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Cuba’s past, present, future

Who will manage Cuba’s market?

Is Russia operating a spy base in Cuba again? Trump, Rubio and U.S. media outlets like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal all say so. But none of them bothered to go to the alleged site of this spy base. We did — and here's what we found.

While Rubio has spent much of his political career fighting the Cuban regime, it is almost unbelievable that even he would lend his name to such a report filled with lies and threats against American citizens.

NATO confronted in the streets of Ankara

Thinking and rethinking

Thinking strategy in a time of hard choices

Indicting Cuban officials over the incident is disingenuous, given the provocations by Brothers to the Rescue and U.S. actions against Cuba, which are in direct violation of international and U.S. laws.