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Omsk hopes for increased trade with Cuba
Cuba's ambassador to Russia, Emilio Lozada García, arrived Tuesday (May 6) in Omsk for a meeting with the governor of that region, Viktor Nazarov.
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Four members of the U.S. House meet with Alan Gross
Four U.S. House members have met with Alan Gross, an American government subcontractor who is serving a 15-year prison sentence in Cuba.
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One man’s view of Cuba
"After many trips there," says the author, "I've come to realize that Cuba's way of life and adjustments to the realities of Peak Oil and climate change describe the path that the rest…
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Cuba returns religious property
The return of property from the churches seized by the Cuban government after the triumph of the Revolution in 1959 is more and more a fact. Msgr. José Félix Pérez calls it a "'process'…
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Lavrov’s Cuba visit: Spoke of $3.2 billion investment
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Viktorovich Lavrov's first stop during his four country visit to Latin America was Cuba. He spoke about an "important" agreement involving Cuba's debt to…
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Lavrov met with Fidel, Moscow says
An official statement issued Wednesday (April 30) by the Russian Foreign Ministry says that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held an "informal" meeting with Fidel Castro. The Ministry has…
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Its slice of the pie
The Paris Club traveled discreetly to Havana. Both parties have shown interest in renegotiating the Cuban debt. Cuba and the EU will hold negotiations soon that should reduce the 1996…
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Coming soon, a spring thaw with Cuba?
A current is emerging in the U.S. attitude toward Cuba that appears more favorable to improved relations. In November, Obama told the Cuban American lobby that U.S. strategy ought to…
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Berlanga: Political decision makers can save people from amputation
In the U.S., between 70,000 and 80,000 people undergo amputation of diabetic foot every year and Cuba has developed a medication that helps in the healing of diabetic-foot ulcers and…
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‘Dead or alive,’ I’ll be back in less than a year, says Alan Gross (+Video)
One way or another I’ll be back with my family in Maryland in less than a year, Alan Gross told his lawyer during a recent prison visit in Cuba.
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