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Cuba’s travel permit
By Manuel Alberto Ramy
“To study a policy which makes it possible for Cubans, residents in the country, to travel abroad as tourists,” reads point 265 of the Outlines approved during…
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Cuba’s travel permit
A reporter´s notebook
Cuba's travel permit in the Congress agreements
By Manuel Alberto Ramy
16 May 2011 (06:10 am)
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The reforms and the people
By Elsa Claro
“It's a good sign that the suit was ready before the wedding,” says smilingly, a little slyly, and quite happily, an ordinary Julio Pérez I meet next to the newsstand. I…
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What Cubans say about Bin Laden’s death
By Jesús Arboleya Cervera
To my knowledge, no one in Cuba has mourned the reported death of Osama bin Laden. His historical connections with the CIA and the most reactionary sectors…
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Looking for a murdered child
By Aurelio Pedroso apedrosop@yahoo.es
More than half a century after the sudden death of 6-year-old Orestes, the children of the village of Cayo Espino, Manzanillo, in the former…
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‘Trying to reinvent socialism’
By Manuel Alberto Ramy
An interview with the president of the Cuban Parliament, Ricardo Alarcón
Just 48 hours ago, the Sixth Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba came to and end,…
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The change of history
By Guillermo Rodríguez Rivera From the Segunda Cita blog
Since the 19th century, the United States began to expand beyond the 13 colonies created in eastern North America.
The expansion…
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The Congress’ political balance
By Jesús Arboleya Cervera
With the enthusiastic support of Fidel Castro, the Sixth Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba has just ended.
Not by happenstance, the date chosen for the…
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Twenty years are really something
The Sixth Congress
By Luis Sexto
Between the Fourth and the Sixth congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, which have so many similarities, there was an interval of exactly 20…
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Raúl urging for term limits, meritocracy, empowered managers
By the Cuba Standard staff
Clad in a white guayabera and surrounded by Politburo members, President Raúl Castro made the following statements during his opening speech of the 6th…
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