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The meaning of Obama’s visit to Cuba
The importance of this visit lies in the possibility of establishing a precedent regarding the political patterns of what constitutes a unique moment in the history of relations between…
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Aruca was right and they were wrong
El Nuevo Herald published an interesting column recently written by Jorge Dávila Miguel titled Fuerza Aérea Uno, which deals with next week's trip to Cuba by President Obama. We added a…
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Rebuilding relations: Cultural capillarity
President Obama will bring an olive branch to the country that managed to resist more than half a century of open hostility after freeing itself from U.S. tutelage. In exchange, he has…
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Radioactive stuff polluting Miami’s Biscayne Bay
A study released last week found levels of the radioactive isotope tritium in bay water at levels 215 times normal. This poses a threat not just to the ecology of the bay and its…
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Those Rolling Stones years
We can't deny that this appearance by the elderly Mick Jagger and his musical entourage plucks many strings in our memory and -- why not -- in our nostalgia. Music evokes a perfect…
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Made for TV presidential race
The establishment media has already come to their own self-serving conclusion: it will be a Trump-Clinton race. A heavyweight duel. “No reality TV show will compare!”, the bosses at the…
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Bernie: The beginning of the end
Hillary Clinton’s crushing defeat of Bernie Sanders in the South Carolina primary signals the end of his noble quest to become, as the title of his book states, “an outsider in the…
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‘You don’t build a cultural industry by centralizing ideas’
Osvaldo Pestana Montpeller (Montos), Cuba's “stellar” comic book artist, went from an irreverent boy who scribbled on any blank page that fell into his hands -- the classical doodler --…
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Why do Cuban athletes emigrate?
The question of why our sportsmen continue to leave has too many answers and almost all of them involve personal aspirations and economics. Having said that, let's focus on sports for…
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Who will learn the most from Obama’s trip to Cuba?
Obama’s trip might provide an opportunity for him and all Americans to be challenged on their misperceptions of this fascinating island. It is the citizens of Cuba who may end up…
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