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Cuba and the US presidential elections
Canadian author and journalist KEITH BOLENDER is due to speak on the outcome of the US elections at meetings in November. Here, he anticipates what a new face in the Oval Office might mean for Cuba
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ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
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THE upcoming US presidential election is being touted as one of the most important in the nation’s history. But there’s another country also extremely interested in the results on November 5: the outcome will have a vital impact on current and future US-Cuba relations.
There are two starkly different scenarios at play: one cautiously optimistic, the other utterly negative.
If Donald Trump wins, Cuba loses.
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