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Lavrov’s Cuba visit: Spoke of $3.2 billion investment
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Viktorovich Lavrov's first stop during his four country visit to Latin America was Cuba. He spoke about an "important" agreement involving Cuba's debt to…
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Muñiz Varela’s family asks Obama to act
Carlos Muñiz Varela's son has written to President Barack Obama, Justice Secretary Eric Holder, and Puerto Rican Democratic members of Congress to ask that the FBI cooperate with the…
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May First
May First, International Labor Day, is the most important date for workers in the entire world, or, more precisely, in almost the entire world, because, as we know, it is not officially…
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U.S. trafficking in Cuban baseball players
The shocking story of Yasiel Puig's hazardous journey from Cuba to the Los Angeles Dodgers calls for congressional hearings to end the trafficking in Cuban athletes, carve an exemption…
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Lavrov met with Fidel, Moscow says
An official statement issued Wednesday (April 30) by the Russian Foreign Ministry says that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held an "informal" meeting with Fidel Castro. The Ministry has…
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Its slice of the pie
The Paris Club traveled discreetly to Havana. Both parties have shown interest in renegotiating the Cuban debt. Cuba and the EU will hold negotiations soon that should reduce the 1996…
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The embarrassing flight of the three hawks
All three Cuban-American members of the U.S. Senate -- Robert Menéndez, Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz – wish they could say truthfully that their parents “fled Castro's Cuba". The…
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Coming soon, a spring thaw with Cuba?
A current is emerging in the U.S. attitude toward Cuba that appears more favorable to improved relations. In November, Obama told the Cuban American lobby that U.S. strategy ought to…
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Placing blame on the latest Cuba-travel screw-up
The news, delivered from island authorities to the charter companies who carry passengers to Cuba, was that persons with passports not updated and current would not be allowed to enter…
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Homelessness
The man walked to the nearest traffic light and unfolded a cardboard sign. He ruffled his hair, looked sad, and raised the sign to his chest so that anyone standing nearby could read…
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