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  1. Four priests ordained in MiamiRead the original story

    Thursday May 16 | The Miami Herald

    ... are: Deacons Carlos Cabrera, Elvis Gonzalez, Daniel Martin, and Fredy Yara. Cabrera, 41, was born in Camaguey, Cuba. He graduated high school in 1989 and before entering the seminary, he studied theology and philosophy at the Seminary of Plasencia, ... 7 comments

  2. TDIRH: Perez turns 71. What's that in Big Dog years?Read the original story

    Tuesday May 14 | Red Reporter

    ... his first of 22 wins on the season. On this day in 1942, Hall of Famer Tony Perez was born in Camaguey, Camaguey, Cuba. According to the New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract , Perez was known as "Tany" as a youngster, which is derived from ...

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  3. In Solidarity with Hunger Strikers in CubaRead the original story

    Tuesday May 7 | Babalu Blog

    We are a group of nonviolent human rights and opposition pro-democracy activists that have gathered here today at the emblematic Saratoga neighborhood in the city of Camaguey, where after a sustained exchange and fruitful working meeting, we present to the world this historic declaration , in which we set out the following points of view: Know ... (more)

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  4. The Great Escape: Cuban defectors find freedom playing for Charleston Battery soccer teamRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Apr 19 | Post and Courier

    Maikel Chang , Odisnel Cooper and Heviel Cordoves defected from Cuba and now are playing soccer for the Charleston Battery.

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  5. Cuba: Imprisoned independent journalist restarts hunger strikeRead the original story w/Photo

    Apr 9, 2013 | Babalu Blog

    Cuban independent journalist Roberto de Jesus Guerra on Monday started a hunger strike to force the release of his imprisoned colleague, Calixto Ramon Martinez .

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  6. Los Angeles Master Chorale presents free annual concert at Walt...Read the original story w/Photo

    Apr 8, 2013 | Temple City Tribune

    The Los Angeles Master Chorale opens the doors of the Walt Disney Concert Hall to the city free-of-charge for its 24th Annual Los Angeles Master Chorale High School Choir Festival on Friday, April 26, 2013.

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  7. Jay-Z and Beyonce: Promoting racism in Castro's CubaRead the original story w/Photo

    Apr 5, 2013 | Babalu Blog

    The photo above of Jay-Z wearing a t-shirt celebrating a racist mass murderer says more about his complete and utter ignorance than anything I or anyone else can say.

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  8. Xavier 'Sam' D'Estrada of Port Chester Dies at Age 75Read the original story

    Apr 4, 2013 | Patch.com

    ... D'Estrada of Port Chester, a retired business owner, has died at age 75. He was born on Dec. 3, 1937, in Camaguey, Cuba. Mr. D'Estrada move in 1956 to the United States, where he met his wife, Laura Varamo. They were married on June 28, 1959, and ...

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  9. Private sector bites into Cuban state food salesRead the original story

    Mar 27, 2013 | Reuters

    Cubans are building private food distribution networks from the farm through to retail outlets as communist authorities gradually dismantle the state's monopoly on the purchase and sale of agricultural products. 10 comments

  10. Linda Mullally: When Cuban roads turn to rubble, go backpackingRead the original story

    Feb 15, 2013 | montereyherald.com

    An impassable washout of rubble replaced the road around the point. Driving a bus with a seriously stressed trailer hitch along a precarious dirt-road bypass in Cuba was not the way out of this jam.

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  11. Cuba's 2012 Forest Fires Mostly Man-madeRead the original story

    Mar 13, 2013 | Malaysian National News Agency

    Cuba registered 421 forest fires last year with nearly 90 percent sparked by human negligence, Xinhua news agency quoted local media as saying.

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  12. Creole Choir of Cuba livens up Firehouse Cultural CenterRead the original story

    Mar 7, 2013 | St. Petersburg Times

    ... professional performers to host a workshop at the converted fire station. The 10-member choir that hails from Camaguey, Cuba's third largest city, performed songs and dances representative of their Haitian and African ancestry just a day after ...

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  13. Gutierrez, Esther and UbaldoRead the original story

    Mar 7, 2013 | The Lakeland Ledger

    ... passed away on March 2, 2013. She was born in Mexico City, Mexico on January 26, 1926 while he was born in Camaguey, Cuba on December 11, 1926. They were married for 47 years. The two together lived and contributed their loving service and kindness ...

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  14. Cuba denies U.S. claims about travel permissionsRead the original story w/Photo

    Mar 5, 2013 | Pravda

    The Cuban Foreign Ministry denied statements by the United States Government on the alleged prohibition of their officials to leave this capital due to "reciprocal travel restrictions" that would force Washington to respond the same way.

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  15. Creole Choir of Cuba comes to Brooks CenterRead the original story

    Mar 5, 2013 | Easley Progress

    ... learned from grandparents and celebrating the history of their Haitian descendants, these 10 vocalists from Camaguey, Cuba, are Grammy-nominated and multiple award-winners. The Creole Choir was founded in 1994 during the "Special Period" when the ...

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  16. Cuba, US trade barbs over paroled intel agentRead the original story

    Mar 1, 2013 | The State

    Cuba complained this week that it has not been afforded consular access to Rene Gonzalez since September, a violation, it said, of the 1963 Vienna Convention.

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  17. Cuba, US trade barbs over paroled intel agentRead the original story

    Mar 1, 2013 | Tri-cityherald.com

    Cuba complained this week that it has not been afforded consular access to Rene Gonzalez since September, a violation, it said, of the 1963 Vienna Convention.

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  18. 3 picks for musical performing artsRead the original story

    Feb 27, 2013 | St. Petersburg Times

    German pianist Peter Rosel has been a popular soloist with the Florida Orchestra, and he returns this weekend to play Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No.

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  19. Tepid response in Miami over Castro retirementRead the original story

    Feb 25, 2013 | Cybercast News Service

    For more than five decades, Cuban exiles in Miami have waited for the Castro brothers to be out of power. 6 comments

  20. Cuba: Ladies in White and other human rights activists arrested by State Security this SundayRead the original story w/Photo

    Feb 25, 2013 | Babalu Blog

    Approximately fifty Ladies in White were harassed and arrested yesterday by Cuban State Security agents as they marched peacefully in Havana carrying photographs of slain opposition leader Orlando Zapata Tamayo and wearing black ribbons in honor of the anniversary of his death.

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