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It’s not about Cuba; it’s the Florida economy, stupid
“The economy, stupid.” Words that reminded us of the Florida governor's race. Come November, republican incumbent Rick Scott, having traversed the worst of a bad economy, will most…
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Argentina and the flight of the financial vultures
The story of the vulture funds that have brought Argentina to the brink of a second default in one decade should not be told as the work of a heartless speculator, an ultraconservative…
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Race, ideology and Obama as worst president
Who is the worst U.S. president since WWII? If you believe the results of a new poll by Quinnipiac University, the worst president in more than fifty years is... Barack Obama. He was…
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Obama: His deeds don’t match his words
Will the real Barack Obama please stand up! A clear example is his attitude toward immigration. On one hand, we have compassionate words, says the writer. On the other hand we have, six…
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The smell of old books
They even have a society -- Florida Antiquarian Booksellers Association, founded in 1981 -- that every year stages an old-book fair. Perhaps thanks to their cohesion they've lasted for…
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Illegal, but was it wrong?
The French bank BNP Paribas will pay nearly $9 billion in penalties for violating U.S. sanctions against Iran, Sudan, and Cuba. There is no doubt that the bank’s actions were illegal.…
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Advertising in the shade
So long as the State does not take a position, a question mark hovers over the immediate future of advertising in Cuba since it is not contemplated among the procedures used in the…
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Migrant children: A huge humanitarian tragedy
The Central American children who flee from their countries has transformed the U.S.'s southern border into a window that displays the reality of human rights in that country -…
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Phone company cries foul over ‘bypasses’
The confrontation began several weeks ago, in the form of "fraud" and illegalities committed by citizens to evade control of the phone service by the nation's only telecommunications…
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Google visits Havana
Several Google executives, led by its chairman Eric Schmidt, visited Havana on a task that so far can only be identified as one promoting the benefits of Internet. Progreso Weekly asks…
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