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Mid-term defeat prods Obama to renew relations with Cuba
Ironically, it was the loss of a powerful political opponent on the Cuba issue, one who came from his own party, that may have convinced the president it was the right time to end more…
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Spanish and French trade officials head for Cuba
Spain's Secretary of Commerce, Jaime García-Legaz, will travel to Cuba in mid-April at the head of a trade delegation that includes the chairman of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce and…
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Cuba invites Russian mining companies to explore island
The Cuban government, through a Russian federal agency, is inviting Russian companies to invest on the exploration and mining of precious and base metals.
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Cuba + Internet = Democracy (?)
Many people think the internet holds the key to establishing a liberal capitalist democracy in Cuba. But this view is simplistic and deterministic.
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Chomsky on Cuba: After decades of meddling, “terrorism,” restoring ties is least we…
World-renowned political analyst and linguist Noam Chomsky welcomes President Obama’s decision to begin normalizing relations with Cuba, but cautions that after more than half a century…
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Le Monde: It’s all about status and trade
And article in the French daily Le Monde posits that the EU in general, and France in particular, are moving fast so as not to lose their cutting edge to the Americans.
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French president to make historic visit to Cuba in May
French President François Hollande will travel to Cuba on May 11 in the course of a visit to the Antilles in the spring, the Elysée Palace announced on Tuesday in a three-paragraph…
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Five hours and 73 days later
The future changes announced in the Electoral Law (term limits is the only sure change so far) constitute an appropriate framework for the released agents to occupy posts in the…
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The path to relations between Cuba and the U.S.
Nobody should assume that we're witnessing the consummation of a marriage between Cuba and the United States. Rather, we're seeing the negotiations for the terms of a divorce whose…
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Waiting for the rain
The political and administrative authorities of this province, about 400 kilometers east of Havana, have known since late October that the accumulation of rain would not permit the…
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