No wonder Mitt Romney is a much talked about figure in the official Cuban press.

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Obama also ordered new steps to promote the "freer flow of information among the Cuban people and between those in Cuba and the rest of the world, as well as to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian items directly to the Cuban people, " White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said earlier in the week.

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La Guarida staffers showed The Associated Press pictures of the two dining on typical Cuban creole favorites fish, chicken, black beans and rice accompanied by their mothers.

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Ms. DANA PERINO (White House Press Secretary): And so I got asked about the Cuban missile crisis, and I was panicked a bit because I really know about -nothing about the Cuban missile crisis.

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They both said that the father of Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban boy at the centre of an international custody battle, should travel to the US to press his claim for custody.

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Cuban state television reported that two people were killed when they tried to remove an antenna, The Associated Press said.

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