eastern Cuba

Despite façade of change, more arrests continue

August 24, 2010

Yesterday, the Cuban National Revolutionary Police and state security agents arrested younger members of the opposition in the city of Holguin in Eastern Cuba. [Martí Noticias]

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Where’s Raul?

September 11, 2008

Via AP: The day after Hurricane Gustav roared through western Cuba, families were salvaging belongings from their flattened homes when state-television cameras turned up. Storm victims posing among the rubble soon began chanting “Fidel! Fidel!” Nearly a half-minute went by before anyone realized they were forgetting the man who replaced Fidel Castro as Cuba’s president [...]

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