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A single currency is not a cure-all
The first phase of the changeover in Cuba's currency unit -- from convertible peso to national peso -- began this month in a Santiago de Cuba store. But monetary unification "will not,…
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Websites are unblocked wholesale: Hints or mistakes?
On Thursday several Cuban websites heretofore blocked were unblocked. Without any previous announcement, some doors have been reopened but no one can be sure that they won't be shut…
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Progress as a political program
Socialism changed humanity as far as humanity could be changed, confronted capitalism and in many aspects forced it to change its course. Today's adversary is not someone who thinks…
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Cuba confident of Russian contracts for offshore oil exploration
Cuba is "almost sure" that it will sign oil-exploration contracts with Russian oil giants Rosneft and Zarubezhneft, a Cuban oil representative said in Moscow on Wednesday (June 18).
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Private enterprise and U.S. policy toward Cuba
A disgruntled state worker is a bigger problem for socialism than an ambitious small businessman, because in the former lies the essence of the system. Therefore, why should small and…
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11 were involved in deadly plot, ministry says
Four people were found murdered in a seaside estate about 12 miles west of Havana, and six people are arrested, the Cuban Interior Ministry revealed Wednesday (June 11).
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Editors: Our magazine ‘provoked division’
The former editors of the Catholic magazine "Espacio Laical" (Lay Space) on Wednesday (June 11) told The Associated Press in an e-mail that they had quit because of the divisive effect…
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U.S., Cuba cooperate in earthquake tracking
Experts from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) visited scientific and academic centers in the province of Santiago de Cuba on Wednesday (June 11) and exchanged information with their…
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On ‘defections’ and ‘truncated careers’
The decision by several dancers in the National Ballet to quit the company and not return to Cuba has seized the headlines in the regional media. "The flight" has to do with two…
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Veiga, González leave Espacio Laical; what’s next for Cuban dialogue?
The magazine Espacio Laical has lost two pillars of the most up-to-date Catholic thinking. Roberto Veiga and Lenier González, editors of the publication, have left their posts.
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