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As papal visit nears, Cuba will free 3,522 prison inmates
Translation to English of announcement that appeared in Cuba's Granma of the pardoning of 3,522 convicts on the occasion of the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis.
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In Cuba, new transportation minister faces tough challenges
Cuba's minister of Transportation, César Ignacio Arocha Macid, has been replaced by Adel Yzquierdo Rodríguez, the current First Vice Minister of the Economy and Planning.
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Díaz-Canel shares thoughts with journalists in China
While in Beijing last week, Cuban Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel gave an interview to the Spanish edition of The People's Daily. Progreso Weekly has translated some excerpts.
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An unprecedented dialogue: A Cuban academician, a U.S. politician and a Catholic spokesman
Jesús Arboleya, Scott Hamilton, and Orlando Marquéz express their opinions and paint a very infrequent image that represent a positive metaphor for today's times.
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Díaz-Canel meets with North Korean president
Kim Jong Un, North Korea's supreme leader, met in Pyongyang with Cuban Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel, reported the website Cubadebate.
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Cuba’s health diplomacy in the age of Ebola
With today's news that Cuban doctors and other health workers who defected while abroad on state-sponsored missions can return to the homeland, Progreso Weekly publishes a November 2014…
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Doctors who defected can return to Cuba, health ministry says
Cuban doctors and other health workers who defected while abroad on state-sponsored missions can return to the homeland and resume their careers without fear of retribution, the Cuban…
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Cuban entrepreneurs now can get loans without collateral
Self-employed entrepreneurs can apply to the People's Savings Bank of Cuba for loans of as much as 10,000 Cuban pesos (377 dollars at the current rate of exchange), the AIN news agency…
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The Wi-Fi that unites us
The creation of public Wi-Fi hotspots in the Cuban capital has been, in many ways, THE summer attraction. What do the people who use this new service do?
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‘Coexisting’ with the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo
Somewhere in Havana, someone files away checks for $4,085 each, which arrive every year from Washington, the amount that the U.S. pays Cuba for the lease of the almost 120 kilometers…
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