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		<title>Worldwide Threat Assessment 2012: Cuba</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[James R. Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, testified today before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on this year&#8217;s Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community. DNI&#8217;s assessment for Cuba: Cuban President Raul Castro has begun a delicate, cautious process of reform designed to revive the island‟s flagging economy without loosening political control. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba&#8217;s oil curse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa III</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jaime Daremblum, director of the Center for Latin American Studies at the Hudson Institute, has an excellent opinion piece on the potential oil discoveries in Cuba won&#8217;t fix its underlying problems: Indeed, Cuba is exactly the type of country that we would expect to suffer from the notorious “oil curse.” Across the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Key political risks to watch</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa III</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters&#8216; near term alert&#160;to key politcal&#160;risks to monitor in Cuba: Resolution of outstanding short-term debt. Signs of increased interest in foreign investment. U.S. inspection of drilling rig. Results of Repsol&#8217;s exploratory well. U.S. pressure to stop the drilling. Furthermore, on international relations: A planned Papal visit in March and improved ties with Brazil are bright [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Female colonel is GAESA VP</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2012/01/03/female-colonel-is-gaesa-vp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa III</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Juventud Rebelde revealed in this article published last week that a female colonel, Ania Lastre Morera, is first vice-president of the Cuban military&#8217;s powerful business holding company, GAESA — Grupo de Administracion Empresarial S.A. (Enterprise Management Group Inc.). (Image: Military rank of Colonel, FAR.)]]></description>
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