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The Cuban Coin in Year Zero of the reform
By Gerardo Arreola
From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada
HAVANA - His grandfather was a prosperous merchant who lost all his business after the 1959 revolution. Miguel Ángel Morales…
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The shakeup began and will grow
By José Alejandro Rodríguez
HAVANA - The year just ended showed that a real shakeup is going on in Cuba, what the authorities are calling the actualization of the economic model. One…
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U.S. policy toward Cuba in 2012
By Jesús Arboleya Cervera
The year 2011 ended with the defeat of an attempt by the Cuban-American far right to limit travel to Cuba. The defeat was due to the reaction of the…
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2012 could be the Year of Sirloin Steak
By Aurelio Pedroso
HAVANA - The impotent men we have on the island (avowed and anonymous) might increase their patriotic fervor if in the next 12 months they follow the ancient advice…
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Who’s the best?
By Rubiel de la Cruz Rabí
From La Joven Cuba (The Young Cuba)
The meeting ended in violence. Despite the years spent at the university, collegiate friendship – often demonstrated –…
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From my heart
By José Alejandro Rodríguez
From Juventud Rebelde
(Editor’s Note: José Alejandro Rodríguez is a frequent contributor to Progreso Weekly. He recently underwent a surgical…
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Adjusting agriculture to reality
By Elsa Claro
HAVANA - Of all the people of Cuba (11.2 million), only 30 percent live in rural areas and out of that fraction only 18 percent are engaged in the production of…
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To all, for Christmas
A reporter´s notebook
To all, for Christmas
By Manuel Alberto Ramy
For days, I’ve been pondering how to greet our readers for Christmas, a feast of the spirit, family and hope –…
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Talking of Cubans and zombies…
By José Ernesto González Mosquera and Randy García Hernández
From the Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano
HAVANA – Judging from the interminable lines outside the…
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The ‘Tearyport’: Slippery when wet
Tenerife-Madrid-Havana –Guanajay
By Aurelio Pedroso
HAVANA – The reader should not think that I pretend to be an expert in airports when I say that I’ve been in many of them, all with…
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