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On the black-and-white board where Cuba and the U.S. have been moving their pieces since Dec. 17 there are some gray squares that might remove the pressure from the game. I say "might"…
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"On December 17 we saw the beginning of the end of the blockade. While in Cuba, I used a metaphor for a future foretold and said that all that's left of the blockade is a shell of its…
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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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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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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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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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Eight U.S. senators -- four of them Democrats, four Republicans -- on Thursday introduced a bill that would allow American citizens to travel to Cuba without restrictions.
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Excerpts from the speech delivered Wednesday (Jan. 28) at the CELAC Summit in Costa Rica by Cuban President Raúl Castro Ruz, as translated by Progreso Weekly.
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