TheRepublic.com - Raul Castro News http://www.therepublic.com/feed/person/b557c4b88f0510048c2da55c96277d3e Raul Castro News and Photos en-ca webstaff@therepublic.com Copyright 2013 Raul Castro turns 82, with heir-apparent on deckhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/9d0498d4dbb64c85a89fac6b60a90a35/CB--Cuba-Raul-Castrohttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/9d0498d4dbb64c85a89fac6b60a90a35/CB--Cuba-Raul-Castro

HAVANA - Cuba's Raul Castro marked his 82nd birthday Monday in another reminder that time is running out for the aging generation that has led the country since the 1959 revolution.]]>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:56:29 -0400Canada businessman's corruption trial on in Cubahttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/d1f1a80b7b1f46708ed855b48caf3931/CB--Cuba-Corruptionhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/d1f1a80b7b1f46708ed855b48caf3931/CB--Cuba-Corruption

HAVANA - A Canadian businessman caught up in a corruption probe in Cuba apparently went on trial Thursday, nearly two years after he was detained and his import company, Tri-Star Caribbean, was shuttered.]]>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:57:47 -0400Cuba lifts ban on energy-hogging applianceshttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/c9611de644a04edfb22fcdca4dcbc6fc/CB--Cuba-Applianceshttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/c9611de644a04edfb22fcdca4dcbc6fc/CB--Cuba-Appliances

HAVANA - Cuba has authorized individual imports of appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators and microwave ovens, lifting a ban imposed in 2005 amid a wave of energy shortages and blackouts.]]>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:34:13 -0400US envoy in Cuba engages critics on and offlinehttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/e7663da8b41a434589492f5e25361cd8/CB--Cuba-US-Tweeting-Diplomathttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/e7663da8b41a434589492f5e25361cd8/CB--Cuba-US-Tweeting-Diplomat

HAVANA - The meeting on a sunny Havana square was a little bit revolutionary for Cuba's revolution. And for U.S. diplomacy as well.]]>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:23:05 -0400