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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and his Cuban counterpart ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:45:34 GMT

(Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro (R) pose at Havana's airport, after a brief visit to Cuba by Chavez, November 25, 2009. REUTERS/AIN- Revolution Studios (CUBA POLITICS)

FILE - In this April 11, 2008 file photo, Yoani Sanchez, who ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:25:01 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this April 11, 2008 file photo, Yoani Sanchez, who writes the 'Generation Y' blog, walks inside her home in Havana. President Barack Obama has answered questions submitted by the celebrated Cuban blogger, saying he isn't interested in 'talking for the sake of talking' with Raul Castro and indicating he won't visit the island until the communist government changes its ways. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)

FILE - In this April 11, 2008 file photo, Yoanis Sanchez, who ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:15:49 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this April 11, 2008 file photo, Yoanis Sanchez, who writes the 'Generation Y' blog, walks inside her home in Havana. President Barack Obama has answered questions submitted by the celebrated Cuban blogger, saying he isn't interested in 'talking for the sake of talking' with Raul Castro and indicating he won't visit the island until the communist government changes its ways. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)

Cuba's President Raul Castro attends a ceremony at the Palace ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:20:57 GMT

(Reuters) - Cuba's President Raul Castro attends a ceremony at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana September 30, 2009. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa/Files

Cuban President Raul Castro, seen here in August 2009. Communist ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:55:59 GMT

(AFP/File) - Cuban President Raul Castro, seen here in August 2009. Communist Cuba's shift from Fidel Castro's leadership to President Raul Castro's has brought continued serious human rights violations including persistent aggression against dissidents.(AFP/File/Klaus Haussmann)

People buy food at Havana's main "Cuatro Caminos" ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:25:51 GMT

(Reuters) - People buy food at Havana's main "Cuatro Caminos" market November 13, 2009. Peas and potatoes have become the harbingers of change in Cuba as President Raul Castro chips away at some of the Cuban revolution's most hallowed social programs, without a word, the two vegetables were removed this month from the subsidized food ration Cubans have received since 1963 and prices shot up in what people fear was a glimpse of the future. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA SOCIETY FOOD BUSINESS)

People buy food at Havana's main "Cuatro Caminos" ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:22:06 GMT

A man sells potatoes at a market in Havana November 13, 2009. ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:19:51 GMT

(Reuters) - A man sells potatoes at a market in Havana November 13, 2009. Peas and potatoes have become the harbingers of change in Cuba as President Raul Castro chips away at some of the Cuban revolution's most hallowed social programs, without a word, the two vegetables were removed this month from the subsidized food ration Cubans have received since 1963 and prices shot up in what people fear was a glimpse of the future. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA SOCIETY FOOD BUSINESS)

A man sells potatoes at a market in Havana November 13, 2009. ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:14:16 GMT

European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Karel ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:56:39 GMT

(AFP) - European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Karel De Gucht (R) looks at a stand with Cuban cigars during a visit to the 27th International Trade Fair of Havana. The European Union does not seek a regime change in communist Cuba, but expects progress on human rights, the visiting EU official said after meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro(AFP/Adalberto Roque)

Elsa Castro, right, mother of 14-year-old Raul Castro, walks ...

(AP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:54:23 GMT

(AP) - Elsa Castro, right, mother of 14-year-old Raul Castro, walks to the courtroom in Fresno, Calif. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 where her son was being arraigned on a variety of charges including murder, child molestation and kidnapping of 4-year-old Alex Mercado of Mendota, Calif. At left is her son's attorney Kathy Marousek. Woman at center did not give her name. (AP Photo/The Fresno Bee, Mark Crosse)

Four-year-old Alex Mercado is seen in this undated photo provided ...

(AP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:50:55 GMT

(AP) - Four-year-old Alex Mercado is seen in this undated photo provided by the Fresno County Sheriff's Office. Authorities say in court documents that a teenager charged with murdering Mercado confessed because the child was going to reveal the teen molested him. Fresno County prosecutors have charged 14-year-old Raul Castro as an adult. (AP Photo/Fresno County Sheriff's Office)

Four-year-old Alex Mercado is seen in this undated photo provided ...

(AP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:49:20 GMT

Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban leader Fidel Castro sits in ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:56:18 GMT

(Reuters) - Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban leader Fidel Castro sits in front of a computer during an interview with Reuters in Miami, Florida October 27, 2009. Using the code name Donna, the younger sister of Fidel and Raul Castro worked undercover for the CIA in Cuba in the early 1960s, helping opponents of their communist rule escape execution and imprisonment, she said in memoirs published in exile on Monday. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (UNITED STATES POLITICS MEDIA CONFLICT)

Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, holds her ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:50:45 GMT

(Reuters) - Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, holds her book "Fidel and Raul, My Brothers, the Secret History", during an interview with Reuters in Miami, Florida October 27, 2009. Using the code name Donna, the younger sister of Fidel and Raul Castro worked undercover for the CIA in Cuba in the early 1960s, helping opponents of their communist rule escape execution and imprisonment, she said in memoirs published in exile on Monday. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (UNITED STATES POLITICS)

Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, sits next ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:46:11 GMT

(Reuters) - Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, sits next to a poster for her book "Fidel and Raul, My Brothers, the Secret History", during an interview with Reuters in Miami, Florida October 27, 2009. Using the code name Donna, the younger sister of Fidel and Raul Castro worked undercover for the CIA in Cuba in the early 1960s, helping opponents of their communist rule escape execution and imprisonment, she said in memoirs published in exile on Monday. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (UNITED STATES POLITICS MEDIA CONFLICT)

Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, signs her ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:38:23 GMT

(Reuters) - Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, signs her book "Fidel and Raul, My Brothers, the Secret History", during an interview with Reuters in Miami, Florida October 27, 2009. Using the code name Donna, the younger sister of Fidel and Raul Castro worked undercover for the CIA in Cuba in the early 1960s, helping opponents of their communist rule escape execution and imprisonment, she said in memoirs published in exile on Monday. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (UNITED STATES POLITICS MEDIA IMAGES OF THE DAY)