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Raul's reforms may strengthen communism
Apr 2 2008 10:35PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - It's not the stuff of Lenin or Marx, or even of Fidel Castro, but it's hardly free-market capitalism, either. In fact, steps to encourage a Cuban spending spree may help the communist system and its new president survive.
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Raul's reforms may strengthen communism
Apr 2 2008 10:35PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - It's not the stuff of Lenin or Marx, or even of Fidel Castro, but it's hardly free-market capitalism, either. In fact, steps to encourage a Cuban spending spree may help the communist system and its new president survive.
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Raul's reforms may strengthen communism
Apr 2 2008 10:35PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - It's not the stuff of Lenin or Marx, or even of Fidel Castro, but it's hardly free-market capitalism, either. In fact, steps to encourage a Cuban spending spree may help the communist system and its new president survive.
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Raul's reforms may strengthen communism
Apr 2 2008 10:35PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - It's not the stuff of Lenin or Marx, or even of Fidel Castro, but it's hardly free-market capitalism, either. In fact, steps to encourage a Cuban spending spree may help the communist system and its new president survive.
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UN chief says Haiti remains fragile
Apr 2 2008 9:50PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti's internal security has improved but remains fragile because of rampant poverty, rising kidnappings and a weak government, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report released Wednesday.
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Venezuela rejects documents, rebel ties
Apr 2 2008 9:11PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela is refusing to recognize documents that Colombia says show President Hugo Chavez planned to provide $300 million to Colombia's largest rebel group.
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Cuban revolutionary Collado Abreu dies
Apr 2 2008 8:43PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Norberto Collado Abreu, the helmsman of the Granma yacht that carried Fidel Castro from Mexico to Cuba to launch his revolution in 1956, has died in Havana.
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Argentine farmers suspend strike
Apr 2 2008 8:26PM (CT)
GUALEGUAYCHU, Argentina (AP) - Argentine farmers rebelling over soaring export taxes on their crops on Wednesday suspended a three-week-long strike that has stripped grocery shelves of beef and produce, granting Cristina Fernandez a reprieve in the first major crisis of her presidency.
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Argentine farmers suspend strike
Apr 2 2008 8:26PM (CT)
GUALEGUAYCHU, Argentina (AP) - Argentine farmers rebelling over soaring export taxes on their crops on Wednesday suspended a three-week-long strike that has stripped grocery shelves of beef and produce, granting Cristina Fernandez a reprieve in the first major crisis of her presidency.
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Son: Ingrid Betancourt needs transfusion
Apr 2 2008 1:47PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - France said Wednesday it is working with Spain and Switzerland to get medical help for Ingrid Betancourt, a former politician being held hostage by Colombian rebels.
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Son: Ingrid Betancourt needs transfusion
Apr 2 2008 1:47PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - France said Wednesday it is working with Spain and Switzerland to get medical help for Ingrid Betancourt, a former politician being held hostage by Colombian rebels.
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Son: Ingrid Betancourt needs transfusion
Apr 2 2008 1:47PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - France said Wednesday it is working with Spain and Switzerland to get medical help for Ingrid Betancourt, a former politician being held hostage by Colombian rebels.
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Son: Ingrid Betancourt needs transfusion
Apr 2 2008 1:47PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - France said Wednesday it is working with Spain and Switzerland to get medical help for Ingrid Betancourt, a former politician being held hostage by Colombian rebels.
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Mexican judges freed suspect by accident
Apr 2 2008 12:18AM (CT)
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) - Two Mexican judges said they accidentally released a suspect in the shooting death of a vacationing University of Colorado student.
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Castro reforms: DVDs, farms for Cubans
Apr 2 2008 12:07AM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Cubans snapped up DVD players, motorbikes and pressure cookers for the first time Tuesday as Raul Castro's new government loosened controls on consumer goods and invited private farmers to plant tobacco, coffee and other crops on unused state land.
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Castro reforms: DVDs, farms for Cubans
Apr 2 2008 12:07AM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Cubans snapped up DVD players, motorbikes and pressure cookers for the first time Tuesday as Raul Castro's new government loosened controls on consumer goods and invited private farmers to plant tobacco, coffee and other crops on unused state land.
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Castro reforms: DVDs, farms for Cubans
Apr 2 2008 12:07AM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Cubans snapped up DVD players, motorbikes and pressure cookers for the first time Tuesday as Raul Castro's new government loosened controls on consumer goods and invited private farmers to plant tobacco, coffee and other crops on unused state land.
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Castro reforms: DVDs, farms for Cubans
Apr 2 2008 12:07AM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Cubans snapped up DVD players, motorbikes and pressure cookers for the first time Tuesday as Raul Castro's new government loosened controls on consumer goods and invited private farmers to plant tobacco, coffee and other crops on unused state land.
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