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Raul Castro presents flag to Cuba's Beijing Olympic games team (Cuba Journal)

noreply@blogger.com (Cuba Journal) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:13:00 GMT

General of the Army, Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, presented yesterday the Cuban flag to the national team which will represent the island and compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympic games. Granma's article . Granma's Special Olympic Website

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Cuba transfers state land to farmers (Pakistan News)

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:55:42 GMT

The Cuban government decreed on Friday (July 18) that private farmers and cooperatives could receive up to 40 hectares (100 acres) of unused government land, as President Raul Castro worked to revive the communist-run island’s floundering agricultural sector. A law published in the Communist Party newspaper Granma did not say how much total state land [...]

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Is it time to stop calling Obama naive? (Kicking Ass Ann Arbor)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:13:29 GMT

Back when Barack Obama stated in a debate during the Democratic primary that he would be willing to meet with leaders of rogue states such as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Raul Castro, opponents from Hillary Clinton to John McCain hopped on board to call him naive and point out that his inexperience would be a serious [...]

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Cuba to let farmers use idle state land (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT

HAVANA - Communist officials decreed yesterday that private farmers and cooperatives can use up to 100 acres of idle government land, as President Raul Castro works to revive Cuba's agricultural sector.

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Cuba to Allow Private Farming (Get Mash)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:46:57 GMT

HAVANA, July 18 ? Communist officials decreed Friday that private farmers and cooperatives can use as much as 100 acres of idle government land, as President Rául Castro works to revive Cuba?s floundering agricultural sector. Read the full story

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Cuba To Grant Farmers Access To Unused Government Acreage (Tampa Bay Online)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

President Raul Castro continued his rollout of changes in Cuba on Friday with the start of a plan to boost the island's sluggish food production by granting private farmers access to up to 99 acres of unused government land.

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Cuba offers more land to farmers to increase agricultural production (Florida Sun Sentinel)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

But growers say they need basic tools, pesticides In one most of the significant reforms of Raul Castro's government, private farmers and cooperatives can each use up to 99 acres of idle government land.

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Cuba to Allow Private Farming (Washington Post)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:36:25 GMT

HAVANA, July 18 -- Communist officials decreed Friday that private farmers and cooperatives can use as much as 100 acres of idle government land, as President Rául Castro works to revive Cuba's floundering agricultural sector.

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Cuba to Grant Private Farmers Access to Land (OTB News)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:18:55 GMT

President Raúl Castro continued his rollout of reforms with the launch of a plan to boost the island’s sluggish food production.

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Cuba to Grant Private Farmers Up to 99 Acres (New York Times)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:28:11 GMT

MEXICO CITY — President Raúl Castro continued his rollout of reforms in Cuba on Friday with the launch of a plan to boost the island’s sluggish food production by granting private farmers access to up to 100 acres of unused government land.

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Cuba farmers to get more land in latest reform (San Diego Union)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:19:48 GMT

Cuban President Raul Castro, looking to increase food production in his socialist country, has granted farmers and agricultural cooperatives the right to work more land, according to a decree published Friday.

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Raul Castro redistributes idle land in Cuba (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:59:03 GMT

Havana - Cuban President Raul Castro is set to redistribute idle state-owned arable land, and he has signed a decree to that effect, the daily Granma reported Friday. The planned redistribution had already been announced earlier this year. ...

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Cuba allows private farmers to have more land (OTB News)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:34:08 GMT

HAVANA (AP) — Communist officials decreed Friday that private farmers and cooperatives can use up to 100 acres (40 hectares) of idle government land, as President Raul Castro works to revive Cuba’s floundering agricultural sector….

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Raul Castro seeks alternatives to Venezuela (Japan Times)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:10:00 GMT

BRASILIA — Raul Castro has begun a gradual process of changing Cuba's economy and international relations. Within Cuba, he hopes to legitimize his government by improving standards of living. Outside of Cuba, he does not want to be held captive by Cuba's one international supporter: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Castro believes in giving farm workers greater incentives. He...

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China model - raul castro (This Fucking War)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:58:00 GMT

Wow, today on Bayly they just had video of raul castro ripping socialism, and ripping at it's core. What's up with that? Is he spitting on his brothers corps, even as it still gasp in last few tortured breaths. I wish I had the video so I could see the comments in context. It just can't be that raul would all of a sudden find a pair. Just the other day they played parts of a video,...

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A Wednesday Query (Babalu Blog)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:39:50 GMT

The recent changes by raul castro are fundamental and significant, and are a precursor to real societal change in Cuba. Yes or no?...

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Raúl Castro Quote of the Day (Right Mind)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:07:11 GMT

Socialism means social justice and equality, but equality of rights, of opportunities, not of income. Equality is not egalitarianism. —Raúl Castro, Associated Press A new and improved socialism.

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The Definition of Socialism (The Club for Growth)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:19:04 GMT

Raul Castro recently supplied the public with an interesting definition of socialism.

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STARTING FROM SCRATCH: (BrothersJudd Blog)

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:27:11 GMT

Cuba revives its private farms : In a series of reforms aimed at improving self-sufficiency and curbing costly food imports, Raul Castro has the idle lands around cities planted. (Carol J. Williams, 7/14/08, Los Angeles Times) President Raul Castro spurred the planting of idle lands around cities with a series of reforms in recent months aimed at improving self-sufficiency....

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Raul Castro speaks at the opening session of Cuba's parliament (Cuba Journal)

noreply@blogger.com (Cuba Journal) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:37:00 GMT

Yesterday, General of the Army and President of the Council of States and Ministers, Raul Castro Ruz, spoke at the opening session of Cuba's Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular . You can read the full text, in Spanish, by clicking here . His main theme: "Scocialism means social justice and equality, but not egalitarianism. You are doing well Raul! Do not lower the guard. Remember...

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