THE JEWISH CHILDREN OF PEDRO PAN
It was April 1961, Havana, Cuba. Lilian Brinberg, 15-year-old daughter of Eastern European Jewish immigrants, had just been told some stunning news.
MAILONLINE
Gary Junior has never met his father, and it would be better if he never does – for his father is Gary Glitter, the rock star convicted of child pronography. Yudenia Sosa Martinez, 36, and Glitter, 64, had an eight-year affair in the 90s when he began visiting the Caribbean island.
NEW STATESMAN
Wanted by the FBI for black activism in the States, Nehanda Abiodun fled to Havana, where she became the "godmother of Cuban hip-hop"
YOMIURI
The National Bank of Cuba told Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI) on Aug. 11 that the bank would not be able to pay for imports into Cuba in due terms as the country is short of funds, the independent administrative institution said Monday.
FINANCIAL TIMES
Cuba, one of the world’s last surviving Communist states, is looking at watering down the generous social welfare system that has been a cornerstone of its economy for nearly 50 years, according to a senior government official.
ISN
Rumors of Russia's interest in using Cuba for a military base sparks speculation that renewed interests in the island may become a leverage point for Raúl Castro.
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
One of Cuban President Raúl Castro's most dramatic recent announcements was that he would allow private farmers access to up to 100 acres of idle government land.
AP
Oregon Republican Congressional candidate Mike Erickson estimates he spent roughly "a third" of his time distributing medical supplies during a trip to Cuba in 2004. The Oregonian newspaper reported Sunday that he spent most of the week vacationing.
FINANCIAL TIMES
Fixing Santiago's defective pipelines and aqueduct is one of a number of projects being given priority as Cuba's Communist government ploughs billions of dollars into roads, electricity and water infrastructure.
DEFECTIONS
The students stream into the Miami classroom after a long day at work as spa assistants, cable installers, and home health aides. They whip out their notebooks for a crash refresher course in biochemistry, anatomy and microbiology. Many of them, already sporting graying hair, are long past the years when they expected to be scribbling furiously into a students' notebook.
GRAYSTON L. LYNCH, 85
Grayston L. Lynch, a hero of the anti-Castro movement for his leadership in the Bay of Pigs invasion who fired the first shot of the battle, died at 85 on Aug. 10.
A leftist journalist favored by polls to win the presidency in El Salvador is vowing to reestablish relations with Cuba and tackle corruption.
CUBA
She said she'd be wearing a short jean skirt and a red top. She said she'd be alone, somewhere near the second-floor cafeteria of a large supermarket where her colleagues, Cuban doctors like her, were unlikely to be: None of them can afford the $3 it costs to eat a plate of rice, a slab of meat and potato salad -- the dish of the day today -- washed down with a carton of mango juice.
VENEZUELA
Five years ago, Julio César Lubián was content with his life -- married, one daughter -- and with his job as a family doctor in a nice section of El Vedado, in Havana.
Two babies were killed when a river surging with rain from Tropical Storm Fay toppled an overcrowded bus, a U.N. official said Monday, denying reports that at least 30 passengers were feared dead.
LOS ANGELES TIMES
Mario Romero says a slowdown in his business, a Hialeah travel agency that books trips to Cuba, is the result of a shift in regulations on this side of the Straits of Florida. A state law passed this summer requires agencies like his to post bonds of as much as $250,000. The state would use the money to open investigations of companies suspected of skirting the rules governing travel to Cuba.
The Cuban government on Friday called the reinstatement of a criminal indictment against Cuban exile militant Luis Posada Carriles a ''maneuver'' to delay and prevent his extradition.
The money from abroad comes every few months, and after she divides it among fellow dissidents, there's usually only about $100 left for Laura Pollán.
BEIJING – There are certain givens at every Olympics. The Opening Ceremonies will be lavish and long. Athletes will cry on the medal podium. And the USA vs. Cuba baseball games will be as spicy as a heaping helping of Szechuan chicken.
FEDERAL COURTS
A federal appeals court in New Orleans on Thursday reinstated an indictment against Luis Posada Carriles that charged the Cuban exile militant with lying about how he sneaked into the United States in 2005.
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