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The water this time
For days last week, it seemed Miami Beach was returning to its natural, primeval, pre-drainage state: swampland. But climate change is still being denied by too many and scientific…
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Conexión Miami / ‘We don’t believe’
Conexion Miami dives into the effects of 'King Tide' on the city; marijuana, the non-euphoric, medicinal type; how guns DON'T kill people, people do; and other things of interest to our…
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Suffering and misery: Puerto Rico in a debt crisis
When Puerto Rico failed to pay its debt, the first time in more than a century as a colony, it exceeded the largest municipal default in U.S. history. Unlike other U.S. public entities,…
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Class consciousness
In 1992, the Special Period had not quite begun but, through the little tics, symptoms and pettiness that emerged naturally, we could see a glimpse of the future more or less…
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Cubans applying for work in foreign companies must follow the rules
The rules governing the hiring of native workers by foreign companies operating in Cuba have been published in Official Gazette No. 40.
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Buying a house in Cuba
Some people say that it's easier to go to the moon than to buy a house in Cuba. You might think it's an exaggeration. The fact is that in Cuba the question of housing is an unresolved…
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Cuba: Notes on a history of best intentions
Even while strenuously working to destroy the Cuban revolution, U.S. presidents like to say that Cubans should decide their own future. But what if the Cuban people decided to choose…
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Culture Ministry tallies cost of U.S. blockade on arts and culture
Cuba's Ministry of Culture has quantified the amount of money Cuban artists have spent unnecessarily because of the U.S. trade blockade. It comes to 24 million dollars a year.
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On deaf ears: The Pope’s message and the radical right’s coup
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. There was very good news and very bad news in the United States the last few days.
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U.S. Commerce Secretary to travel to Havana next week
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker will be in Havana Oct. 6-7, becoming the second U.S. Cabinet official to visit Cuba since President Obama called for the reestablishment of…
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