<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Cuba: News &amp; Videos about Cuba - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Cuba</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Cuba from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:48:15 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Cuba: News &amp; Videos about Cuba - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Cuba</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Cuba from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Accused U.S. spies for Cuba in court</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/05/cuba.accused.spies/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/05/cuba.accused.spies/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A former State Department analyst and his wife have a court date Thursday as a federal judge reviews their possible trial on charges of spying for Cuba.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Joe Posnanski:  Women's basketball legends hoop up to help small Kansas town</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/joe_posnanski/11/02/fundraiser/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/joe_posnanski/11/02/fundraiser/index.html</guid><description>My wife always knows what's coming whenever her hometown of Cuba, Kansas comes up in conversation.* She always knows I'm going to tell the story of the first time I went there with her. We've been married for more than 11 years, so we're now in that early stage of finishing each other's stories. And I suspect that the "first time I went to Cuba" story has been told more than most.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N. again condemns U.S. embargo against Cuba</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/28/un.cuba.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/28/un.cuba.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>For the 18th year in a row, the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted to condemn the 47-year embargo against Cuba by the United States.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rapper Pitbull true to his Cuban heritage</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/24/pitbull.rapper/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/24/pitbull.rapper/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As the man in the Dodgers jersey walked quickly around the perimeter of the infield, fans poured down from the bleachers begging for autographs.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senior U.S. official holds talks in Cuba</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/29/us.cuba.talks/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/29/us.cuba.talks/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A senior American diplomat had high-level talks with the Cuban government in Havana, the State Department said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Mexico governor urges U.S., Cuba to improve ties</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/29/cuba.us.relations/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/29/cuba.us.relations/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United States and Cuba should show some flexibility and take steps to improve relations, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Friday during a weeklong trade mission to the island nation.</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cuba postpones Communist Party Congress</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/31/cuba.party.congress/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/31/cuba.party.congress/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Cuban President Raúl Castro has postponed what would be the first Communist Party Congress since 1997, state media reported Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S.-Cuba migration talks set to resume</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/14/us.cuba.talks/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/14/us.cuba.talks/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Talks on migration between the United States and Cuba will resume Tuesday in New York, the U.S. State Department said in a statement.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Buena Vista helps Cuba's musical past live on</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/01/buena.vista/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/01/buena.vista/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Cuba has a new political leader but the Buena Vista Social Club lives on, thanks to 12 brilliant musicians, including four from the group made famous in the Wim Wenders' documentary featuring American guitarist Ry Cooder as he delved into Havana's pre-Castro musical past.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Judge cites concern over joint lawyers in Cuban spy case</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/17/us.cuba.spy.suspects/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/17/us.cuba.spy.suspects/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A federal judge Wednesday questioned a decision by a former U.S. State Department employee and his wife to use the same team of attorneys to fight charges of spying for Cuba.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Couple accused of spying for Cuba ordered held without bail</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/10/us.cuba.spies/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/10/us.cuba.spies/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A former State Department employee and his wife, who are accused of spying for Cuba for nearly 30 years, will remain in jail as they await trial, a judge ruled Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cuba rejects OAS membership, official says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/04/cuba.oas/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/04/cuba.oas/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Cuba will not rejoin the Organization of American States, even though the multinational organization has lifted the 47-year-old suspension of the country's membership, a Cuban official said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. offers to renew talks with Cuba on immigration</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/22/us.cuba.immigration/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/22/us.cuba.immigration/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. has offered to resume immigration talks with the government of Cuba, a State Department official said Friday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 03:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Is trade embargo with Cuba hurting U.S. interests?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/04/cuba.embargo/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/04/cuba.embargo/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>If Americans wonder what it's like to travel to Cuba, just ask a Canadian.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 20:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Raúl Castro: Cuba ready 'to discuss everything' with U.S.</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/17/us.cuba/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/17/us.cuba/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Cuban government, long the object of a U.S. economic blockade, is prepared to meet with the Obama administration, Cuba's leader said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Let's end our hypocrisy on Cuba</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/16/martin.cuba.china/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/16/martin.cuba.china/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>It is amazing to watch politicians and activists try as hard as they can to rip into Fidel Castro and Cuba with the fury of a hurricane, yet sound like a whimpering dog when you bring up China and America's absolute double standard when dealing with that communist country.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Poll: Three-quarters favor relations with Cuba</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/10/poll.cuba/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/10/poll.cuba/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A new poll shows that two-thirds of Americans surveyed think the U.S. should lift its travel ban on Cuba, and three-quarters think the U.S. should end its five-decade estrangement with the country.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>GOP lawmakers blast Cuba visit by Black Caucus members</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/09/gop.cuba/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/09/gop.cuba/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A pair of Republican congressmen ripped Congressional Black Caucus members for ignoring Cuba's "myriad gross human rights abuses" Thursday, saying this week's caucus trip to the island nation ignored the plight of political prisoners under the Castro regime.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How hip hop gives Cubans a voice</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/04/01/cuba.rap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/04/01/cuba.rap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Hip hop is one U.S. commodity that has made it past the trade embargo to Cuba.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Can the West cultivate ideas from Cuba's 'Special Period'?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/29/eco.cubaagriculture/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/29/eco.cubaagriculture/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Since the revolution in 1959 Cuba has been many things to many people, but the collapse of the Soviet Union meant few have seen the island state as a vision of the future.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bill to allow travel to Cuba has a better shot</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/31/cuba.travel/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/31/cuba.travel/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A group of senators and other supporters unveiled a bill Tuesday to lift the 47-year-old travel ban to Cuba.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. loosens restrictions regarding Cuba</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/11/us.cuba.policy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/11/us.cuba.policy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The $410 billion budget President Obama signed Wednesday will make it easier for U.S. residents to travel to Cuba and to send money to family members on the island. It also could facilitate the sale of agricultural and pharmaceutical products to Cuba.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Panel urges Obama to normalize ties with Cuba</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/27/us.cuba.relations/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/27/us.cuba.relations/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Obama should lift travel restrictions and adopt other measures to start normalizing relations with Cuba, a Washington think tank said in recommendations unveiled this week.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Tracing my Jewish roots in Cuba</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/08/20/cuba.roots/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/08/20/cuba.roots/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Cuba is more than a thousand miles from my home in New York, but it's a place close to my heart.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Key GOP senator calls Cuba embargo ineffective</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/23/cuba.lugar/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/23/cuba.lugar/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Richard Lugar, the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released a draft report Monday saying it is time to reconsider longtime U.S. economic sanctions on Cuba.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ease Cuba travel restrictions? Some Americans hope so</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/02/04/cuba.travel/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/02/04/cuba.travel/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Growing up in America, Joshu Harris was captivated by the mystique, music and history of Cuba.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>At 50, Cuba's revolution showing its age</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/12/31/cuba.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/12/31/cuba.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Thursday marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution, when Fidel Castro and a group of guerrillas toppled a longstanding U.S.-backed dictator.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Paloma makes landfall in Cuba</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/weather/11/08/hurricane.paloma/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/weather/11/08/hurricane.paloma/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Hurricane Paloma, an "extremely dangerous" storm, made landfall Saturday night in southern Cuba after lashing Grand Cayman with high winds and heavy rain, forecasters said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Hurricanes sweep food shortages back into Cubans' lives</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/10/06/cuba.food.shortage/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/10/06/cuba.food.shortage/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Many Cubans thought they'd left behind forever the grim, hungry days that were the norm just after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and, with it, the loss of billions of dollars in subsidies for the Communist state.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ike Sweeps Across Gulf Toward Texas</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1840179,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1840179,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Hurricane Ike barreled across the warm, energizing waters of the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday on its way toward the Texas coast after crashing through Cuba's tobacco country</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ike Rakes Cuba, May Hit Havana Hard
 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839344,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839344,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Hurricane Ike's winds and massive storm surge ripped apart houses and toppled trees as the deadly storm roared across Cuba</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cuba arrests dissident rocker, band says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/08/26/cuba.singer/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/08/26/cuba.singer/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Cuban police have arrested dissident musician Gorki Aguila on a charge of "dangerousness," fellow band members said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Parts of Cuba under hurricane watch; Florida braces</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/weather/08/16/fay/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/weather/08/16/fay/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Tropical Storm Fay had weakened slightly but was reorganizing as it approached eastern Cuba moving westward from Haiti, the National Hurricane Center said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cuba Allows More Land Ownership</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1824378,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1824378,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Communist officials decreed Friday that private farmers and cooperatives can use up to 100 acres (40 hectares) of idle government land</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>EU Agrees to Lift Cuba Sanctions</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1816748,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1816748,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The European Union on Thursday agreed to lift its diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, but imposed tough conditions on the communist island to maintain sanction-free relations</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hints of More Reform in Cuba
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1736186,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1736186,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Having promised a Communist Party congress in 2009, Raul Castro has challenged himself to improve Cubans' lives in order to consolidate his rule
</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Corporate stakes in Cuba</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/23/news/international/corporate_stakes_cuba.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/23/news/international/corporate_stakes_cuba.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>After Fidel Castro announced that he was resigning the presidency of Cuba on Feb. 19, shares of OfficeMax rose 12%. The reason? It has a claim worth $2.5 billion dating back to when its property there was seized in the wake of the 1959 revolution. Similar claims made by nearly 6,000 companies are currently valued at $20 billion, and U.S. laws require all claims to be settled before trade can be normalized.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cubans on new freedoms: 'We'll see how far we go'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/02/cuba.freedoms/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/02/cuba.freedoms/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>For the first time since Fidel Castro's official resignation, Cubans are talking more about what the government is doing than what it's not doing.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cuba opens tourist hotels to citizens</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/31/cuba.hotels/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/31/cuba.hotels/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Cuba will allow its citizens to stay in hotels previously reserved for foreigners, the latest in a series of decisions to lift bans on goods and services that the average Cuban can't afford.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cuba, Still a Country for Old Men</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1716956,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1716956,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Expectations of an infusion of youth into the communist leadership were dashed, as Raul Castro looks to consolidate his authority</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Presidential hopefuls call for democracy for Cuba</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/19/castro.candidates/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/19/castro.candidates/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Presidential candidates from both parties said Tuesday they welcome the decision by Cuban President Fidel Castro to step down.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ex-CIA agent critical of agency dies in Cuba</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/01/09/ex.cia.cuba/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/01/09/ex.cia.cuba/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Philip B. Agee, the former CIA agent who broke with the agency 40 years ago and then published a book about it, has died in Havana, Cuba's state-run newspaper Granma reported Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Tropical Storm Noel weakens over Cuba</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/10/30/tropical.storm/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/10/30/tropical.storm/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Tropical Storm Noel weakened Tuesday over most of Cuba after lashing the island's northern coast, but heavy rains continued to deluge the Dominican Republic, Haiti and portions of the Bahamas, forecasters said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>At least 11 dead as Tropical Storm Noel heads for Bahamas, Cuba</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/10/29/tropical.storm/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/10/29/tropical.storm/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Cuba issued a tropical storm warning for the Camaguey, Las Tunas and Ciego de Avila provinces as Tropical Storm Noel approached the island.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cuban rapper: Fight the injustice</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/04/11/cuba.rapper/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/04/11/cuba.rapper/index.html</guid><description>Working on an old computer with a burned-out monitor, Cuban rapper Aldo Rodriguez painstakingly lays the tracks for his next song.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The color and complexity of Cuba's cigars</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/04/04/cuba.cigars/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/04/04/cuba.cigars/index.html</guid><description>Synonymous with Cuba, just like Castro and Che Guevara, cigars are revered by connoisseurs and part of the country's political landscape.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CASTRO'S REVENGE</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/04/02/8403413/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/04/02/8403413/index.htm</guid><description>SOMETIME LATER this year, less than 70 miles from Florida, a consortium of Spanish, Indian, and Norwegian companies will probably start drilling for oil. It could mark the beginning of a Cuban oil ... </description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cuba's color and complexity</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/03/14/aol.march.show/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/03/14/aol.march.show/index.html</guid><description>This month, Art of Life is in Cuba, a country brimming with character. We explore the riches of the country which, behind the crumbling facades, lie in the spirit of its people.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Castro's revenge: The Cuban oil rush</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/19/8402339/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/19/8402339/index.htm</guid><description>Sometime later this year, less than 70 miles from Florida, a consortium of Spanish, Indian and Norwegian companies will likely start drilling for oil. It could mark the beginning of a Cuban oil rus... </description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>No hospitality for Cubans at Hilton hotels</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/02/05/8399194/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/02/05/8399194/index.htm</guid><description>When a delegation of 14 Cubans tried to stay at their usual hotel in Oslo for a travel fair in January, they found themselves bounced from the reservations roster.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Q &amp;amp; A: Buena Fe</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/05/04/havana.qa/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/05/04/havana.qa/index.html</guid><description>The Scene discusses Cuban music with Buena Fe frontman Israel Rojas.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 17:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How I Did It</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2005/08/01/8267030/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2005/08/01/8267030/index.htm</guid><description>"My mother taught me you don't need to be rich to share your wealth." She came to the U.S. from Havana in 1961 and worked odd jobs--as a seamstress, a tarot card reader--but she always managed to s...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2005 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Helping others is a family tradition</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/21/pf/how_giving_0508/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/21/pf/how_giving_0508/index.htm</guid><description>"My mother taught me you don't need to be rich to share your wealth."</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 19:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cuba dissidents plan historic meeting</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/05/19/cuba.dissidents/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/05/19/cuba.dissidents/index.html</guid><description>Workmen Thursday were putting the final touches on tile floors and toilets built in the back yard of a Cuban dissident, the venue for what would be -- if police don't stop it -- an unprecedented meeting of opponents of Cuba's communist government.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2005 20:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Church bells announced pope's death in Cuba</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/pope.cuba/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/pope.cuba/index.html</guid><description>Church bells rang out on the Communist island of Cuba Saturday to announce the death of Pope Paul II, the only pontiff ever to visit the country. He went there in January 1998.</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2005 05:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cuba gets tough on tourism</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/03/02/cuba.tourism/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/03/02/cuba.tourism/index.html</guid><description>In a move intended to centralize and strengthen Communist Party control of Cuban society, the island's government has introduced regulations barring Cubans who work in the tourist industry "from having personal contact with foreigners."</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2005 03:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Castro's health</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/21/Castro.concern/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/21/Castro.concern/index.html</guid><description>Cuba's 78-year-old president walked offstage Wednesday after giving a speech to graduating art teachers when he tripped.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pitcher's family reaches U.S. on boat from Cuba</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/22/contreras/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/22/contreras/index.html</guid><description>The wife and two daughters of New York Yankees pitcher Jose Contreras have escaped by boat from Cuba to the United States.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2004 23:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mexico, Peru pull envoys to Cuba</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/05/03/mexico.cuba/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/05/03/mexico.cuba/index.html</guid><description>Mexico has recalled its ambassador to Cuba following a blistering May Day speech by the island nation's communist leader, Fidel Castro.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2004 05:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Travel CUBA</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/10/01/350558/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/10/01/350558/index.htm</guid><description>After December, you can say adios to Cuba. That's when licenses held by groups that sponsor educational trips to the island expire. (In response to President Bush's tougher stand on Fidel Castro, t...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2003 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Business To Bush: Let Us Into Cuba!</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/05/27/323679/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/05/27/323679/index.htm</guid><description>Forty-two years is an awfully long time to hold a grudge, but that's how long the U.S. has shunned commerce with Cuba. Forgiveness, however, may finally be around the corner, as a diverse group of ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2002 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>HOW INVESTORS CAN MAKE IT TO VIETNAM--AND CUBA</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/10/02/206533/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/10/02/206533/index.htm</guid><description>Vietnam and Cuba may be on opposite sides of the globe, but these days they send tingles up the spine of the same sorts of people: financiers, investors, and entrepreneurs who peruse cutting-edge e...</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 1995 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>READY TO DANCE ON CASTRO'S GRAVE</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/04/06/76281/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/04/06/76281/index.htm</guid><description>Cuba's real miracle? The fact that Fidel Castro is still hanging on. The economy is decaying rapidly without the prop of Soviet aid, and rumors persist that the dictator's health isn't much better....</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 1992 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>NOW HEAR THIS </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/12/21/70008/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/12/21/70008/index.htm</guid><description>-- KARL POHL, 58, president of West Germany's Bundesbank: ''It is one of my responsibilities to give the impression that I am not nervous, that I'm in control.'' </description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 1987 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bias Against Readers, USX Meets Z, Spelling and All That, and Other Matters Great Moments in International Banking</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/08/18/67911/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/08/18/67911/index.htm</guid><description>LONDON -- Cuba's creditor banks have offered the country $50 million in new loans as part of a rescheduling package . . . However, Cuba appears set on holding out for more funds from the West . . ....</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 1986 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>