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On Cuba embargo, it’s the U.S. and Israel against the world – again.
It’s ironic that a policy designed to isolate Cuba has wound up isolating the United States in profound ways. If anything it boosts Cuban diplomatic standing.
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‘Balseros’: Tracking a wild horse
Two decades after the filming, the filmmaker returned to Cuba to begin a "re-encounter" with what possibly was his best story. Listening to him talk, one suspects that in reality he…
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Angry Mexicans protest in NYC over disappearance of 43 students
As Elena Poniatowska said in Mexico City last Sunday, before thousands of moved and indignant Mexicans: "We must raise our protest to the skies."
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Don’t let them silence you: Vote, dammit!
Our country’s oldest and longest struggle has been to enlarge democracy by making it possible for more and more people to be treated equally at the polls. The right to participate in…
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The shifting politics of Cuba policy
Politics aside, the issue remains deeply personal for the holdouts, Cuban-Americans of that generation say, because it continues to evoke raw feelings about ancestry, homeland and loss.…
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6 reasons Elizabeth Warren should run for president
Which is all to say that the question isn't, "Why should Elizabeth Warren run for president?" It's, "Why shouldn't she?"
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What the recent elections in Latin America teach us
Latin America's political future is decided in the advancement of popular culture, both to win elections and to identify its true interests and back the governments whose policies…
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Grow up, Sen. Rubio!
Marco Rubio wants to tell the Panamanians who they can and cannot invite to The Summit next year. He also sent a letter to Secretary of State Kerry warning him that Cuba should not be…
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Lost in Miami: Cuba’s role in fighting Ebola
In the midst of all the press frenzy about Ebola, a story that was published in the conservative paper of record was apparently too hot for Miami.
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Sadness and cobwebs
Statistics tell a moving story of desperation and impotence. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 15.6 percent of young Latinas in the U.S. tried to commit suicide one or more…
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