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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Will camels be withdrawn from the Havana zoo?
Will camels be withdrawn from the Havana zoo?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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Cuba: Asking 20 years for Gross
From Granma
Following an exhaustive investigation, the People’s Provincial Tribunal of the City of Havana has received from the Prosecution preparatory file No. 59/2009 with the…
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Cubans savor working for themselves
By Victoria Burnett
From The New York Times
BAUTA, Cuba — Marisela Álvarez spends much of the day bent over a single electric burner in her small outdoor kitchen. Her knees are killing…
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Cuba: Many questions, little time
By Elsa Claro
If you typed in an Internet browser the words "Cuba" and "changes," you would get at least 4 million 980,000 results. If next you entered "Egypt" and "demonstrations,"…
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Marco Rubio: Second generation of Cuban-American politicians
By Jesús Arboleya Cervera
A few days ago, Marco Rubio was sworn in as U.S. senator, becoming the first U.S.-born son of Cuban immigrants to attain that position. His rise warns us…
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Verdict for those responsible for the death of 26 inmates
La Habana, Monday, 31 January 2011. Radio Progreso Alternativa (RPA). The Provincial Court of Havana sentenced those responsible for the death of 26 mentally ill inmates, a!-->>!-->>!-->>…
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Cubans have food – resourcefulness, too
By Aurelio Pedroso
A laptop falls from a fifth floor and its owner puts it together again, this time rebuilt with cardboard, a caricature of real wood. Esthetics aside, the laptop is…
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