Hurricane Becomes Category 4, but Poses No Threat to Cuba

<div align="justify"> The first major hurricane of the season posed the most immediate threat to Bermuda but, by week's end, it also could be taking aim at New England, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. </div> Read More

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Cuba Tries to Divise New Payment Scheme

<div align="justify"> According to the Cuban press, the objective of the new regulation on procedures and payment systems is to balance the salary policy between companies in which the Managerial Improvement System is applied - aiming for greater efficiency - and those companies that are not formally included in this process. </div> Read More

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U.S. Bishops urge Cuba and U.S. Leaders to Improve Relations

<div align="justify"> A delegation of U.S. Roman Catholic Church leaders urged Barack Obama's administration Tuesday to seize what they called a rare political opportunity to lift the 47-year-old economic embargo against Cuba's communist government. </div> Read More

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Cuban Dissidents Considerer a Good Idea Concert by Juanes

<div align="justify"> “No one has the right to deprive Cubans inside the country from what people enjoy naturally outside the country. The totalitarianism on the island is more than enough,” Miriam Leiva, founder of Ladies in White, a group comprising relatives of political prisoners, said. </div> Read More

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