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Editorial: Viva Cuba!

January 6, 2006

Jan. 1 marked the 47th anniversary of the Cuban revolution. It was on this date, in 1959, that Fidel Castro and his July 26th Movement overthrew the Batista dictatorship, making possible the beginning of Cuba’s transition...

Venezuelas 21st-century socialism

January 6, 2006

On a recent trip to Latin America, President George W. Bush said people must choose between “two competing visions.” One, he said, “pursues representative government, integration into the world community and freedom’s transformative power for individuals.”...

Cubas revolutionary doctors

December 29, 2005

Cuba this year graduated 1,905 new doctors. They pledged, in part, the following: “True medicine is not that which cures, but that which prevents, whether in an isolated community on our island or in any sister...

Wish me a Merry Christmas or Ill kill you

December 21, 2005

Commentary Christian friends and relatives complain about how Christmas is commercialized. Every year, one of the most sacred events in Christianity is used as a mechanism to sell everything from jewelry to SUVs. To the dismay...

Letters

December 16, 2005

Juan Torres, presente Thank you for the award given to my father, Juan D. Torres. I will always be grateful for PWW for allowing people to hear our story. Veronica Santiago Via e-mail Santiago’s brother, Juan...