Santa Clara (Cuba)

Cuba 2009

After spending the night in what we regard as one of the best airport serving hotels in the country (Crowne Plaza Gatwick) we flew out to Cuba on Virgin Atlantic for our two week summer break. We’ve reviewed the hotel...

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Cuban human rights activist Antúnez arrested

Iris Tamara Pérez Aguilera and Jorge Garcia Pérez "Antúnez" Former Cuban political prisoner Jorge Luís García Pérez, aka "Antúnez," one of the giants of the Cuban opposition was arrested Monday, and his family has been unable...

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Cuba 2009

After spending the night in what we regard as one of the best airport serving hotels in the country (Crowne Plaza Gatwick) we flew out to Cuba on Virgin Atlantic for our two week summer break. We’ve reviewed the hotel...

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Cartagena sparkles with modern sophistication

By Jane Wooldridge, McClatchy Newspapers CARTAGENA, Columbia -- The most dangerous moment of my four-day Cartagena visit comes when an aggressive tout angles to get me into her pizza joint, nearly battering me with her plastic...

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Humanitarian Bill Burtch dies at 89

SANTA CRUZ -- Bill Burtch, a well-known humanitarian with a wry sense of humor, died of heart failure at Dominican Hospital on July 5. He was 89. After serving as a social worker in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties for nearly...

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Cuba 2009

After spending the night in what we regard as one of the best airport serving hotels in the country (Crowne Plaza Gatwick) we flew out to Cuba on Virgin Atlantic for our two week summer break. We’ve reviewed the hotel...

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Cuban police arrest 5 women activists

Cuban police Friday arrested five members of the Rosa Parks Feminist Civil Rights Movement who were demonstrating in Santa Clara for the release of Cuban political prisoners, according to a news release from a Miami-based exile...

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Cartagena sparkles with modern sophistication

Within the seven-mile ring of fortress walls that surround Cartagena's old city, lawless drug lords seem light-years away Miami Herald Cumbia dancers perform for donations in the old city's plaza in Cartagena, Colombia. Common...

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Hostage-Taking Aboard CanJet Plane Ends Safely, With Hijacker In Custody

A tense eight-hour standoff between Jamaican officials and a gunman who'd taken six crew members hostage aboard a CanJet Airlines plane ended Monday with a suspect in custody and no one harmed. CanJet Flight 918 from Halifax...

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CanJet Hijacker In Custody, Police Say

A hostage situation aboard a Canadian plane in Jamaica has come to an end, with the hijacker in police custody. Six crew members had been held at gunpoint aboard the CanJet Airlines craft by the lone gunman for several hours...

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