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Cuba and U.S. will hold talks on air travel
Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Charles H. Rivkin will be in Havana on Monday and Tuesday leading a U.S. government delegation for Civil Aviation…
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U.S. may abstain on Cuba vote at the UN, reports the AP
The Associated Press reported on Monday that the U.S. may abstain from the annual U.N. General Assembly vote on a Cuban-backed resolution demanding that the embargo be lifted.
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Vietnamese president will travel to Cuba
President Truong Tan Sang of Vietnam will travel to Cuba from New York City next week, Sept. 28-30, after participating in the United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development.
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A look at the new measures taken by Obama
It is still too soon to predict the real reach of the new measures, inasmuch as it would require the legal interpretations for their application, but advances are being made in the…
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Francis: A Pope very different from his predecessors
All the manifestations of Pope Francis' behavior in the past two years of his papacy appear fully consistent with the simplicity he has shown from the beginning, a virtue that has…
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Ministers
In Cuban politics for the past 50 years, ministers don't resign. They are removed, not due to popular pressure but to "renovation."
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Cuba names ambassador to the U.S.; first since 1961
José Ramón Rodríguez Cabañas became Cuba’s first ambassador to the United States since 1961, on Thursday, Sept. 17.
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U.S.-Cuba bilateral commission: The first round
In the first meeting of the bilateral commission no agreements were reached about specific issues, but the delegations established the issues with the greatest priority and set a…
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Another historic agreement: Sony will distribute EGREM catalog
The Havana-based Enterprise of Recordings and Musical Editions (EGREM) and Sony Music Entertainment announced on Tuesday that they have entered into a licensing agreement for the…
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Raúl Castro to address United Nations General Assembly Sept. 28
Cuban President Raúl Castro is expected to address the United Nations General Assembly on the afternoon of Sept. 28, a revised U.N. speakers list revealed on Tuesday. President Obama…
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