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Minnesota Orchestra poised to be first in Cuba
When classical music rises this week from the annual Cubadisco festival, the most important gathering of the Cuban music industry, it will be the Minnesota Orchestra that first graces…
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Chinese firm to build golf resort in Cuba as U.S. tourism interest grows
A Chinese company and the Cuban government have signed a letter of intent to build a golf course and resort, official media said on Friday, with an apparent eye to the eventual lifting…
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Raúl Castro meets with Pope Francis at Vatican
Francis and Mr. Castro met privately for nearly an hour on Sunday morning, speaking in Spanish, before the Cuban leader left the Vatican to meet with the Italian prime minister, Matteo…
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Hats off to the patron saint and the ‘ferry’ godfather of normalization
The Vatican has offered little explanation for this Sunday's meeting between President Raul Castro and Pope Francis, apart from Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi's comment that it was…
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Cuba and the United States: Beyond the hype, a long road
With the bulk of the embargo still codified by U.S. law, and with several other complex issues (property claims, the status of Guantánamo Bay, claims for damages caused by the embargo)…
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The French president’s agenda on his visit to Havana on May 11
French President François Hollande will tour the Caribbean region until Tuesday, including a visit to Havana on Monday that is intended to give new impetus to the bilateral relations…
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Raúl meets with head of Russian Orthodox Church
Raúl Castro on Friday met with the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Kirill Gundyaev, and invited him to return to Cuba.
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Obama must normalize relations with all of Latin America
The president's approach to Venezuela may indicate how serious he is about detente with Cuba
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How Cuba could stop the next Ebola outbreak
West Africa’s medical system was brought within an inch of its life by a devastating epidemic. But Havana could help nurse it back to health.
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U.S. doctors in Cuba: A tradition begins
About 250 "North Americans" have been studying in medical schools and practicing in medical institutions in Cuba since 2000, writing with their presence one of the most revealing pages…
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