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A metaphorical anticipation of Cuba's reality: Catching a slice of pork for Christmas dinner will be more difficult than for the blind samurai Zatoichi to stab a fly with his katana.
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The appearance of the new Covid strain has shaken Cubans like a bucket of cold water poured into the best of dreams.
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There's a chance to fix things. Yet Republican leadership's lust for power, above all, lacks any decent ideas, practical programs, or the skills or inclination to govern.
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Pandemonium -- an ideological choice -- is a feature of the ruling ultra-capitalist paradigm we live under and not a bug in the program.
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One can only conclude that much of the public and the media are unfairly setting the bar at a very different height for Biden than they did for Trump.
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These elections should put the Biden administration on notice that continuing to support the MUD, and in particular, the fiction of Guaidó as "interim president," is a failed policy.
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None of this is to suggest Cubans are suddenly universally satisfied with their government or with the pace of change. But Cuba’s November “normal” appealed more than Yunior Garcia’s…
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Inflation on the Island seems to be confused with speculation -- imposing high prices to sustain, perhaps, an inflated workforce or the inefficiency of poor management.
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An air of menace surrounds the fascist turn of the GOP, including intra-party purges, threats of rebellion, violence and even death.
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In Florida, independents decide elections. And they don’t necessarily adhere to the tired old talking points spewed by both Republicans and Democrats.
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