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		<title>Crazy Ivans in Cuban waters</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/07/25/crazy-ivans-in-cuban-waters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Stratfor provides analysis about the current strategic issue in the Western Hemisphere and poses the question: what about subs instead of planes in Cuba?
Summary
With rumors flying (along with subsequent denials) about the potential stationing of Russian military aircraft in Cuba, there is another possibility: the stationing of Russian submarines. It would be a Cold War [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Return of Russian military aircraft in Cuba</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/07/21/return-of-russian-military-aircraft/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[via Bloomberg:
Russia may send military aircraft back to bases in Cuba in response to U.S. plans to deploy elements of a missile defense system in Europe, Izvestiya reported, citing an unidentified &#8220;highly placed source.&#8221;

Both the supersonic Tu-160, a nuclear bomber known as &#8220;White Swan,&#8221; and the strategic bomber Tu-95, known to the North Atlantic Treaty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Russian ambassador to Cuba</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/04/21/new-russian-ambassador-to-cuba/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Ria Novosti:
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin has been appointed ambassador to Cuba, the ministry announced on Monday.  Kamynin, 51, served as ambassador to Spain and Andorra from 2002 to 2005, and as a counselor to the Russian Embassy in Havana from 1999 to 2002.  He also served two four-year stints at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South American Arms Race</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/04/16/south-american-arms-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[An observation about Cuba&#8217;s ally with its recent purchase of arms and hemispheric implications:
&#8220;A deal with Russia, together with Venezuela&#8217;s recent purchases of Russian weapons, could spark an arms race in South America,&#8221; University of Brasilia political scientist David Fleischer. Source: AP
[H/T: Global Power Barometer]
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		<title>Cuba will end up looking more like Albania than the Bahamas</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/03/08/cuba-will-end-up-looking-more-like-albania-than-the-bahamas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ The editor of Foreign Policy, Moisés Naím, discusses factionalism, scenarios and the possibility of Cuba turning into Albania:
Raúl&#8217;s invisibility in Fidel&#8217;s blog is a manifestation of the secretive power struggle to define Cuba&#8217;s future. Inevitably, several factions are jockeying for dominance in the post-Fidel era. The two main ones are “the Chinese” and “the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba and Russia to Restore Communications Relations</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2007/12/10/cuba-and-russia-to-restore-communications-rrelations/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2007/12/10/cuba-and-russia-to-restore-communications-rrelations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Russia IC:
Russia and Cuba are to share their experience and knowledge in IT technologies.
Today the Russian and Cuban Ministers of Information technologies and Communication have discussed the memorandum of partnership, which is nearly ready to sign.
The sides have worked out the issues of trade-economic and scientific cooperation. Russia and Cuba are to develop ‘electronic [...]]]></description>
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