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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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Cuba may revive Paris Club debt negotiations
Cuba and the Paris Club of wealthy creditor nations are working to resume talks over billions of dollars of official debt in a new sign the communist government is interested in…
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Chinese foreign minister meets with Castro
Cuban President Raúl Castro met Sunday (April 20) in Havana with China's foreign minister, Wang Yi, in an encounter described by state-run television as an expression of "the excellent…
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Russian senators will visit Cuba this week
A delegation of Russian senators, members of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly, was scheduled to arrive in Havana Saturday (April 19) for a week of meetings with top Cuban…
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A passion named Fidel
The first time Gabriel García Márquez heard the name of Fidel Castro was in 1955. Then in 1959 he helped found the Prensa Latina agency. Since then, his relationship with Cuba and Fidel…
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Russia, Cuba perform joint audit of business deal
The Cuban government went on record this week to warn all levels of its import structure that it will not permit mismanagement in Havana's dealings with Moscow.
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On the trail of the missing condoms
The iffy supply of condoms in Cuban pharmacies and markets in recent months has meant greater risk for some and an impediment to others who prefer to restrain their libidos rather than…
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Mariel, 34 years ago
The port of Mariel, situated on a beautiful bay of the same name, on the northwestern coast of Cuba, has become news recently. But its international fame came long before, when, exactly…
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