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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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[chinese arms]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[cuban air force]]></category>

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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>Regional security in the Americas</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/09/03/regional-security-in-the-americas/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/09/03/regional-security-in-the-americas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[bolivarian revolution]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Fidel Castro]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[President Hugo Chavez]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[security cooperation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[transnational threats]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Eighth Defense Ministerial of the Americas: End of the Line?
by Ray Walser
Heritage Foundation
The Canadian government will host the Eighth Defense Ministerial of the Americas (DMA) September 2–6 at Banff in the scenic Canadian Rockies. The purpose of the meeting is the promotion of regional defense and security cooperation in the Americas and the strengthening [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post-Castroism and sovereignty under seige</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/08/24/post-castroism-and-sovereignty-under-seige/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/08/24/post-castroism-and-sovereignty-under-seige/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fidel Castro]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Havana]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nomenklatura]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Organized crime]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Police]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Violence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Central America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[clash of civilizations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[commercial profit]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[criminal organizations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[drug traffickers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mafia families]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mara Salvatrucha]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[national borders]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[post-Castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[smuggling]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[state actors]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[street gangs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cubapolidata.com/?p=481</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Several challenges will be posed to a transitional government once Castroism fades from existence (elements will certainly remain) and a semblance of democracy emerges. Organized crime will be one of them, particularly in the streets of Havana and other cities throughout the island, perpetrated by gangs.
The lessons learned (from strategy and tactics to combat) of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twenty-two years of imprisonment</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/08/16/twenty-two-years-of-imprisonment/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/08/16/twenty-two-years-of-imprisonment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Havana]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Opposition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Felipe González]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel Castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Geneva]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[imprisonment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Miami]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mr. Valladares]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pedro Luis Boitel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cubapolidata.com/?p=458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal tells the story of  Armando Valladares, author of Against All Hope which details his harrowing twenty-two year imprisonment as a political prisoner of the Cuban government:

In late December 1959, nearly a year after Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista had been run out the country by a movement that had a goal of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba &#8216;jailing fewer dissidents&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/08/12/cuba-jailing-fewer-dissidents/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/08/12/cuba-jailing-fewer-dissidents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[human rights situation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[political prisoners]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Raul Castro]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Test]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[Lourdes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Moscow]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nuclear submarines]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nuclear weapons]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cubapolidata.com/?p=442</guid>
		<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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		<title>Upsurge in violence</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/08/03/upsurge-in-violence/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/08/03/upsurge-in-violence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Police]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[political stability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Raul Castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social violence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mexico&#8217;s Informador reports on the increased expression of violence in the island.  Even though violence is minor in Cuba compared to other Latin American countries, the island is not exempt from that type of expression, which has increased recently and acknowledged by state media, asserts the daily.
The greater question for Raul Castro&#8217;s government lies when [...]]]></description>
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