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	granma.cu -Bay of Pigs invaders took part in act of cannibalism
		A documentary that relates the horrifying confession of Pestonit and other participants in the event was shown by Cuban television on Sunday, November 4 as part of the popular Pasaje a lo desconocido (Journey into the Unknown) program, presented by journalist Reinaldo Taladrid.
		The events took place from April 19, 1961 when a group of 22 invaders, realizing that fleeing was their only option to survive, stole a fishing boat named La Celia that they had found anchored near the coast.
		The vessel drifted with them on board for 16 days before it was rescued by another boat in the vicinity of New Orleans, Louisiana.
	www.granma.cu /ingles/2007/noviembre/lun12/45canibales.html (523 words)

	Granma (yacht) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Granma is the yacht that was used to transport the fighters of the Cuban Revolution to Cuba in 1956.
		Granma is a 60-foot (18 meter) yacht, built in 1943 and designed to accommodate 12 people.
		A portion of old Oriente Province, where the expedition made landfall, was renamed Granma Province in honor of the vessel; in addition, since its inception, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party has been called Granma.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Granma_(boat) (223 words)

	Cuba appeals to Clinton to return boat boy Elian / Reuters - Cuba News / Noticias - CubaNet News
		Granma, which faithfully reflects the Cuban leadership's views, criticised Clinton's administration for not promptly implementing an Immigration and Naturalisation Service (INS) ruling to send 6-year-old Elian back to his father in Cuba.
		Granma singled out for criticism the lawsuit filed on Wednesday by Elian's Miami relatives which was aimed at forcing the U.S. government to hold a hearing on the INS ruling.
		Granma said the ``one positive element'' it saw in the continuing custody wrangle was the attitude of the U.S. public, which ``every day increasingly backs the return of Elian.''
	www.cubanet.org /CNews/y00/jan00/21e8.htm (598 words)

	Cuban history - The Landing of the Granma
		The landing of the Granma, in December 1956, was planned to re-enact the route that José Martí had followed to begin Cuba's War of Independence in 1895.
		Leaking and running days behind schedule, the Granma was spotted by a helicopter, and the rebels were forced to beach the ship at a spot called Playa de los Colorados, near the village of "Las Coloradas," about fifteen miles south of the designated spot.
		The new landing area was more of a swamp than a beach, and the rebels were unable to unload most of their weapons due to the muddy waters, the thick undergrowth plant life and small crabs.
	www.historyofcuba.com /history/granma.htm (990 words)

	Eric Shackle's eBook - Granma
		With a small group of supporters, Castro and Guevara crossed the Caribbean in the decrepit and leaking boat, vowing to invade Cuba and overthrow dictator Fulgencio Batista.
		Granma newspaper was established in 1965 by the merger of two major publications: Hoy (Spanish: for Today), the organ of the Communist Party of Cuba, and Revolucion, the daily newspaper of Castro's 26th of July movement.
		Granma's circulation is now only a quarter of its 1990 peak of 1.6 million copies daily.The newspaper also publishes a weekly international edition and two other official weeklies (Juventud Nacion on Sundays, and Trabajadores on Mondays), as well as various provincial sheets.
	www.bdb.co.za /shackle/articles/granma.htm (638 words)

	World - Dominican Today (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Granma did not say what the woman died from, but it did report that a man and another woman who were unable to get on the boat were arrested.
		Cuban patrol boats were not able to catch the boat, which was intercepted several hours later by a U.S. Coast Guard vessel some 35 miles north of the port of Mariel, which is 45 kilometers (about 28 miles) west of Havana.
		Granma was referring to the Cuban Adjustment Act, which allows Cubans who reach U.S. territory to remain and apply for residency a year later, and the wet-foot, dry-foot policy, which says that those who reach U.S. soil are allowed to stay and can apply for permanent residence.
	www.dominicantoday.com /app/article.aspx?id=10612 (729 words)

	Comandante Che by Paul J. Dosal
		The progress of the boat through placid waters lifted spirits and soothed stomachs, but it also resulted in an increasing demand for food, forcing Fidel to ration his scarce supplies.
		The men on the Granma never expected to land wholly undetected, but at the rate they were going, they most likely would be martyrs by the end of 1956.
		According to Faustino Pérez, one of Fidel’s two chiefs of staff, the Granma rebels intended to spark a general insurrection with attacks, strikes, and sabotage on urban and rural fronts.
	www.psupress.org /Justataste/samplechapters/justatasteDosal.html (7420 words)

	Cuban authorities kill man suspected of smuggling migrants (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Communist Party daily Granma on Thursday said the confrontation occurred the previous morning near Cuba's southern coast in the western province of Pinar del Rio.
		Granma said the passports of the two surviving men showed they recently visited the Mexican southeastern state of Quintana Roo, where Cuban authorities believe they had planned to take a boatload of migrants.
		The report said the speed boat is registered to an American man of Cuban origin named John Roberto, who is nicknamed "Tiburon Azul," or "Blue Shark." It said the boat had traveled to Cuba numerous times on past migrant smuggling trips.
	www.tampabaylive.com /stories/2006/04/060407smuggling.shtml (672 words)

	Coast guard kills suspected US smuggler - The Boston Globe
		The Communist Party daily Granma said the confrontation occurred Wednesday near Cuba's southern coast in the western province of...
		The Communist Party daily Granma said the confrontation occurred Wednesday near Cuba's southern coast in the western province of Pinar del Rio.
		It said that two men aboard the US-based boat were wounded by gunfire and taken to a hospital, where one died.
	www.boston.com /news/world/latinamerica/articles/2006/04/07/coast_guard_kills_suspected_us_smuggler (625 words)

	ABC News: Cuban Suspected Migrant Smuggler Killed (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The coast guard official in charge ordered officers to open fire after the three-man crew aboard the 40-foot speed boat failed to stop as ordered and launched "violent sudden attacks" on a coast guard vessel, damaging the craft and almost causing it to overturn, the report said.
		It said that two men aboard the U.S.-based boat were wounded by gunfire and taken to a local hospital, where one died Wednesday afternoon.
		The boat, named the "Tiburon Azul," was registered to an American man of Cuban origin named John Roberto and has traveled to Cuba numerous times on migrant smuggling trips, many through Mexico, the report said.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1812868&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (395 words)

	Paxety Pages \| Women On Trial In Cuba
		The Associated Press (via The Bradenton Herald) reports the women were part of a group of 25 adults who were to be ferried out of the country on a forty foot boat two weeks ago.
		The boat was caught by the Cuban Coast Guard and machine gunned.
		The Communist Party daily Granma said the seven children, ages 1 to 14, had to walk through swampy terrain plagued with mosquitoes and were without water or food for two days before April 5, when they were to be picked up by migrant smugglers in the western province of Pinar del Rio.
	www.paxety.com /Archive/20060418WomenOnTrialCuba.html (443 words)

	Village Tales: WAG THE DOG III
		Granma doesn't limp from that Moose stomping 30 yrs ago, nor from that 1/4 mile slide down theMountain when theShale broke loose, and certainly not from when a tree fell on her last year, she limps from an arrow wound suffered long ago when she rode with Ghengis.
		Per Granma Jenn's instructions to me I scooped up some food into a 3gal bucket and took it into her house and took some kettle water off the fire stove, poured it over the hard kibble and let it soak for 20mins before going off to battle.
		Granma Jenn cleaned the neck of blood and inspected the damage to Sparky's neck, then after cleansing she packed the wounds with foliage herbs and sewed the flesh shut with needle and thread except for the end of the wound to allow it to drain.
	alaskavillagetales.blogspot.com /2006/03/wag-dog-iii.html (5534 words)

	The Militant - 4/1/96 -- `Granma' Voyage Began Revolutionary War
		The force of the elements slowed the boat's progress to a crawl.
		A boat over the horizon or a plane flying overhead was more than enough to put us on alert.
		For the first time the Granma's headlight was turned on, when the danger was greatest.
	www.themilitant.com /1996/6013/6013_25.html (2170 words)

	Burton on the Bay
		Y'see, today when it comes t'buy'n a boat, it's gotten t'be a family matter, which any fisherman smart 'nuff to bait up can plainly see means fish'n considerations have gone to th'dogs in a crab basket.
		If Granma is liv'n t'home, she gets her say, 'n for a while y'think she's in your corner.
		Granma don't want no boat in the first place, the moisture kicks in the rheumatiz, futh'rmore people at the docks ain't interested in Avon cosmetics, all they want is tans, and futh'rmore still, the moola could go to a bigger car when she makes her sell'n rounds shoreside.
	www.bayweekly.com /year98/burton6_41.html (1073 words)

	Dead 'exile' was my spy, Castro says (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Cuban daily newspaper Granma, official voice of the Cuban Communist Party, identified the dead spy as Rogelio Iglesias Patiño, 56, also known by his nickname of "Pao" Iglesias, a former official of the Cuban Confederation of Workers (CTC) had been considered a traitor in Cuba until the announcement of his role as a spy.
		The Granma report said Iglesias was awarded a posthumous decoration and promoted to the rank of major in Cuban security apparatus by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Gen. Jose Abrantes.
		Granma quoted security official Hernandez as saying: "Inside the country he [Patiño] fulfilled important missions which earned the trust of the worms [anti-Castro exiles] in Miami.
	www.latinamericanstudies.org /espionage/spy2-8-87.htm (319 words)

	Forum on Communications Law - American Bar Association
		Granma is named after the boat that Castro used to sail from Mexico to Cuba to begin the Revolution; he bought the boat from a Texan who had named it after his grandmother.
		Granma is the only daily newspaper serving the entire island; published Tuesday through Saturday, it has a daily circulation of 400,000.
		According to the Granma editors, only a small percentage of the articles published is actually dictated by the Party.
	www.abanet.org /forums/communication/comlawyer/winter99/schmidt.html (4550 words)

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		These particular vehicles are located outside the building that houses the boat " Granma".
		This is the boat that Castro and his group of 82 rebels used to land on the island on Dec 2 1956.
		The red van in the background was used by the urban arm of the revolution, the 26 July movement [ named after Castro's failed raid on the Moncada barracks in Santiago in 53 ] in an attempt to storm the Presidential Palace.
	members.lycos.co.uk /castro2/revvan.htm (100 words)

	Cubasource
		According to Granma newspaper, the aim of his visit is to step up the excellent ties of friendship and cooperation existing between the two Caribbean nations and respective governments.
		Plucked from a makeshift boat were three children between the ages of 5 and 8, as well as eight women and 11 men.
		And another group of seven Cubans on a small boat en route to the United States was rescued off the Honduran coast in the Caribbean, reported a spokesman for the Immigration Department in Tegucigalpa.
	www.cubasource.org /publications/chronicles/coc200602fa_e.asp (8648 words)

	nbc6.net - Local News - Cuban Authorities Shoot 2 In Alleged Smuggling Attempt
		The Communist Party daily Granma said the confrontation occurred early Wednesday morning near Cuba's southern coast in the western province of Pinar del Rio.
		It said that two men aboard the U.S.-based boat were wounded by gunfire and taken to a local hospital, where one died Wednesday afternoon, the report said.
		The speed boat, named the "Tiburon Azul," is registered to an American man of Cuban origin named John Roberto and has traveled to Cuba numerous times on migrant smuggling trips in the past, many of them through Mexico, the report said.
	www.nbc6.net /news/8505344/detail.html?rss=ami&psp=news (666 words)

	Boat hijackers refuse to surrender, hold hostages (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The ferry, a flat-bottomed boat that normally carries commuters across Havana Bay, between Old Havana and the eastern suburbs of Regla and Casablanca, was hijacked early Wednesday by eight or 10 armed men who ordered the captain to take them ``to Miami.''
		The boat ran out of fuel about 30 miles off the coast of Havana and eventually the hijackers allowed Cuban Frontier Guard vessels to tow it back to Cuba.
		The boat is tied to the dock with a 10-yard rope, the statement said.
	www.latinamericanstudies.org /cuba/boat-hijakers.htm (413 words)

	Advances in sea cucumber aquaculture and management
		During this period all the fishing effort was conducted by one fishing enterprise employing 12 boats.
		The declining CPUE is not an index of a biomass decrease, as it fluctuates between 4 500 to 7 610 individuals/hectare.
		During this period the sea cucumber fishery was managed by one fishing enterprise located in Granma which operated 12 boats in the south eastern region of Cuba.
	www.fao.org /docrep/007/y5501e/y5501e0k.htm (2896 words)

	U.S. Cuba Relations
		The last inspection of the boat (May 1994) indicated that it should only be used within the port itself, that it was not in condition to be taken out on the high seas.
		Two Cuban Coast Guard and two other Cuban civilian boats followed at a distance and picked up the people who either jumped or were thrown off the boat, but they did not attempt to stop the boat in light of the terrible accident on July 13.
		This boat, a small naval transport vessel, is taken at 4:50 PM from the Mariel port by force of arms.
	www.zmag.org /zmag/articles/oldcagan.htm (4082 words)

	Granma
		The ship Granma was a 60-foot retiring American designed to accommodate 12 people.
		It is now exhibited in the Granma Memorial adjacent to the Museo de la Revolución in Havana.
		A portion of old Oriente Province was renamed Granma Province in honor of the ship.
	www.med-help.info /?p=Granma (159 words)

	Cuba Nabs Human Smugglers off Coast - Prensa Latina
		On April 5, at 03:45 local time, the crew of a small patrol boat in the east of San Felipe Cays spotted a two-engine speedboat moving northeast, penetrating Cuban waters and reported it to the area Border Patrol Troops command post.
		Once arrested, the boat´s three crew members were taken to Pinar del Rio´s provincial hospital as they were injured, one seriously who later died from the inflicted wounds.
		Granma daily recalls that press from that Mexican state have provided evidence of the growing human trafficking of Cubans through Cancun, Islas Mujeres and other areas of Quintana Roo.
	www.plenglish.com /article.asp?ID={25647769-AB3C-4699-B895-225C254F001F})&language=EN (425 words)

	To deter escapes, Cuba cracks down on small boat use (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cuba moved against the boat people, Granma added, based on a 1995 agreement with Washington that requires it to close its borders to illegal departures in return for 20,000 U.S. visas per year for an orderly exodus.
		The Granma story complained that illegal fishing is costing the government $20 million a year, apparently most of it in illegal lobster catches.
		The few Cubans who own private boats -- mostly pre-1959 models or homemade craft with Russian engines -- are already required to notify authorities of any trips and to stay close to shore when they go fishing.
	www.fiu.edu /~fcf/deterescapes.html (590 words)

	Cuban Memorial
		Their boat was followed out to sea by three Cuban fire boats.
		In the early morning hours of July 13, 1994, three boats belonging to the Cuban State and equipped with water hoses attacked an old tugboat that was fleeing Cuba with 72 people on board.
		The Cuban State boats attacked the tugboat with their prows, while at the same time spraying everyone on the deck of the boat, including women and children, with pressurized water.
	www.memorialcubano.org /Informaciones-Victimaseng.htm (1891 words)

	Las Culturas - 13 de Marzo
		According an article by Granma, the Cuban state-controlled newspaper, Fidencio Ramel Prieto Ramos was working at the Havana port authority on July 13th.
		According to survivors, a fourth boat belonging to the Cuban Coast Guard followed behind and appeared to direct the other three boats.
		The women on the boat made their children visible, hoping that they would stop trying to flood the boat.
	www.lasculturas.com /content/view/32/23 (605 words)

	Granma (newspaper) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Granma is the name of the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party.
		The name comes from the boat Granma that carried Fidel Castro and 82 other rebels to Cuba's shores in 1956 launching the Cuban Revolution.
		The newspaper is published daily and is widely read.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Granma_(newspaper) (151 words)

	Report: Slain smuggler was a migrant too - Boston.com
		Although the two surviving suspected smugglers had not been cooperative since their arrest Wednesday morning, authorities confirmed the dead man was named Jeovel Gonzalez Morera, who left the island on March 14, Cuban television reported.
		The official in charge ordered troops to shoot after the boat ignored the order and instead launched "violent sudden attacks" on a coast guard vessel, damaging the craft and almost causing it to overturn, the Communist Party daily Granma said Thursday.
		Earlier, Granma had said only one of the two surviving men had been hurt.
	www.boston.com /news/world/latinamerica/articles/2006/04/07/cuban_authorities_shoot_suspected_smuggler (438 words)

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