Critics slam de Blasio's trips to Cuba, Nicaragua - New York Post

Critics slam de Blasio's trips to Cuba, Nicaragua New York Post Revelations about Bill de Blasio's jaunts to communist Cuba and Nicaragua aren't sitting well with those who battled — and fled — those countries' repressive regimes. “I think he ought to be quiet about that,” said retired US Army Maj. Gen. John ...

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FormaFina, A Fab For The New Rich Of South America, Raises $1.4M - TechCrunch

FormaFina, A Fab For The New Rich Of South America, Raises $1.4M TechCrunch For those who haven't yet heard of FormaFina, think of it as the Fab of South America. The e-commerce startup, which sells curated, limited-run collections of decor products in Argentina and Brazil, has raised a seed round of $1.4 million to anchor ...

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Cuba to Broaden Direct Business Between Tourist Industry and Farmers - Latin American Herald Tribune

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Cuba to Broaden Direct Business Between Tourist Industry and Farmers Latin American Herald Tribune HAVANA – The Cuban government will expand the list of agricultural products for which direct sales are allowed between tourist industry establishments and farmers as part of the “adjustments” it will implement to update the island's socialist economic ...

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Strike 3: Mariano, impasible e imposible

Mariano Rivera ha dejado las Grandes Ligas del béisbol, y ya no volverá a lucir la cutter más efectiva del montículo, ni contará juegos salvados por salidas, ni será el lanzador al que todos se encomiendan cuando quieren llover nervios en el Bronx. Dice adiós porque incluso la vida -que es más larga que el béisbol- conoce de adioses, y porque, a fin de cuentas, 43 años son bastante.



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Cuban 5 book penetrates Miami NPR - Workers World

Cuban 5 book penetrates Miami NPR Workers World “It was more than twelve hotel bombings,” all linked to Luis Posada Carriles, who lives free in Miami despite an open extradition request from Venezuela, where Posada would be put on trial for the bombing of a Cuban airliner in 1976 that killed 78 ...

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Cubans granted visas under eased travel laws back home get a taste of tourism ... - The Republic

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Cubans granted visas under eased travel laws back home get a taste of tourism ... The Republic For years, friends in Miami had invited him to visit, but he couldn't afford to pay for the flight and didn't want to burden his friends. The process of getting an exit permit from Cuban authorities and permission from the U.S. government also seemed ... In Miami, Cuban travelers get taste of US tourism

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Dissident Cuban pastor says change is inevitable - MiamiHerald.com

Dissident Cuban pastor says change is inevitable MiamiHerald.com Cuban pastor and dissident blogger Mario Felix Lleonart Barroso, making his first visit to the United States, said Monday that the communist elites that led the economy to ruin cannot be allowed now to project themselves as its capitalist saviors. “The ...

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