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		<title>Mass Protests Sweep Brazil in Uproar over Public Services Cuts &amp; High Costs of World Cup, Olympics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brazil is witnessing some of its largest protests in decades, after some 240,000 people protested Monday. Tens of thousands continue to take the streets. The demonstrations were initially sparked by an increase in bus fares in São Paulo, but the uprising soon spiraled nationwide amid outrage over government corruption, inequality, failing public services and police brutality against demonstrators. ]]></description>
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		<title>Cuban Sluggers to Play in Mexican League</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two of Cuba’s top batters, Alfredo Despaigne and Yordanis Samon, will play soon in the Mexican professional baseball league after an agreement between that organization and the Cuban sports authorities, reported Baseballdecuba.com.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba: An “Anonymous” President is Possible</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94915</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfredo Fernandez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would you be able to tell me who the president of a country like Norway, Finland, Holland, Sweden or Switzerland is? You’ll likely say no. I have another question for you: have you ever read any news about serious social problems in any of these countries?]]></description>
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		<title>Does Anyone Care About the Truth Today?</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94909</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Veronica Vega's diary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They say truth is relative. At least, this is one of the maxims that people tend to defend the most, with good and bad intentions. I confirmed this impression after seeing images of the Russian pop-rock band t.A.T.u for the first time. I had heard the band’s most popular numbers some years back...]]></description>
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		<title>Villa Clara 2013 Champ, Win Series 4-1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After two decades that seemed like an eternity, Villa Clara finally achieved the coveted title and is champion of the Cuban baseball league for the fifth time. They defeated Matanazas 8-5 on Tuesday and took the best-of-seven series four games to one. Ariel Petano blasted a grand slam to lead the charge. ]]></description>
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		<title>A Medical Ethics-free Zone? Guantánamo Doctors Urged to Stop Force-Feeding Hunger-Striking Prisoners</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94893</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the prison-wide hunger strike at Guantánamo enters its 133rd day, a group of top U.S. doctors and public health specialists are calling on their colleagues in the military to boycott the mass force-feeding of prisoners. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Guaracheros of Regla Carnival Troupe</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94877</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photo Feature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elio Delgado Valdes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Guaracheros of Regla are a troupe that each year can be seen at carnivals in Havana, with its rumba dance, drums and colorful costumes. It would be impossible to imagine a carnival in Havana without the participation of the Guaracheros. <strong>(30 photos)</strong>]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba’s Children and the Music they Hear</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jorge Milanes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jorge Milanes's Diary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Kids, do any of you know what Cuba’s National Dance Music is?” asks Chispita the Clown while he clowns around. “Raeggeton!” the children reply in unison, convinced this is the right answer, making us burst out laughing. “Mom’s always playing it and I like it a lot!” one of the kids says, smiling.
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		<title>Cuban Jazz Artists Awarded in Russia</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94862</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pianist Alexis Bosch, percussionist Yissy Garcia and trumpeter Roberto Garcia, took the top prize for each of their instruments at the Master Jam, held from 5 to 8 June at the Russian Academic Theatre of Odessa, local sources reported.]]></description>
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		<title>China Makes Donation, Grants Loans to Cuba</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94860</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business & Economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cuba and China signed three agreements on Monday in Beijing, during the official visit by Cuban First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel to the Asian nation, reported newspaper Granma.]]></description>
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		<title>The Time to Eradicate World Hunger is Now</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94848</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elio Delgado Legón]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The way I see it, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which include the reduction of world hunger to half by 2015, continue to be too modest, for there is enough cultivable land in the world, and sufficient food is currently being grown, to be able to feed every human being on the planet.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba’s Mariel Port: New Opportunities for the Island</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94835</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Harold Dilla]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Cuba, this could mean a qualitative leap forward, not only economically, but politically as well. Such a commercial route could become an incentive for the gradual normalization of relations between Cuba and the United States.]]></description>
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		<title>Internet in Cuba and Needs of the Population</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94826</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dariela Aquique</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn’t help but be amused by an article I came across under the title of Internet in Cuba: Good News and Bad News, where the young authors of the piece attempted to downplay the importance of certain developments – and exaggerate the significance of others – to suit their particular interests.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba/Baseball: VC One Game from Title</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94820</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Villa Clara (3-1) hopes to seal their first Cuban baseball title in 18 years tonight at home against a desperate Matanzas (1-3), looking to take the series back west for a game six. Ramon More is scheduled to start for Villa Clara and Matanzas is expected to go with Joel Suarez or Alain Dela.]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Depression No Threat to Cuba</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94814</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A tropical depression formed in the western Caribbean on Monday, the second such storm of the current hurricane season. The Cuban Weather Service (INSMET) located the center of the depression at 95 kilometers (60 miles) east of Belize City. The depression does not present a threat to Cuba.]]></description>
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		<title>US, Cuba to Talk on Renewed Postal Service</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94811</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[US Diplomats and Cuba resume talks on Tuesday and Wednesday in Washington, aimed at reopening direct mail service between the two countries, reported AP.]]></description>
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		<title>Office Reopens to Close Guantanamo Prison</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94808</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[US President Barack Obama chose a Washington lawyer as special envoy of the Department of State for the closure of the prison located on occupied Cuban territory at Guantanamo Bay.]]></description>
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		<title>Earth Tremor in Eastern Cuba</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94806</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An earthquake registered at 3.0 magnitude on the Richter scale was felt in the early hours of Sunday at various locations in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, reported DPA news.]]></description>
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		<title>Iran Elects Moderate President Hassan Rouhani — Will U.S. Respond by Easing Crippling Sanctions?</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94803</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what is being hailed as a victory for reform and moderation inside Iran, the cleric Hassan Rouhani has won the Iranian presidential election. A former nuclear negotiator, Rouhani has called for greater engagement with Western countries, while urging respect for Iran’s right to nuclear energy.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuban Judoka Asley Gonzalez Wins Gold in Miami</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94801</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cuban judoka Asley Gonzalez was crowned on Sunday with the gold medal in the 90 kg division of the Grand Prix of Miami and moved up to first place in the world rankings, reported Jit Online.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuban Parliament to Session in July</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94798</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cuban Parliament President Esteban Lazo, convened Sunday in Havana the first regular session of the current legislature of the National Assembly of Popular Power. The session will be held on July 6 at the Havana Convention.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuban Vice President to Go on Asia Tour</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94795</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business & Economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cuban First Vice President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, will tour the Asia, during which he will make official visits to China, Vietnam and Laos, according to information released this Sunday on national television. The exact dates of the trip were not released.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba&#8217;s Sugar Harvest Comes Up Short</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94792</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The national sugar plan corresponding to the 2012-2013 campaign only reached 89 percent, it was learned during the balance of the Azcuba Sugar Group, Granma newspaper reported.]]></description>
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		<title>We Don’t Need No Education</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94783</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erasmo Calzadilla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Erasmo Calzadilla's Diary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Till recently, school and repression were for me synonymous. At least, this is how I felt about Cuba’s educational system, which devotes arduous efforts to inculcate distorted values in you from the time you enter pre-school urges you to follow in the footsteps of someone you don’t yet know from the first grade on and...]]></description>
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		<title>A Tiny Ray of Hope</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94779</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kabir Vega Castellanos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My current situation is not exactly something I can be proud of: I dropped out of high school. However, I have no regrets. My opinion about university today is nothing like the one I had while I was still in primary school. I may not materialize the dreams I had then, but I will set new goals for myself.]]></description>
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		<title>A Cuban Contemplates Her Lost Past</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94770</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ancient world was limited to Greece and Rome. In terms of Africa, I was taught only something about Egypt. Black Africa is a black blur in my mind. The history classes we received at school here in Cuba and during my life as a student, showed me no more than this.]]></description>
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		<title>Ecuador Firm on Asylum to Julian Assange</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94763</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño reiterated today his country’s providing asylum to Julian Assange, founder of the website Wikileaks, while insisting that the British authorities grant him safe conduct  to leave the United Kingdom, reported DPA news.]]></description>
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		<title>Perpetrator of Child Sex Crimes in Cuba Convicted</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94756</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Canadian court heard a guilty plea on Friday from James McTurk, 78, a retired postal worker accused by Toronto police for child sex tourism crimes committed in Cuba. He now faces a possible life sentence.]]></description>
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		<title>Danza Contemporanea de Cuba with “Compas”</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94734</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of Cuba’s premiere dance ensembles, Danza Contemporánea de Cuba gave a stellar presentation recently at Havana’s Mella Theater of the work <em>“Compas”</em> (beat) with the choreography of Jan Linkens of Holland. The piece includes rhythms of diverse origin: the human voice, Afro-Cuban percussion, <i>guaracha,</i> Bronx drums, mambo and waltz. <strong>(30 photos)</strong>]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba and Planned Obsolescence</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94737</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daisy Valera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daisy Valera's Diary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The first electrical appliances I ever used were the Orbita fan which afforded me a cool night’s sleep the few nights without power cuts, the iron that smoothed out all of the uniforms I ever had to wear and a green Aurika washing machine which always looked on the verge of falling apart when tumbling clothes dry - and always, incidentally, remained in one piece.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba Grants (US $4 million) Up for Grabs</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94723</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA TIMES &#8211; The United States State Department is seeking proposals for $4.35 million in projects aimed at boosting independent journalism, labor rights, Internet activism, racial equality and research on advocacy and social change, reports Alongthemalecon.com. Grant applications for the projects &#8211; known as funding opportunity DRLA-DRLAQM-13-047 &#8211; are due July 15. The State Department&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marianela Boan Returns to the Cuban Stage with “Caribe Deluxe”</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94705</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those who attended the performance staged at the Raquel Revuelta theatre on June 1st had the rare privilege of enjoying Marianela Boan’s poetry, which has returned to the Havana stage after an 8-year artistic hiatus. <strong>(8 photos)</strong>]]></description>
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		<title>Cats in Cuba Expo</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94692</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cuban Association of Cat Lovers put on a mini-expo at the Kid Chocolate gymnasium in Old Havana. On this occasion, the public was able to enjoy seeing three different breeds: Pelos Semi largo cubano, azules cubanos and Bengali. HT was on hand to capture some of the event for our readers. <strong>(24 photos)</strong>]]></description>
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		<title>A Small Fortune Found on a Cuban Street (Part II)</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94683</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rosa Martínez]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I usually share both the good things and bad things that happen to me with my relatives but that evening, I didn’t tell anyone at home I had found the bill. Perhaps it was out of fear everyone would suddenly want me to buy them something. I know my brothers well. Looking back, though, I think I simply wanted some time to decide how I would spend the money I’d found.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuban Lesbians on the Big Screen</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94675</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irina Echarry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some time ago, my friend Ivet was approached and asked to take part in a documentary about the lives of lesbian women in Cuba. Ivet is a little camera shy and turned down the offer. We didn’t hear anything about the documentary after this and thought the film hadn’t gone through.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba: Yasiel Puig&#8217;s Amazing Debut in MLB</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94657</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has now been little more than two weeks since the latest refugee from Cuban baseball settled into the big leagues and Puigmania has now apparently taken full root in the City of the Angels (appropriately enough, since LA was also erstwhile home to a phenomenon known as Fernandomania more than three full decades in the past).]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba: On the Subject of National Security</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94652</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dimitri Prieto-Samsonov</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dmitri Prieto's Diary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The practice of teaching courses on issues related to the country’s security isn’t new, at least not in a country like Cuba. The academic transcript for the Biochemistry Major I completed – to the dismay of foreign academic peers – begins with “Marxist-Leninist Philosophy” and ends with “Military Training.”]]></description>
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		<title>Patrick Cockburn on U.S. Plans to Arm Syrian Rebels: Where is the Skepticism About Chemical Weapons?</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94648</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Veteran foreign correspondent Patrick Cockburn of The Independent joins us to discuss the Obama administration’s decision to begin directly arming Syrian rebels after concluding the regime of President Bashar al-Assad has used chemical weapons. ]]></description>
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		<title>On the Other Side of the Bar</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94633</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonid Lopez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tanaka didn’t think he was anything special. In fact, he had never once stopped to consider whether his life was of any value or not. When he woke up every morning, nothing beyond the feeling that he needed to get out of bed, to convince himself he was still there, inspired him to draw in the first breath.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba’s Salary/Productivity Dilemma</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94618</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the State-Party-Proprietor, the government, the press and central bureaucratic apparatus continue to blame company managers for Cuba's low production indices, the economic disaster caught sight of in State companies – for which they have only themselves to blame – will also continue.]]></description>
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		<title>Santiago de Cuba Prepares for a Big Celebration</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94603</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For over a month, the people of Santiago de Cuba have been working day and night to repair and add a touch of glitter to those places where the main ceremonies for Cuba’s 26th of July festivities are to take place. It’s been 60 years since the Moncada Barracks was attacked by the 26th of July movement.  <strong>(14 photos)</strong>]]></description>
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		<title>Cuban-Americans Oppose Designation of Cuba as a Sponsor of Terrorism</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94590</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sixty Cuban Americans from across the United States released an open letter to the Obama Administration strongly disagreeing with the position of Cuban-American legislators from Florida on retaining Cuba on the State Department’s list of “state sponsors of terrorism.” ]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba/Finals: Villa Clara Takes 2-0 Lead</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94580</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seven innings of one-run pitching from Misael Siverio and three hits and excellent fielding from shortstop Yordan Manduley led Villa Clara to a convincing 8-1 win over Matanzas in the second game of their best-of-seven championship series.]]></description>
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		<title>Chris Pyle, Whistleblower on Domestic Spying in 70s, Says Be Wary of Attacks on NSA’s Critics</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94576</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As NSA director General Keith Alexander blasts the leaks that exposed widespread surveillance of Americans, we’re joined by Chris Pyle, a former military instructor who exposed the CIA and Army’s monitoring of millions of Americans in the 1970s. ]]></description>
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		<title>Raul Castro Meets with World Food Program Director</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94574</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cuban President Raul Castro received on Wednesday afternoon in Havana Ms. Ertharin Cousin, executive director of the World Food Programme (WFP), reported the local media.]]></description>
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		<title>Forty Cubans Get Residence in Curacao</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94568</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Curacao granted residence to 40 Cubans who were in legal limbo on the Caribbean island for several years, said Café Fuerte on Wednesday. They have been in Curacao for between three and eight years, and since 2009 they began to organize, appealing to the Dutch authorities and the United Nations.]]></description>
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		<title>Havana&#8217;s Teatro Martí Reopens in November</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94565</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The landmark Teatro Martí in Havana, will reopen in November, after nearly 40 years closed to the public, announced the Office of the Historian of Havana.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuban Filmmakers Today: Extras or Leads?</title>
		<link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94550</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“They want to change the script without consulting with us first,” a Cuban filmmaker tells me, referring to the restructuring of Cuba’s film industry, a process undertaken by a government commission and high officials of the Cuban Film Industry and Art Institute (ICAIC).]]></description>
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		<title>McCardel Abandons Cuba to Florida Swim</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australian swimmer Chloë McCardel has abandoned her quest to swim from Cuba to the United States after being bitten repeatedly by jellyfish, her team said today in the social networks.]]></description>
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		<title>EU Official on the Changes in Cuba</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Circles Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The High Representative for Foreign Policy of the European Union (EU), Catherine Ashton, said today that Cuba has made "positive changes" and others "not so positive" and that European Union continues to explore the possibilities of modifying its common position on the island.]]></description>
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