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Cuba

Jacobson’s last public 30 minutes in Cuba

Aurelio Pedroso Jan 24, 2015
Serene and contemplative, the 53-year-old diplomat speaks Spanish fluently, with an accent that shows that she didn't learn it in Spain but in Latin America. When speaking publicly, she…
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Cuba

Waiting for another ‘gringo’ invasion

Aurelio Pedroso Dec 23, 2014
The number of visitors from the United States in the past 12 months ranges from 400,000 to half a million. The number that the experts predict for the future is impressive: from 1…
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Global South

Guatemalan women: Heights to depths

Aurelio Pedroso Oct 29, 2014
Andrea Cardona is the pride of this country, of Central America and, by extension, of our Latin America. She is the first Central American woman to climb the Everest, the world's…
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Cuba

Surrounded by the dead

Aurelio Pedroso Oct 5, 2014
"People are dying like never before and I'm investigating why," says 65-year-old Guillermo Guillén, a.k.a. Papillón, stating categorically that "the crematory at Guanabacoa is working…
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Cuba

The egg, the chicken and man

Aurelio Pedroso Jun 11, 2014
Something is happening that makes supplies unstable and the vendors' hedging is forcing us to recall that socially objectionable habit in the 1960s that had a sinful name: hoarding.
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Cuba

Cliff-diving in Havana: Death-defying leaps

Aurelio Pedroso May 7, 2014
These days Havana has welcomed visitors who, in the words of German existentialist philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), are in that group of humans who, because they don't fear…
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Florida

Off to college, but in Miami

Aurelio Pedroso Jan 15, 2014
Fifteen young Cubans from the island are creating a sensation in Miami's Spanish-language media. Funded by the Cuban American National Foundation, the youngsters will study for 6 months…
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Cuba

A new stampede to Angola

Aurelio Pedroso Nov 29, 2013
Angola attracts Cubans. Many go to work on construction, a system imposed by the Cuban Armed Forces. They're ready to build anything: : from airports, to a highway, even a bridge.
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Cuba

Pulitzer-winning play from Miami opens in Cuba

Aurelio Pedroso Oct 27, 2013
Cubans on the island were delighted with the presentation of the 2003 play “Anna in the Tropics,” by Nilo Cruz, the only Cuban-American to win a Pulitzer Prize. Audiences filled…
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