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Is the Cold War turning into a Tepid War?
Next week, on Jan. 21, this capital city will be the stage for the round of talks that each semester brings together Cuban and U.S. government officials.
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What’s to come of the Cuban Adjustment Act?
If the Cuban Adjustment Act were repealed or amended, how would all those people be affected? If the Act is amended, would the people on parole stop receiving the benefits the Act…
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Houses passes bill easing rules Wall Street rules
Propelled by its enlarged Republican majority, the House has moved to ease a landmark law reining in banks and Wall Street, more than six years after a financial crisis brought on the…
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Expansion of Santiago port begins
Work on a new multipurpose terminal at the Guillermón Moncada Port in Santiago de Cuba began Tuesday, when Chinese and Cuban construction specialists surveyed 10 hectares west of the…
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Shameless, AKA Mitch McConnell
As for the main target of this piece, a recent opinion column in the Washington Post was dead-on in describing McConnell's first speech in the Senate as Majority Leader as a "bitter…
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Getting down to business in Cuba, maybe
The potential opening in Cuba for U.S. investments has some wealthy developers eager to enter that market. At least one of them has plans for dwellings in Cuba, based on his own vision…
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Uruguay’s Mujica puts his money where his mouth is with whopping donations
Mujica’s generosity runs parallel to a government announcement that minimum wage will rise more than 13 percent in 2015.
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Next year in Havana
Every time I visit Cuba, even as I come across sights I must have seen a thousand times — the channels of Habana Vieja, the breathtaking vistas of Viñales — I’m compelled to dive back…
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China announces direct air travel to Cuba
The airline Air China will make direct flights between Beijing and Havana, three times a week, beginning on Sept. 28. The planes, Boeing 777-300, will make a short stopover in Montreal…
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Cuba and MLB: December changed nothing, so far
The news of Dec. 17 set off all alarms. After almost 54 years of tension, Cuba and the United States announced their decision to resume diplomatic relations, and the shockwave soon…
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