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Sunday, 10 April 2011 Progreso Weekly Staff HAVANA - Cubans have been paying close attention to the judicial process which concluded last Friday in El Paso, Texas, against Luis Posada…
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Luis Posada Carriles is acquitted in Texas In order to do him justice for the crimes he committed he must be extradited, affirms attorney José Pertierra By David Brooks…
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By Tim Padgett From the Global Spin blog Now that an El Paso, Texas, jury has acquitted Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles of perjury, the buzz back in Miami is that at least he got the…
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By Will Weissert From the Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A Texas jury has found an elderly ex-CIA agent from Cuba not guilty of all 11 counts of perjury, obstruction and…
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By Robert Reich From the Robert Reich blog I was there in 1995 when the government closed because of a budget stalemate. I had to tell most of the Labor Department's 15,600 employees to…
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Recommendations for Private and Public Sector Leaders Cuba Study Group - Executive Summary In January 2011, the Cuba Study Group and the Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times Many commentators swooned earlier this week after House Republicans, led by the Budget Committee chairman, Paul Ryan, unveiled their budget…
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By COHA Research Associate Zoë Amerigian From Council on Hemispheric Affairs website • Not much bang for the buck • Should the White House be in the propaganda business? • Use diplomacy…
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By Marin Cogan From POLITICO It’s not easy policing the image of a member of Congress — especially when your boss is Rep. David Rivera, the Florida Republican freshman beset by so many…
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By Elsa Claro They say that no changes have occurred in Cuba, but “the little room is not the same,” whether some people like it or not. This is evidenced by the decision to allow banks…
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