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Guantánamo terrorism trial implodes
If anyone doubted that the U.S. military tribunals in Guantánamo were kangaroo courts those doubts should have been erased last week when it was revealed that the FBI has been spying on…
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Immobility on immigration draws reaction in cities nationwide
Accustomed to bad news, the immigrant community has welcomed as a breath of fresh air some positive developments that occurred in recent weeks. In a movement that could have national…
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From the Bay of Pigs to the ‘Bay of Tweets’
Last week, the John F. Kennedy Library marked the 53rd anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, a CIA covert operation with the goal of overthrowing the Castro government. No wonder…
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Gabriel García Márquez and the Cuban Five
Gabriel García Márquez, the famed Colombian novelist who died April 17, 2014, played a fascinating cameo role in the story of the Cuban Five. In the spring of 1998, he carried a secret…
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Racism, jabber and immigration
“I think race has something to do with the fact that they are not bringing up an immigration bill,” said House minority leader Nancy Pelosi. “I’ve heard them say to the Irish, ‘If it…
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Obama and Cuban Twitter
The intent of economic sanctions against Cuba is to deprive the Cuban regime of revenue. Yet Zununeo's success relied upon Cuban mobile services provided by Cuba's telephone company, a…
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USAID hard-liners scuttled plan to free Gross, says ex-Kerry aide
Negotiations between the U.S. and Cuba aimed at gaining Alan Gross' release were scuttled by "die-hard USAID officials" four years ago, a former Senate aide to John Kerry told Newsweek…
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USAID unleashes a whopper
The Agency for International Development was right to call out the Associated Press for purported inaccuracies in its investigative report about ZunZuneo questioning key details of the…
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Ryan the ruthless
Paul Ryan, the 44-year-old Republican U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, aspires to transform the nation through a weapon much more powerful than bows, arrows, and swords: the federal…
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Not one more deportation!
That's the cry of thousands of immigrants who have been carrying out activities in various cities as part of a campaign named after the slogan. Its purpose is to convey their…
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