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Cuba: Power and reform
Díaz-Canel pledged to enforce plans for reform, and that they be complied with, and he called for "correcting errors." He proposed to move forward "without haste but without pauses, a…
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The Trump effect
Call it the Trump effect, that giant sucking sound we have been hearing for the last 15 months. It is the sound of all the air being sucked out of the room where democratic politics,…
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Donald Trump and the philosophy of ‘making things worse’
“The worst of times often create the best opportunities to make good deals,” wrote Donald Trump in his first book, "The Art of the Deal." A whole theory of American political science is…
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Trump playing king, surrounded by generals
As per The New York Times: Mr. Trump has spent his career in the company of developers and celebrities, and also of grifters, cons, sharks, goons and crooks. He cuts corners, he lies,…
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Corruption in Cuba: Where there’s smoke…
Cuba has not escaped notorious corruption cases in the past that scandalized the country. Probably, the little that is known of those cases is as bad as knowing nothing of them. And the…
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A Bolt from the past
As National Security Adviser, John Bolton on his own has no power to, for instance, start a war. But Trump does, and he has threatened to do so often. But Bolton will be a multiplier of…
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The cruelty of Donald Trump
The last two weeks have given clear support to the thesis that a hot head, a cold heart, and a stunning capacity for lying is at the core of Donald Trump, (awful) president and (worse)…
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Donald Trump’s ideological purge
It is worth clarifying that when we talk about ideologies, it is not to emphasize major philosophical differences between Trump and those he fires, but to refer to each person's vision…
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Rubio and Diaz-Balart have ($$) ties to Miami’s collapsed-bridge builders
Senator Marco Rubio and Representative Mario Diaz-Balart are beholden to their political benefactors first and foremost. And people are dying because of it. We think it’s time voters in…
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What is the U.S. embassy in Havana now good for?
In general, American embassies around the world stand as fortresses. This is not the case in Cuba. Located in Havana's Malecón, access is direct from the street and security is provided…
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