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A caricature of the Industriales dilemma
Cuba's Industriales, baseball players from here, there and everywhere playing ball in Miami. Even former major leaguers like 'El Duque' Hernandez and Rey Ordoñez were on board. But…
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Trayvon Martin and the right to lose faith
A thoughtful and balanced piece on the Trayvon Martin tragedy. The article was initially written for the Miami blog Let's Talk About It. And as Kateel emphasizes, "losing faith in a…
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Cuba and the sources of energy
Official projects now in the works seek to install, before 2020, eight new wind power farms that would generate 280 megawatts. That's an ambitious undertaking, inasmuch as at present…
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For Cuba, a harsh self-assessment
There was little to argue with this month when President Raúl Castro unleashed his fiercest and lengthiest public lecture to date on the demise of Cuban culture.
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U.S. also turns down Moscow’s extradition requests
U.S. is pressuring Russia to hand over NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden while routinely denying Russian requests to hand over suspected criminals living in America.
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Stuffing prisons with migrants and blacks makes for great business
In 1989, about 40,000 people were sentenced to prison for narcotics-related crimes. At present, the number is almost 500,000.
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Was the FIU president coerced?
A baseball game featuring former players from the Industriales, Cuba’s version of the Yankees, was suddenly cancelled this week. FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg refuses to address the…
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What exactly did John Kerry say?
In an editorial written by La Alborada the question asked is pertinent: What did Secretary of State John Kerry tell his counterpart Elias Jaua that drew such a reaction from the…
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Racism
Racism is rampant in Miami, but any black Cuban who comes from the island saying things that please the ears of the racist ultra-right will be welcome for a short period of time.
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The perfect crime: Kill a black man
The case of Trayvon Martin is only the latest in a long series of facts that show that the United States is far from the color-blind society in which, according to the Supreme Court,…
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