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‘ZunZuneo,’ Alan Gross and public opinion
In December 2009, Alan Gross was arrested in Cuba for violating that country's laws by introducing sophisticated communications equipment. His mission was part of a program of the…
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U.S.: ZunZuneo was not secret, covert or classified — just ‘discreet’
The White House, State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development promptly fell into step Thursday (April 3) after the revelation that the USAID had created a program…
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Castro warned about ‘siren songs’
Excerpts from the speech delivered by President Raúl Castro during the commemoration of the 55th anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution barely 3 months ago. These statements…
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The world in a package
Once again, Cubans cleverly solve their relative isolation. The solution is popularly known as the "Package of the Week," weighs one terabyte and soothes -- or at least it tries to --…
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U.S. secretly created ‘Cuban Twitter’ to stir unrest
According to documents obtained by The Associated Press the plan was to develop a bare-bones "Cuban Twitter." Later when the network reached a critical mass of subscribers operators…
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We’re NOT no. 1! We’re NOT no. 1!
A major new ranking of livability in 132 countries puts the United States in a sobering 16th place. We underperform because our economic and military strengths don’t translate into…
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Inequality deepens
Suddenly, everyone seems to be talking about inequality. Barack Obama talks about it. Leading economists and other social scientists write about it. And no one talks about inequality…
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Hunger
Between 30 and 50 percent of the food produced in the world is discarded. Tons of food are dumped simply because it is not visually attractive, because it's past its due date, because…
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Would Saul Alinsky break his own rules?
In the wake of Occupy, some community organizers are interested in questioning the old divide between "movements" and "organizations"—and in harnessing the power of both. Alinsky would…
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Iranian media exec is in Cuba to firm up ties
The vice president of Iran's radio and television broadcasting system, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), arrived in Havana "to reactivate the cooperation between that…
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