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Cuban leader Fidel Castro is seen here in 2005. An elderly US ...

(AFP/AIN/File) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:45:17 GMT

(AFP/AIN/File) - Cuban leader Fidel Castro is seen here in 2005. An elderly US couple charged with spying for Cuba for almost 30 years has pleaded guilty in the conspiracy, with the husband agreeing to serve a life sentence, the US Justice Department said.(AFP/AIN/File/Ismael Francisco Gonzalez Arceo)

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 17:13:00 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

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

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)