?Telex From Cuba? (New York Times)
?It was the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes that morning. An orange rectangle, the color of hot lava, hovering on the wall of my bedroom.?

US denies instigating July 4 protests in Cuba (AP via Yahoo! News)
A spokesman for the U.S. mission here on Thursday denied Cuba's charge that American diplomats were instigating opposition protests linked to American independence day.

Cuba reigns at Pan Americans (NBC Olympics)
Cuba's Driulis Gonzalez, Idalis Ortiz and Yurisel Laborde won gold medals Thursday in the women's competition in the Pan American Judo Championships.  American Travis Stevens took silver. 

Cuba to Juba: south Sudanese doctors come home (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
They left as children and teenagers, crossing the border between dry southern Sudan and Ethiopia before being transported half a world away to the green strangeness of Cuba's Isla de la Juventud.

Livin? La Vida Local (New York Times)
In this multilayered first novel set in 1950s Cuba, American expatriates try to bury their dark pasts, even as the Castro brothers gather revolutionaries in the hills.

Rachel Kushner's 'Telex From Cuba' (International Herald Tribune)
The title of Rachel Kushner's multi-layered and absorbing first novel is somewhat misleading; the novel's real draws are its complex relationships and well-researched cultural context, not the big telex-worthy events.

Canada's junior men sweep Mexico in semi, to face Cuba in final (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Canada's junior men's team swept Mexico 3-0 Friday in the semifinals of the 2008 NORCECA junior men's championships.

Cuba says U.S. escalating anti-government actions (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Cuba on Wednesday accused U.S. diplomats of escalating anti-government activities in recent weeks and said its ideological foe, the United States, will be held responsible for whatever happens if the actions continue.

Cuba willing to hold talks with U.S. on equal footing (People's Daily)
Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez said Friday that the Cuban government is willing to negotiate with the United States on equal footing without compromising its principles. Perez made the remarks during the Non-Alliance Movement ( ...

Cuba says U.S. behind protests for July Fourth (CNN.com)
HAVANA, Cuba (AP) -- Cuba on Wednesday accused U.S. diplomats of instigating opponents of the communist-run government to hold public protests to mark American Independence Day.