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What does it mean that Cuba’s no longer on list of terrorism sponsors?
What consequences will this measure have? How much will it accelerate the establishment of “normal” diplomatic relations with the United States? How does it influence Cuba’s economic…
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High-ranking Communist Party officials meet in China
A delegation of the Cuban Communist Party led by Salvador Valdés Mesa met Tuesday in Beijing with Liu Yunshan, one of the seven members of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party…
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Memorial Day: Honoring the dead, deconstructing the wars
How many wars has this country been involved in since its founding? What has been the nature of these wars? What has been their toll in death and injury, not only for the sons and…
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Cuba-U.S.: ‘Delicate issues’ remain unresolved
It would be more than justified to state that the re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba -- which apparently will be accomplished sooner than later -- will constitute the…
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Some in congress working to curtail Obama’s advances on Cuba
Whether Congress follows the regular order and starts enacting bills to finance Cabinet departments separately -- or it wraps them all together in one giant package -- sooner or later…
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Diplomacy and regattas
From the Malecón, I watch U.S. and Cuban sailboats in the harbor. The other day, I saw two caravels with a crew of Americans. My recollection turned into a question: What are those…
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Lung cancer: One vaccine, new opportunities
On both sides of the Straits of Florida, the expectation that this signing has generated has been rising. On one hand, there is the extremely interesting context of the thaw, when…
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Francis: At last, a transformational pope
Pope Francis hasn't taken on small or short-lived problems either, nor has he avoided irritating elements of the Catholic fold. Take Cuba. For more than five decades U.S. policy against…
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France’s ’17D’ in Cuba
It shouldn't be surprising, then, that the Europeans find allies where they least expect it and Hollande's message penetrates forcefully into the U.S. Congress, facilitating Obama's…
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Italy sees ‘huge potential’ in privatized trade with Cuba
Italy's deputy Foreign Minister Mario Giro and Vice Minister for Economic Development Carlo Calenda will head a trade mission to Cuba, July 6-8, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced in…
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