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Bacchus4.0

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Thu Apr 9, 2015, 09:59 PM Apr 2015

Cuba protests make waves at Panama summit

PANAMA CITY — Cuba's first-ever inclusion into the Summit of the Americas was expected be to the headline-grabbing news at the two-day gathering here that starts Friday.


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In the most talked-about incident, a group of anti-Castro Cuban demonstrators on Wednesday planned to lay flowers at a bust of Cuban patriarch José Martí near the Cuban embassy here when they were confronted by a group of pro-Castro activists.

TV newscast images showed the two factions clashing in fistfights. The pro-government demonstrators shouted "terrorists" and "assassins" at their rivals as they chased them down the street. Those beaten included women.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/04/09/panama-summit-cuba-protests/25530423/

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