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The New York Times is reporting that House Speaker John Boehner, under pressure from ultra-conservative members of the party he leads, will resign from office next month.
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Raúl Castro met for an hour at the Cuban mission with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who in April headed a trade mission to Cuba. He also attended the pope's address at the U.N.…
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Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Charles H. Rivkin will be in Havana on Monday and Tuesday leading a U.S. government delegation for Civil Aviation…
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On Thursday, Sept. 24, Pope Francis became the first pontiff to ever address the U.S. Congress. Progreso Weekly offers you the complete speech. It's worth reading...
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On December 17 of last year, President Obama began building a bridge between the U.S. and Cuba. Yet the bridge is still under construction. Each of us is helping to build it: stone by…
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Excerpts from press gaggle aboard the papal plane flying from Santiago de Cuba to Washington yesterday, as published in the Cubadebate website. Pope Francis spoke alternatively in…
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This week in Conexion Miami: Florida and poverty, not a pretty picture; Debbie Wasserman Schultz votes with the president on Iran; buyers have yet to move in to the Faena on Miami Beach…
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It's a delicious dream, says the writer when referencing the present day happenings in the U.S.-Cuba relationship. At the same time he cites the German word 'Schadenfreude' when…
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The Associated Press reported on Monday that the U.S. may abstain from the annual U.N. General Assembly vote on a Cuban-backed resolution demanding that the embargo be lifted.
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