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What do Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Trump have in common?
The imminent choice of Donald Trump as the Republican candidate for president of the U.S. got me thinking about those ‘famous’ pop music characters, Justin Bieber and Rihanna. It…
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Cuba gets green light to reopen consulate in the former Leningrad
Cuba's vice president Miguel Díaz-Canel on Saturday (May 28) received assurances from the Mayor of St. Petersburg, Georgi Poltavchenko, that Cuba may reopen a consulate and install a…
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WikiLeaks exposes text from secretly negotiated TISA trade deal
WikiLeaks released classified documents from the Trade in Services Agreement, a huge trade agreement being negotiated in secret by the U.S., the EU and 22 other countries. It shows how…
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Putin welcomes Díaz-Canel to the Kremlin
Cuban Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel met Wednesday in Moscow with President Vladimir V. Putin and members of his staff. The men discussed the outlook for trade and economic…
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Díaz-Canel to meet with Russian premier this week (Updated)
Cuban Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel will travel to Moscow and meet on Thursday with Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev. On Tuesday, Díaz-Canel continued his visit to Belarus by…
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Lukashenko sees ‘positive trends’ in Belarus-Cuba ties
Cuban Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel met Monday in Minsk with Belarussian President Aleksandr Lukashenko at the start of an official visit to Belarus.
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Tatarstan announces deal to revive truck sales to Cuba using Russian financing
The Tatar trucking giant KAMAZ has signed a contract with the Cuban government for the delivery of "automotive equipment, spare parts and the equipment necessary for the installation in…
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Russian analyst: New U.S. policy is to undermine Cuban society
Although diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States have ostensibly improved, the plans hatched in Washington for the island remain the same, opines Russian politologist…
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‘The Cuban Quintet’ (+1) is warmly greeted in Moscow
The five Cuban intelligence officers who spent many years in U.S. prisons after their arrest in South Florida in 1998 were in Moscow this week to attend the annual Victory Day…
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Cuba, Germany seek stronger trade and cultural ties
Germany's Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, congratulated the Cuban people on "overcoming the Cold War" and expressed "great interest" in establishing closer relations with the…
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