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Reform or ruin: Cuba’s narrow path forward
Editor's Note: This op-ed was inspired by an article by Carlos Alzugaray Treto, originally published in La Joven Cuba.
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Cuba stands at one of the most perilous crossroads in its…
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Will the US’s latest attempt to end the revolution succeed? Don’t bet on it.
Is this the year that America’s criminal, illegal blockade of Cuba finally achieves its objective? It wouldn’t be the first time that was the expectation. On several occasions since the…
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Let Cuba breathe
For more than six decades, Cuba has lived under the shadow of economic warfare imposed by the United States. What began as a Cold War strategy hardened into a permanent system of…
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Institutional corruption
The United States does not simply fund a military. It funds a vast defense-industry ecosystem.
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Alex Otaola: The Miami clown turning democracy into a spectacle
There’s political activism, and then there’s what Alexander “Alex” Otaola has turned Miami-Dade politics into: a rolling reality-TV-style spectacle fueled by hyper-partisan rhetoric,…
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Trumpism: What is it?
A recent article by Stacie Goddard and Abraham Newman, Further Back to the Future, deserves to be better known and is a good road toward defining Trumpism. To capture what makes this…
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Rubio’s dangerous spin on Venezuela is an insult to democracy — and to the world
Marco Rubio arrived before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this week with polished talking points, practiced calm, and a deeply troubling message: Americans, he insisted, should…
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Why US claims of Venezuelan ‘cooperation’ are null and void
In the aftermath of the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by US forces in early 2026, the Trump administration has repeatedly proclaimed the full “cooperation” of…
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Defeating Trump’s fascism Is going to take you and me—all of us
By Chuck Idelson / Common Dreams
“The border between democracy and authoritarianism is the least protected border in the world.”
Ivan Krastev, Bulgarian chair of the Centre for…
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Are there fundamental changes occurring within Miami’s Cuban electorate?
For more than half a century, Cuban American politics in Miami has centered on a single word: communism.
It has shaped elections, defined loyalties, and turned local races over…
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