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Ailing Cuban prisoner recovering in Miami 2:00 AM EST

A recently freed Cuban political prisoner arrived in Miami on Wednesday, where he greeted 100 well-wishers who cheered as the paralyzed former boxer called for the overthrow of the Castro government.

Big drop in U.S. agricultural sales to Cuba 1:00 AM EST

U.S. agricultural exports to Cuba fell 35 percent in the first five months of this year compared with the same period in 2009, largely because of the island's shortage of hard currency, according to a recent report.

Castro brothers silent at revolution ceremony 1:00 AM EST

Cuba's 26th of July ceremony turned into a bucket of cold water Monday for those hoping for change, with Raúl Castro remaining silent despite expectations he would announce reforms needed to ease a withering economic crisis.

Political prisoners in Spain confronted with maze of immigration rules 10:54 PM EST

Cuban refugee Jorge Pérez Fernández has the promise in writing: The Spanish government will grant him political asylum or residency within six months of his arrival in that country.

The hardest life: surviving Cuban jail 11:00 PM EST

Boiled plantain-flavored water as soup. A greasy scoop of bland, yellowing beef fat as a side dish. A stew dubbed ``the giraffe'' because ``you had to stretch your neck to find something in it.'' A hairy heap of ground pig eyes, cheek, ears, and other unidentifiable parts served as a main course.

Cuban Colada 1:36 PM EST

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In exile, different type of survival begins 10:00 PM EST

Before their lives changed in a phone call from Cuba's Cardinal Jaime Ortega, the men's days were focused on surviving notoriously harsh Cuban prisons, their energy spent on winning a psychological war with their jailers, armed with only a sliver of hope that one day they might get out.

Cuba: Fidel Castro visits town outside Havana 9:26 PM EST

Cuban media say Fidel Castro has donned an olive-green shirt and traveled to a town west of Havana to participate in an event honoring fallen fighters in his revolution.

Tampa lawmaker: End Cuba travel curbs 8:24 AM EST

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa, is signing onto a bill that would lift decades-old travel restrictions to Cuba, becoming the first member from Florida to do so. Her goal: To secure charter flights from Tampa International Airport and spur activity at the Port of Tampa.

Freedom awaits more in Cuban jails 10:00 PM EST

Statements by two top Cuban and Spanish officials Wednesday that Havana will free all its political prisoners -- not just the 52 already promised their freedom -- have raised the question of just how many political prisoners the island has.