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The Cuban government has lifted restrictions on car ownership but set prices that could be far outside the reach of many potential car buyers. (Jan. 4)
AT THIS PEUGOT DEALERSHIP IN HAVANA, A 2013 MODEL 408 WAS LISTED AT MORE THAN 239-THOUSAND 'CUC' (kook) - OR CUBAN CONVERTIBLE PESOS... WHICH ARE ROUGHLY EQUIVALENT TO U.S. DOLLARS.
Hannah Buchdahl, associated press
Havana, Cuba -...
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Vox pops after Fidel says Cuba 'marching ahead'
1. Wide shot Old Capitol Building and traffic
2. Medium shot people walking on street
3. Wide shot man buying newspapers from vendor
4. Medium shot Prado Avenue, Cuban flag
5. Medium shot people buying newspapers
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish)...
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City historian leasing retail space to private business
Mama Ines in Havana seems to be just the latest in a long line of private restaurants that have opened in Havana as part of President Raul Castro's fledgling free-market reforms.
But a tiny sign on the facade, easily overlooked, tells...
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WRAP Cuban diplomat says US embargo is akin to genocide
1. Wide of exterior of Cuban Interest Section in Washington DC
2. Wide of interview with Cuban top diplomat, Jorge Bolanos, in the US
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jorge Bolanos, Top Cuban Diplomat in the US:
"(the blockade acts) by putting...
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CUBA: HAVANA: NATION WILLING TO NEGOTIATE WITH USA
Spanish/Nat
Cuba says it's willing to negotiate over improved relations with the U-S, so long as the White House enters into such talks with good faith.
Havana's reaction comes after the White House hinted that it may be time to increase...
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Chinese people respond to news that Castro stepping down
1. Street scene with news-stand
2. Medium of people buying newspapers
3. Pan of newspaper's headlines
4. Close of Castro's photo on newspaper
5. Close of Castro's photo on newspaper
6. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Yang Yujie, local...
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Interview with first of Cuban intelligence agents to be freed by US
One of the convicted spies known as the "Cuban Five" will be released from a US prison on next Thursday.
U.S. officials say Fernando Gonzalez will be immediately handed to immigration authorities upon his release for the start of...
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Closing of CELAC summit, Raul Castro receives rotating presidency of group
1. Wide of conference centre as delegates sit for final plenary session of Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) summit
2. Close of Uruguayan delegation including President Jose Mujica
3. Wide of conference as plenary...
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Opening of top annual trade event
1. Pan of members of audience listening at fair inauguration
2. Close up of Ramiro Valdes, Cuban Comunications Minister
3. Close up of Ramon Castro, Cuban leader Fidel Castro's brother
4. Samuel Lewis, Panaman Vice President, cutting...
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Senators: Cuba Has Ability to Figure Out Attacks
Republican Senators Marco Rubio and Bob Corker both said Cuban intelligence agencies have the ability to figure out who is behind the unexplained attacks on American diplomats in Havana, given Cuban society is heavily monitored.
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Senators: Cuba Has Ability to Figure Out Attacks
Republican Senators Marco Rubio and Bob Corker both said Cuban intelligence agencies have the ability to figure out who is behind the unexplained attacks on American diplomats in Havana, given how heavily Cuban society is monitored.
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Tourism booming in Cuba despite tougher new Trump policy
On a sweltering early-summer afternoon in Little Havana, President Donald Trump told a cheering Cuban-American crowd that he was rolling back some of Barack Obama's opening to Cuba in order to starve the island's military-run economy of...
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Climate change threatens iconic seafront walkway
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Havana's famed coastal boulevard is under threat of collapse due to the effects of climate change.
Rising sea levels and increasingly harsh storm damage have been taking their toll on the seafront...
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Cuba's trade fair begins amid slow economic growth
Cuba's government says more than 60 countries attended its international trade fair on Monday, showcasing products ranging from heavy equipment to electronics and consumer goods.
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Cuban president visits town near US military base
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel traveled to the town at the gates of the American naval base at Guantanamo Bay on Thursday and said President Donald Trump's hardening of the US embargo would fail to force concessions from his government.
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CUBA: HAVANA: HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
Spanish/Nat
President Fidel Castro challenged his critics on the issue of human rights while attending an inaugural ceremony for the recently opened international Latin American School of Physical Education 40 kilometres outside the...
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Venezuelan leader reacts to Pat Robertson''s comments
1. Various of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Cuban President Fidel Castro surrounded by press at airport
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan President:
"I prefer to talk about life. I prefer to talk about all the work...
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European Union commissioner meets Cuban officials
1. Wide shot exterior National Assembly of Cuba
2. EU Development Commissioner Louis Michel walking in to room and shaking hands with parliament speaker Ricardo Alarcon shaking hands
3. Cameraman
4. Medium shot Alarcon and Michel
5....
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Food products leading growing US export market in Cuba
FILE - January 2002
1. Wide shot of first ship with U.S. goods arriving in Havana Harbour
2. Wide shot of containers being unloaded
FILE - January 2003
3. Various of people in Palco Supermarket and U.S. products on shelves
FILE -...
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Senate votes to end US travel ban to Cuba
1. Wide of senate interior during session
2. Wide shot of Senator Byron Dorgan, Senator, North Dakota
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Byron Dorgan, Senator, North Dakota
"It is not constructive at all to decide to try to slap around Fidel...
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EU commissioner says EU has agreed to lift sanctions on Cuba plus State Dept reax
AP Television
Brussels
1. Security milling around outside summit building
2. Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner walks over to reporters
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Benita Ferrero Waldner, European Commissioner for...
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VENEZUALA: FOREIGN ARRIVALS FOR INAUGURATION OF HUGO CHAVEZ
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Venezuela has welcomed 16 heads of state and delegations from 45 other countries for the inauguration of former coup leader Hugo Chavez as president.
Chavez, who has promised to install what he calls "a revolutionary...
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Cuban leader accuses Bush of plotting to kill him
NB: no slate at start of story
1. Wide shot, Fidel Castro arriving Palacio de Convenciones conference hall
2. Audience clapping and chanting: "Fidel, Fidel!"
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Fidel Castro, Cuban President:
"It's what helps me be in...
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USA: CUBAN EXILES REACTION TO RELAXING OF SANCTIONS AGAINST CUBA (2)
Spanish/Nat
Cuban exiles living in America have mixed reactions to moves by the United States to relax sanctions against Cuba.
Some are openly hostile while others hope the changes will lead to a new opening of relations between the two...