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  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Even Castro admits what Obama will not

    The American journalist Jeffrey Goldberg recently asked Cuban leader Fidel Castro whether the Cuban economic and political system was worth exporting. Mr. Castro's answer was, "The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore."


  • In this photo taken Sept. 2, 2010, Mexican makeup artist Cristian Jauregui, left, works on the mold of the zombie mask of Claudia Calvino, Cuban co-producer of the film 'Juan de los Muertos' or 'Juan of the Dead' in Havana, Cuba. Part horror show, part social satire, the soon-to-be-shot movie has the backing of a Spanish production company, a green-light from Cuban authorities, and a budget that dwarfs most big-screen offerings from the island. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

    Irreverent Cuban movie promises zombie revolution

    What would you do if your entire city was taken over by flesh-eating zombies and communist leaders insisted it was nothing but a plot by U.S-backed dissidents to destabilize the government?


  • In this photo taken Sept. 2, 2010, Mexican makeup artist Cristian Jauregui, left, works on the mold of the zombie mask of Claudia Calvino, Cuban co-producer of the film 'Juan de los Muertos' or 'Juan of the Dead' in Havana, Cuba. Part horror show, part social satire, the soon-to-be-shot movie has the backing of a Spanish production company, a green-light from Cuban authorities, and a budget that dwarfs most big-screen offerings from the island. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

    Irreverant Cuban movie promises zombie revolution

    What would you do if your entire city was taken over by flesh-eating zombies and communist leaders insisted it was nothing but a plot by U.S-backed dissidents to destabilize the government?


  • Briefly

    The defense attorney for one of four suspects in an alleged terror plot accused police on Monday of detaining his client on unrelated charges to further their terrorism investigation.


  • Ana Guevara, of Mexico, attends a press conference in Varadero, Cuba, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. The former world champion and Olympic silver medalist in the 400 meter dash will lend her name to the Ana Guevara Cup, a pro-am golf tournament that will be held in Cuba from Oct. 13-17. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

    Guevara _ the sprinter _ backs Cuban golf tourney

    A few hundreds of a second used to make or break Ana Guevara. Now, she's just hoping to break 90 during a few hours on the golf course.


  • Cuba's President Raul Castro, right, gestures during a rally marking the Cuba's Revolution Day in Santa Clara, Cuba, Monday, July 26, 2010. Monday's celebrations commemorate the date in 1953 when Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul Castro led an attack on the Moncada army barracks in the eastern city of Santiago and a smaller military outpost in the nearby city of Bayamo. The operation failed but Cubans consider it the beginning of the revolution that culminated with dictator Fulgencio Batista's ouster on New Year's Day 1959. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

    Fidel absent, Raul silent at Cuba's Revolution Day

    A B-team of socialist speakers spent Cuba's Revolution Day bashing the United States for everything from its drug consumption to the war in Iraq to its military support for Colombia, portraying Washington as the great villain in world affairs.


  • A worker sorts Chinese characters at Kwong Wah Po. The paper is edited and produced independently, which reflects the small yet unprecedented freedoms the Cuban government has granted Cuba's Chinese community to help preserve its dwindling cultural heritage. (Associated Press)

    In Havana's Chinatown, a 'type' of media freedom

    At Cuba's only privately run newspaper, it doesn't take much to stop the presses. It's a wonder they even get started.


  • In this file courtroom drawing from 2009, Assistant US Attorney Gordon Michael Harvey (c) argues against the release of Kendall and Gwendolyn Myers (R seated) at a detention hearing before Judge John Facciola (L). Walter Kendall Myers and his wife, Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers, were later charged with conspiracy to hand over classified information to Cuba, serving as an illegal agent for a foreign government and wire fraud.   (ILLUSTRATION BY ART LIEN/AFP/Getty Images)

    Couple sentenced for spying for Cuba

    The 73-year-old great grandson of Alexander Graham Bell was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for quietly spying for Cuba for nearly a third of a century from inside the State Department.


  • Illustration: Fox hunt by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

    TYRRELL: English peoples love freedom

    My friend Andrew Roberts has inherited the title of Historian of the English-Speaking People from Winston Churchill. Churchill wrote his four-volume history up to 1900. Mr. Roberts took up the story from there and has written his stupendous "History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900." I commend it to you.


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