AP: Cuba's Fidel Castro claims al-Qaida leader Osama bin laden is a a bought-and-paid-for CIA agent

<p style="text-align: justify;">12:27 PM EDT, August 27, 2010. HAVANA (AP) Fidel Castro says al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is a bought-and-paid-for CIA agent who always popped up when former President George W. Bush needed to scare the world, arguing that documents recently posted on the Internet prove it. Read More

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DEMOCRACY NOW: In Cuba, Richardson Claims Progress on Jailed US Contractor

<p style="text-align: justify;">Richardson says release of Cuban Five and Gross are not linked...I can easily see that in any official communications neither country would be linking the two cases. Gross was sent to Cuba specifically as part of the program to subvert the revolution. Read More

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Travel Ban on Cuba to Be Lifted, Maybe

<p style="text-align: justify;">Aug 26, 2010. For years the rest of the world has been able to take advantage of the pristine beaches, clear waters, and impressive architecture of Cuba, where there are also countless all-inclusive resorts. But the U.S. is still banning travel to the country. Read More

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Cuba, with eye on golf, liberalizes land law

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Aug 26 (Reuters Life!) - The Cuban government will allow foreign investors to use state-owned land for up to 99 years in a change that is likely to bring developments of luxury golf courses to the island nation. Read More

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Boxers back up Cuba's mystique

<p style="text-align: justify;">The reigning world youth champion from Cuba went after Italy's Fabio Turchi last night as if he wanted to finish off the heavyweight boxing final of the Youth Olympic Games in record time at the International Convention Centre at Suntec City. Read More

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Cuba's subsidized cigarettes going up in smoke

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA | Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:54pm EDT. HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba is phasing out its longstanding monthly allotments of subsidized cigarettes as President Raul Castro works to jump-start the island's economy. Read More

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U.S., Cuba, Mexico urged to cooperate on Gulf drilling

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's oil industry wants to work with its counterparts in the United States and Mexico to promote safe drilling practices and avoid the kind of well blowout and spill seen recently in the Gulf of Mexico, a leading drilling industry expert said on Wednesday. Read More

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Padura’s story to be filmed by Benicio del Toro

<p style="text-align: justify;">Writer Leonardo Padura said he is working on the script for two stories of a film entitled Seven days in Havana, along with Benicio del Toro and director Juan Carlos Tabio. Read More

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Cuba: World Congress of Animal Production

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba will carry out in November the 3rd International Congress on Animal Production (Tropical 2010), to encourage the exchange of experience and successes in the area, said sources of the Organizing Committee. Read More

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Richardson presses Cuba to free American contractor

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson wrapped up a week-long trade mission to Cuba Thursday, a trip in which he also pursued another goal -- bringing about the release of a jailed U.S. contractor. Read More

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