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Statement of the Buddhist Coalition for Democracy about Cuba
For more than two generations, except for a brief détente under Obama, the United States has pursued an escalating campaign of economic warfare against Cuba: a near-total trade embargo,…
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Great majority of Americans disapprove of Trump attack on Iran
President Donald Trump’s war in Iran is extraordinarily unpopular, according to a poll conducted shortly after the US and Israel carried out massive strikes on the country Saturday.…
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Sovereign immunity exposes the bankruptcy of the Cuba embargo
When the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the long-running property disputes tied to the Cuban Revolution, many will frame the moment as a quest for justice for Americans whose assets were…
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Washington’s contradictory Cuba strategy
In diplomacy, who you choose to talk to often matters as much as what you say. Recent reporting by the Miami Herald and comments by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggest that…
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Bunny talk: No translation required
Before Bad Bunny ever stepped onto the Super Bowl stage, Donald Trump had already announced his displeasure. He criticized the choice of artist, complained that the performance would be…
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The reform that never was (and the counterreform that was)
Opinion article based on “La Contrarreforma,” by Rubén Padrón Garriga, published in La Joven Cuba.
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In the Cuban political debate, an old ghost has returned under a new name.…
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The US’s trillion-dollar military habit
The United States spends more on its military than any other country on Earth—and then some. In fact, it spends more than the next nine countries combined, including China, Russia,…
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When Martí met King: A conversation across empires
(Editor’s Note: Today, Jan. 15, is the birthday of slain civil rights leader and philosopher-prophet Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Later this month, we celebrate José Martí’s birthday.…
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A new template for conflict, but Cuba poses the same old questions
Let's examine the recent United States military strike on Venezuela not only as a spectacle but as a test case. What happened in Caracas in early January was not simply the removal of…
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