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U.S.-Cuba negotiating historic oil-spill treaty
The U.S. is working towards creating a joint clean-up agreement with Cuba in the case of an oil spill in the Gulf. Earlier this year it presented the Cuban government with a joint…
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Released volleyball player will return to Cuba
Dariel Albo Miranda (#15, far right in photo) will return to Cuba "in the next few hours," the Cuban Volleyball Federation announced Saturday. Albo is one of six members of the island's…
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Amid secrecy, one Cuban defendant in rape trial in Finland is freed (Updated)
Cuban volleyball player Dariel Albo Miranda was released from detention in Tampere, Finland, on Wednesday during a trial for him and five colleagues for the alleged rape of a Finnish…
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The end of the charters?
On Wednesday, JetBlue passenger planes will fly from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to Santa Clara in central Cuba, symbolically cutting the ribbon that re-starts the scheduled flights between…
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News blackout shrouds trial in Finland for 6 Cuban athletes
The trial of six Cuban athletes accused of raping a Finnish woman began Monday in the Pirkanmaa District Court, in the city of Tampere, northwest of Helsinki. The men are all members of…
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Starwood in Cuba: Behind the façade
Although discreet, businesses between Cuba and the United States flourish without waiting for the bilateral talks to end. In the sector of tourism, for example, a ribbon-cutting…
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The problem of ‘Cubanness’
As the wise Fernando Ortiz said: "He who wants to be Cuban is Cuban." And, for the good of Cuba, we should all encourage the shared pride of being Cuban.
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Trial is set in Finland for 6 Cuban athletes charged with rape (Update)
An oral trial closed to the press will be held next week in Finland in the case of six Cuban athletes detained there in early July. The six Cubans have been charged with aggravated…
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Granma: Cuban athletes in Rio performed below unfounded expectations
Granma paid subdued tribute to the Cuban athletes who participated in the just-ended Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, saying that, despite their efforts, they performed "below their…
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Rio 2016: Medals for Cuban émigrés
Present at the just-ended Olympic Games were at least 10 athletes of Cuban origin, some who garnered medals under other flags, who, in most cases, had made a name for themselves on the…
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