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Florida: Foul water, fouler politics
Earlier this year, the Florida legislature approved and Gov. Rick Scott signed a new water law that wiped out a longstanding January 2015 deadline that mandated a radical reduction in…
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France is ‘resolutely’ on Cuba’s side in demanding an end to the blockade
François Hollande on Monday offered frank and massive support for the lifting of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, as he stood beside President Raúl Castro, in Paris for the first…
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New amendments are limited and hard to apply
With great hoopla, the government of the United States has just announced new amendments to the restrictions of trade with Cuba. Some consider that these measures constitute a "giant"…
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‘I charge a lot because I pay a lot’
The problems of farming and the high prices of food in Cuba are summarized in those words by a greengrocer who, though he sells directly to the consumer, refuses to lower his prices.
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Love, a few clicks away
Unrequited romances, renunciations, spectacular re-encounters marked by the desire -- or the need -- to leave Cuba. When the youth of a country bases almost all of their projects…
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Dying for dollars
There is almost no end to the adjectives that could be used to describe the January 13 death in Miami of thirty-eight-year old Maria Huaman. Untimely. Tragic. Unnecessary.…
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The Cuban economy in 2015
The economic data for the end of 2015 -- scant as they were -- left a bittersweet taste in Cubans' mouths. There was a mixture of good and not-so-good news.
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This millennial might be the new Einstein
A first-generation Cuban-American born and bred in the suburbs of Chicago is exploring some of the most challenging and complex issues in physics, much as Stephen Hawking and Albert…
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It may end up being the neo-fascist clown against an old socialist in the race for president
At this time last year political pundits had practically crowned Jeb Bush the Republican nominee, but it's turned out to be an unusual year. Then there's the matter of the Hillary race…
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The crash of 2016
Why will it crash? The cannibalistic nature of the GOP nomination process is only one, and not necessarily the main, reason. The increasingly nasty infighting won’t help come November,…
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