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Cuba: The accidental Eden
By PBS
Cuba may have been restricted politically and economically for the past 50 years, but its borders have remained open to wildlife for which Cuba’s undeveloped islands are an…
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Raul Castro headed to Chile
Progreso Semanal/RPA
HAVANA - President Raul Castro heads the Cuban delegation to the EU-CELAC. It will be the first meeting of this kind held among heads of state or their envoys…
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A new Cuban detective novel
From CubaNews
Edited by Walter Lippmann
In Cuba, detective novels are considered to be more than entertainment, and the most significant works are not – like in other countries…
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Why Cuba supports people-to-people exchanges
By Manuel E. Yepe
HAVANA - How can you explain Cuba’s support for the people-to-people contacts promoted by the U.S. government against Cuba? I was asked this by a U.S. student,…
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Ex-Yankee and Cuban baseball hero Jose Contreras in Havana
By the Progreso Semanal Staff
Jose Ariel Contreras, the famous Cuban pitcher who in 2002 left the national team in Mexico, finds himself in Cuba. From the municipality of Las…
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Obama: Two reactions from Cuba
Progreso Semanal/RPA
HAVANA – For the first time in decades, Cubans watched President Barack Obama’s speech live on Educational Channel 2, which broadcasts the programs of…
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Celia Sanchez
One Day in December: Celia Sanchez and the Cuban Revolution, Nancy Stout, Monthly Review Press, 2013.
By Saul Landau
“It’s about time,” I commented when I heard…
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Obama in Cuba
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By Jesús Arboleya Cervera
HAVANA – In an unprecedented event, all of us in Cuba had the opportunity to see the ceremony inaugurating President Barack Obama’s…
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Passenger X
Cuban law allows for residence abroad
By Manuel Alberto Ramy
HAVANA – At the intersection of 17th and K streets in the Vedado district, dozens of Cubans are standing in line. The…
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Cuba opens to small business
By Saul Landau
HAVANA - The Cuban government has recently announced new government rules that make private business easier just as lots of mostly Canadian and European tourists…
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