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Miami: A ‘Malecón’ for nostalgia
By Aurelio Pedroso
HAVANA – I read with interest that Havana’s emblematic Malecón has just been reproduced in miniature on Biscayne Bay, just like that other singular imitation…
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Terrorism returns to Miami
By Jesús Arboleya Cervera
HAVANA – Finally, Miami’s Fire Department confirmed what the whole world knew and the FBI had refused to confirm: an incendiary bomb, delivered with…
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The Havana visual Arts Biennial
The Havana Visual Arts Biennial invades the city´s streets and squares
“Heads”, a Manuel Mendive´s performance.
May 12/2012. Cubadebate
The Havana Visual Arts Biennial is considered…
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Cuba offshore drilling may hit oil reservoir soon
By William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau
From the Orlando Sentinel
WASHINGTON — A Spanish company drilling an exploratory well north of Havana is within a week of reaching its target: an…
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‘A space to breathe art’ – and other airs
By Aurelio Pedroso
HAVANA – The moral of the story usually appears at the end of the story, but in this case, I will point out that this story demonstrates that the Cuban people’s…
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Ambitious reforms await enactment
By Gerardo Arreola
From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada
HAVANA – On paper, a new cycle of economic reforms in Cuba paints an ambitious horizon of potential expansion of the private…
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Economy and professional frustration
By Manuel Alberto Ramy
HAVANA - The number of university graduates among fellow Cubans is impressive. According to the National Office of Statistics (ONI), in 2010 Cuba’s work…
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Data for a new religion
By Dalia Céspedes
HAVANA - They say that religion once meant the act of reuniting (religare). If I haven’t misunderstood Socrates, just as philosophy is love for something you…
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Cuban-Americans’ contributions to Cuba’s future
By Jesús Arboleya Cervera
HAVANA – Much is being said about the possible contribution of Cuban-Americans to the future of Cuba. Some have even described them as the nation’s…
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Doi Moi and ‘actualization’ The urgency to generate a consensus
By Lenier González Mederos
HAVANA – If anything has characterized the project of reforms put forth by President Raúl Castro, it has been the silence that surrounds the stages of its…
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