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isPermaLink="false">http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27185</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cuba maintains a close watch on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and is foreseeing the measures in case of an impact by the spill, affirmed Cuban Minister of Basic Industry Yadira García to MPs from the energy and environment commission of the National Assembly of People’s Power.  García said it is necessary to remain alert in face of this risk, for which a working group was created made up by the Civil Defense and high-level specialists.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.havanatimes.org/?feed=rss2&amp;p=27185</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Drop in Cuban Purchases from US</title><link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27183</link> <comments>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27183#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:21:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>the editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Recent Posts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Updates]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27183</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cuban food purchases from the United States decreased 35 per cent in the first five months of this year, as compared to the same period in 2009, according to a specialized report published this Thursday in the U.S. press. The report affirms that from January to May this year, U.S. sales to Cuba stood at 182 million dollars, as compared to 278 million the previous year.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.havanatimes.org/?feed=rss2&amp;p=27183</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Released Cuban Dissident in Miami</title><link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27181</link> <comments>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27181#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:18:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>the editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Recent Posts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Updates]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27181</guid> <description><![CDATA[Paraplegic dissident Ariel Sigler, released from prison last June 12, since this Wednesday is in Miami, the mecca of the Cuban exile in the United States, where he was welcomed by around 100 supporters. Sigler is the first prisoner released after the dialogue that began in May between President Raúl Castro and Cardinal Jaime Ortega.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.havanatimes.org/?feed=rss2&amp;p=27181</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Alarcón Says US Accountable for Cuban Prisoner’s health</title><link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27179</link> <comments>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27179#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:16:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>the editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Updates]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27179</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cuban parliament speaker Ricardo Alarcón this Wednesday held the United States accountable for the situation of Gerardo Hernández, one of Cuban Five who were given long prison sentences in that country over 11 years ago, whose “health is in danger.” The parliament leader complained that Hernandez, serving two life sentences, is kept incommunicado from his lawyers at a time when appeal procedures are being carried out in his favor.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.havanatimes.org/?feed=rss2&amp;p=27179</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>My Unpleasant Experience with the Russians</title><link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27175</link> <comments>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27175#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:03:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Erasmo Calzadilla</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Erasmo Calzadilla's Diary]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27175</guid> <description><![CDATA[During the 80's there was a “ghetto” in my neighborhood called “Los Rusos.”  It was made up of several volunteer micro-brigade-built apartment buildings —all the same— which were inhabited by Soviet military advisors and their families.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.havanatimes.org/?feed=rss2&amp;p=27175</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Twenty Years Thinking about Cuba</title><link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27150</link> <comments>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27150#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:53:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>the editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lead Articles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27150</guid> <description><![CDATA["I wanted to help change my country for the better, but I wasn’t able to because the changes that I thought would improve it were considered inadmissible, and I believe they still are," says Julio de la Yncera, an HT reader.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.havanatimes.org/?feed=rss2&amp;p=27150</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cuban Parliament Committees Begin Work</title><link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27148</link> <comments>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27148#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:59:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>the editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Updates]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27148</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cuban parliament members began this Wednesday their work in commissions with a view to the plenary session of the National Assembly of People’s Power set for Sunday.  According to the state-run media, the agenda includes the assessment of the economic plan during the first semester, work productivity and new self-employment experiences recently applied in the country.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.havanatimes.org/?feed=rss2&amp;p=27148</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Indigenous Ceramics find in Villa Clara</title><link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27146</link> <comments>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27146#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:56:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>the editor</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Recent Posts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Updates]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27146</guid> <description><![CDATA[The finding for the first time of abundant pieces made out of shells, among them corporal adornments, demonstrates the possible presence of farmer-potters among the indigenous people of central northern Cuba, Villa Clara province. Raúl Villavicencio, an archaeologist from the Centre for Environmental Studies and Services (CESAM) in that territory, explained to the Cuban media that the advanced technique used reflects a high level of development in primitive communities, since up to now there only existed traces of agricultural hunters in the province.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.havanatimes.org/?feed=rss2&amp;p=27146</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Speaking of Kidnappings</title><link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27132</link> <comments>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27132#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:02:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yordanka Caridad</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Yordanka Caridad's Diary]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27132</guid> <description><![CDATA[Recently I was in a state outside of Caracas, though I won’t mention its name now – I don’t want to implicate anyone in this story.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.havanatimes.org/?feed=rss2&amp;p=27132</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>For What Are We Cubans Prepared? (Part 2)</title><link>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27123</link> <comments>http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27123#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:14:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Francisco Castro</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Francisco Castro's Diary]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=27123</guid> <description><![CDATA[When will we stand up and pay attention to the situation?  When will we stop holding a double standard propped up on silence and indifference?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.havanatimes.org/?feed=rss2&amp;p=27123</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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