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What’s the difference between Cubans and Haitians? ask Marco Rubio
Florida Senator Marco Rubio, in 2008 when he was the speaker of the Florida legislature, gave a remarkably candid explanation of why he wanted to curtail, as much as possible, the right…
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Havana good time in College
That might seem obvious. Few Americans have had the opportunity to travel to Cuba legally since the U.S. imposed a travel embargo in the early 1960s. But now that the countries are…
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Senators launching push to end Cuba travel ban
The bill is coming from a bipartisan group of eight senators.
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Take Cuba off the terrorist list
The new U.S.-Cuba talks are a refreshing burst of sunshine in the 54-year dismal relationship between neighbors separated by a mere 90 miles.
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Raúl Castro: ‘To learn the art of civilized coexistence’
"Whatever course developments may take, we are in the presence of the first great diplomatic victory of Latin American and Caribbean integration over the policies of the United States."
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A cigar maker in Tampa
Bernardino Villa Campo. Black, medium height. He wore a straw hat, boots and light-colored shirts, always long-sleeved. Spoke English well, played the clarinet. "Villita," was how his…
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As Cuba–U.S. relations thaw, medical researchers still struggle to connect
The economic embargo is still in place, so warming connections between the countries can only take biomedicine so far, scientists say.
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American businesses preparing to flood Cuba
American diplomats completed their first high-level meetings with their Cuban counterparts in Havana last week. Now come the suits
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Fidel’s letter is hot topic at State Dept. briefing
Psaki ended the questioning on Cuba by repeating that the date for the next bilateral meeting "isn't quite set yet" and that her office "will have more on that in the coming days or…
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Miami Herald sees U.S.-Cuba talks through a glass darkly
In Miami, it seems the success or failure of the talks is being judged by the extent to which engagement will produce regime change by new means. Coverage and opinions in the Spanish…
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