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In Spain, Cuban official invites investors
In Madrid on Thursday (June 26), Cuba's deputy minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, Ileana Núñez Mordoche, invited representatives from more than 160 Spanish businesses to invest…
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FIU 2014 poll: A critical look
The results of the survey give a conclusive result about the sustained increase in number of the people who oppose the current policy (52 percent), for the first time a majority…
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Cruel but not unusual punishment
The death of Darren Rainey, a mentally ill inmate at Dade Correctional Institution, who was locked in a shower-like “decontamination facility” by guards who then turned on the water…
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Asking for votes, but no longer in the nude
Why is one person's morality less important than someone else's? asks former porno actor David Mech, who's looking for a seat in the Palm Beach School Board. This and much more in this…
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The silence of the dancers
Mónica Gómez and Miguel are joined by dance, a native country and loneliness. Both left behind their families, roots, parents, the only people who loved them unconditionally.
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Ministers give Castro a mixed report on the economy
The Cuban economy is growing but not fast enough. And President Raúl Castro wants to know why. That, in a nutshell, is the substance of the meeting Saturday (June 21) of the Council of…
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A single currency is not a cure-all
The first phase of the changeover in Cuba's currency unit -- from convertible peso to national peso -- began this month in a Santiago de Cuba store. But monetary unification "will not,…
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Playing for change: Guantanamera
This past week a version of Guantanamera was released where Cuban musicians, led by Carlos Varela and Manuel Galban, and under the direction of Jackson Browne and Mark Johnson, reminded…
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White House acknowledges ‘the Mujica approach’
The White House on Friday (June 20) admitted that President Obama asked Uruguayan President José Mujica to deliver to Cuban President Raúl Castro a bid for the release of Alan Gross.
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Pot Lady
"You were talking about mari-juana," said a disgruntled lady to a couple of morning radio talk hosts in Miami. The announcers were not advocating its use, much less selling it. They…
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