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50 years of Industriales in Miami and Havana
While veteran Industriales players prepare for a double-header in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Havana confirmed on Friday that there will also be celebrations in that capital for the 50th…
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Underground economy: Job market for the jobless
Cuba's underground economy, the one that sells you everything, has become the job market of an indefinable portion of the 1 million "idles." Some are street vendors, selling what…
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‘Skinny’: From the underground to self-employment
Changes can be more effective than the police, says the writer while riding in a pedicab in a low-income Havana neighborhood where bedsheets dance a bolero on a clothesline and the odor…
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American dream, American nightmare
President Obama's announcement that he is launching a campaign to fight against the accelerating increase in the cost of college is welcome news. Today, too many can't afford the kind…
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Evicting the have-nots for the benefit of the have-lots
In Miami-Dade County, it is usual for a corrupt mayor to be in the news, but in general the media don't show how the poor people's trailers are demolished after the tenants are evicted.
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The end of democracy?
Increasingly, doubts arise as to whether democracy exists in the United States, with eminent voices saying that such a concept is null and void. Adding that that the growing economic…
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President Obama on the 50th anniversary of MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech (+Video)
President Obama addressed thousands who gathered on the Washington Mall on Wednesday (Aug. 28) to mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and MLK's 'I have a dream' speech.
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Just a wonderful piece of photojournalism
An excellent blog post in Huffington Post. It is titled “The Faces of Cuba You Have to See.” The pictures are a beautiful piece of photojournalism.
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‘I have a dream’ remembered (+Video)
Harry Belafonte recalls Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speech which celebrates its 50th anniversary on August 28th giving the civil rights movement an unstoppable momentum. The…
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What does Ted Cruz stand for? The answer is simple – only himself
Ted Cruz is a snake — pure and simple, says the writer. He’ll slither and coil himself around any idea or talking point he can if he thinks it will benefit his political career.
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