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Mariel Free-Trade Zone almost ready
Progreso Semanal/RPA
HAVANA – The Special Development Zone at Mariel (49 kilometers west of the capital), under construction for the past several years, already contains several…
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Speaking of baseball
By Jesús Arboleya Cervera
HAVANA – The just-ended Third World Classic of Baseball has fueled debate among Cubans regarding the health of the game and that changes needed to improve…
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Anniversary in Havana
From Progreso Semanal/RPA
HAVANA - They married in Paris and came to spend their fifth anniversary in Havana, Cuba. The famous travelers are none other than Beyonce and rapper…
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The Miamerry-go-round
By Aurelio Pedroso
HAVANA – Some deserve respect, others a hearing, others reproach; others are to laugh at, others to be pitied. The riders on the anti-Castro merry-go-round in Miami…
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Handymen not always handy
By Aurelio Pedroso
HAVANA – Although I have no firm proof, Cuba might be one of the few countries where finding the good (or terrible) services of a tradesman requires a great deal…
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Idle boasts don’t cut cane
Progreso Semanal/RPA
HAVANA - Problems as diverse as shortage of raw material (raw cane), industrial accidents, the breakdown of machinery, lack of rigor and exigency, and the…
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Yesterday is today
By Manuel Alberto Ramy
HAVANA – In 1540, Ignatius Loyola (now a saint) founded the Company of Jesus, the religious order of Jesuits.
One of the four vows Jesuits must make is…
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A tour of the seeds*
By Elsa Claro
HAVANA – Is it true that between 2013 and 2014 the dual currency in Cuba will be eliminated? This is a correction of the publication where the prediction was made and…
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Aruca forever
By Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada
HAVANA – In a place in Colorado, in the heart of North America, far from the anti-Cuban Miami whose irrational violence he fought so hard, died an…
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Cuba and the list of countries that promote terrorism
By Jesús Arboleya Cervera
HAVANA – Every year, the U.S. Department of State publishes a list of “countries that promote terrorism” that serves as a basis for Washington’s policy…
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