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By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa From The New York Times WASHINGTON - Just after Raúl Castro grabbed the world’s attention with his decision to step down from the presidency…
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Miguel Diaz-Canel will not be a messiah of the extreme left or right because Cuba's relations with the world are different. Many Cubans observe from a distance, from exile, and our…
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By Saul Landau As a Jew I identify with a long tradition of my ancestors getting persecuted in Russia, the Ukraine and much of Eastern Europe as well as in Germany and other nations.…
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By Dan Gelber From Florida Voices MIAMI - About a decade ago Fox commentator Bill O’Reilly published a book entitled “Who’s looking out for…
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$6 M buys local university stadium the name of a for profit prison company By Max J. Castro MIAMI - In the ultra-globalized, savage capitalism that dominates the planet – and our…
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By Anya Landau French From The Christian Science Monitor This past week was uncommonly full of Cuba news. At the top of the list has to be this weekend's selection of a new First…
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Keeping Cuba on the terror list may be limiting US credibility in designating others as terrorism supporters, writes a guest blogger By James Bosworth, Guest blogger From The…
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From Progreso Semanal HAVANA – Raúl Castro Ruz was ratified as president of the Councils of State and Ministers. But the news is that Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez was elected First…
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By Jesús Arboleya Cervera HAVANA – The Cuba Study Group (CSG), formed by Cuban-American businessmen, intellectuals and political activists who identify with the so-called “moderate…
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By Ali Gharib From The Daily Beast In the eight weeks since being nominated to be Defense Secretary, Chuck Hagel endured as Republicans in the Senate and their allies in the…
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