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When will the siege end?
By Saul Landau
HAVANA - I walk some of the same streets I did in 1960 and 1961, a time when most Cubans awaited an attack from the United States, a time when people in their…
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Why gender equality in Cuba should matter to U.S.
By Sarah Stephens
From The Havana Note
WASHINGTON, DC - As we travel back and forth to Cuba, often with delegations of U.S. policymakers, we focus our research and reporting on…
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In Cuba, equality is two-sided
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa
From The New York Times
WASHINGTON - Just after Raúl Castro grabbed the world’s attention with his decision to step down from the presidency…
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The turnover has begun
From Progreso Semanal
HAVANA – Raúl Castro Ruz was ratified as president of the Councils of State and Ministers. But the news is that Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez was elected First…
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The Cuba Study Group proposal
By Jesús Arboleya Cervera
HAVANA – The Cuba Study Group (CSG), formed by Cuban-American businessmen, intellectuals and political activists who identify with the so-called “moderate…
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A Cuba beyond the Castros?
By Anya Landau French
From The Christian Science Monitor
This past week was uncommonly full of Cuba news.
At the top of the list has to be this weekend's selection of a new…
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U.S. lawmakers meet with Castro; visit with Gross
By Paul Haven
From Associated Press
HAVANA - U.S. lawmakers confirmed on Wednesday that they visited Alan Gross, an American man whose detention and long sentence in Cuba has…
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Juan of the Dead earns Goya award
Progreso Semanal/RPA
HAVANA – The film “Juan de los Muertos” (Juan of the Dead) ran away with the Goya award for the best Ibero-American film. The Goya awards rank among…
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MAESTRA: The march of the pencils
By Jane Franklin
“Maestra” is a celebration of the joy of teaching and learning despite all obstacles. The triumph of the Cuban Revolution in January 1959 opened the way…
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U.S. lawmakers visit Cuba, hope for Gross release
By Portia Siegelbaum, CBS
HAVANA, 2013/02/18. High-level delegation of American lawmakers headed by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., arrived in Havana at midday on a two-day fact-finding…
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