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The rank-and-file need to know
Francisco Rodríguez is a journalist and a militant member of the Cuban Communist Party. He’s not happy with the procedure being followed on the eve of the PCC's Seventh Congress because…
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Why some students are ditching America for medical school in Cuba
Sarpoma Sefa-Boakye is one of over 100 Americans who have attended the Latin American Medical School - ELAM, in Spanish - in Cuba. She grew up in southern California and went to UCLA…
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Brother Obama
Fidel Castro responds to Obama's speech at the Alicia Alonso Grand Theater of Havana and cites revolutionary leaders including Antonio Maceo, José Martí and Camilo Cienfuegos.
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An assessment of Barack Obama’s visit
President Obama may be the most intelligent and articulate president the U.S. has had since Kennedy. It is therefore not surprising that he awakened the sympathy of the Cuban people.
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Stripe program: Cuban startups may be registered in the U.S.
Cuban startup enterprises may now access the U.S. market through Stripe Atlas, a program that allows foreign startups to set up a business bank account in the U.S., receive payments and…
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Obama’s historic, courageous Cuban trip
Forget the pomp and circumstance, the real importance of President Obama’s visit to Cuba, particularly his speech at the Gran Teatro de La Habana was, without a doubt, the fact that it…
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An American in Cuba
Conner Gorry is a New Yorker by birth, writer by choice and a traveler on an indefinite stopover in Havana. She first landed here in 1993, when she came to do voluntary labor in the…
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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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