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...and to bring home the Cuban 5. And recently, Brazilian musician  Chico Buarque joined an international campaign led by renowned artists seeking the freedom of the five. La…
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Interesting bit of news I read in The Miami Herald yesterday. It turns out Miami-Dade County spends more on lobbying the federal government than any other county in the country. The…
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By Damien Cave The New York Times MIAMI — Fashion boutiques, restaurants, a bank — Jorge Gomez plans to help his relatives in Havana open whatever business they want. But when? Like…
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By Manuel Alberto Ramy From A Correspondent's Notebook Deflating payrolls is the equivalent of firing workers. To deflate half a million active workers from a 5,027,900 workforce over…
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By Elsa Claro Will private individuals be allowed to import? The question appears in a news item filed from Havana by an experienced correspondent, in a preview of the changes coming…
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Al’s Loupe Marco Rubio’s political connections seem to have paid off By Alvaro F. Fernandezalvaro@progresoweekly.com Zac Anderson of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune published a scathing…
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By Varela Some years ago, interviewed by Vanity Fair, the Fanjul brothers, big businessmen, took advantage of the opportunity to justify the way in which they buy governments. They…
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By Max J. Castro It was supposed to be the “summer of (economic) recovery.” Instead, it was the summer of reactionary politics. It has been an excellent few months indeed for the…
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By Saul Landau September 21, 1976, 9:45 am. My home phone buzzed. “I just saw the worst accident,” my wife said. “Smoke coming from the car, metal and maybe parts of a body and cops…
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By Alan Farago (as Gimleteye) From the Eye on Miami blog Fidel Castro is outliving Fidel Castro. The statement is bitter fruit for many Miami Cubans who waited decades to dance on…
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