121. History (from Cuba) --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia history (from Cuba) When Christopher Columbus first sighted Cuba on Oct. 27, 1492, the island was populated in the west by the Ciboney and the Guanahatabey http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-199367

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122. Cuba Life Among The Ruins Observations and reflections on cuban society by a visitor from the US. http://websites.quincy.edu/~biallas/cuba.html

CUBA: LIFE AMONG THE RUINS Len and Martha Biallas, January 1996 "Cuba? Why would you ever want to go to Cuba?" Well, not for tourism, not for rest and relaxation, certainly not for sightseeing. Yet, this island, larger than all other Caribbean islands combined, has an irresistible attraction, if only because it is not so easily accessible. Over Christmas 1995 and New Year 1996 my wife and I were part of a group of 120 who went to Cuba for 12 days with Global Exchange, a cultural awareness group that was able to get us official status as "guests of the Cuban government" so that we would not be breaking any U.S. laws regarding the present embargo and travel restrictions. As a special interest research group, we had to pay for everything before we arrived in Cuba and we could not spend any money while there. If so, we could be prosecuted for violating the U.S. Trading with the Enemy Act. For ten days we visited schools, hospitals, agricultural research facilities, slum areas, planned communities, religious sites, and work projects, all within a few hours drive of greater Havana. In the evenings we had lectures and discussion groups with high level officials - some indoctrination, for sure, but usually conflicting views on Cuban politics, economy, and aspirations for the future. Living Conditions Cuban people are beset with critical living conditions. Once the model of all the Latin American countries, Cuba finds its basic infrastructure falling apart utilities, communications systems, sewage disposal, potholes and fallen trees in the streets all is in disarray. Power outages occur daily. Once-fashionable residential areas, with elegant mansions, secluded courtyards, and shaded plazas, show signs of long neglect: overgrown trees, broken windows, and garbage in the streets.

123. Senate Hears Divergent Cuba Views / AP - Cuba News / Noticias - CubaNet News Defenders of the fourdecade-old US embargo against Cuba said it has helped decimate the once-powerful cuban military, while opponents said it has actually kept Castro in power. http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y99/mar99/11e4.htm

CUBAN E T March 11, 1999 Senate Hears Divergent Cuba Views By GEORGE GEDDA .c The Associated Press, March 10 WASHINGTON (AP) Defenders of the four-decade-old U.S. embargo against Cuba said Wednesday it has helped decimate the once-powerful Cuban military and forced economic reforms that otherwise would not been undertaken. Sen. Robert Torricelli, D-N.J., said at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing that the weakening of the Cuban military one of several ``real, lasting and tangible benefits'' of the economic embargo in recent years. But Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo, a Cuban exile who heads a Miami-based anti-embargo group, testified that 40 years of isolation of the Cuban regime has brought misery to the Cuban people and served only to please ``discredited'' Florida exile groups opposed to President Fidel Castro. With committee Chairman Jesse Helms, R-N.C., seated a few feet away, Menoyo said Helms' embargo-tightening legislation of 1996 is ``an insult to Cubans, offends the world'' and serves to perpetuate the Castro government. ``Constructive rapprochement,'' he said, ``was yesterday, is today and will be tomorrow the best way out of conflicts.''

124. Find The Best Cuban Music Online store specializing in Afrocuban music, with sound samples. http://icuban.com/music

125. Www.Cuban-Leaf.com - Cuban Cigars And Culture Includes information on Cubans, a humidor FAQ, pictures, and a top ten list. http://www.cuban-leaf.com

"If I cannot smoke cigars in heaven, I shall not go " - Mark Twain Click Here to Visit our Sponsor Cuban cigars are a product that equates directly to quality. The very words evoke images of sophistication and glamour. Alfred Dunhill did not call his book "The Gentle Art of Smoking" for nothing. He understood that cigar smoking is an art form, that provides a sense of contemplation, peace and appreciated pleasure. The sale and importation of fine handmade cigars has risen more 30% annually for the past several years. It's a wonderful, relaxing past time that can be shared with friends male and female. Cuban cigars on the whole are renowned as the world's best, which would be hotly contested by manufactures in Dominica, Honduras, Nicaragua, as well as others. It's difficult for Americans to judge, since Cuban cigars, as well as other Cuban products, are illegal in the United States and have been since the Cuban embargo in 1962. And, yes, they are still illegal. As recently as 1995 this question was addressed once again. The following letter was sent to the members of the Retail Tobacco Dealers of America Inc. from the Department of the Treasury. "Only persons returning directly from Cuba after a licensed visit there are permitted to bring Cuban cigars into the United States, provided the domestic value of such cigars does not exceed 100 U.S. dollars and the cigars are for the person's personal use and not for resale. Inasmuch as all other importations of Cuban cigars are illegal, you must assume that all offers to buy or sell such cigars in the United States involve cigars that are imported illegally. Contrary to what many people believe, it is illegal for travelers to bring into the United States Cuban cigars acquired in third countries (such as Canada, England, or Mexico).

126. CNN - Castro Demands U.S. Return Cuban Refugee Boy - December 5, 1999 CNN http://www.cnn.com/1999/WORLD/americas/12/05/cuba.us.boy/index.html

MAIN PAGE WORLD africa americas ... daily almanac MULTIMEDIA: video video archive audio multimedia showcase ... more services E-MAIL: Subscribe to one of our news e-mail lists. Enter your address: document.write(' '); Or: Get a free e-mail account E-MAIL DISCUSSION: message boards chat feedback CNN WEB SITES: AsiaNow Svenska Norge Danmark ... Italian FASTER ACCESS: europe japan TIME INC. SITES: Go To ... Time.com People Money Fortune EW CNN NETWORKS: more networks transcripts SITE INFO: help contents search ad info ... jobs WEB SERVICES: Castro demands U.S. return Cuban refugee boy December 5, 1999 Web posted at: 5:11 a.m. EST (1011 GMT) HAVANA Cuban President Fidel Castro on Sunday demanded the United States return a 5-year-old Cuban boy, rescued from waters off Florida on Thanksgiving, to his father within three days. Elian Gonzalez has been at the center of an emotion-charged custody dispute between the two political enemies after he survived an attempt by several Cuban refugees to sail to Florida last week. Ten Cubans, including the boy's mother, drowned when the boat sank: Elian was found clinging to an inner tube off Fort Lauderdale. Castro compared the case to a kidnapping. He said U.S. authorities should return the boy within 72 hours "Because if not, there are going to be millions of people in the street demanding the freedom of the boy, who will not stop until they send him back," he told Cuban state television early Sunday.

127. Afro-Cuban Orisha Arts A multimedia exhibition at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida on traditional arts associated with the Afrocuban Orisha religion in Miami. http://www.historical-museum.org/exhibits/orisha/orisha_start.htm

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128. A Cuban Christmas: The Cuba Christmas Website. Celebrate Christmas In The True C Memories of tradition holiday food and activities. http://cuban-christmas.com/

Christmas has not been "officially" celebrated in Cuba since shortly after Castro took power in 1959. For many years Christmas celebrations were frowned upon and in 1969 the Cuban government imposed an outright ban on this cherished holiday. But before that, my friend? Christmas in Cuba was something wonderful indeed! Are you are a Cuban who has lost touch with Cuban customs and traditional foods? Or are you a non-Cuban who would like to add something special to your own Christmas Celebration? Now you can organize an old-fashioned Cuban Christmas celebration of your own! We'll tell you everything you need to know about celebrating a traditional Cuban Christmas and New Years! We share some Cuban Christmas memories. We give you complete instructions on how to roast a pig. And we provide a comprehensive Cuban Christmas Eve Party Menu complete with recipes and cooking instructions. Put a little Latin spice in your Christmas celebration this year! The Best Cuban Recipes! Makes a Great Christmas Gift! Perfect for Everyone on Your List.

129. CNN.com - US - Reno Orders Transfer Of Cuban Boy's Custody For Next Week - April CNN http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/04/07/cuba.boy.05/index.html

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130. ASCE Home Page USbased group of economists and social scientists. Describes membership, publications, and annual conference. http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/asce/

ASCE P.O. Box 28267 Washington, DC asce@ascecuba.org About ASCE Mission Statement History Privatization Award Special Press Releases ... Special Documents from the Island Governance Board of Directors Bylaws Elections 2004 Lecture Series ... Membership Publications Annual Proceedings Special Studies Occasional Papers Newsletter ... Clippings Conference Conference Information Student Prize Award Award Information Previous Recipients Useful Links Contact Us ... Site Map The Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE) is a non-profit and non-political professional organization incorporated in the state of Maryland in 1990. Affiliated with the American Economic Association and the Allied Social Sciences Association of the United States, ASCE maintains professional contacts with social scientists throughout the world interested in engaging in scholarly discussion and research on Cuba and its comparative development. Since the time of its founding, the primary mission of the organization is to study the elements and processes involved in a transition to a free market economy and a democracy as well as to promote scholarship, research, and publications on transition studies by its members. This remains its basic charter and ASCE continues to pursue the study of Cuba in a broad sense, with particular emphasis on the financial, economic, social, legal and environmental aspects of Cuba today and its process of transition.

131. CNN.com - INS Official Arrested On Cuban Espionage Charge - February 18, 2000 CNN http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/18/ins.espionage/index.html

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132. CNN.com - US - Cuban Diplomat Met Elian's Grandmothers - February 22, 2000 CNN http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/22/cuba.expulsion.02/index.html

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133. CNN.com - Man Hijacks Cuban Airliner - Apr. 1, 2003 CNN http://cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/04/01/cuba.hijack.reut/index.html

BREAKING NEWS Hurricane Rita now a Category 2 hurricane with top sustained winds of 100 mph, according to National Hurricane Center. Details soon. The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-mail Newsletters CNNtoGO SEARCH Web CNN.com Man hijacks Cuban airliner Police check the Cuban airliner hijacked on March 19 from Cuba to Key West, Florida, by six suspects using knives. Story Tools HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) Cuban authorities were negotiating early Tuesday with a man, apparently armed with two hand grenades, who hijacked a domestic airliner with 46 passengers and crew aboard in an attempt to reach the United States. The man hijacked the Soviet-built Antonov 24 plane on a flight from the Isle of Youth on the southern coast of Cuba on Monday night and ordered the pilot to fly to the United States. However, the plane had to land in Havana because it did not have enough fuel, a government statement said. The AN-24 turboprop was standing on the tarmac at Havana's international airport with all its passengers and crew still on board as Cuba's Communist authorities tried to negotiate the hijacker's surrender, an airport official told Reuters. "According to reports from the plane, the (hijacker) is at the back of the plane, apparently holding two grenades," the government statement, read on Cuban television, said. It said six of the passengers were children.

134. Cuban Officials Investigate Crash Landing Of American Pilot CNN http://cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/08/01/cuba.plane.ap/index.html

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136. Euro Takes On Dollar At Cuban Resorts CNN http://cnn.com/2002/WORLD/americas/06/01/cuba.euro.ap/index.html

137. CNN - Former U.S. POW Accuses Cuban Official Of Torturing Him In Vietnam - Novem CNN http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/03/vietnam.pows/index.html

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138. CNN - Cuban Dissidents' Trial Stretches Into The Night - March 1, 1999 CNN http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9903/01/cuba.dissidents.02/index.html

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139. CNN.com - Elian Goes Back To School In Cuban Hometown - September 1, 2000 CNN http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/americas/09/01/elian.school.02/index.html

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140. CNN - Cuban Exiles Deny Plot To Assassinate Castro - August 20, 1998 CNN http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9808/20/anti.castro.plot/index.html

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