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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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Crist: A high-risk diver
Charlie Crist, former Republican governor of Florida, now a Democratic candidate to that post, makes a high-risk, high-altitude dive when he states that the United States' policy toward…
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Adiós, Formell
It is difficult to think of an individual whose life’s work represents more on the modern Cuban cultural landscape than composer, bassist, arranger and Los Van Van director Juan…
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4 Miami-Cuban detainees are subject of U.S.-Cuba talks
Officials of the U.S. Interests Section met Thursday (May 8) in Havana with functionaries of the Interior Ministry to discuss the case of four South Florida Cubans arrested April 26 on…
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Translator: Yoani ‘believes only in the Money God’
My criticism of the Cuban system remains what it always was, but not by the side of someone who thinks that the only value in life is a bank account! So says Yoani Sanchez's Italian…
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Let the truth be known and impunity end
The Puerto Rican newspaper Claridad last week published an editorial stating it awaits the result of the government's efforts so that the truth may finally be known and the impunity of…
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Yoani is denounced by her Italian translator
Yoani Sánchez's Italian-language translator for the past six years, Gordiano Lupi, on Friday (May 9) published an article blasting the Cuban blogger for being arrogant, mercenary, and…
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Cuba tells banking bloc why it needs foreign investment
Cuba will need as much as $2.5 billion in direct foreign investment to boost its economy, said Cuba's top economist, Marino Murillo Jorge, Thursday (May 8) in Havana.
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