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The egalitarian wage system Fidel Castro spent decades building in Cuba is no longer viable, plagued by low pay, corruption and waste that can be eased by paying workers more for better work, a top labor official said in an interview published...
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Fidel Castro says a “profound racism” in the United States will stop millions from voting for Barack Obama in next month’s presidential election.
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Cuba has begun accepting applications from private farmers _ both with and without experience _ who want to till idle government land.
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Hurricane Ike roared across Cuba west of the densely populated capital’s aging buildings Tuesday after tearing down the length of the island nation, ravaging...
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Two children of two of Cuba’s most famous revolutionaries have died in a Havana traffic accident.
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