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Arrival in Havana confirms that Washington’s policy failed
While Barack urges "change" in Cuba during his visit, the policy of normalization of relations with Havana will come from changes within the United States, rather than on the island.
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Obama: ‘It is time now to leave the past behind’
Standing in Havana’s Gran Teatro de la Habana Alicia Alonso President Barack Obama began his approximately 45 minute speech focusing on friendship with the Cuban people by invoking Jose…
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The Obamas in Havana (in photos)
President Barack Obama became the first sitting president in 88 years to visit Cuba on Sunday, March 20, when Air Force One touched ground minutes before 4:30 on a rainy, grey day in…
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Rumor: Obama will cross wits with Cuban funny man
President Obama might appear on a political comedy TV show to exchange banter with the popular Cuban comic character Pánfilo during his visit to Havana, according to the editor of the…
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The meaning of Obama’s visit to Cuba
The importance of this visit lies in the possibility of establishing a precedent regarding the political patterns of what constitutes a unique moment in the history of relations between…
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Rebuilding relations: Cultural capillarity
President Obama will bring an olive branch to the country that managed to resist more than half a century of open hostility after freeing itself from U.S. tutelage. In exchange, he has…
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Those Rolling Stones years
We can't deny that this appearance by the elderly Mick Jagger and his musical entourage plucks many strings in our memory and -- why not -- in our nostalgia. Music evokes a perfect…
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‘You don’t build a cultural industry by centralizing ideas’
Osvaldo Pestana Montpeller (Montos), Cuba's “stellar” comic book artist, went from an irreverent boy who scribbled on any blank page that fell into his hands -- the classical doodler --…
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Why do Cuban athletes emigrate?
The question of why our sportsmen continue to leave has too many answers and almost all of them involve personal aspirations and economics. Having said that, let's focus on sports for…
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Obama: Springtime in Havana
President Barack Obama will greet the spring in Cuba. What's curious and remarkable about the visit is that the presidential trip will take place just a few weeks before the Seventh…
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