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GOP Senator Rand Paul accuses party of hypocrisy on the deficit
For decades, Republicans have postured as deficit hawks. Senator Rand Paul, in a marathon speech against his own party’s budget bill, asked how Republicans could decry deficits when…
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19 more phantoms impede travel to Cuba
If you are the U.S. State Department in the age of Trump, and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson wants to ramp up the scare meter on Cuba travelers, you continue to hype the secretive…
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State of disunion
The president who has done more than any other to polarize this already divided nation delivered his first State of the Union speech last week. The partisan chasm, one of many rifts in…
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Cuba’s dual currency is due for revision
During the sessions of the National Assembly in December, the Cuban government reprised the discussion about the importance of moving toward a new monetary and exchange system. While a…
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Non-state sector in Cuba: Back to the past?
When in December 2017 the Cuban government released details of the new rules -- still not approved -- for self-employed labor and non-agricultural cooperatives, many of us remembered…
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Ethnic cleansing lite, or how to Make America White Again
First, throw out of the country as many black, brown, Muslim, and Spanish-speaking people as possible. Then, prevent others from coming in, with walls and blanket bans barring all…
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And who looks after them?
The consequences of population aging express themselves in a gradual inversion of the population pyramid. To have an older population implies having a population group in danger of…
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Carlos Curbelo: South Florida’s fake ‘moderate’ Republican
The Miami press is making much noise about the Congressional Hispanic Caucus’ recent denial of entry to Congressman Carlos Curbelo. The Caucus is correct in rejecting him. Caucus…
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Let’s stop calling Cuba unsafe
One week ago Cuba was named “Safest Country for Tourism” at the 38th annual International Tourism Fair, in Madrid, Spain. Travel journalist Christopher P. Baker adds, "That’s no…
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Shutting down government a piece at a time or all at once
It is fitting that the U.S. government shut down a year to the day of the inauguration of Donald Trump. The Trump administration and its Republican accomplices in Congress have been…
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