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December

• Analysis: Change Converging on Cuba? cfr.org 31 Dec 2008 -- U.S. policy toward Cuba has changed only at the margins during the last ten administrations to occupy the White House, but the Communist Caribbean island continues to command Washington's attention
• Russian warships leave Cuba after landmark visit RIA Novosti 23 Dec 2008 -- Three Russian warships left the Cuban capital of Havana on Tuesday after the first such visit to Moscow's longtime Latin American ally since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
• Russian Naval Ships Arrive in Cuba VOA 19 Dec 2008 -- Three Russian warships have entered Cuban waters as part of a voyage aimed at boosting Russian ties with several Latin American nations.
• Russian Navy makes port call in Cuba RIA Novosti 19 Dec 2008 -- Three Northern Fleet warships are to arrive in Havana on Friday for the Russian Navy's first visit to Cuba since the Cold War.

November

October

September

• Russia to share space technology with Cuba RIA Novosti 17 Sep 2008 -- Russia intends to share its space technology with Cuba, and has begun discussions on building a space center in the country, the Russian space agency said on Wednesday.
• Russia says no plans to reopen radar base in Cuba RIA Novosti 09 Sep 2008 -- Russia is not planning to reopen a radar base at the Lourdes facility in Cuba, the Russian foreign minister said on Tuesday.

August

July

• Fidel Castro Praises Brother for Silence on Russian Bombers VOA 24 Jul 2008 -- Former Cuban President Fidel Castro says his brother was right to adopt a "dignified silence" about a newspaper report that Russia may soon station nuclear-capable bombers on the island.

June

• EU: Brussels Scraps Sanctions Against Raul Castro's Cuba RFE/RL 20 Jun 2008 -- The European Union has agreed to lift sanctions against Cuba, in a move is meant to encourage the new government in Havana to continue with reforms.

May

• Cuba Policy Sets Obama Apart in US Campaign VOA 28 May 2008 -- Senator Barack Obama has tried to stand out from other U.S. presidential candidates by saying, as president, he would be open to meeting with some of the most hostile foreign leaders, including those in Cuba and Iran.
• US Official Says No Meaningful Change Under Way in Cuba VOA 18 May 2008 -- The Bush administration says Cuba remains a repressive state despite the transfer of power from Fidel Castro to his brother, Raul.

April

• Fidel Castro weighs in on U.S.-Russia missile shield debate RIA Novosti 08 Apr 2008 -- Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro said U.S. plans for a global anti-missile shield were a menace to Russia, and advised Moscow to seek its main allies in Asia.

March

• Bush: Cuba Embargo to Continue VOA 07 Mar 2008 -- President Bush says he will not end the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba until the government there releases all political prisoners

February

• Cuba Signs UN Rights Pacts Fidel Castro Opposed VOA 29 Feb 2008 -- The Cuban government signed two United Nations human rights pacts Thursday that former Cuban President Fidel Castro opposed for more than 30 years.
• US Laments Continuation of 'Castro Family Dictatorship' VOA 25 Feb 2008 -- The United States said Monday the official transfer of power in Cuba from Fidel Castro to his younger brother Raul was a disappointment, though hardly an unexpected development
• Raul Castro elected Cuban president, no major changes in view RIA Novosti 25 Feb 2008 -- Raul Castro was elected by the National Assembly as Cuban president on Sunday, vowing to continue the political course laid out by his older brother almost 50 years ago.
• Raul Castro, Cuban president IRNA 25 Feb 2008 -- Raul Castro has been unanimously selected to succeed his brother Fidel as leader by Cuba's National Assembly.
• Cuba's Leadership Change Sparks Debate in US VOA 24 Feb 2008 -- The leadership change in Cuba has sparked a debate in the United States as to whether there should be greater engagement and dialogue between the two estranged nations
• Raul Castro Chosen to Lead Cuba VOA 24 Feb 2008 -- Cuba's parliament has named Defense Minister Raul Castro as president, ending nearly 50 years of rule by his brother Fidel Castro, but leaving the island nation on a communist path.
• Fidel Castro Criticizes US Calls for Change in Cuba VOA 22 Feb 2008 -- Cuba's Fidel Castro has strongly criticized U.S. calls for change in Cuba, following his resignation earlier this week as president more than 49 years after seizing power.
• Defense Experience May Help Raul Castro As Next Cuban Leader VOA 21 Feb 2008 -- Cuban leaders are expected to name Raul Castro as the next president, replacing his older brother Fidel
• US Diplomat Says Cuban President Likely Will Remain Involved After Resignation VOA 20 Feb 2008 -- A former U.S. diplomat to Cuba says Cuban President Fidel Castro likely will still have a role in Cuban politics, despite announcing his resignation after 49 years in power.
• Cuba's Comandante Steps Down cfr.org 19 Feb 2008 -- When Cuban leader Fidel Castro temporarily ceded power to his brother Raul in July 2006, speculation ran rampant about just how ill he was, how Cubans would react, and whether U.S. policy toward the island would change
• US Embargo Against Cuba to Remain Despite Castro Resignation VOA 19 Feb 2008 -- The United States said Tuesday there will be no early end to the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba, despite Fidel Castro's resignation as head of state after 49 years
• Fidel Castro Retires as Cuban President VOA 19 Feb 2008 -- Fidel Castro has resigned as Cuba's president, ending his nearly 50-year rule of the Caribbean nation
• Bush Looking for Democracy in Post-Castro Cuba VOA 19 Feb 2008 -- President Bush says Cuban President Fidel Castro's decision to step down should be the start of a democratic transition on the island
• Castro's departure no breakthrough in Cuban-U.S. ties RIA Novosti 19 Feb 2008 -- The news that Fidel Castro would step down as Cuba's president after almost 50 years in power is unlikely to signal a breakthrough in Cuban-U.S. relations, Russian analysts said Tuesday.
• Fidel Castro steps down as Cuba's president RIA Novosti 19 Feb 2008 -- Fidel Castro has announced that he will step down as Cuba's president after almost 50 years in power, the Granma daily said on Tuesday.

January

• Raul Castro polls more votes than Fidel in Cuban elections RIA Novosti 31 Jan 2008 -- Cuban leader Fidel Castro polled 98.2% of the votes in National Assembly elections January 20, just 1% less than his brother and acting president Raul with 99.3%, official election results reported.
• Raul Castro Gets More Votes Than Brother Fidel in Cuban Parliamentary Elections VOA 30 Jan 2008 -- Official results from Cuba's recent parliamentary elections show that interim President Raul Castro has won more votes that his ailing older brother, Fidel Castro, in uncontested polling for the legislature known as the National Assembly.
• Cuba's Castro Says He Thought His 2006 Illness Would Be 'The End' VOA 24 Jan 2008 -- Long-time Cuban leader Fidel Castro says he thought he was dying when he became very ill in July, 2006.
• Cubans vote amid uncertainty over Castro's future RIA Novosti 21 Jan 2008 -- Parliamentary elections have ended in Cuba with the new National Assembly set to elect a council president on February 24 in a vote that could end almost fifty years of rule by Fidel Castro.
• Cubans Vote in One-Party Elections VOA 20 Jan 2008 -- Cuba's Fidel Castro is standing for re-election Sunday in one-party parliamentary elections, despite health problems that have kept him out of public view for more than a year
• Castro Stands for Re-Election in Cuba Voting VOA 18 Jan 2008 -- Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro is up for re-election to parliament, along with dozens of other politicians, in voting that opens Sunday.
• Fidel Castro Issues New Year's Message VOA 01 Jan 2007 -- Cuban leader Fidel Castro has sent a New Year's message urging Cubans to celebrate the anniversary of the revolution that brought him to power nearly 50 years ago.