Cuba

By William Booth From The Washington Post HAVANA — The setting was historic. The looming 18th-century Seminary of San Carlos in Old Havana. The attendance remarkable. A hall packed…
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Good Friday in HavanaBy Aurelio Pedroso April 7/2012  The papal petition has been heard. The capital city woke up this Friday with the air of a Sunday when the daily hustle and…
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Water in a basket Petroleum By Dalia Céspedes HAVANA - Everyday as I LEAVE I think of you, when I find those two empty cans, one green, one red, lying on the lawn. I think of you,…
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By Jesús Arboleya Cervera HAVANA - Although I was baptized Jesús (for reasons that I was never curious enough to find out), my personal contacts with the Catholic Church have been…
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Carlos Saladrigas appeals for an end to confrontation By Gerardo Arreola From La Jornada Cuban American businessman Carlos Saladrigas, who over a decade ago was a prominent anti Castro…
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This week, because of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Cuba, MSNBC brought their cameras and crews to Havana. During one of the tapings they interviewed U.S. students participating in…
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By Manuel Alberto Ramy “Very cordial,” was how Vatican spokesman Father Lombardi described the meeting between His Holiness Benedict XVI and Cuban leader Fidel Castro Ruz. According to…
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Miami Archbishop Wenski celebrated mass at the cathedral in Havana on Tuesday, March 27.   Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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By William Booth From The Washington Post HAVANA — Here in the working-class parish of Jesus de Monte, even the atheists come to church. For the free computer classes. Once shunned,…
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By Raúl A. Sandoval González HAVANA - In Cuba, no statistics are published about poverty. That causes many people, both inside and outside the country, to wonder: is there no…
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