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Chris Dodd in Cuba for talks with officials
From EFE
HAVANA – Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) is on a trip to Cuba for meetings with officials of the Raul Castro government, U.S. sources on the island told Efe.
Dodd arrived in…
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The silent war against terrorism
By Jane Franklin
(This article has been edited. To go to the original, click here: http://www.zcommunications.org/the-silent-war-against-terrorism-by-jane-franklin)
On September…
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Cuba details new policies on budding entrepreneurs
By ELISABETH MALKIN
From The New York Times
MEXICO CITY — Cubans learned on Friday the details of what they would soon be able to do as budding entrepreneurs, including renting spaces…
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U.S. contractor held in Cuba allowed visit by wife
By Jeff Franks
HAVANA, Sept 23 (Reuters) - The wife of an American contractor detained in communist Cuba on suspicion of espionage was allowed to visit her husband last month in the…
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The rationalizations: A first look
By Manuel Alberto Ramy
From A Correspondent's Notebook
Deflating payrolls is the equivalent of firing workers. To deflate half a million active workers from a 5,027,900 workforce over…
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Before Z come A, B, and C
By Elsa Claro
Will private individuals be allowed to import?
The question appears in a news item filed from Havana by an experienced correspondent, in a preview of the changes coming…
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Democracy, Cuban style
By Fernando Ravsberg
From BBC/Mundo
A few years ago, I took part in a debate on a European radio and one of the Cubans on the panel spoke wonders about pre-revolutionary Cuba, its…
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Cuba to layoff 500,000 in 6 months, allow private jobs
By Shasta Darlington
Havana, Cuba (CNN)
Cuba announced on Monday it would lay off "at least" half a million state workers over the next six months and simultaneously allow more jobs to…
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Fidel: ‘Cuban model doesn’t even work for us any more’
By Jeffrey Goldberg
(This is the second of a series of articles from the magazine the Atlantic.)
There were many odd things about my recent Havana stopover (apart from the dolphin show,…
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An interview with Saul Landau, on his half-century of friendship with Cuba
By Marta Rojas
From Cubadebate
In spring of 1960, a young American named Saul Landau traveled to Cuba for the first time. His stay was extended until the start of autumn. He…
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