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When 2 plus 2 is no longer 4
In arithmetic, and until someone demonstrates the opposite, 2 plus 2 equals 4. Not so in politics. If we go over the history of confrontation between the U.S. and Cuba, we can see how…
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Cooperatives ‘without papers’
Proposals to create cooperative enterprises in sectors such as construction, fishing, advertising and computer services have been approved by the provincial governments but are awaiting…
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China’s top military officer visits Cuba after U.S. tour
Col. Gen. Fang Fenghui, Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese Army, arrived in Havana at the head of a delegation "as proof of the ties of solidarity between China and Cuba," Havana…
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Russia, Cuba sign pact on domestic security
Russia's Federal Security Service and Cuba's Commission on National Security and Defense on Wednesday (May 14) signed a memorandum of cooperation in Moscow and agreed to create a joint…
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A prisoner exchange that could improve U.S.-Cuba relations
Alan Gross has been serving a fifteen-year prison sentence in Cuba for providing material support to the Cuban opposition. In the meanwhile, three Cuban agents have been incarcerated in…
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High-level Cuba-U.S. meeting held; reason unknown
Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson met Thursday in Washington with the director of the North American department of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Josefina Vidal, according to…
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Bormey peanuts: Anatomy of a new enterprise in Cuba
About 300 clients show up daily at the "Bormey House of Peanuts," where Orelvis Bormey Torres sells 21 types of turrones , five varieties of panetelas and about 10 varieties of snacks…
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Adiós, Formell
It is difficult to think of an individual whose life’s work represents more on the modern Cuban cultural landscape than composer, bassist, arranger and Los Van Van director Juan…
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4 Miami-Cuban detainees are subject of U.S.-Cuba talks
Officials of the U.S. Interests Section met Thursday (May 8) in Havana with functionaries of the Interior Ministry to discuss the case of four South Florida Cubans arrested April 26 on…
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Translator: Yoani ‘believes only in the Money God’
My criticism of the Cuban system remains what it always was, but not by the side of someone who thinks that the only value in life is a bank account! So says Yoani Sanchez's Italian…
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