Just a few weeks after losing her father, journalist Soledad O’Brien shared the sad news of her mother’s passing on social media. O’Brien composed a heartfelt Twitter thread about her mother Estela, a dynamic woman who migrated to the United States from Cuba to provide a better opportunity for those she loved. “My mom died […]
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(Reuters) – Cuba’s economic reforms began taking shape on Friday as the government said it would allow or expand private enterprise in 178 activities ranging from watch repairs to massages, to help assure the survival of socialism. Cubans will be able to open restaurants, repair homes and cars, train animals, sell wine, provide transportation, work […]
(NYTimes.com) Would Americans’ playing bingo in a Havana retirement home violate the Cuban government’s socialist ethos? How about avowed capitalists living on their 401(k) accounts in condominiums along the Cuban coastline? Or, horror of horrors, fast food outlets offering Big Macs, Whoppers and buckets of fried chicken along the seaside Malecón? Although Cuba remains closed […]