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    <title><![CDATA[Cuba Project | In the Press | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drilling Off Cuba, and How the Embargo Could be Very Costly for the US]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drilling-off-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drilling-off-cuba#When:17:37:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“There is no standing agreement with Cuba on what to do in case of a blowout,” says Wayne Smith]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-18T17:37:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuban President&#8217;s Daughter gets US Visa]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuban-presidents-daughter-gets-us-visa</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuban-presidents-daughter-gets-us-visa#When:15:34:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's a very positive thing they give her the visa," said Wayne Smith, America's former top diplomat in Cuba]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-17T15:34:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuba drilling continues as US groups press spill response need]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-drilling-continues-groups-press-spill-response-need</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-drilling-continues-groups-press-spill-response-need#When:12:54:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[That won’t be easy, observed Wayne Smith, a CIP senior fellow and director of its Cuba project]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-11T12:54:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pope Heads to Cuba After Call for Change]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pope-heads-to-cuba-after-call-for-change</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pope-heads-to-cuba-after-call-for-change#When:16:28:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["They want this [visit] to be constructive and positive in tone," said Wayne Smith on the Pope's trip to Cuba]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Cuba Project, Cuba, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-26T16:28:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pope Seeks More Sway in Cuba Trip Amid Calls to Back Dissidents]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pope-seeks-more-sway-in-cuba-trip-amid-calls-to-back-dissidents</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pope-seeks-more-sway-in-cuba-trip-amid-calls-to-back-dissidents#When:16:24:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Many want Benedict to meet with dissidents, but that’s not going to happen,” said Wayne Smith]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Cuba Project, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-26T16:24:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[D.C.-Area Resident Jailed in Cuba May Have Crossed the Line, But Supporters Still Demand His Release]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/d.c.-area-resident-jailed-in-cuba-may-have-crossed-the-line-but-supporters</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/d.c.-area-resident-jailed-in-cuba-may-have-crossed-the-line-but-supporters#When:10:19:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Some of the Jewish leaders in Cuba were "upset that the U.S. government was trying to involve" their community, said Wayne Smith]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-24T10:19:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[50 Years After Kennedy’s Ban, Embargo on Cuba Remains]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/50-years-after-kennedys-ban-embargo-on-cuba-remains</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/50-years-after-kennedys-ban-embargo-on-cuba-remains#When:15:09:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“All this time has gone by, and yet we keep it in place,” said Wayne Smith, who was a young American diplomat in Havana in 1961 when relations were severed ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-07T15:09:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Experts Demand Removal of Terrorist Status of Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-experts-demand-removal-of-terrorist-status-of-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-experts-demand-removal-of-terrorist-status-of-cuba#When:16:19:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[According to Wayne Smith, former diplomat and member of the Center for International Policy, the workshop, which meets on Thursday, would clarify the situation]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-01T16:19:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Call for Cuba’s Removal from the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/press-release-cubas-removal-list-state-sponsors-terrorism</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/press-release-cubas-removal-list-state-sponsors-terrorism#When:10:29:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for International Policy and the Latin America Working Group convened a conference today calling for the removal of Cuba from the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-01T10:29:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Activists urge Obama to take Cuba off ‘terror’ list]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/activists-urge-obama-to-take-cuba-off-terror-list</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/activists-urge-obama-to-take-cuba-off-terror-list#When:14:36:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“There is no evidence that would place” Cuba on the list, the Latin America Working Group and Center for International Policy said in an invitation to the public event.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-29T14:36:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Adios, Fidel. Hola, Hugo. Cuba charts new course]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/adios-fidel.-hola-hugo.-cuba-charts-new-course</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/adios-fidel.-hola-hugo.-cuba-charts-new-course#When:16:47:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“I don’t know what it is about Cuba,” says Wayne Smith at the Center for International Policy, a Washington-based think tank]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-12T16:47:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuba Court Upholds 15-Year Sentence of US Contractor for Alleged Spying]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-court-upholds-15-year-sentence-of-us-contractor-for-alleged-spying</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-court-upholds-15-year-sentence-of-us-contractor-for-alleged-spying#When:13:17:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[While the court’s decision is “disappointing,” the Cuban government may still release Gross for humanitarian reasons, said Wayne Smith]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-05T13:17:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Experts meet to seek changes in Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/experts-meet-to-seek-changes-in-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/experts-meet-to-seek-changes-in-cuba#When:12:42:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The United States and Cuba share a common challenge.  Both have black minority populations and]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-03T12:42:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Younger Castro Brother Turns 80 in Aging Regime]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/younger-castro-brother-turns-80-in-aging-regime</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/younger-castro-brother-turns-80-in-aging-regime#When:12:46:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["When we left in 1961, I expected to be back shortly. Here we are more than 50 years after]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-29T12:46:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuban exile militant Orlando Bosch dies in Miami]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuban-exile-militant-orlando-bosch-dies-in-miami</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuban-exile-militant-orlando-bosch-dies-in-miami#When:13:28:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“He was someone who did a disservice to the cause of democracy and freedom.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-27T13:28:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Castro Hails &#8216;New Generation&#8217; of Cuba Leaders, But Appoints Old Guard]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/castro-hails-new-generation-of-cuba-leaders-but-appoints-old-guard</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/castro-hails-new-generation-of-cuba-leaders-but-appoints-old-guard#When:13:50:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Raul Castro was saying they needed to bring in new leadership, bring the new generation forward]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-20T13:50:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cubans Remember the Bay of Pigs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cubans-remember-the-bay-of-pigs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cubans-remember-the-bay-of-pigs#When:11:23:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The Bay of Pigs invasion was described at the time as the rarest of all things - a perfect failure," ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-20T11:23:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Diplomacy and Cuban Dissidence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-diplomacy-and-cuban-dissidence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-diplomacy-and-cuban-dissidence#When:15:44:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“No one should give money to the dissidents, much less for the purpose of overthrowing the Cuban ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-15T15:44:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Using Old Friend Cuba as Its Base, Russia Reasserts Its Latin Influence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/russia-reasserts-its-latin-influence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/russia-reasserts-its-latin-influence#When:14:12:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. policy is dictated by the hard-line exiles in Florida]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-18T14:12:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuba Experts Discuss Academic Travel to the Country for Americans]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-experts-discuss-academic-travel-to-the-country-for-americans</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-experts-discuss-academic-travel-to-the-country-for-americans#When:06:32:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Wayne Smith of the Center for International Policy opened the conference stressing that the panel’s focus was on analyzing ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-03-11T06:32:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama Urged to End Limits on Educational Travel to Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obama-urged-to-end-limits-on-educational-travel-to-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obama-urged-to-end-limits-on-educational-travel-to-cuba#When:07:54:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Wayne Smith, questioned the fact that Obama still has not taken the “easiest step” in his policy of rapprochement with Havana]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-03-09T07:54:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuba Claims Jailed U.S. Contractor is a Spy ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-claims-jailed-us-contractor-is-a-spy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-claims-jailed-us-contractor-is-a-spy#When:09:39:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["If the contractor was engaged in nothing more than innocent wrongdoing, I could imagine the U.S. government raising hell


]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-08T09:39:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Top Cuban lawmaker says detained U.S. contractor is a spy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/top-cuban-lawmaker-says-detained-us-contractor-is-a-spy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/top-cuban-lawmaker-says-detained-us-contractor-is-a-spy#When:09:29:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["If the contractor was engaged in nothing more than innocent wrongdoing, I could imagine the U.S. government raising hell ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-07T09:29:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuba Protests Inclusion on Tougher Airline Screening List]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-protests-inclusion-on-tougher-airline-screening-list</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-protests-inclusion-on-tougher-airline-screening-list#When:08:48:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Cuba should not be on the terrorist list," Wayne S. Smith, director of the Cuba program at the Center for International 


]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-06T08:48:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Opening Arms and Ears to Cuban Music]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/opening-arms-and-ears-to-cuban-music</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/opening-arms-and-ears-to-cuban-music#When:13:21:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Apparently we’re going back to the situation that existed under Clinton.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-18T13:21:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Embargo on Change]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-embargo-on-changehttp-www.foreignpolicy.com-articles-2009-10-28-the_e</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-embargo-on-changehttp-www.foreignpolicy.com-articles-2009-10-28-the_e#When:14:33:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. Cuba policy is .so totally counterproductive that it's embarrassing.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-28T14:33:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Resentencings in U.S. Reignite Passions Over the &#8216;Cuban Five&#8217;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/resentencings-in-us-reignite-passions-over-the-cuban-five</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/resentencings-in-us-reignite-passions-over-the-cuban-five#When:14:52:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If you look at this case, you have to be appalled. The case stinks.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-12T14:52:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Domestic challenges put brake on U.S.-Cuba thaw]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/domestic-challenges-put-brake-on-us-cuba-thaw</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/domestic-challenges-put-brake-on-us-cuba-thaw#When:14:02:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[I think the travel bill will pass the House, I'm less optimistic about the Senate.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-09T14:02:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hurricane Lessons Learned From Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/hurricane-lessons-learned-from-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/hurricane-lessons-learned-from-cuba#When:16:19:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It's considered an historic visit between two very different cities which have a lot in common. For the first time ever, a Galveston mayor made an official trip ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-24T16:19:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Congress Urged to End Ban on Cuba Travel]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-congress-urged-to-end-ban-on-cuba-travel</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-congress-urged-to-end-ban-on-cuba-travel#When:14:09:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Obama hasn’t done anything]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-09T14:09:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russian oil rigs just 45 miles from Florida?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/russian-oil-rigs-just-45-miles-from-florida</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/russian-oil-rigs-just-45-miles-from-florida#When:14:30:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It does present a dilemma for the US]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-06T14:30:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Outreach to Adversaries Takes Unexpected Turn With Taliban Approach]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obamas-outreach-takes-unexpected-turn-with-taliban-approach</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obamas-outreach-takes-unexpected-turn-with-taliban-approach#When:15:20:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Wayne Smith, with the Center for International Policy, said Obama should go even further than that in order to send ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-09T15:20:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Amid a Lackluster Review of His First Year, Cuba’s Leader Jolts the Government]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/amid-lackluster-review-cubas-leader-jolts-government</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/amid-lackluster-review-cubas-leader-jolts-government#When:14:29:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[He certainly surprised me]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-03T14:29:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Raul Castro Shakes Up Cuban Cabinet]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/raul-castro-shakes-up-cuban-cabinet</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/raul-castro-shakes-up-cuban-cabinet#When:14:30:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It looks like Raul putting some of his own people in]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-02T14:30:11+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Cuba-U.S. Relations Stuck in Cold War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-us-relations-stuck-in-cold-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-us-relations-stuck-in-cold-war#When:16:19:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[United Nations urges U.S. to lift 46-year Cuban embargo.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-12-11T16:19:19+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Obama’s Victory Route Runs Through Florida]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obamas-victory-route-runs-through-florida</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obamas-victory-route-runs-through-florida#When:13:27:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“They still play an important role, but their role is changing,” said Wayne Smith, who served ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-10-08T13:27:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Secret Meeting Sparks Inquiry]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/secret-meeting-sparks-inquiry</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/secret-meeting-sparks-inquiry#When:13:30:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Uribe and many around him feel that the Supreme Court is overstepping its bounds, and they don't want ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-09-25T13:30:39+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia-Latin America Military Ties]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/russia-latin-america-military-ties</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/russia-latin-america-military-ties#When:11:14:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Do you see a future Russian military presence in Latin America? What would be the Hemisphere's reaction? ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas Program, Americas, Cuba, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-07-31T11:14:46+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Will the U.S. Open an Office in Iran?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/will-the-us-open-an-office-in-iran</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/will-the-us-open-an-office-in-iran#When:13:56:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Working with some of the dissidents is what they do with the office in Cuba, and it doesn't have much ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-07-02T13:56:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Growing U.S. Push for Change in Cuba Ties, Despite Bush]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/growing-us-push-for-change-in-cuba-ties-despite-bush</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/growing-us-push-for-change-in-cuba-ties-despite-bush#When:14:22:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["How does it make any sense? We talk to North Korea, we have relations with China, but we won't talk ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-03-03T14:22:08+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[U.S.-Cuba Relations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-cuba-relations</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-cuba-relations#When:14:30:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Cuba has the "same effect on U.S. administrations that the full moon has on a werewolf."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-02-26T14:30:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Raul Castro Confirmed as Cuba&#8217;s President]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/raul-castro-confirmed-as-cubas-president</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/raul-castro-confirmed-as-cubas-president#When:14:32:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The future will not change much," Smith said shortly after Raul Castro's confirmation as president. "I ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-02-24T14:32:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Who follows Castro?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/who-follows-castro</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/who-follows-castro#When:14:38:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["He finally recognized he couldn't go on. He's not immortal," said Wayne Smith, a Cuba expert ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-02-20T14:38:41+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Castro Exit Unlikely to Thaw U.S.-Cuba Relations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/castro-exit-unlikely-thaw-us-cuba-relations</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/castro-exit-unlikely-thaw-us-cuba-relations#When:14:37:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["This will have very little effect on US policy since the Bush administration has made it clear that it won't ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-02-20T14:37:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[What&#8217;s Next for Cuba?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/whats-next-for-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/whats-next-for-cuba#When:14:29:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Former U.S. diplomat in Cuba discusses Fidel Castro's resignation as president.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-02-19T14:29:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuba Policy Remains in Far-Right Hands]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-policy-remains-in-far-right-hands</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-policy-remains-in-far-right-hands#When:15:06:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Look, Cubans want change, but I don't see any move whatsoever to overthrow the government," he said. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-01-17T15:06:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Coddled &#8220;Terrorists&#8221; of South Florida]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-coddled-terrorists-of-south-florida</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-coddled-terrorists-of-south-florida#When:15:15:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["We are certainly not applying these laws objectively in the case of Luis Posada Carriles, Orlando Bosch ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-01-14T15:15:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuba&#8217;s Call for Economic Detente]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cubas-call-for-economic-detente</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cubas-call-for-economic-detente#When:10:54:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["These statements seem to be innovative, to be carrying them toward new initiatives," Wayne Smith, an analyst at the Center for International Policy and a former chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, said in an interview from his Washington office.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-07-27T10:54:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Havana Has No Electricity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-diplomatic-mission-in-havana-has-no-electricity</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-diplomatic-mission-in-havana-has-no-electricity#When:15:27:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Former U.S. Interests Section chief Wayne Smith, now a critic of U.S. policies on Cuba, says that kind of campaign is triggered by provocation - like the electronic billboard that the U.S. mission hung on the side of its building earlier this year to show anti-Castro messages.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-06-12T15:27:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Entrevista Uribe - Bush, para Reafirmar la Alianza]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/entrevista-uribe-bush-para-reafirmar-la-alianza</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/entrevista-uribe-bush-para-reafirmar-la-alianza#When:15:31:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[En Washington, dice Adam Isacson, del Centro para la Política Internacional "nadie quiere antagonizar con Uribe tras su sólida reelección".]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-06-10T15:31:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[United States Appoints Coordinator for Overthrow of the Cuban Revolution]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/u.s.-appoints-coordinator-for-overthrow-of-cuban-revolution</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/u.s.-appoints-coordinator-for-overthrow-of-cuban-revolution#When:11:13:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“This is the most absurd appointment that I have seen in my life,” Wayne Smith, of the Center for International Policy, told DPA in Washington.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-08-02T11:13:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Former Official: Reduce Cuba Tensions]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/former-official-reduce-cuba-tensions</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/former-official-reduce-cuba-tensions#When:11:40:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[''They want to get this story off the radar screen,'' said Sarah Stephens, who heads the Center for International Policy's Freedom to Travel Campaign, an advocacy group that argues for more contact with the island.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-07-18T11:40:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush, Posada &amp; Terrorism Hypocrisy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bush-posada-terrorism-hypocrisy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bush-posada-terrorism-hypocrisy#When:12:14:04Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Available for a limited number of interviews, Smith is a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy. He said today: “We should treat everyone who is accused of terrorist activity in a similar way.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-06-13T12:14:04+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Relatives of Cuban Terrorist&#8217;s Victims Plead for Justice]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/relatives-of-cuban-terrorists-victims-plead-for-justice</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/relatives-of-cuban-terrorists-victims-plead-for-justice#When:12:20:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President George Bush has made a point of his unwavering moral stand on the issue of harboring terrorists, pointed out Wayne Smith, former chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana (1979-1982), and now a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-06-08T12:20:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Will the Bell Toll for Hemingway&#8217;s Havana Home?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/will-the-bell-toll-for-hemingways-havana-home</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/will-the-bell-toll-for-hemingways-havana-home#When:12:24:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Wayne Smith, director of the Cuba Project at the Center for International Policy in Washington and a former chief of the US Interests Section in Havana, notes that the Hemingway Foundation's request for a travel license last year was denied after critics labeled the project as a boon to Cuban tourism.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-06-07T12:24:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Opposition to U.S. Makes Chávez a Hero to Many]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/opposition-chavez-hero</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/opposition-chavez-hero#When:12:30:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["He's following his own path, his own destiny, and he's doing it against U.S. opposition, so the Latin Americans support it," said Wayne Smith, a former American diplomat in Cuba and now a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, which tracks developments in Latin America.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Colombia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-06-01T12:30:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush&#8217;s Dilemma: Combating Terrorism or Supporting Mercenaries]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bushs-dilemma-combating-terrorism-or-supporting-mercenaries</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bushs-dilemma-combating-terrorism-or-supporting-mercenaries#When:12:35:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Wayne Smith, the former U.S. envoy to Cuba and the current head of the Cuban Program at the Center for International Policy in Washington, recently said that granting Posada permanent resident status would seriously compromise U.S. policy and strategy in the campaign against terrorism.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-05-22T12:35:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S.-Cuba Policy is Personal for Shoreline Dad]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-cuba-policy-is-personal-for-shoreline-dad</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-cuba-policy-is-personal-for-shoreline-dad#When:12:56:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Sarah Stevens, of the left-leaning Center for International Policy, is an organizer for Cuba Action Day. She said Lazo's military background makes him the perfect pitchman for changing minds in Washington.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-04-25T12:56:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Michigan Couple Must Pay $5,250 Fine for Travel to Cuba, Judge Rules]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/michigan-couple-must-pay-5250-fine-for-travel-to-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/michigan-couple-must-pay-5250-fine-for-travel-to-cuba#When:14:53:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Here are five thousand reasons to repeal the ban on travel by Americans to Cuba," Sarah Stephens, an advocate for the couple from the Center for International Policy, which opposes the Cuba travel ban, said in a written statement. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-02-11T14:53:37+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Brass Defends Ongoing Intelligence From Gitmo]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/brass-defends-ongoing-intelligence-from-gitmo</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/brass-defends-ongoing-intelligence-from-gitmo#When:16:21:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“The longer you keep these people, the less valuable they become,” said Melvin A. Goodwin, a former CIA senior analyst. “They get socialized, they figure out what kind of answers interrogators want and they provide them.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-11-14T16:21:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sanctions force colleges to shift study programs away from Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/sanctions-force-colleges-to-shift-study-programs-away-from-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/sanctions-force-colleges-to-shift-study-programs-away-from-cuba#When:16:48:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's really stupid politics. The more American citizens you have walking on the streets of Cuba, the better chance you have of effecting change," said Wayne Smith]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-08-05T16:48:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Travel Restrictions Anger Many Cuban-Americans]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/new-travel-restrictions-anger-many-cuban-americans</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/new-travel-restrictions-anger-many-cuban-americans#When:16:45:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[CIP Senior Fellow Wayne Smith quoted in audio recording on NPR]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-08-05T16:45:27+00:00</dc:date>
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