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	<title> &#187; 2007 &#187; July</title>
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		<title>JOINT OIL EXPLORATION</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2007/07/31/joint-oil-exploration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AP via International Herald Tribune:
Venezuela and Cuba will begin jointly exploring for oil in Cuban waters in the first such venture between the two nations, Venezuela&#8217;s state-run oil company said Tuesday.
Petroleos de Venezuela SA, or PDVSA, said in a statement that the project with Cuba&#8217;s CUPET energy company covers 10,000 square kilometers (3,860 square miles) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FARMS AS FUTURE REFORM</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2007/07/31/farms-as-future-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC examines Cuba&#8217;s co-operative farms as a precursor to reform:
It was 31 July last year that a sick Fidel Castro issued a proclamation naming his younger brother Raul as acting head of state. It proved to be a calm, smooth transition, with the Communist Party remaining firmly in control. But so far, stability has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SUNSET ON CUBA</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2007/07/29/sunset-on-cuba/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Stratfor&#8217;s current analysis on Cuba:
On Thursday, a year to the day after Cuban leader Fidel Castro&#8217;s (so far) final public address to Cuba, his brother Raul &#8212; younger at 76 &#8212; addressed Cubans in Fidel&#8217;s place. In his speech Raul said that should Washington be willing and civil, he stands ready to open negotiations with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SECRET ARCHIVES REVEAL FIDEL CASTRO COUNSELED ARMED REVOLUTION IN BRAZIL</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2007/07/28/secret-archives-reveal-fidel-castro-counseled-armed-revolution-in-brazil/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2007/07/28/secret-archives-reveal-fidel-castro-counseled-armed-revolution-in-brazil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In a series of reports by Correio Braziliense, which had access to secret archives of Brazil&#8217;s Foreign Information Center (Centro de Informações do Exterior, CIEX) - an intelligence collection unit created by the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Relations - reveal CIEX agents intercepted letters between Fidel Castro and Leonel Brizola (a Brazilian politician of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US &#038; CUBAN MILITARY CONTACTS</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2007/07/27/us-cuban-military-contacts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Brian Latell, former Cuba analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),  said to possess information from high-ranking officials of the US military, according to AFP.
&#8220;US and Cuban military have maintained various contact, some in the Dominican Republic, affirmed Brian Latell, ex-analyst for the CIA and author of Raul Castro&#8217;s biography titled, &#8220;After Fidel,&#8221; in statements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>INTERIM PRESIDENT CALLS FOR HARD WORK, MORE PRODUCTION &#038; GREATER EFFICIENCY</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2007/07/27/interim-president-calls-for-hard-work-more-production-greater-efficiency/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2007/07/27/interim-president-calls-for-hard-work-more-production-greater-efficiency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Cuban media has not published Raul Castro&#8217;s speech in its entirety but rather summaries.

Some highlights from Granma include:


Raul Castro said examples of the ways the embargo                hurts Cuba abound, and highlighted how the US government impedes     [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PROVISIONAL MANDATE OPENS ECONOMIC DEBATE</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2007/07/26/provisional-mandate-opens-economic-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2007/07/26/provisional-mandate-opens-economic-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mexico&#8217;s La Jornada covers the economic debate under Raúl Castro&#8217;s governance:
&#8220;Under the provisional mandate of Raúl Castro, initiated almost a year ago, the Cuban Government deflected criticism over the scarcity of aliments, bureaucracy and inefficiency, while opening an economic debate coinciding with emergent discussions in other mediums causing a torrent of ideas over the future [...]]]></description>
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