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Menendez on Obama Cuba deal: ‘I think it stinks’
SAYREVILLE — U.S. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) today blasted President Obama’s decision to begin re-establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba and easing economic restrictions imposed on the communist...
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has no intention of withdrawing from the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, despite the sudden shift in U.S.-Cuban relations. “There is no impact to...
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Barack Obama’s Frenemy: Democratic Senator Bob Menendez
Just across the Hudson River from Manhattan lies Union City, New Jersey. With 68,000 citizens it’s gritty, working class and a beautiful piece of Americana. For decades it had the largest...
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Five days in Cuba
By Muriel J. Smith Perhaps the best solution to the problems between Cuba and the United States is to leave it up to the teenagers. Especially if they are teens like Catherine Curtin of Atlantic...
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Cuba: It’s more than cars!
By Muriel J. Smith (photos Tricia Curtin and Nancy Zockoll) Indeed, they really are all there, those classic American-made cars of the 1950s. They’re all over the well paved and not so well paved...
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Cuba: art and music, race and Joann Chesimard, income inequality
By Muriel J. Smith Photos by Tricia Curtin and Nancy Zockoll Part Three of a series They’re a musical group, the Cuban people. They love to dance, are proud of the salsa, automatically start to move...
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A senior day care Center in Havana
By Muriel J. Smith Visiting a senior day care center in the heart of old Havana was an unforgettable experience. As the oldest in our group of six spending five days in Cuba, and being short of four...
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