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...In March it agreed to build a pipeline from PDVSA’s offshore Dragon gasfield to its Hibiscus platform just across the maritime border in Trinidad and Tobago....
...A significant discovery would almost certainly buy time for President Raúl Castro, as he works to reform the Soviet-style economy....
...But Raúl Benitez, a security analyst and expert in military affairs, says that the brute-force approach has fallen far short of what is needed....
...The case for the embargo remains what it always was – making communist Cuba pay a price for the autocratic rule of Fidel (and now his brother Raúl) Castro....
...The White House announcement came ahead of a Summit of the Americas that starts on Friday in Trinidad and Tobago....
...The US and Cuba moved closer to a historic reconciliation on Friday as the Obama administration reacted positively to what it called an “overture” by Raúl Castro, the Cuban president....
...In line with previous such summits, Raúl Castro, Cuba’s president, will not attend the Trinidad meeting, which opens on Friday and gathers together the continent’s 34 democratically elected leaders....
...A 1996 law prohibits Washington from normalizing relations with Cuba while Fidel Castro, or his brother, Raul, are in charge....
...The Obama administration on Sunday welcomed Venezuela’s announcement that it is sending an ambassador to Washington amid efforts to show a common front at the end of the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad...
...An early signal may come in April – in Trinidad at the Summit of the Americas – when Latin American leaders (excluding Raúl Castro) will get what, for most, will be their first close-up look at the new president...
...If Havana is Cuba’s past, Varadero is a glimpse of its future and, with some observers anticipating a more open foreign policy from the Raul Castro government, it could serve as a template for other, similar...
...The White House announced a relaxation of sanctions against Cuba, where Raúl Castro has now replaced his brother Fidel as autocrat-in-chief....
...Congress will consider lifting the embargo only when Raul Castro restores property, voting and human rights to the citizens of Cuba....
...Senior Farc commander Raúl Reyes was killed during Saturday’s raid....
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