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Is renewable energy a solution for Cuba?
Cubans understand how much oil and its international economic fluctuations affect their daily lives. That is why, when in mid-2016 adjustments and cutbacks of crude were applied to the…
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Not adapting to its societal changes
At the start of 2017, Cuba is in many ways a very different country than in 1990. Two-and-a-half decades of major events have deeply marked a nation convinced that it occupies a…
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The Ugly American[i] on his throne
Last week Donald Trump launched his version of the Manhattan Project against the U.S. Constitution. This week he went after allies. His stupidity lies in the fact that both the Mexican…
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Ab-normalization: Florida imposes sanctions on itself
When Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus folded its tent last month, 400 Floridians lost their jobs. Now, Florida's Governor Rick Scott appears determined to turn his state's…
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The week Trump stood the constitution on its head
During the electoral campaign, Donald Trump promised to ban Muslims from entering the United States. Last Friday, on Holocaust Remembrance Day the president took a giant step toward…
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Trial balloon for a coup?
This weekend was the trial balloon for a coup d’état against the United States. It gave them useful information. Trump’s decision to keep all his businesses made it fairly clear from…
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Shame on you, Jared Kushner
Since it was Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, himself who brought his family’s Holocaust legacy into the political fray, it feels fair to force him to confront the way in which…
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Escape valve
One might think that Havana has drafted answers for the domestic economy that it has still not enacted. And these would be the domestic valve; our leaders need only to speed them up and…
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Russian expert applauds Cuban coal exports but decries domestic policies
The export of Cuban charcoal to the United States is a welcome development, says a Russian expert on energy, but the island government has a long way to go before maintaining a steady…
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Donald Trump’s demolition derby
We’re a week into the Trump administration and it’s pretty obvious what he’s up to. First, Donald Trump is running a demolition derby: He wants to demolish everything he doesn’t like,…
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