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Arrival of Cuba offshore oil rig delayed again
* Inspection may delay arrival in Cuba until August
By Jeff Franks
HAVANA, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Delivery of a Chinese-built drilling rig that will open the first full-scale exploration…
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A warning to communists
By Aurelio Pedroso
The Communist Party of Cuba (CPC) is reading the riot act, as the old saying goes, to its tens of thousands of members through an internal document that should be…
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Egypt, Cuba and The Wall Street Journal
By Arnaldo Hernández
From The Unknown Island
In its issue of Feb. 7, The Wall Street Journal expressed its hope that a social explosion might occur in Cuba like the one sparked by the…
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Strike three! Yer OUT!
By Jesús Arboleya Cervera
The U.S. persecutes Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, accusing him of being a terrorist and a spy. But the reason is not that he planned attacks –…
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The snake that bites its own tail
By Manuel Alberto Ramy
“We are dealing with a snake that bites its own tail.” The title of this article is taken from a sentence spoken by a young woman during a neighborhood meeting…
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Church and State: A light still flickering
By Luis Sexto
The current relations between the Cuban state and the Catholic Church seems to agree on an old adage: "Better to light a candle than curse the darkness," assuming that…
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Oil in Cuba: Flammable material?
By Jesús Arboleya Cervera
According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Cuba has an oil reserve of 5 billion barrels in the vicinity of the northwestern coast and approximately 10…
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Internet: “There´s no political obstacle”
A reporter´s notebook Internet: “There´s no political obstacle” By Manuel Alberto Ramy ramymanuel@yahoo.com 8 February 2011. As I finished my previous blog, “A step towards!-->>!-->>!-->>…
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Will camels be withdrawn from the Havana zoo?
Will camels be withdrawn from the Havana zoo? Friday, 05 February 2011 By Aurelio Pedroso Violence in Egypt. The crowds demand that Hosni Mubarak stops ruling at once: thirty!-->>!-->>!-->>…
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A step towards calculated openings?
A reporter´s notebook By Manuel Alberto Ramyramymanuel@yahoo.com
February 4, 2011 The news started to go round at the very end of last year and one could its reflection printed on…
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