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Cuba and Crossed Wires

During the President’s tour of economic entities, social institutions, & neighborhoods the most touching moment was the children’s reactions…

With great fanfare, Cuban media celebrated this week the arrival of the first flight of the spring 2025 season carrying Russian tourists.

I was in such a hurry to grow, and that was the stupidest wish I ever made in my early childhood. I had no idea how much I would lose.

The contradictory interpretations sparked by the 64,000 declassified files on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

The sudden shutdown of Radio and TV Martí broadcasts came as a surprise, a move that was widely celebrated by the Cuban government.

In the context of a far-right resurgence in Chile and around the world, we shouldn’t be surprised by such outrageous proposals…

I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation, eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky.

The 21st Century is heading for a rearrangement of global hegemonies that promises to put the brakes on globalization as we’ve known it.

Pepe Mujica spent 13 years in military dungeons, much of it in solitary confinement. Far from demanding revenge, he advocates for clemency.

In the heart of Miami’s Little Havana, the echoes of a painful past still shape the political beliefs of a fanatically loyal voting bloc.