That time Cuba replaced tractors with oxen

In the fall of 1989, a full quarter-century before President Obama normalized U.S. relations with Cuba, the Berlin Wall came tumbling to the ground in a flurry of sledgehammers and concrete dust.

http://theweek.com/articles/583035/that-time-cuba-replaced-tractors-oxen

Spielberg tapped childhood fears for 'Spies'

That October, the U.S. and the Russians were on the brink of nuclear war: the Cuban Missile Crisis, the tense 13-day confrontation between Kennedy and Khrushchev, all those school warnings about radioactive fallout suddenly looking alarmingly real.

http://www.columbian.com/news/2015/oct/18/spielberg-tapped-childhood-fears-for-spies/

St

. Olaf To Jazz Up Cuba In Spring 2016 . Olaf College in Northfield received an invitation from the Cuban Ministry of Culture to have its jazz ensemble perform a series of concerts in Havana.
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/10/31/st-olaf-jazz-ensemble-to-tour-cuba-in-spring-2016/

'Air of kindness' and 'diversity of culture' in Cuba

Durham Tech students and Triangle residents walk by a restaurant in Las Terrazas on Saturday. Special to The Herald-Sun | Nathan Hardin.

http://www.heraldsun.com/news/air-of-kindness-and-diversity-of-culture-in-cuba/article_632120e4-75b0-11e5-85fd-335e895ad241.html

Cuba stands alone in special, but deadly, class

Guillermo Martinez is on target with his Oct. 27 column, "Obama Administration Is the Problem, Not the Adjustment Act." Unfortunately, the reasons for the Cuban Adjustment Act remain unchanged. Cuba remains a totalitarian, Communist regime that ...
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/fl-letter-cuba2-1025-20151029-story.html

Column: Carson Must Learn the Lessons of History

But Jews accounted for less than 1 percent of the German population. Jews with guns were not going to overpower the SS men herding them onto the cars at Track 17.

http://www.vnews.com/home/19205393-95/column-carson-must-learn-the-lessons-of-history

New exodus of Cubans headed to the U.S

. is underway across the Americas They line up on the edge of the water, their silhouettes barely visible in the wee hours before the sun rises. Groups of 10 to 12 climb aboard rafts mounted with plywood and pay less than $2 to be ferried to the other side.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article41933427.html

Capitol facelift: Restoring a Cuban landmark

Dr. Eusebio Leal Spengler, Havana's city historian, is leading an architectural renaissance in this former capital of the Western Hemisphere.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article39634383.html

How the Iran deal might change the Middle East

Obama was a teenager when the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and ensuing hostage crisis turned Iran into an international pariah, excluded from playing a meaningful role in regional politics.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2015/1018/How-the-Iran-deal-might-change-the-Middle-East

Cuba's Castro to travel to Mexico for state visit in November

The meeting between the two Latin American heads of state will take place in the city of Merida, the capital of Yucatan state, and will mark the first time the Cuban leader has visited Mexico as president, the ministry said in a statement. The visit ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/29/us-mexico-cuba-castro-idUSKCN0SN2P320151029

Visit to Cuba crowned with photos for exhibit

This snapshot of a Chevrolet Bel Air is part of a photography exhibit of Cuba taken by Nicholas Mariano, continuing through at least Saturday at MISC - Everything Murrells Inlet, 4124 U.S.
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/article39403998.html

US Diplomats Discuss the Challenges in Restoring Relations With Cuba

U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Alex Lee visited Duke Wednesday to discuss recent efforts to restore diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba. Lee's work as deputy assistant for South America and Cuba follows half a century of ...

http://today.duke.edu/2015/10/uscuba

Mayorkas talks bilateral cooperation with Cuba's new interior minister

The U.S. deputy secretary of homeland security, Alejandro Mayorkas, met in Havana with Cuba's new Interior Minister Carlos Fernandez, with whom he discussed bilateral cooperation to provide greater security for the citizens of both countries, the ...

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2015/10/29/mayorkas-talks-bilateral-cooperation-with-cuba-new-interior-minister/

Cuba: We have no troops in Syria

The University of Miami's Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies on Tuesday issued what it called an unconfirmed report from an unspecified source that Cuban troops had been spotted in Syria "in support of Syria's dictator Assad and Russian ...

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/world/Cuba-We-have-no-troops-in-Syria-388365

Commerce with Communists - Doing Business in Cuba

Howard Kass, Ubaldo Heurta and Hiram Centelles already are doing business in Cuba. They hope to do more next year as relations thaw and the Communist island opens itself up to more commerce with the United States.

http://wlrn.org/post/commerce-communists-doing-business-cuba

Bustos hopeful for trade with Cuba

PEORIA - Continuing the push to establish an office to coordinate efforts for increased agricultural trade was one of the key components of U.S.

http://www.galesburg.com/article/20151017/NEWS/151019774

Oxford Entrepreneurs In Cuba And The Bank Of America Crisis

It also appears Bank of America may still be out to lunch on the Cuban Missile Crisis ending more than 50 years ago. Before we left for the trip, we did a local electronic transfer of $5,000 to an employee's account to prepay some trip expenses.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/cliffoxford/2015/10/09/oxford-entrepreneurs-in-cuba-and-the-bank-of-america-crisis/

Bullock encourages end to trade sanctions with Cuba

“Expanding trade with Cuba will further strengthen our nation's agriculture sector by opening a market of 11 million people just 90 miles from our shores, and continue to maintain the tremendous momentum of U.S.

http://www.sidneyherald.com/news/bullock-encourages-end-to-trade-sanctions-with-cuba/article_4f05faee-7501-11e5-8169-6f1c95d3d6a8.html

Manufacturing Crisis: Cuban Troops in Syria

"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes," quipped humorist Mark Twain, repeating an old adage.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-m-leogrande/manufacturing-crisis-cuba_b_8392456.html

Manufacturing Crisis: Cuban Troops in Syria

When news of the delivery became public, conservatives tried to spin it as equivalent to the 1962 missile crisis, demanding tough action against Cuba- despite the fact that there was no evidence the Cuban MiG-23s were nuclear-capable or that there were ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-m-leogrande/manufacturing-crisis-cuba_b_8392456.html

Visit to Cuba crowned with photos for exhibit

This snapshot of a Chevrolet Bel Air is part of a photography exhibit of Cuba taken by Nicholas Mariano, continuing through at least Saturday at MISC - Everything Murrells Inlet, 4124 U.S.

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/article39403998.html

Shumlin Urges Congress To End Trade Embargo With Cuba

“The Cuban economy is a fairly large economy. It's kind of silly that we're sitting here decades after the Cuban missile crisis and still acting as if Cuba is the enemy,” said Shumlin. Critics of the plan to end the embargo argue that it's mistake to ...

http://digital.vpr.net/post/shumlin-urges-congress-end-trade-embargo-cuba

Cuba in transition: a Canadian perspective

CUBA (NEWS 1130) - With the historic thawing of relations between Cuba and the United States in the past year, the small island nation is on the threshold of enormous change.
http://www.news1130.com/2015/10/18/cuba-in-transition-a-canadian-perspective/

Obama's Cuba Legacy: Another Negotiations Failure

Last December, President Obama announced a major shift in US-Cuban relations. The White House left Congress and most of the President's own Administration - including the State Department - in the dark.
http://humanevents.com/2015/10/24/obamas-cuba-legacy-another-negotiations-failure/

Delta plans to start charter flights to Cuba in April

President Barack Obama has taken steps toward easing travel restrictions to Cuba. While scheduled airline flights to Cuba from the United States are not yet permitted, airlines can offer charter flights for Americans to travel to Cuba under certain ...

http://airport.blog.ajc.com/2015/10/23/delta-plans-to-start-charter-flights-to-cuba-in-april/

New Flights from Cayman Brac to Cuba

“This new service to eastern Cuba is designed to complement the airline's existing flights between Havana and Grand Cayman, which is often capacity constrained,” said Cayman Airways President and CEO, Fabian Whorms.

http://caribjournal.com/2015/10/17/new-flights-from-cayman-brac-to-cuba/

Cubans pirate US TV and movies, saying the embargo made them do it

HAVANA - There's little question that 50-plus years of U.S. economic sanctions have taken a heavy toll on Cuba's factories, banking system and hospitals.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/cubans-pirate-us-tv-and-movies-saying-the-embargo-made-them-do-it/2015/10/16/0e0068e6-70ff-11e5-ba14-318f8e87a2fc_story.html

Shumlin joins call to end trade embargo with Cuba

Nine months after President Barack Obama moved to end the Cold War relationship with Cuba, Vermont has added its voice to those calling for an end to the 55-year-old U.S.
http://www.timesargus.com/article/20151018/NEWS03/151019543/0/NEWS01

Port Authority boss asks United to reconsider New Jersey-Cuba flights until ...

NEW YORK - The head of the agency that runs New Jersey's main airport has joined with the state's governor in seeking to stop United Airlines from launching flights from there to Cuba until a woman convicted of killing a state trooper is returned to ...
http://www.startribune.com/port-authority-boss-asks-united-to-reconsider-cuba-flights/336017861/

Top Lobbying Group for US Broadcasters to Visit Cuba Amid Criticism of State ...

One of the top lobbying groups for U.S. broadcasters will visit Cuba next week to promote business opportunities, even as the Cuban government continues to be assailed for its control of the island's media and abuse of journalists. Margaret Cassilly ...

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/top-lobbying-group-for-u-s-broadcasters-to-visit-cuba-amid-criticism-of-state-dominated-media/

Christie says no to NJ flights to Cuba; United to press ahead

"It is unacceptable to me as Governor to have any flights between New Jersey and Cuba until and unless convicted cop-killer and escaped fugitive Joanne Chesimard is returned to New Jersey to face justice," Christie wrote in the letter obtained by The ...
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/10/21/christie-says-no-to-flights-to-cuba-from-nj-united-airlines-to-press-ahead/

Cuba launches shark protection plan produced with US group

HAVANA - Cuba announced Wednesday that it is launching a long-term plan to preserve its sharks in cooperation with a U.S. environmental group, part of a rapidly accelerating partnership between the two countries aimed at preserving their shared waters ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/cuba-launches-shark-protection-plan-produced-with-us-group/2015/10/21/1963169a-7832-11e5-a5e2-40d6b2ad18dd_story.html

90-year-old Villager killed in accident had served in three branches of military

He went on to chase deer in the Florida Everglades in a B-47, crashed a T-28 and walked away, and patrolled near Russia in a B-52 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Here in The Villages, he became a part of the World War II History Club and formed a ...

http://www.villages-news.com/90-year-old-villager-killed-in-accident-had-served-in-three-branches-of-military/

New Jersey governor: No Cuba flights until fugitive returned

“It is unacceptable to me as Governor to have any flights between New Jersey and Cuba until and unless convicted cop-killer and escaped fugitive Joanne Chesimard is returned to New Jersey to face justice,” Christie wrote in the letter obtained by The ...
http://federalnewsradio.com/government-news/2015/10/new-jersey-governor-no-cuba-flights-until-fugitive-returned-2/

Arthur I

. Cyr: Cuban Missile Crisis lessons today October is the scary month, and not just because of Halloween. The Cuban Missile Crisis of Oct. 22-28, 1962, dominated global news as Washington and Moscow sparred right on the edge of thermonuclear war.
http://www.galesburg.com/article/20151021/NEWS/151029969

Cuba releases artist 'El Sexto,' considered prisoner of conscience

HAVANA Cuba released a graffiti artist known as "El Sexto" on Tuesday, ten months after he was jailed for "disrespect of the leaders of the revolution" over a satire of Fidel and Raul Castro.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/10/20/uk-cuba-dissident-idUKKCN0SE2H720151020

Chuck Sweeny: Cuba-Illinois trade could boost ag economy, US Rep

. Cheri Bustos ... I talked to our staff about a trade mission focused on Illinois to see if we could increase exports of ag products to Cuba," said the East Moline Democrat, who was in Rockford today to meet with area farmers.

http://www.rrstar.com/article/20151019/NEWS/151019464

Land-rush revolution: US-Cuba talks shake up island's real estate market

In just a few short years, Cuba's non-existent real estate sector has boomed into a multifaceted, sometimes frenetic industry: Hand-scrawled “Se Vende” signs hang off dilapidated colonial structures and modern condos, there are real estate magazines ...

http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1869468/land-rush-revolution-us-cuba-talks-shake-islands-real-estate-market

How To Salvage Obama's Failed Cuba Initiative

Congress should require the administration to appoint an envoy responsible to the secretary of State to report on Cubans' political and economic freedoms and to represent to the Castro regime the expressed demand that it implement reforms. This ...

http://thefederalist.com/2015/10/13/how-to-salvage-obamas-failed-cuba-initiative/

U.S

. Rep. Bustos hopes to lift agricultural trade barriers with Cuba TAYLOR RIDGE, Ill. (KWQC) - . Representative Cheri Bustos is back from Cuba saying it's time to make agricultural trade easier with the country.

http://kwqc.com/2015/10/19/rep-bustos-hopes-to-lift-agricultural-trade-barriers-with-cuba/

Novelists weave threads of past into stories of Southern families

In her new novel, "A Place We Knew Well" (Bantam/Random House), McCarthy takes readers back to Orlando's College Park neighborhood to October 1962, as the Cuban Missile Crises looms, and skillfully recreates a time of crazy contradictions, from ...
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/os-joy-wallace-dickinson-1018-20151018-column.html

Cuba trip yielded different perspectives and interests

. By Nathan Hardin Special to The Herald-Sun; Updated 16 min ago. hsnws 10-20 cuba 1. Special to The Herald-Sun | Nathan Hardin. Durham Tech students and Triangle residents met several local ...

http://www.heraldsun.com/news/cuba-trip-yielded-different-perspectives-and-interests/article_5b0e2864-76a7-11e5-91ad-931b11e6ecf5.html

The Next Page: Linking Cuba and US through bilateral healing

For the past 20 years, I have been privileged to work in Cuba on behalf of Global Links, a nonprofit headquartered in Green Tree that provides the Caribbean's largest island with surplus medical equipment recovered from Pittsburgh hospitals.
http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2015/10/19/The-Next-Page-Linking-Cuba-and-U-S-through-bilateral-healing/stories/201510180018

Cuba denies sending troops to support Syrian President

The University of Miami's Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies on Tuesday issued what it called unconfirmed reports from an unspecified source that Cuban troops had been spotted in Syria "in support of Syria's Assad and Russian involvement in ...
http://petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?Site_Id=1&lang=2&NewsID=219152&CatID=13&Type=Home>ype=1

Band From Cuba Plays the White House With 1940s Havana Rhythms

The Orquestra Buena Vista Social Club, a descendant of the 1990s Cuban band that was many Americans' first exposure to Cuban music of decades past, performed at a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration on Thursday, the first time a musical group from ...

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/10/15/band-from-cuba-plays-the-white-house-with-1940s-havana-rhythms/

Novelists weave threads of past into stories of Southern families

In her new novel, "A Place We Knew Well" (Bantam/Random House), McCarthy takes readers back to Orlando's College Park neighborhood to October 1962, as the Cuban Missile Crises looms, and skillfully recreates a time of crazy contradictions, from ...

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/os-joy-wallace-dickinson-1018-20151018-column.html

Cuba shows off range of opportunities to Lebanese investors

Cuba Friday offered a wide range of lucrative investments on the island to interested Lebanese businessmen and firms. Addressing Lebanese officials and investors in Beirut, Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment Minister Rodrigo Malmierca Friday identified ...

http://www.albawaba.com/business/cuba-shows-range-opportunities-lebanese-investment-756320

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http://www.stripes.com/news/us/cia-briefings-for-jfk-shed-new-light-on-cuban-missile-crisis-1.373840

US Commerce Secretary Visits Cuba to Ease Trade

The United States Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker arrived Tuesday to Cuba to discuss measures to ease trade between both nations.
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/US-Commerce-Secretary-Visits-Cuba-to-Ease-Trade-20151007-0020.html

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April 17, 1961 - The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba is repulsed by Cuban forces in an attempt by Cuban exiles under the direction of the United States government to overthrow the regime of Fidel Castro.

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