 
Cuban President Fidel Castro is very ill and close to death, Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte said yesterday.
&#8220;Everything we see indicates it will not be much longer . . . months, not years,&#8221; Negroponte told a meeting of Washington Post editors and reporters.
Castro relinquished power for the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CLASH IN CUBA SHOWS GOVT ON HIGH ALERT</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2006/12/12/clash-in-cuba-shows-govt-in-high-alert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 02:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Military &amp; Defense]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Canada&#8217;s CBC reports:
A crowd of government supporters swarmed a small group of dissidents in the Cuban capital Havana on Sunday, an incident a Canadian expert on Cuba suggests is part of a message being sent to Washington.
The demonstrators were on a silent march in a Havana park to mark International Human Rights Day when they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CUBA AFTER CASTRO</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2006/12/09/cuba-after-castro/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2006 19:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[International Relations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By George Friedman of STRATFOR
It is now apparent that Fidel Castro is dying. He is 80 years old, so that should not be surprising. The Cubans are managing his death as if it were a state secret &#8212; hiding the self-evident &#8212; but that is the nature of the regime, as it is the nature [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CUBA PREPARES FOR DEFENSE</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2006/12/09/cuba-prepares-for-defense/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2006/12/09/cuba-prepares-for-defense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2006 19:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of Cubans will be participating in the National Defense Days Saturday and Sunday, aimed at training the population to face any possible armed aggression.
The two-day exercises intend to continue improving the preparation of all Cubans involved in the Defense Councils, with the principle of the &#8220;War of the Entire People.&#8221;
Men and women civilians have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MILITARY PARADE COMMENCES</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2006/12/02/military-parade-commences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2006 14:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The military parade began along the Plaza of the Revolution at 8AM EST with the Cuban national anthem and a multiple cannon fire salute.Defense Minister Raul Castro was the only one to give a speech.  He made reference to the Cuban government&#8217;s willingness to establish relations with the United States and negotiate under Cuba&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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