1.   The Cuban government rejected the criticism and restated its intention to act strongly against what it perceived as an outside threat to its security.

2.   Americans who travel on their own, particularly those of larger companies, have claimed to be traveling legally under prepaid packages provided by the Cuban government.

3.   Although the Cuban government denied the rumors a day later, they added to recent speculation that the president had been camouflaging an illness.

4.   Although the Cuban government hinted that it might hand over Vesco shortly after his arrest, it has since ignored repeated requests to do so.

5.   And the Cuban government is building an expanded port that can handle passenger vessels from all over the world.

6.   And there was no official word Wednesday from the Cuban government.

7.   And, he says, receipt of American money will expose Cuban dissidents to a greater risk of arrest and imprisonment by the Cuban government.

8.   Anxious to complete the deal, the Cuban government agreed to relocate the Ministry of Transportation, which had been housed there.

9.   As tangible evidence of how bad the Cuban government is, its critics pointed to an incident in Washington several days ago.

10.   At first the Cuban government minimized the effect of the law.