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- Cuba, up close and personal
For many Americans, Cuba is the forbidden fruit that has remained off-limits thanks to a decades-old trade embargo. The veil was lifted last year when the U.S. government granted licenses to a few companies to offer "people-to-people" programs allowing American tourists to visit.
2012-05-19 1:14 - Cuba's first daughter gets US visa
Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro has been granted a US visa, sparking anger from Cuban-American leaders.
2012-05-18 22:58 - Repsol: Exploratory oil well off Cuba comes up dry
An exploratory oil well off the northern coast of Cuba has proved a failure and will be capped and abandoned, Spanish company Repsol said Friday, a disappointment for a cash-strapped nation hoping for an economic lifeline.
2012-05-18 19:41 - Spanish oil company Repsol says exploratory well off Cuba is unsuccessful, will be abandoned
An exploratory oil well off the northern coast of Cuba has proved a failure and will be capped and abandoned, Spanish company Repsol said Friday, a disappointment for a cash-strapped nation hopi...
2012-05-18 19:25 - Cuba's Hope Of Energy Independence Suffers Blow As Repsol Drills Dry Hole
Cuba's hope of cutting its energy dependence on Venezuela by developing new domestic sources of crude oil has suffered a blow -- the first in a series of exploratory offshore wells is a dry hole.
2012-05-18 17:26 - Exclusive: Repsol comes up dry in Cuba offshore well
HAVANA (Reuters) - Spanish oil giant Repsol said Friday that the first of three planned wells in Cuban waters was unsuccessful, a blow to Cuba's hopes for energy independence. "I can confirm that the Repsol well in Cuba has been reported to be unsuccessful and that we are proceeding to plug and abandon the well," a Repsol spokesman told Reuters. Repsol operated the well in a consortium with ...
2012-05-18 14:37 - Cuba-Rushford captures ACAA Div. I title
Blue Jays clinch tie in Div. II
2012-05-18 14:10 - Cuba faces housing crunch
Cuba bids to shore up its crumbling houses in Havana
2012-05-17 2:34 - Cuba drags feet on foreign investment
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's reform plans to attract more overseas investment are off to a slow start as the government focuses more on regulating existing foreign joint ventures than encouraging new ones, businessmen and diplomats say. In fact, Cuba has closed more joint ventures than it has opened since the ruling Communist Party adopted wide-ranging economic reforms a year ago, and remains far ...
2012-05-15 13:41 - US slams Cuba for jailed American contractor
The United States criticized Cuba on Friday for denying imprisoned American contractor Alan Gross permission to visit his ailing mother as a humanitarian gesture.
2012-05-11 16:32