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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

A man carries a photograph of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:52:26 GMT

(Reuters) - A man carries a photograph of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro during an annual pilgrimage in honor of late rebel hero Camilo Cienfuegos in Havana October 28, 2009. Cienfuegos was a commander of Castro's rebel army but died less than a year after their victory when his plane disappeared over the ocean on October 28, 1959 en route to Camaguey from Havana. The plane and his body were never found but every year on October 28, Cubans toss flowers into the sea in his honor. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa (CUBA POLITICS ANNIVERSARY)

A man carries an image of Cuba's leader Fidel Castro during ...

(AP) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:11:55 GMT

(AP) - A man carries an image of Cuba's leader Fidel Castro during an event marking the 50 th anniversary of the death of Cuba's revolutionary Commander Camilo Cienfuegos in Havana, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. Cienfuegos died on Oct. 28, 1959, in a plane crash. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

Journalist Maria Antonieta Collins, co-author of the book 'My ...

(AP) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:42:39 GMT

(AP) - Journalist Maria Antonieta Collins, co-author of the book 'My Brothers Fidel and Raul. The Secret Story,' a Spanish-language memoir, is photographed in Miami on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. One of Fidel Castro's sisters says in the memoir released Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 that she collaborated with the CIA against her brother, starting shortly after the United States' failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Juanita Castro, 76, sister of Fidel Castro, talks to a reporter ...

(AP) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:52:03 GMT

(AP) - Juanita Castro, 76, sister of Fidel Castro, talks to a reporter in Miami, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Juanita says in a memoir released Monday that she collaborated with the CIA against her brother, shortly after the United States' failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Juanita Castro, 76, sister of Fidel Castro, talks to a reporter ...

(AP) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:51:19 GMT

A photograph of Cuba's President Fidel Castro hangs in between ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:48:15 GMT

(Reuters) - A photograph of Cuba's President Fidel Castro hangs in between buildings in Havana, August 6, 2006. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa

An image captured from a television program broadcast by the ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:34:13 GMT

(AFP/File) - An image captured from a television program broadcast by the Cuban television in August 2009 showing Fidel Castro during a meeting. A sister of longtime Cuban leader Fidel Castro aided the CIA in the 1960s, at a time when the US was plotting to assassinate him and replace his Communist regime, she said in a book released Monday.(AFP/File)

FILE - In a Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006 file photo, Juanita Castro, ...

(AP) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:10:39 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In a Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006 file photo, Juanita Castro, the sister of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, talks to reporters about her brother in Miami. Castro, 76, Fidel Castro's younger sister, told Univision's WLTV-23 station in Miami late Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009 that she collaborated with the CIA in 1964 following the Cuban revolution. She said she initially supported her brother's 1959 overthrow of the Batista dictatorship but quickly became disillusioned by the revolution's vast number of executions and rampant expropriation of private property. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

Oscar-winning actor and political activist Sean Penn, pictured ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:09:51 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Oscar-winning actor and political activist Sean Penn, pictured in March, flew to Cuba hoping to interview its revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, entertainment news website TMZ reported.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)

US President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Veterans ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:34:19 GMT

(AFP/File) - US President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act on October 22, 2009 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama asked Spain to send a message to Cuba urging its president Raul Castro to step up efforts to improve relations with Washington, a Madrid newspaper reported Sunday.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)

In this Oct. 20, 2009 photo released by Ecuador's Vice-Presidential ...

(AP) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:41:19 GMT

(AP) - In this Oct. 20, 2009 photo released by Ecuador's Vice-Presidential office on Oct. 24, 2009, Ecuador's Vice-President Lenin Moreno, left, places a decoration on Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro in Havana. (AP Photo)

Luciano Chesti (2) who suffers from an inoperable brain cancer, ...

(AP) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:36:39 GMT

(AP) - Luciano Chesti (2) who suffers from an inoperable brain cancer, is hugged by his aunt at the Oncological hospital in Havana, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro wrote last week that the Dutch company Philips stop selling spare parts for medical equipments it sold to Cuba an Venezuela after the US fined it. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Reimer Sotomayor (5) who suffers from cancer, receives treatment ...

(AP) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:36:19 GMT

(AP) - Reimer Sotomayor (5) who suffers from cancer, receives treatment at the Oncological hospital in Havana, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro wrote last week that the Dutch company Philips stop selling spare parts for medical equipments it sold to Cuba an Venezuela after the US fined it. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

A nurse controls an equipment that regulates Neilis Rodriguez's ...

(AP) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:35:56 GMT

(AP) - A nurse controls an equipment that regulates Neilis Rodriguez's cancer treatment at the Oncological hospital in Havana, Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro wrote last week that the Dutch company Philips stop selling spare parts for medical equipments it sold to Cuba an Venezuela after the US fined it. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Ecuador's Vice President Lenin Moreno Garces (L) puts a ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:46:30 GMT

(Reuters) - Ecuador's Vice President Lenin Moreno Garces (L) puts a medal thanking Cuba for medical help to Ecuador on former Cuban President Fidel Castro in Havana during a meeting October 20, 2009. Picture taken October 20, 2009. REUTERS/Vice Presidency of Ecuador/Handout (CUBA POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Ecuador's Vice President Len�n Moreno Garces (R) puts a ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:24:13 GMT

(Reuters) - Ecuador's Vice President Len�n Moreno Garces (R) puts a medal thanking Cuba for medical help to Ecuador on former Cuban President Fidel Castro in Havana during a meeting October 20, 2009. Picture taken October 20, 2009. REUTERS/Vice Presidency of Ecuador/Handout (CUBA POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

A supporter of Uruguay's presidential candidate Jose Mujica, ...

(AP) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:23:40 GMT

(AP) - A supporter of Uruguay's presidential candidate Jose Mujica, of the ruling party Frente Amplio, who wears a tattoe of Cuba's leader Fidel Castro on his arm, makes the victory sign during Mujica's closing campaign event in Montevideo, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. Uruguay's general elections will be held Oct. 25. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

In this picture released by Granma newspaper, Cuba's President ...

(AP) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:00:00 GMT

(AP) - In this picture released by Granma newspaper, Cuba's President Raul Castro, left, Spain's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos shake hands during a meeting in Havana, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Moratinos is on a two-day official visit to Cuba. (AP Photo/Granma newspaper, Raul Abreu)

In this picture released by Granma newspaper, Cuba's President ...

(AP) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:56:38 GMT

(AP) - In this picture released by Granma newspaper, Cuba's President Raul Castro, center, Spain's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, left, and Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez speak during a meeting in Havana, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Moratinos is on a two-day official visit to Cuba. (AP Photo/Granma newspaper, Raul Abreu)

The Capitol building, originally the seat of Cuba's Congress ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:20:15 GMT

(Reuters) - The Capitol building, originally the seat of Cuba's Congress before the Cuban revolution led by Fidel Castro, is seen during sunset in Havana October 19, 2009. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa (CUBA POLITICS CITYSCAPE)

Union workers march in a one-day strike protesting government ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:22:13 GMT

(Reuters) - Union workers march in a one-day strike protesting government layoffs, in the financial district of San Juan, October 15, 2009. The placard with Governor's Fortunos picture reads Fortuno: The Lemon Governor, Dictator, Abusive, Charlatan and Fidel Castro. REUTERS/Ana Martinez (PUERTO RICO POLITICS CONFLICT EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS)

Union workers march in a one-day strike in the financial district ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:01:13 GMT

(Reuters) - Union workers march in a one-day strike in the financial district sector in Hato Rey to protest government layoffs where more than 17,000 public employees have been dismissed since last March in San Juan, October 15, 2009. The placard with Governor's Fortunos picture reads Fortuno:The Lemon Governor, Dictator, Abusive, Charlatan and Fidel Castro. REUTERS/Ana Martinez (PUERTO RICO POLITICS CONFLICT)

A man looks at books about former Cuban leader Fidel Castro ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:30:37 GMT

(Reuters) - A man looks at books about former Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Havana October 10, 2009. Castro lauded the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Barack Obama, saying on Saturday it was "a positive measure" that was more a criticism of past U.S. policies than a recognition of Obama's accomplishments. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA POLITICS)

A photograph of Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez with ...

(AP) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:22:59 GMT

(AP) - A photograph of Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez with Cuban leader Fidel Castro sits on the floor waiting to be hanged as workers set up an exhibition on the author's life at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City, Wednesday Oct. 7, 2009. Opening on Oct. 8 as a preview to the release of a biography on Garcia Marquez, the exhibit will showcase objects, photos and documents of the famous Nobel prize winner's life.(AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)