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Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin said Friday that he is working on legislation to ease the U.S. embargo on agricultural and telecommunications exports to Cuba as a step toward normalizing…
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Statements on Cuba during the Question & Answer segment from the official State Dept. transcript.
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Mexico and Canada can help the United States reestablish relations with Cuba, said Secretary of State John Kerry in Boston on Saturday, after meeting with the foreign ministers of the…
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The Office of Cuba Broadcasting, or OCB, has signed more than 100 contracts worth nearly $1 million since the U.S. and Cuba on Dec. 17 announced they would begin renewing diplomatic…
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Canadian businesses are suddenly scrambling not to squander the head start they had in Cuba after the Soviet pullout, now that Cuba and the United States are essaying renewed relations,…
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Alex Castro Soto del Valle, one of Fidel Castro's sons, said this week that Coca-Cola beverages and McDonald's fast-food restaurants are welcome in Cuba.
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This first step in the present détente bodes well for a process that will require patience and deft managing of expectations in both countries.
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It is a matter of the Cuban nation and its relations with the United States, at a time when their governments have started to walk down a road that's challenging but also necessary and…
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America can—and already has—learned a lot from Cuba. At RWJF, we support MEDICC, an organization that strives to use lessons gleaned from Cuba’s health care system to improve outcomes…
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Specifically, he called for Congress to allow his department to promote trade in Cuba as well as other international markets where it is hamstrung.
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