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Russia, Cuba sign pact on domestic security
Russia's Federal Security Service and Cuba's Commission on National Security and Defense on Wednesday (May 14) signed a memorandum of cooperation in Moscow and agreed to create a joint…
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The imprudence of Donald Sterling (+ Video)
It's easy to think that millionaires live in another world, in a distant dimension, in a parallel world with rules and conflicts that are foreign to us. But no, in the end, millionaires…
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A prisoner exchange that could improve U.S.-Cuba relations
Alan Gross has been serving a fifteen-year prison sentence in Cuba for providing material support to the Cuban opposition. In the meanwhile, three Cuban agents have been incarcerated in…
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Mujica amuses World Bank with a ‘no-tie speech’
Last Wednesday (May 14), President José Mujica of Uruguay participated in a presentation to the World Bank (WB) in Washington, D.C. The presentation was as informal as its title, "A…
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High-level Cuba-U.S. meeting held; reason unknown
Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson met Thursday in Washington with the director of the North American department of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Josefina Vidal, according to…
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‘I vote for no one; it’s not worth the trouble’
"Here, those who have papers and those who don't do the same: we work to make our families succeed," says Elena Guzmán, a Salvadoran woman from New York. She voted for Obama in two…
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Miami: Skyscrapers rise, city sinks
Recent studies carried out by big name think tanks outside Florida have found that, in a nation with breathtaking economic inequality, Miami has one of the biggest chasms between rich…
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Bormey peanuts: Anatomy of a new enterprise in Cuba
About 300 clients show up daily at the "Bormey House of Peanuts," where Orelvis Bormey Torres sells 21 types of turrones , five varieties of panetelas and about 10 varieties of snacks…
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Meanwhile, where is Yoani?
Yoani Sánchez continues another round the world tour, this week in Warsaw, participating with Nobel Peace laureates Lech Walesa and Mohammed ElBaradei in an international conference,…
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Conexión Miami / Raonel and gold fever
From Miami gold thief Raonel Valdez Valhuerdis to Aroldis Chapman and his 100+ mph fastball, and now metal plate in his forehead, and also Marco Rubio's presidential aspirations,…
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