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Cubans traveling abroad in record numbers, officials say
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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Pulitzer-winning play from Miami opens in Cuba
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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The blockade against Cuba and providence
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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Private initiative finds garbage profitable in Cuba
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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Cuba and her Cubans
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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Dual currency will be phased out, Granma announces
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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More Americans are traveling to Cuba
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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Stimulate people-to-people contact
Manuel Ramy interviews Prof. Jesús Arboleya who states, among many other things, that investment by Cuban-Americans in Cuba provides an economic foundation for people-to-people contact.…
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The crime of cattle raising
When the Revolution triumphed, Cuba had more heads of cattle than inhabitants. Research done back then showed that a high percentage of the Cuban population did not consume beef.
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Murillo: Cuba is not privatizing its economy
In an address delivered July 7 but publicized this week by Cubadebate, economics czar Marino Murillo said that Cuba is not turning its state-owned-and-managed property into private…
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