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  • Prime Secretary of the Cuban Communist party and President of the State Council Fidel Castro addresses delegates of the General Assembly of the United Nations  in New York, September 1960.
    Prime Secretary of the Cuban Communist party and President of the State Council Fidel Castro addresses delegates of the General Assembly of the United Nations  in New York, September 1960.
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    Memories of Cuba Past

    Four years ago, I walked the Havana streets where my grandparents used to live. Somehow, it still felt like home.

    byJudy Bolton-Fasman
  • Cuban refugees including children sail on a raft in an attempt to reach the United States off the coast of Cuba 31 August 1994. The numbers of Cuban boat-people refugees increased in the summer of 1994 in spite of Bill Clinton's warning that Cubans are no longer welcome in the US.
    Cuban refugees including children sail on a raft in an attempt to reach the United States off the coast of Cuba 31 August 1994. The numbers of Cuban boat-people refugees increased in the summer of 1994 in spite of Bill Clinton's warning that Cubans are no longer welcome in the US.
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    Cuban Solidarity and the Death of the Tyrant

    How Fidel Castro’s libertarian exiles found unlikely allies through the Yiddish press

    byPaul Berman
  • Supporters outside the White House hold signs calling for U.S. citizen Alan Gross, currently being held in a Cuban prison, to be brought home, December 3, 2013. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
    Supporters outside the White House hold signs calling for U.S. citizen Alan Gross, currently being held in a Cuban prison, to be brought home, December 3, 2013. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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    Cuba Releases Alan Gross in Prisoner Swap

    American contractor was detained in December 2009

    byStephanie Butnick
  • Sephardic cemetery, Guanabacoa, Havana.
    Sephardic cemetery, Guanabacoa, Havana.
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    My Man in Havana

    When we fled Cuba in 1962, my uncle stayed. He died 50 years later, without ever explaining his decision.

    byMiriam B. Abrahams
  • Goldberg and Castro, chilling.(Atlantic)
    Goldberg and Castro, chilling.(Atlantic)
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    Chávez Listens to The Boss

    Castro’s philo-Semitism is contagious!

    byMarc Tracy
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    Goldberg Goes To Cuba

    Photo of the day

    byMarc Tracy
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    Back to Cuba

    Anthropologist Ruth Behar keeps returning to the place her family left behind

    byAlicia Zuckerman
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