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Vive la France!
In the presidential election in France this Sunday, by almost 2 to 1, voters emphatically rejected the politics of ultra-right, xenophobic nationalism. Emmanuel Macron, virtually…
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On Russia and Ros-Lehtinen’s retirement
While the U.S. and Cuba have real differences, what prevented us from restoring diplomatic relations before, and hampers our ability to build confidence and enjoy the fruits of a more…
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We need to move ahead
When we look at today's Cuba, so different from what we once wanted, we often experience an unwanted perception that the determinative reasons to slow down or stop the pace of the…
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With Ros-Lehtinen retiring, the anti-embargo side has reason to celebrate
The surprise announcement that Republican representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen would not run for re-election is welcome news for those who are looking for something positive in the…
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Faint praise for Barack Obama’s embrace of wealth
In 2009, President Obama said, “I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on Wall Street,” although he managed to do as much. Obama’s campaign included the…
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Trump’s killer budget
This is, literally, a killer budget. It toys with human lives. It amounts to a counterrevolution the GOP has been carrying out for decades. A class war from above, which has succeeded…
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Ros-Lehtinen calling it quits next year
Stating that "there was no epiphany," and after almost three decades in the U.S. Congress, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen announced that she will call it quits next year. Ros-Lehtinen was first…
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Viglacera to form joint venture with Cuba
The Việt Nam Glass and Ceramics for Construction Corporation (Viglacera)’s annual shareholder meeting this past week was highlighted by revelation of the company’s business plan to…
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Google Global Cache makes its debut in Cuba
An AP news item on Wednesday reported that the "GGC nodes in Cuba finally went active in the past 24hrs," quoting Doug Madory, director of analysis at Dyn Research. Progreso Weekly's…
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International Jazz Day: ‘This is a huge event’
Bobby Carcassés may have been one of the first to find out. He got a call from the Thelonious Monk Institute and was told that the 2017 International Jazz Day would be held in Cuba and…
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