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Authorities confirm theft of artworks from major museum
The National Council of Cuba's Cultural Patrimony confirmed Friday (Feb. 28) in Havana that "an important shortage of art works" had been discovered in a storage building at the…
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Cuban Five’s Fernando arrives in Havana
Fernando González, member of the Cuban Five released yesterday (Feb. 27) after serving 15 years, five months and 15 days in a U.S. prison in Arizona, arrived in Havana, Cuba, today…
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Confiscation is not plunder
Many imagine a distribution of the "booty" among Cuban inspectors after each incoming flight, but that's not what happens to the confiscated products. Unofficial sources say that the…
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Russia weighs bases in Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua
Russia is planning to expand its permanent military presence outside its borders by placing military bases in a number of foreign countries, said Defense Minister Sergei K. Shoigu.
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Cuba-U.S.: States of opinion, will and absurdity
In the Progreso Weekly article, Behind the Atlantic Council's Cuba Survey, the author emphasizes that this particular survey distances itself from the usual purposes of reference and…
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Health givers’ wages will be raised
During a speech closing the 20th Congress of the Cuban Workers Central President Raúl Castro Ruz officially announced that the wages for the health sector will be increased. No…
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Castro: U.S. ‘circles of power’ fanned crises in Venezuela and Ukraine
Cuban President Raúl Castro on Saturday (Feb 22) condemned the violence generated in Venezuela and Ukraine, which he attributed to "circles of power" in the United States and its…
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Time for U.S. policy change on Cuba
This is in everyone’s interests, especially Cuba’s closest neighbor, the U.S. Although lifting the embargo fully requires an act of Congress, President Obama has some executive powers…
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Behind the Atlantic Council’s Cuba survey
The survey's importance is that it confronts the myth of the purported popular support for the existing policy, rebutting the excuse that the Cuban problem has connotations in domestic…
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Natural disasters and planning: Cuba & popular participation
United Nations emergency relief coordinator Jan Egeland noted that the Cuban program shows that, usually, "You don't get any headlines for prevention." Thus, we seldom hear of Cuba's…
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