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Cuba would like to reopen its consulate general in St. Petersburg, Russia, Cuban Ambassador Emilio Lozada García said during a meeting Thursday (May 22) with the mayor of that city,…
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At a time when Cuba is favoring projects that will boost tourism, the government on Wednesday (May 21) established a "temporary residence" visa for foreigners who buy or lease real…
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Col. Gen. Fang Fenghui, Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese Army, arrived in Havana at the head of a delegation "as proof of the ties of solidarity between China and Cuba," Havana…
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Russia's Federal Security Service and Cuba's Commission on National Security and Defense on Wednesday (May 14) signed a memorandum of cooperation in Moscow and agreed to create a joint…
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Last Wednesday (May 14), President José Mujica of Uruguay participated in a presentation to the World Bank (WB) in Washington, D.C. The presentation was as informal as its title, "A…
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Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson met Thursday in Washington with the director of the North American department of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Josefina Vidal, according to…
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Yoani Sánchez continues another round the world tour, this week in Warsaw, participating with Nobel Peace laureates Lech Walesa and Mohammed ElBaradei in an international conference,…
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Officials of the U.S. Interests Section met Thursday (May 8) in Havana with functionaries of the Interior Ministry to discuss the case of four South Florida Cubans arrested April 26 on…
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My criticism of the Cuban system remains what it always was, but not by the side of someone who thinks that the only value in life is a bank account! So says Yoani Sanchez's Italian…
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The Puerto Rican newspaper Claridad last week published an editorial stating it awaits the result of the government's efforts so that the truth may finally be known and the impunity of…
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