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Cuba and her Cubans
The newly enacted and long-awaited migration law was a great step for those of us who live in Cuba. It restored rights that we had missed, eliminated the exit permit and benefited the…
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Poll: Major damage to GOP after shutdown, and broad dissatisfaction with government
The budget confrontation that led to a partial government shutdown dealt a major blow to the GOP’s image and has exposed significant divisions between tea party supporters and other…
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Dual currency will be phased out, Granma announces
Cuba announced the start of a process to eliminate the dual currency system it has maintained since 1994. Monetary unification "will not solve ... all problems of the economy," said the…
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More Americans are traveling to Cuba
American tourism to Cuba — tightly restricted for more than 50 years — is on the upswing, a new report shows. But Americans are a trickle compared with the torrent of Canadians.
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Stimulate people-to-people contact
Manuel Ramy interviews Prof. Jesús Arboleya who states, among many other things, that investment by Cuban-Americans in Cuba provides an economic foundation for people-to-people contact.…
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Success and failure
If a "have" laughs at a "have-not" and despises him, we say that the person is arrogant and not high-minded, even if he or she wears elevated shoes. If we see more and more people…
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The crime of cattle raising
When the Revolution triumphed, Cuba had more heads of cattle than inhabitants. Research done back then showed that a high percentage of the Cuban population did not consume beef.
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Wasserman Schultz, diabetes, the Holocaust and Cuba
Rep. Wasserman Schultz should be ashamed of her demagoguery. Comparing the Holocaust and Cuba is insensitive and opportunistic. As for the deadly disease that affects so many in her…
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Miami: Paradise lost – again
Since its inception, the promise of paradise is the story of Miami. Founded in 1896, Miami by the 1920s had already experienced a frenzied real estate boom fueled by that promise…
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Charlie Crist moves closer to 2014 comeback bid
Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has lined up a fundraising chief for what increasingly seems like an inevitable gubernatorial comeback bid in 2014.
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