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Castro, the daughter of Cuban president Raul Castro and niece of Fidel Castro, was granted a visa by the U.S. government this week, causing a stir among Republicans who want to paint Obama as a commie or something. Castro, 50, is the director of the...
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Images Mariela Castro Espin, daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro, speaks on the issues of same-sex marriage, HIV/AIDS prevention and LGBT rights in Cuba during a talk at the San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center May 23, 2012 in San...
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If you had hoped to bid on the medical lab vial that purportedly contains the dried remains of a blood sample from President Ronald Reagan taken on the day he was nearly assassinated in March 1981, you're out of luck. As the NPR news blog The Two-Way...
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The Associated Press reports that Castro, the director of Cuba's National Center for Sex Education, or CENESEX, is on a multi-day trop devoted to talks with LGBT activists and the annual meeting of the Latin American Studies Association. She is one of...
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Cuban Americans in Miami are furious that Fidel Castro’s niece is meeting this week and next with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activists in San Francisco and New York City. “For Mariela Castro, or anybody else under the Castro dictatorship, to...
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Speaking in Spanish through a translator, Mariela Castro made the comments about Cuban exiles who oppose her father's regime and that of her uncle, former president Fidel Castro, while speaking at San Francisco General Hospital about transgender...
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Speaking in Spanish through a translator, Mariela Castro made the comments about Cuban exiles who oppose her father's regime and that of her uncle, former president Fidel Castro, while speaking at San Francisco General Hospital about transgender health...
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Raul Castro's daughter, whose visa approval to the United States sparked a political outcry that reached the presidential campaign this week, heard nothing but applause Wednesday as she made her first public appearance in San Francisco. Mariela Castro,...
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Agence France-Presse 24May2012 SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) Fidel Castro's niece hailed Barack Obama's support for gay marriage and the loosening of US-Cuba travel restrictions, saying: "I would vote for President Obama." Mariela Castro, the daughter of...
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Castro's niece hailed Barack Obama's support for gay marriage and the loosening of US-Cuba travel restrictions on Wednesday, saying: "I would vote for President Obama." Mariela Castro, the daughter of President Raul Castro, also lamented the "small...
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Castro's niece hailed Barack Obama's support for gay marriage and the loosening of US-Cuba travel restrictions, saying: "I would vote for President Obama." Mariela Castro (C), daughter of President Raul Castro, takes part in a march against homophobia,...
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Speaking in Spanish through a translator, Mariela Castro made the comments about Cuban exiles who oppose her father's regime and that of her uncle, former president Fidel Castro, while speaking at San Francisco General Hospital about transgender health...
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Castro is an outspoken gay rights advocate in Cuba. Speaking through a translator, she made the comments about Cuban exiles who oppose her father's regime and that of her uncle, former President Fidel Castro, while speaking to medical professionals at...
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Castro's niece is in San Francisco to talk about gay rights. And that means it's time to talk politics. Mariela Castro -- whose father is current Cuban President Raúl Castro, revolutionary leader Fidel's brother -- is in San Francisco to participate in...
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Habana – El béisbol de Cuba necesita una "revolución conceptual" y "cambiar de mentalidad", afirmó el vicepresidente de la Federación Internacional de Béisbol (IBAF), Antonio Castro Soto del Valle, hijo del expresidente de la isla, Fidel Castro. El...
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STEVE ROTHAUS, srothausMiamiHerald.com Gay Cuban Americans in Miami are furious that Fidel Castro's niece is meeting this week and next with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activists in San Francisco and New York City. "For Mariela Castro, or...
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Cuban artists admire the Bay Area is because they feel the local politics are more accepting. San Francisco “is an open city—very liberal,” Calzado said. He smiled. “It’s also beautiful.” By comparison, Miami includes many Cuban-Americans from the first...
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ARMY from '87-'91 and that I was a real fan of Reaganomics and felt that Pres. Reagan himself would rather see me sell it rather than donating it." As I said, a priceless explanation. Meanwhile, the blood vial has a very real price. At the current...
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Castro speaks on the issues of same-sex marriage, HIV/AIDS prevention and LGBT rights in Cuba during a talk at the San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center May 23, 2012 in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO - Fidel Castro's niece hailed Barack...
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Castro (R) and his brother Raul Castro, are pictured in Havana in a February 23, 1977 photo. Raul Castro's daughter Mariela Castro is in the United States to lead a panel on sexual diversity at the Latin American Congress in San Francisco. (UPI...
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MIAMI, FL - APRIL 10: Members of the Marlins front office restrict media outlets due to a lack of space for a press conference held by Miami Marlins Manager Ozzie Guillen for comments made about Fidel Castro at Marlins Park on April 10, 2012 in Miami, Florida. The Marlins suspended...
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MIAMI, FL - APRIL 10: Protesters rally outside a press conference held by Miami Marlins Manager Ozzie Guillen for comments made about Fidel Castro at Marlins Park on April 10, 2012 in Miami, Florida. The Marlins suspended Guillen for five games over his pro-Castro comments.
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Retired army officer Ricardo, 50, (L) and his son Ricardo, 25, display tattoos of Fidel Castro (L) and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara on their arms at Playa Larga near Playa Giron in the province of Matanzas April 1, 2012. Picture taken April 1, 2012.
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