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In Kazakhstan, Cuban diplomat promotes greater trade
Cuba's Deputy Foreign Minister Rogelio Sierra Díaz traveled all the way to Kazakhstan this week to promote increased trade and cooperation with that Central Asian republic. The two…
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Spanish shipping line awaits Washington’s OK to ply U.S.-Cuba routes
The Spanish shipping line Balearia has obtained "the first license needed to operate between the United States and Cuba," according to a statement from the company based in Spain.
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Cuba’s warming relations with the US may undermine its agroecological city farms
Cuba is a global exemplar of organic, agroecological farming, taking place on broad swathes of land in and around its cities, write Julia Wright & Emily Morris. These farms cover…
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Cuba’s status gives Global Links hope for new medical exchanges
Throughout the last two decades of the embargo, Global Links has established a conduit of supplies reclaimed from hospitals in Pittsburgh, Maryland and Virginia.
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How the battle over Elián González helped change U.S. Cuba policy
Polls after Elián showed growing Cuban-American support for changes in Washington's Cuba policy. And that's played a large role – maybe the largest role – in bringing us where we are…
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North Korean diplomat visits Cuba on undisclosed mission
Kang Sok Su, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of North Korea's Workers' Party and the party's Secretary of International Relations, arrived in Havana last week. He was…
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ETECSA denounces leak of training document with hypothetical data
Cuba's telecommunications company hastened this week to plug a leak that said that the state-run company, ETECSA, would "offer broad-band Internet access packages to Cuban homes on a…
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Cuba and China sign accord on economic/technical cooperation
Cuba and China signed an agreement on economic and technical cooperation on the occasion of the one-day visit to Havana on Thursday of Deputy Prime Minister Wang Yang.
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Lifting the embargo on Cuba: Why we need to act now
Virtually every U.S.-Cuban policy expert and political analyst knows that sooner or later the embargo will be consigned to history. But the operative words are “sooner or later.”
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Cuba’s rum gets boost from tourism while awaiting US entry
The Parisian distiller Pernod Ricard is toasting the thaw in US-Cuba relations.
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