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A damage report (and what we’re doing about it)
In Havana's neighborhoods, the first thing that some people do when the electricity comes back is to connect the refrigerator. Next, they turn the radio on -- loudly. It's their way to…
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Garbage everywhere in Havana
Five days after the passing of Hurricane Irma, which only touched the Cuban capital with tropical storm winds, there is rotting food and garbage in many of the streets that already…
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Cruel cones of uncertainty
In the midst of Irma and its cone of uncertainty, the Trump administration decided to create its very own cone of uncertainty by removing protection from deportation for nearly one…
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Cuba recovers after Irma
Hurricane Irma slammed into Cuba over the weekend, leaving 10 dead and causing destruction and flooding across the island. Irma, which made landfall in the country's northeastern…
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More than Bob Menendez goes on trial this week
There’s more to the Menendez trial than a high ranking Democratic senator charged with corruption. A conviction could lead to his ouster from the Senate. New Jersey Governor Chris…
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Tragedy in Texas: Foul weather, toxic politics
There is a big piece missing from the tale about Harvey told by the media, an important omission leading to a distorted picture: the role of the Texas model of wild West capitalism—the…
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Anti-Cuban media overplay ‘acoustic attack’; Canada doesn’t assume a Cuban role
Maybe the news of the "acoustic attacks" will eventually rival the one published some years ago by the Weekly World News, with a headline saying 'Cuba Launches Shark Attack Against…
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Here we go again
On Aug. 1, a note published in the daily Granma told about the adoption of a group of measures that would be part of the "improvement" process of self-employed entrepreneurship (private…
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The Chief threat to the United States
There is no doubt that the chief threat to U.S. security, both internationally and internally, is the man who holds the highest office in the land and who is sworn to defend the nation…
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“Unite the Right” discovers a friend in the White House
Full of irrational hatred and fear posing as pride, chanting “the Jews will not replace us” and other racist nonsense, they marched toward an old, hallowed bastion of learning, a…
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