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01/23/12--05:19: Oil rig arrives off Havana; drilling 70 miles from Keys (chan 2538824)

An offshore oil drilling operation has begun less than 90 miles from the coast of Key West.


01/23/12--09:09: UN rights chief says U.S. must close Guantánamo (chan 2538824)

The U.N. human rights chief says the U.S. government must close the Guantánamo Bay prison as President Barack Obama promised a year ago.


01/23/12--12:53: Former CIA officer accused of terror leaks (chan 2538824)

Justice Department also says its investigation cleared Guantánamo defense attorneys for former CIA captives of wrongdoing in the investigation.


01/23/12--18:00: Catholic bishop, priest reportedly protected dissidents from pro-government mob (chan 2538824)

A pro-government mob was reportedly waiting outside a church for activists, but they were protected by a Catholic bishop and priest.


01/24/12--08:55: Career diplomat with Africa experience tapped for Haiti by Obama (chan 2538824)

A career diplomat with extensive experience in Africa has been tapped by President Barack Obama to serve as the U.S. ambassador in Haiti.


01/24/12--21:00: 2 Cuban migrants escape Cayman detention (chan 2538824)

Two Cuban boatpeople who escaped from a detention center in the Cayman Islands remained at large Tuesday and might have found a way to leave the Caribbean territory, officials said.


01/25/12--08:52: Some local Haitians turn to Voodoo in quake aftermath (chan 2538824)

As local Haitians strugged to cope wih the aftermath of the country’s devastating earthquake two years ago, many turned to Voodoo to help deal with their anxieties.


01/25/12--11:50: Brazil offers visas to Haitians drawn by prospect of jobs (chan 2538824)

The Brazilian government created a special visa program after thousands of Haitians were stranded in remote Amazon towns. It will also issue work visas to Haitians at its embassy in Port-au-Prince.


01/25/12--17:14: Cuba court: Gross set up Wi-Fi nets for Jews in three cities (chan 2538824)

The defense lawyer for U.S. government contractor Alan Gross says the new court document shows that his client is not guilty.


01/25/12--17:16: New CEO for Haiti Digicel telecom company (chan 2538824)

Haiti’s largest cell phone operator and one of the Caribbean’s most profitable is getting a new chief executive officer.


01/25/12--17:56: Romney, Gingrich call for policy to end the Castro dictatorship (chan 2538824)

Both GOP hopefuls were courting Cuban-American voters during campaign swings through South Florida to outline their Latin American policies.


01/26/12--02:00: Is oil drilling in Cuban waters safe? (chan 2538824)

With Scarabeo 9, a Spanish company’s leased oil rig, in place for exploratory drilling off the Cuban coast, response plans are being firmed up in case a spill reaches the United States.


01/26/12--17:30: Fidel Castro writes again after long break (chan 2538824)

The former Cuban leader produced five columns in three weeks, after a long break that sparked rumors about his health.


01/27/12--16:57: Sources: Chávez ignored drug warnings about Defense chief (chan 2538824)

Venezuelan government’s high-ranking officials informed President Hugo Chávez that they had information directly linking then-Brigadier General Henry Rangel Silva to a vast drug trafficking network operated from military facilities, but their report did not interrupt the speedy ascent of the officer recently named minister of Defense.


01/27/12--21:00: Cuba’s Communists meet to update party, not much buzz on street (chan 2538824)

Cuba’s ruling Communist Party opens an unprecedented gathering Saturday that will approve term limits and call for trimming the party’s role in government — and might even hint at who will succeed Raúl Castro.


01/27/12--21:00: A Havana theater built in 1921 collapsed, killing one man and highlighting Cuba’s desperate housing shortage. (chan 2538824)

A theater opened in 1921 was the second fatal building collapse in 10 days


01/28/12--07:08: Communist Party meets in Havana (chan 2538824)

Granma reports that term limits and the economy are on the agenda of this weekend’s Cuban Communist Party Congress in Havana


01/28/12--08:38: Marine to take charge of Southern Command (chan 2538824)

President Barack Obama has chosen to send a Marine to Miami to run U.S. military operations in Latin America and the Caribbean out of the Southern Command.


01/28/12--09:38: Peru: 24 killed in fire at rehabilitation center (chan 2538824)

A fire swept through a private rehabilitation center for addicts in a poor part of Peru's capital on Saturday, killing 24 people and injuring 10 others, police said.


01/28/12--12:39: How church, Castros learned to coexist (chan 2538824)

Enrique López Oliva remembers the days when Cuban Catholics hung their religious icons in their grandmother’s rooms, hoping that Fidel Castro’s communist government would not dare punish an “abuelita.”