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The State Department held a Special Briefing with journalists on Tuesday (Oct. 3) to discuss the convoluted diplomatic situation with Cuba via teleconference. What follows is the…
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The Cuban authorities issued an official statement read by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parilla, during which for 15 minutes he explained in detail the current controversy between…
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Cuba's Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly protests and condemns the expulsion by the U.S. Government of 15 officials of the Cuban Embassy in Washington claiming that the U.S. had…
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It is unremarkable to see U.S. diplomats jogging along the Malecón, dining at the best restaurants or bathing on the shore. They have never feared being killed or kidnapped, as happens…
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What is clear is that this is only the latest and bloodiest in a long list of home-grown, gun-enabled mass killings, a recurring nightmare that has struck elementary schools, university…
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Donald Trump is no longer the president of the United States. He has the title and he has the bully pulpit. But he’s not actively governing the United States. That work is happening…
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The unemployment rate for Hispanics in the U.S. has returned to a historic low last seen more than a decade ago. The Hispanic unemployment rate stood at 4.7% in the second quarter of…
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Meeting in Cuba, RESPECT, the largest association of US organizers of travel to Cuba unanimously rejected the Trump Administration’s Cuba travel warning and its decision to withdraw…
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We’re overlooking a very important issue — one that is not solely from Trump’s knee-jerk nationalistic patriotism. We saw it through all eight years of the Obama administration and we…
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