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U.S. senators and Raul discuss Gross
From The Associated Press
HAVANA (AP) — A senior U.S. senator met with imprisoned American Alan Gross and discussed the man's case in a long sit-down with Cuban President Raul Castro,…
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Herakles and his 13th task
By Dalia Céspedes
HAVANA - Herakles, that Hellenic hero whom the Romans and Disney called Hercules, performed 12 extremely difficult tasks before he was poisoned by his wife. If the…
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The other change in mindset
By Aurelio Pedroso
HAVANA – The government and the Communist Party have been asking us for some time now to do something as complex and hard to explain (also to accomplish) as…
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Cuban culture and the émigrés
By Jesús Arboleya Cervera
HAVANA – Several of the panels held during the recently ended Havana Book Fair dealt with the topic of Cuban culture among émigrés and the relationship…
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“A bird that never falls from its nest, never learns to fly.”
A Correspondent’s Draft
By Manuel Alberto Ramy
February 19, 2012
“The pace of changes are factors of the same political process underway, but they do not limit the depth that can be…
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Wall opens to the émigré tourist
By José Alejandro Rodríguez
HAVANA – There’s no stopping the trips back to the source, the call of the blood and the native soil. About 400,000 Cubans who live in the United…
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The Gray Quinquennium and the UMAP
By Harold Cárdenas Lema
From La Joven Cuba (The Young Cuba)
“It is also necessary that the young men who have not demonstrated a correct attitude toward their studies or their…
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Alan Gross’ illegalities in Cuba detailed by AP
By Desmond Butler
From The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Piece by piece, in backpacks and carry-on bags, American aid contractor Alan Gross made sure laptops, smartphones, hard drives…
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Foreign investments in Cuba are a reality
By Elsa Claro
HAVANA – Early this leap-year February, Repsol-YPF began its first perforations for oil in the deep Gulf waters 50 kilometers from the Cuban coastline. Repsol,…
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General Maceo’s imprisonment
By Dalia Céspedes
“Here you go again, lady, with General Maceo?” Yes, dear reader, and I see you look not only reluctant but also suspicious for you know that he, 27…
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