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Sarah Stephens: ‘I’m an optimist’ (Video)
Progreso Semanal interviewed Sarah Stephens, of the Center for Democracy in the Americas and a frequent Progreso contributor, during her visit to Havana for the raising of the American…
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Normalizing relations with Cuba: Has the U.S. learned its lesson
On August 14, the U.S. government once again will have formal diplomatic relations with Cuba. Yet, most of the economic and commercial restrictions imposed since the 1960s need to be…
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Embassy zone
Have things changed since Dec. 17? Will things be different now that this is an embassy? Around the U.S. Embassy in Havana you now see telecommunications agents, rooms for rent in…
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Russian car maker weighs assembling some models in Cuba
The Russian vehicle manufacturer GAZ "is considering" assembling some of its products in Cuba or Venezuela for distribution in Latin America, a spokesman for the company said.
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Cuba and the international financial institutions: Has the time come?
In recent years, the issue of Cuba's incorporation into international financial institutions has slipped into the debate over the island's economic outlook.
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Housing — that damned word
In early 2012 the Cuban government eased the grip that for decades it had held on practically all aspects related to housing construction. It opened the doors to one of the greatest…
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What if Cuba returns to the IMF and the World Bank?
Former Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutiérrez said the U.S. should help Cuba enter the world's main multilateral economic institutions: the World Bank (WB), the International Monetary…
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Havana Club at the gates of the U.S. market
Jérôme Cottin-Bizonne, the French director general of Havana Club International, producer of Cuban rum, has "great hopes now that there's a new situation between the two countries."
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Medicare turns 50
Medicare turns 50. It was signed into law July 30, 1965 – the crowning achievement of Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society. It’s more popular than ever. Yet it continues to be blamed for…
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A Guantanamero in the papal Mass
It is not everyday that a musician has the opportunity to arrange a Mass for the figure of someone as influential as the Pope.
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