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Charges of cronyism dog Radio-TV Martí

<p style="text-align: justify;">Charges of nepotism have dogged the two stations since they moved from Washington to Miami in 1996, the article says, highlighting the case of program director Christina Sanson, daughter of a director of the Cuban-American National Foundation. She got her job in the 1990s at the recommendation of Jorge Mas Canosa, the Foundation's powerful chairman. Read More

Cuban-American politicians against loosening travel, aid rules

<p style="text-align: justify;">Five Cuban-American members of Congress ask Obama to reconsider loosening the embargo. Read More

Global Sugar Surges as U.S. Helps Imports

<p style="text-align: justify;">The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday said it will give foreign sugar producers a bigger window to send sugar to the U.S. over the next two months. Read More

Visiting Gerardo Hernandez in prison, California

From the Ontario California airport some 60 miles east of downtown Los Angeles we drove north on Highway 15, the road to Las Vegas. Cars with expectant amateur gamblers and loaded big rigs climb and descend the mountains where the Angeles and San Bernadino National Forests meet. Read More

North Dakota trade group planning trip to Cuba next month

<p style="text-align: justify;">BISMARCK – North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring will lead a five-member trade group to Cuba in September. Read More

NM governor leads trade mission to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Associated Press - August 22, 2010 3:35 PM ET. SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson was on his way Sunday to Havana, Cuba as part of a trade mission. Richardson's office says he will help market New Mexico commodities and follow up on potential trade partnerships discussed during a visit to Cuba last year. Read More

Cuba Gets Historic Gymnastics Win

<p style="text-align: justify;">The island country had never been atop the podium before Saturday, when Ernesto Vila Sarria shocked fans in Bishan Sports Hall by winning the boys’ floor exercise. Read More

Transition, on and off field, for Chapman

<p style="text-align: justify;">LOUISVILLE - One hundred miles from the bright lights of the major leagues, Aroldis Chapman has enthusiastically embraced his new role as 102-mile-per-hour closer. Read More

Editorial | Travel to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Obama administration seems poised to announce the easing of some restrictions on Americans who wish to visit, study in or even do business with Cuba. This would particularly apply to academic and cultural groups and institutions. If this pans out, it would be a good and long overdue development, even if it won't play well with some Cuban Americans, especially in Florida, where anti-Castro sentiment remains strong and politically charged. Read More