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Every time I visit Cuba, even as I come across sights I must have seen a thousand times — the channels of Habana Vieja, the breathtaking vistas of Viñales — I’m compelled to dive back…
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The airline Air China will make direct flights between Beijing and Havana, three times a week, beginning on Sept. 28. The planes, Boeing 777-300, will make a short stopover in Montreal…
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Cuba’s top diplomat in the United States traveled to Virginia’s capital this week amid new hope that sweeping changes in U.S.-Cuba policy will bring major business opportunities to the…
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The news of Dec. 17 set off all alarms. After almost 54 years of tension, Cuba and the United States announced their decision to resume diplomatic relations, and the shockwave soon…
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The New York Times' Ernesto Londono wrote editorials urging Obama to end the embargo. He tells of the changes he saw when he visited Cuba last month and how he sees the new relationship…
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When the only thing you’re reverent of is irreverence, you eventually get chan culture—people who shout racial slurs and think they’ve accomplished something in the name of 'free…
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Some Republicans hope to use the power of the purse to thwart President Barack Obama’s opening of diplomatic relations with Cuba. But experts say they'll have a tough time doing it.
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The persistent Cubanization of Miami is significant because it is the driving force for change in the ideological profile within the community, particularly in their attitudes towards…
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McCaskill said she plans to talk to the Department of Agriculture this week about the opportunities for American exports in Cuba, in preparation for her trip.
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The U.S. embargo of Cuba hasn't worked, Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee said Wednesday in his first comments about the strict 53-year-old policy that President Obama is loosening.
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