By Nancy San Martin, The Miami Herald May 3--A fierce shootout at or near Havana's international airport was reported Thursday morning, according to a human rights activist on the island.

By Frances Robles McClatchy Newspapers MIAMI -- Underlining the impression that hopes for reforms in Cuba following Fidel Castro's health crisis have now stalled amid reports of his recovery, interim leader Raul Castro silently presided over a massive May Day parade Tuesday.

MIAMI _ Underlining the impression that hopes for reforms in Cuba following Fidel Castro's health crisis have now stalled amid reports of his recovery, interim leader Raul Castro silently presided over a massive May Day parade Tuesday.

By Frances Robles, The Miami Herald Apr. 24--A Cuban dissident was sentenced to 12 years in prison in the second secret trial in less than a week, while a third government opponent was freed after completing a 17-year sentence.

By Nancy San Martin, The Miami Herald Jan. 18--Many Cubans are aware of a Spanish newspaper's report of Fidel Castro's prognosis as "very grave" but are keeping their reactions to themselves, a dissident in Havana said Wednesday.