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Russian Duma asks U.S. Congress to end blockade
The United States' economic blockade of Cuba was the subject of impassioned debate in the Russian Duma, the lower house of Parliament, which was considering a plea to the United Nations…
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Losing the Senate should make life easier for Obama on Cuba
If we had a ‘Most Wanted’ poster depicting Cuba’s worst enemy in the U.S. Congress it would not be Republican. The title belongs to U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey.
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Most states still funding schools less than before the Recession
At a time when states and the nation need workers with the skills to master new technologies and adapt to the complexities of a global economy, this decline in state educational…
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I volunteered to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone with MSF. Here’s what happened
You pour the sweat out of your boots, see body bags and miracles, and constantly monitor your own health. Sierra Leone’s health system is in desperate trouble,
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Poor kids who do everything right don’t do better than rich kids who do everything wrong
America is the land of opportunity, just for some more than others.
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Taxpayer-funded contest aborted
The woman didn't know it at the time, but the U.S. government was behind the contest, called El Barrio en Directo, or The Neighborhood Live. Its organizers left Cuba after American…
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Obama names political operative to handle Ebola
President Obama has named a political operative as the country’s Ebola Response Coordinator. Ron Klain will report to Homeland Security Adviser Lisa Monaco and National Security Adviser…
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Cuba-U.S.: The privilege of a spring
No better context could be found for a conversation with Arboleya. It was obligatory to ask him if President Obama or his successor could initiate -- by himself and in a short time -- a…
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Russian Parliament to lobby for Cuba at U.N.
The Russian Duma's Committee on Foreign Affairs introduced a draft of a message it plans to send to the member nations of the United Nations General Assembly, asking their help in…
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Miami for sale
The phenomenon is hardly unprecedented in this country's urban history. But the speed at which it has been coming about in Miami may be.
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