Cuba

Between veterans and newcomers, 16 Cuban baseball players are participating this season in the U.S. Major League. Will the owners of U.S. teams allow Cuban-born players to return…
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Most important is the official announcement of the existence of a timetable aimed at ending the dual currency. The process will begin with the business system and continue with the cash…
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The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to condemn the U.S. commercial, economic and financial embargo against Cuba for the 22nd year in a row.
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Cubans are taking advantage of the loosening of travel restrictions this year to go abroad in record numbers with the tally of travelers rising by 35 percent since a new law took effect…
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Cubans on the island were delighted with the presentation of the 2003 play “Anna in the Tropics,” by Nilo Cruz, the only Cuban-American to win a Pulitzer Prize. Audiences filled…
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In his message to the nation on Sept. 10, President Obama emphasized the United States' exceptionality. It's quite an old idea. It was mocked, more than a century ago, by Otto von…
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As self-employment and cooperatives expand in socialist Cuba, they are making incursions into new areas, such as waste picking and recycling – for many a means of subsistence, but for…
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The newly enacted and long-awaited migration law was a great step for those of us who live in Cuba. It restored rights that we had missed, eliminated the exit permit and benefited the…
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Cuba announced the start of a process to eliminate the dual currency system it has maintained since 1994. Monetary unification "will not solve ... all problems of the economy," said the…
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American tourism to Cuba — tightly restricted for more than 50 years — is on the upswing, a new report shows. But Americans are a trickle compared with the torrent of Canadians.
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