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Colombian officials and leftist rebels resumed peace talks Monday in Havana, Cuba, with the insurgent group urging voters to use upcoming elections to reject right-wing candidates.
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Former Florida Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Graham is part of a U.S. group that will talk with Cuban officials about offshore oil drilling safety.
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Unproductive and/or inefficient state-run enterprises were warned that they could be shut down or turned over to self-employed workers if they didn't mend their ways.
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Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian on Sunday (Jan. 12) ended a four-day official visit to Cuba that sought to broaden trade relations with the island.
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It seems peculiar that the State Department assigned an acting deputy assistant to deal with the head of the MINREX's U.S. Division during the U.S.-Cuba Migration Accords.
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The star of action movies such as Under Siege is flirting with a gubernatorial run in the Grand Canyon State. Oh! and he has a reality show out soon where he helps SOB Sheriff Joe…
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What grade does the Obama administration deserve from progressives as it enters the home stretch? Because Progreso Weekly columnist Max Castro believes Obama has failed to be a…
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In Miami-Dade County, statistics show that one out of 85 people will be the victim of a violent crime. The crime rate is much higher than that in some of its municipalities, like Opa…
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It seems unlikely that Cuba would even consider an agreement that contains the same conditions as the EU's Common Position, seeing it as a Trojan Horse.
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The European Union needs to review and update its "common position" toward Cuba, said Dutch foreign minister Frans Timmermans, on an official visit to Cuba.
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