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Menéndez, born in Oakland, Calif., has been living in Cuba and working in Cuban music since the mid-1960s. He is the only North American who has been a part of the last 30-plus years of…
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Fernando Gonzalez says that one of the most positive signs he's seen is former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's statement in a recent book that she recommended that President Barack…
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The Obama administration will have to accept Cuba's recognition by the OAS this spring or sit sheepishly in isolation.
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They are the work of Cuban-born artist Alexandre Arrechea, now a New Yorker since moving there two years ago from Spain.
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A lot of research and writing explores the dynamics of the richest one percent, .1 percent, and even the .01 percent. But researchers only have the fuzziest understanding of America's…
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For the first time, the law will recognize that, under certain circumstances, they may qualify for asylum in the United States.
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Public education is becoming big business as bankers, hedge fund managers and private equity investors are entering what they consider to be an “emerging market.”
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The Tampa Bay Times reports this evening that two, top staff members for Senator Marco Rubio (FL) and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27) took junkets to China that were financed by…
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The U.S. “is sharing intelligence about jihadist deployments with Damascus through Iraqi and Russian channels,” the Agence France-Presse reports today, citing one source as saying: ”The…
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What's beyond question is that the support of New Yorkers, who elected De Blasio believing his promises of equal treatment for all, will depend to a great degree -- after the Garner…
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