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“Politics change when cultural exchanges start to take shape,” said Shallal, who is planning a “Cuba week” of films, discussions, music and partying at his restaurants Feb. 28 to March…
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Almost everyone, from scientists to doctors, to public health officials, to the average parent thought that, at least in the United States, measles was basically history. Recent…
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What is evident is that the Cuban-American far right has been caught in its own trap and, to escape, will have to chew off a foot, as some animals do.
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The White House reportedly is pushing the State Department to expedite its review of whether to remove Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism in the hope of establishing a…
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"Who's influenced you the most in your life?" "My principal, Ms. Lopez." "How has she influenced you?" "When we get in trouble, she doesn't suspend us.
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Alan Gross made news on Capitol Hill today, only no one seems to have taken notice. He submitted written remarks to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs for its hearing titled…
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Some worried House Republicans have scheduled a hearing today on the Obama administration's "sudden shift on Cuba policy." They have it almost exactly backward: The change in policy has…
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Roberta Jacobson, the top U.S. diplomat for Latin America, told a hostile House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington, DC, on Wednesday that the Obama administration had ruled out…
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Excerpts from testimony by Roberta S. Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday.
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The U.S. still expects Cuba to raise salaries on the island, as if the U.S. had nothing to do with Cuba’s income. And, while it helps to reduce union membership in the U.S., it demands…
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