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Secretary Pritzker: ‘Focus on the opportunities of today and tomorrow’
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Rodrigo Malmierca inaugurated the Regulatory Dialogue between U.S. and Cuban…
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Opinions from Cuba on the return and ‘control’ of Guantánamo
Sovereignty over the territory occupied by the U.S. Navy base in Guantánamo is one of two top issues in the normalization process between the U.S. and Cuba. Progreso Weekly offers the…
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Class consciousness
In 1992, the Special Period had not quite begun but, through the little tics, symptoms and pettiness that emerged naturally, we could see a glimpse of the future more or less…
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Cubans applying for work in foreign companies must follow the rules
The rules governing the hiring of native workers by foreign companies operating in Cuba have been published in Official Gazette No. 40.
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Buying a house in Cuba
Some people say that it's easier to go to the moon than to buy a house in Cuba. You might think it's an exaggeration. The fact is that in Cuba the question of housing is an unresolved…
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Cuba: Notes on a history of best intentions
Even while strenuously working to destroy the Cuban revolution, U.S. presidents like to say that Cubans should decide their own future. But what if the Cuban people decided to choose…
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Culture Ministry tallies cost of U.S. blockade on arts and culture
Cuba's Ministry of Culture has quantified the amount of money Cuban artists have spent unnecessarily because of the U.S. trade blockade. It comes to 24 million dollars a year.
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U.S. Commerce Secretary to travel to Havana next week
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker will be in Havana Oct. 6-7, becoming the second U.S. Cabinet official to visit Cuba since President Obama called for the reestablishment of…
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The Francis effect and Dorothy Day
With incredible elegance and subtlety, Pope Francis left no stone standing on his journey to Washington and New York.
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Raúl Castro in New York City for U.N. summit (Update)
Raúl Castro met for an hour at the Cuban mission with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who in April headed a trade mission to Cuba. He also attended the pope's address at the U.N.…
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