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MIAMI, Jun 15, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Miami school officials have decided to ban a controversial book about Cuba from public school libraries, The Miami Herald reported Thursday.
School board members voted to remove the 32-page geography book titled "A Visit to Cuba" from shelves after Cuban exiles in the city said it portrayed the communist island in an idealized light and does represent the hardship of life in Cuba under the leadership of President Fidel Castro.
The American Civil Liberties Union has condemned the move as a violation of free speech and the U.S. constitution.
Some Cubans in Miami also opposed the move saying that banning books was a practice similar to the censorship Cubans must endure under the Castro administration.
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