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When Silicon Valley arrives in Cuba
Cubans are not always bothered by the fact that they are using "cracked" software. They know that anywhere else in the world that would be illegal, but here in Cuba the procedure is…
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The fire this time…
London's Grenfell Tower is a perfect microcosm, an apt metaphor for a whole “philosophy” that in this country has been gaining predominance for decades, culminating with Donald Trump:…
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Trump does Miami
The majority of Cubans in Miami no longer support a hardline policy toward Cuba, which is probably why Trump didn’t reinstate the whole Cuba package of the Bush years. But, as long as…
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Donald Trump in Miami
Once again, a U.S. president shows up in Miami to promise the fall of the Cuban regime. The difference this time is that rhetoric will no longer ensure the Cuban-American vote, the Cold…
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Trump’s new Cuba policy – we’re back in 1987
President Donald Trump's speech reflecting the contentious relationship between Cuba and the United States was a perfect speech if it had been made 30 years earlier. Those days,…
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Trump’s Miami visit: More questions than answers
Miami is in an uproar with speculation of what may be coming after almost three years of political thaw between the U.S. and Cuba. Nobody seems to really know what this Friday might…
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Comey’s comments and America’s lack of self-awareness
Former FBI head James Comey’s testimony before a Senate Intelligence Committee provides a fascinating, yet completely predictable, insight into America’s continued ability to sustain an…
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Debates lead to consensus
Radical processes of change in structure, such as revolutions, happen very rapidly and abruptly. It is why in the processes of radical change (revolutions) and reform, the basic element…
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Wealth, property and other evils
For various reasons, Cuba has uncritically accepted the supposition that social justice and equality of opportunities require that state property be in the majority, leaving aside an…
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Out of control: Trump’s travels and troubles
On his first foreign trip, President Trump was a caricature of himself and his country: the Ugly American on steroids. He is not a deviation in the Republican long march to the right;…
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