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Cuba: A tale of two hurricanes
Ernest Hemingway learned in Cuba that the best way to get through a hurricane is to have your ears tuned to a battery-powered radio and keep your hands busy with a bottle of rum and […]
Author: Rosa Miriam Elizalde
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Storms at the Summit of the Americas
June 7 was a bad day for Luis Almagro, secretary-general of the Organization of American States (OAS). During the ninth Summit of the Americas, a young man declared to him what he is: an assassin and puppet of […]
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Cumbre borrascosa
Un día negro para Luis Almagro. En su cara un joven le canta lo que es: asesino y marioneta de la Casa Blanca, instigador del golpe de Estado en Bolivia. Que no venga a dar […]
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Los héroes del Saratoga
Primero, la explosión. El edificio, de seis pisos, vibró, se saltaron unos cables después, con la fuerza de un latigazo. Acto seguido, se desplomó más de la mitad de la fachada sin dar tiempo, sin […]
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The heroes of Hotel Saratoga
At first, there was an explosion. The six-story building vibrated, and a few wires snapped with the force of a whiplash. Immediately afterward, more than half of the facade collapsed without any warning, with each […]
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El bloqueo a Cuba cumple 60 años
Se dice fácil, pero han sido seis décadas durísimas que comenzaron con una ligereza desconcertante y la creencia de que el bloqueo del Gobierno de Estados Unidos a Cuba no duraría demasiado. Un par de años, […]
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The blockade against Cuba turns 60
It’s easy to say, but it’s been six very hard decades that began with disconcerting lightness and the belief that the United States government’s blockade of Cuba would not last long—a couple of years, maybe. […]
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¿Por qué Estados Unidos estuvo alimentando las protestas del 15 de noviembre en Cuba?
El 20 de septiembre, comenzaron a llegar cartas a ocho sedes de los Gobiernos municipales o provinciales de Cuba, en las que se anunciaba la celebración de marchas “pacíficas” durante el 15 de noviembre, convocadas por un […]
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Why is the U.S. fueling the November 15 Cuba protests?
On September 20, letters began to arrive at eight Cuban municipal or provincial government headquarters announcing the holding of “peaceful” marches on November 15 by a group called Archipiélago. The motivation for these marches was a call for […]
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The U.S. has an unhealthy obsession with Cuba
The piggy bank was rattled again. In September 2021, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) gave $6,669,000 in grants for projects aimed at “regime change” in Cuba, a euphemism to avoid saying “direct intervention by […]