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Roberta Jacobson: Benefits and costs of U.S. policy toward Cuba
The enemies of a reestablishment of relations between Cuba and the United States have spread the word that Roberta Jacobson's nomination for ambassador to Mexico is a demonstration of…
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As U.S. drops Havana from terror list, Cuba aims to preserve sovereignty and independence
While Cuba is now off the terrorism list, most of the U.S. sanctions remain in place. Democracy Now's Amy Goodman speaks to historian Jane Franklin, author of "Cuba and the United…
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Florida: The state sinks. The governor stinks.
Florida is beginning to drown as the world warms and sea levels rise. Meanwhile, the man who runs the state, Governor Rick Scott, is doing nothing about it.
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A Steinway piano tuner in Havana: Music to the ears
Ludwig Tomescu is one of the best piano tuners in New York, after more than 30 years with Steinway & Sons. When in 2013 Manhattan School of Music professor Solomon Mikowsky invited…
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Jacobson will be nominated to become Mexican ambassador
Roberta Jacobson, a longtime diplomat who heads the U.S. side in the talks on restoring relations with Cuba, will be named by President Obama to serve as ambassador to Mexico.
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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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