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The U.S., Cuba and terrorism
That the U.S., the greatest purveyor of terrorism on the planet, has the audicity to accuse any other nation of sponsoring terrorism is beyond all credibility, says author Robert…
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Why won’t the White House act on Alan Gross?
Obama has extraordinary latitude to change the dark and scandal-ridden history of U.S.-Cuban relations. And the case of Alan Gross reflects Obama’s failure to “write a new chapter in…
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‘Will the real terrorist please stand up’ (+ Video)
As Saul Landau, who is no longer with us, asked in one of his documentaries: “Will the real terrorist please stand up?” On Wednesday, April 30, the U.S. Department of State, again,…
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The GOP’s immigration headache
The debate over immigration -- specifically what to do with the nearly twelve million undocumented immigrants that live, work, get sick, get pregnant, drive, serve in the armed forces,…
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May First
May First, International Labor Day, is the most important date for workers in the entire world, or, more precisely, in almost the entire world, because, as we know, it is not officially…
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U.S. trafficking in Cuban baseball players
The shocking story of Yasiel Puig's hazardous journey from Cuba to the Los Angeles Dodgers calls for congressional hearings to end the trafficking in Cuban athletes, carve an exemption…
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Sterling barred from NBA for life (+ Video)
Donald Sterling, the longtime owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, was barred from the N.B.A. for life and may be forced to sell the team for making racist remarks. Sterling will also be…
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The embarrassing flight of the three hawks
All three Cuban-American members of the U.S. Senate -- Robert Menéndez, Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz – wish they could say truthfully that their parents “fled Castro's Cuba". The…
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WOLA: U.S. government should negotiate with Cuba to free Alan Gross
The Washington Office on Latin America issued a statement today calling on the Obama administration to negotiate with the Cuban government to secure the release of USAID contractor Alan…
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Washington helping to promote income inequality
The evidence of income inequality just keeps mounting. Our now infamous one percent own more than 35 percent of the nation’s wealth. Which has turned Washington into a protection racket…
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