Cuba
Labor movement begins to reassess its approach to Cuba relations
October 3, 2017The Washington State Labor Council of the AFL-CIO called for an end to the U.S. economic blockade and travel restrictions on that country.
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Opponents of U.S.-Cuba ties score from “health attacks” on diplomats
October 2, 2017“Where is the logic in aggressive methods against U. S. diplomats [now] after the sovereign decision to re-establish ties with Washington?”
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Can Ana Belen Montes be freed?
September 21, 2017Montes confessed to relaying U.S. government information to a Cuban handler. Now she is locked in a federal prison and suffering from breast cancer.
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Saving socialism: Cuba renews land reform to bolster food production
August 29, 2017Cuba is now spending more on imported food than it did in 2008. The survival of Cuban socialism rests on a secure food supply.
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Cuban labor leader hosted by New York union
July 10, 2017Despite Trump’s bluster, people are still traveling to Cuba: Tourist visits from the U.S. are now second only to such from Canada.
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