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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: May 23, 2009
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By Deanna Cox:
COHA Research Associate -
During Barack Obama’s first three months in office, his administration took several tentative steps toward rehabilitating the US relationship with Cuba. Up to now such ties have been dominated by unremitting hostility towards the Castro Regime of...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Apr 17, 2009
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By Sir Ronald Sanders:
US President Barack Obama has fulfilled a promise made to Cuban-Americans during last year’s Presidential campaign to ease travel restrictions allowing them to visit Cuba as they wish, and to send money back home to their dependents.
This decision has caused more...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Apr 16, 2009
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(Taken from Cubadebate)
IT is not known how many people in the United States write to Obama and how many different issues they put to him. Obviously, he cannot read all the letters and tackle every issue, because neither the 24 hours of the day and the 365 days of the year would be...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Apr 14, 2009
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By Jeff Franks and Pascal Fletcher:
HAVANA/MIAMI (Reuters) -- President Barack Obama's lifting of US curbs on family travel and remittances to Cuba will bring divided families closer and supplement stressed budgets on the island, Cubans and Cuban Americans said on Monday.
On both sides of...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Feb 26, 2009
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By Susan Cornwell:
WASHINGTON, USA (Reuters): US restrictions on trade with Cuba and family travel to the island would be eased under legislation passed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday but the changes could encounter trouble in the Senate.
Supporters hope congressional...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Feb 23, 2009
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WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The time is right for reevaluating US sanctions on Cuba, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says in a new report, calling for allowing Cuba to buy US goods on credit, US media reported Sunday.
Republican Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana's...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Feb 12, 2009
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WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives have introduced a bill to permit US citizens unrestricted travel to Cuba, according to the Library of Congress website.
The "Freedom To Travel to Cuba Act," which would overturn the 46-year-old US policy strictly limiting...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Feb 7, 2009
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THE response came barely a few hours later. Rahm Emmanuel, the White House chief of staff, spoke. It is of no importance that he failed to mention my modest Reflection. What is important is the response.
He told journalists that what interests President Obama is the Cuban-American community....... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Feb 2, 2009
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WASHINGTON, USA: REMITTANCES may be one of the few bright spots in the economic scheme of things in Barbados and other Caribbean countries as the region confronts a slowdown in tourism, a fall-off in foreign direct investment and a drop in commodity prices.
That assessment came from...... [view]
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Posted By: KarstenWe
Posted On: Apr 26, 2008
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Conditional cash transfer programmes constitute an important tool for reducing poverty and promoting social inclusion - two key objectives of the International Labour Organization. Mexico has one of the most successful programmes of this type, which was recently the focus of a seminar at the...... [view]
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Posted By: KarstenWe
Posted On: May 17, 2008
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Africa Progress Panel
http://www.africaprogresspanel.org
The aim of the Africa Progress Panel is to focus world leaders’ attention on making the most of the growing number of opportunities for progress in Africa. It will also comment on the challenges African governments, the G8 and...... [view]
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