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		<title>Change of command for Western Army</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/10/04/change-of-command-for-western-army/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Cuban media reports Army Corps General Leopoldo &#8220;Polo&#8221; Cintra Frías has been designated First Vice-Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces.  General Cintra Frías served as Chief of the Western Army since 1991 when he took again command after returning from his forth tour of Angola and is being replaced by Division General Lucio Morales [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Putin&#8217;s navy, Chávez&#8217;s ambition, and the Caribbean adventure</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/09/26/putins-navy-chavezs-ambition-and-the-caribbean-adventure/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/09/26/putins-navy-chavezs-ambition-and-the-caribbean-adventure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[by Ray Walser and Mackenzie Eaglen &#124; The Heritage Foundation
Almost half a century after the Cuban missile crisis, the Russian navy is coming to the Americas. While the mood in Washington is far from panicked, neither is it mirthful. There is a sense of discomfort and dissatisfaction with the voyage of the Russian flotilla and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuban STYX</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/09/19/cuban-styx/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[defense capabilities]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[havana cuba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[missile batteries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Via IMINT &#38; Analysis:

The image above depicts an SSC-3 STYX anti-ship cruise missile facility located northeast of Havana, Cuba. There are two SSC-3 TELs visible. The SSC-3 is a coastal defense anti-ship missile system with an effective range of approximately 80 kilometers. Identifying anti-ship missile batteries employing vehicle-borne systems such as the STYX can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Military exercises postponed</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/09/13/military-exercises-postponed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Raul Castro]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to a brief note posted by the Defense Ministry in Cuban state media, Army General Raul Castro has decided to postpone Bastion 2008 Strategic Military Exercises until 2009 as a result of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.  The exercises were to be held in November.
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		<title>Chinese military influence in Latin America</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/09/04/chinese-military-influence-in-latin-america/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/09/04/chinese-military-influence-in-latin-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The September/October 2008 edition of Military Review (pdf) published by the US Army Combined Arms Center has an article on Chinese military influence in Latin America.  A section addresses Cuba&#8217;s military acquisition of Chinese arms and technology, as follows:

Special case: Cuba. Cuba has increasingly relied on Chinese assistance for its military because of generous terms. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba&#8217;s emerging leverage</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/08/19/cubas-emerging-leverage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISN Security Watch has an article addressing Cuba&#8217;s international relations leverage and foreign investment:
When Russian daily Izvestia reported on 21 July that Russian Tu-160 and Tu-95MS bombers had landed in Cuba, it set off a sprint in Washington as analysts and military leaders struggled to understand the situation.
At first, it appeared that Moscow had made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba has no interest in a new Russian presence</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/08/05/cuba-has-no-interest-in-a-new-russian-presence/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/08/05/cuba-has-no-interest-in-a-new-russian-presence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Radio Netherlands examines Russian interest in restoring its military base in Cuba and the Cuban government&#8217;s lack of interest:
Cuba itself has already made it fairly clear that there&#8217;s no question of a renewed Russian military colonialism. The country is still sore at the fact that the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 brought an [...]]]></description>
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