# Cuba

All time

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.

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Aug 21st 2012, 4:53 PM

# Diana Nyad

Diana Nyad pulled from water during Cuba-US swim

Nyad’s latest attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage has been abandoned.

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Aug 21st 2012, 1:10 PM

# sharks

US woman attempts Cuba to Florida swim without shark cage

Diana Nyad, 62, pushing to become the first person to make the 166km crossing unaided.

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Aug 19th 2012, 7:56 PM

# bronze

Michael Conlan handsomely defeated by Cuban as he settles for Bronze Medal

The Belfast boxer was given a rough ride by Robeisy Ramirez Carrazana of Cuba.

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Aug 10th 2012, 9:12 PM

AS IT HAPPENED

London 2012, Day 14

Stretch out those weary muscles, we’re about to do it all over again.

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Aug 10th 2012, 8:06 PM

# Cuba

Was a Cuban dissident's car 'rammed off the road'?

An official enquiry has been launched after the car carrying Oswaldo Paya, who fought single-party rule for decades, hit a tree.

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Jul 24th 2012, 2:44 PM

# World Series

'World' Baseball Classic loses reigning champions Japan over money wrangle

We’ll be rooting for Cuba in 2013.

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Jul 20th 2012, 12:33 PM

# Cuba

In pictures: archive photos of Cuba's Havana from the early 1900s

Street vendors, mounted police, and walking on the Malecon…

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Jul 8th 2012, 2:00 PM

# Record

Granny attempts Cuba-US swim without shark cage

“A little excited, a little nervous,” Palfrey told reporters before diving in. “Beautiful sea, beautiful sunrise.”

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Jun 29th 2012, 3:50 PM

# Che Guevara

Scale model of Che Guevara monument being built

A scale model of the proposed glass monument, which contains an image of the revolutionary known as ‘El Che’, is currently being constructed, Galway Cllr Billy Cameron has said.

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Apr 10th 2012, 3:47 PM

# Golden Gloves

Interview: Carruth reflects on Barcelona '92 and predicts golden age

The last man to win boxing gold for Ireland believes the latest qualifiers can surpass the triple medal achievements of Beijing.

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Mar 29th 2012, 2:27 PM

# Cuba

Pope meets Fidel Castro in Cuba

The Pope gave an unusually political speech before hundreds of thousands of people in Cuba today.

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Mar 28th 2012, 10:15 PM

# Cuba

Pope arrives in Cuba for three-day visit

The Pope was welcomed by Cuban President Raul Castro, who told him that his country favours complete religious freedom.

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Mar 26th 2012, 9:37 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Should a statue of Che Guevara be erected in Galway?

A US politician has written to the Taoiseach urging him to stop the statue being built – but supporters of the project say the statue will commemorate Che’s Irish heritage. What do you think?

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Mar 25th 2012, 3:16 PM

# Che

Congresswoman urges Kenny to block Galway Guevara statue

Enda Kenny is presented with a letter from the chairman of the House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs committee.

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Mar 21st 2012, 8:27 AM

# Venezuela

Chavez makes energetic homecoming after surgery

The Venezuelan president rallied thousands of supporters who welcomed him home after receiving cancer treatment in Cuba.

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Mar 17th 2012, 9:12 PM

# hugo chavez

Chavez says he is 'recovering rapidly' after latest surgery in Cuba

The Venezuelan leader has undergone surgery for another potentially cancerous tumour.

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Mar 2nd 2012, 10:07 PM

# Che Guevara

US Foreign Affairs Committee chair criticises Galway's Che Guevara project

Galway City Council plans to erect a monument marking the revolutionary fighter’s links with the City of the Tribes.

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Feb 29th 2012, 6:23 PM

# Che Guevara

Che Guevara monument would ‘shame the people of Galway and Ireland’

A proposal to build a monument to the Cuban revolutionary has been harshly criticised by local businessman Declan Ganley.

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Feb 28th 2012, 8:39 PM

# Saddle sore

What it’s like to ride your bike 20,000 miles from Alaska to Argentina

Stunning images from a very rough ride.

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Feb 28th 2012, 7:40 PM

# hugo chavez

Hugo Chavez flies to Cuba for 'urgent' cancer treatment

The Venezuelan leader says he will still run in October’s presidential election despite the recurrence of his illness.

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Feb 27th 2012, 2:09 PM

# Guantánamo

Italian court releases former Guantanamo detainee

The Tunisian had spent eight years in the Cuban facility before Italy accepted him into the country two years ago.

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Feb 6th 2012, 7:12 PM

# US 2012

Castro on US presidential hopefuls: 'A contest of idiocy and ignorance'

The former Cuban leader has slammed the Republican Party candidates vying for the nomination to face Barack Obama in the autumn.

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Jan 26th 2012, 1:09 PM

# Buena Vista

Coup: Cuban boxers to be based in Belfast

The nation best associated with Olympic boxing could be training Laganside prior to this summer’s Olympic games.

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Jan 24th 2012, 1:26 PM

# Cuba

Cuban hunger striker dies in prison

The 31-year-old was protesting a four-year prison sentence imposed for his part in a demonstration.

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Jan 20th 2012, 3:48 PM

# Guantánamo

Guantanamo 10 years on: hopes for closure fade, detainees remain in limbo

The notorious detention centre has now been open for ten years and, with indefinite military detention now enshrined in US law, hope is fading that it will be closed down as pledged.

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Jan 11th 2012, 7:15 AM

# Cuba

Cuba blames Twitter for helping to spread Castro death rumours

A state-run website says Twitter allowed the phrase ‘fidelcastro’ to trend, furthering a false rumour that he had died.

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Jan 4th 2012, 9:33 PM

# doomsday

Good news: The world isn't going to end this year*

*According to a council of Afro-Cuban priests, anyway…

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Jan 2nd 2012, 8:13 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this Christmas morning…

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Dec 25th 2011, 8:52 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Should Ireland send a message of sympathy to North Korea?

Ireland has no plans to send its condolences to North Korea on the passing of Kim Jong Il. Should we send formal sympathy?

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Dec 20th 2011, 11:36 AM

# North Korea

Kim Jong Il tributes trickle in from other countries

China, Russia and South Korea send messages of condolence, while other countries have merely ‘noted’ the Dear Leader’s passing.

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Dec 20th 2011, 10:52 AM

Voices

Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.

Dec 18th 2011, 11:00 AM

# Guantánamo

Each Guantánamo prisoner costs $800k a year to keep

The price of keeping a prisoner at the notorious detention centre is more than 30 times the cost of imprisoning a person in the United States mainland.

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Nov 9th 2011, 3:00 PM

# Viva la revolution

Cuba to allow citizens to buy and sell property

The move is part of a series of free-market changes introduced by Raul Castro since he took over from Fidel.

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Nov 3rd 2011, 5:35 PM

# Chavez

Hugo Chavez says he is now cancer free

The Venezuelan president has been undergoing treatment in Cuba and now says he is free of the illness.

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Oct 20th 2011, 8:30 PM

# Chavez

Chavez returns to Cuba for cancer treatment tests

The Venezuelan president said he expects to return home within the coming days with “good news” after undergoing tests in Cuba.

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Oct 17th 2011, 1:04 PM

# Gibberish

Fidel Castro labels Obama's UN speech 'gibberish'

The former Cuban leader has dismissed Barack Obama’s recent UN speech and condemned Nato’s campaign in Libya as a “monstrous crime”.

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Sep 27th 2011, 12:09 PM

# Diana Nyad

Jellyfish foil 62-year-old swimmer's Cuba to Florida attempt

US swimmer Diana Nyad has abandoned her latest attempt to become the first person to swim across the Florida Straits without a shark cage.

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Sep 25th 2011, 7:27 PM

# Eh?

Meet the farm dog who lets piglets suckle on her

Farmer Mannorkys Santamaria said the piglets also take milk from their mothers, but when they see Yeti, they run to her for a meal.

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Sep 4th 2011, 2:02 PM

# Manchester City

YouTube top 10: because Franck doesn't want to go to Eastlands

With a shot-putter running the 100m, French cyclist Thomas Voeckler racing a horse and the San Diego Chargers launching a wine, this week’s list is a tribute to sporting incongruity.

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Sep 1st 2011, 1:55 PM