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...today, the chief Cuban negotiator in Friday's agreement over the refugee crisis, Ricardo Alarcon, said the first U.S.-Cuban accord during Fidel Castro's three decades in power provides a toehold on more extensive relations. He said the next step-- if Cuba lives up to its promise to halt the 3,000-a-day refugee flow in return for 20,000 U.S. visas a year--would be talks on lifting the longtime U.S. embargo. U.S. officials downplay the possibility of lifting the three-decade-old embargo. "There is a paradox," the former Cuban Foreign Minister and longtime Castro aide...
That do-or-die Friday deadline passed with no resolution of the baseball strike, but also no decision to halt the season for good. Baseball owners nixed a proposal by the players, but acting commissioner Bud Selig said he wouldn't rule out the possibility of a World Series-saving compromise until early next week...
...York for Havana after an hourlong mini-summit this morning with Michael Skol, the U.S. representative. Alarcon, who plans to consult with higher-ups at home, said he would return "in a few days." U.S. officials, who have offered to accept 20,000 Cubans in return for a halt to the boatlift, suggested they were disappointed with a new Cuban counterproposal. TIME State Department correspondent J.F.O. McAllister, who watched this week's apparent wheel spinning from New York, says, "There is the basis for a deal here. You could make an argument for a one-time admission to clear...
...Thursday. They'll also discuss "credible reports" cited today by U.S. officials at the Guantanamo Naval base that Cuba has released minimum security prisoners, allowing them to join the boat people on rafts headed for Florida. Meanwhile, the influx of Cubans headed for Florida began climbing after a virtual halt during weekend storms. Hundreds of people in home-made rafts set off from beaches near Havana Monday night, and by mid-afternoon the U.S. Coast Guard reported intercepting 731 people at sea. Also today, Honduras announced it would accept 5,000 Cubans blocked from entering the United States, easing some...
...I.R.A., said the "essential ingredients" and ``necessary conditions" for a settlement were falling into place. "It's the most positive thing he's said so far," says Connelly. Adams' on-the-record remarks are bolstered by off-the-record exchanges in the local media that point to an imminent halt to the armed conflict...