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Two albums have recently exploded into my inbox that are strong contenders for the "Best of" list for '09. Ironically, they are "albums" made in the '60s-'70s in lands overseas and from other time zones than Brooklyn.
Jim Luce | Posted 10.28.2009 | New York
Vargas Llosa speaks about Barack Obama's Nobel Prize, the state of literature, inter-American relations and politics.
New York Times | LYNNLEY BROWNING | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business
Thursday is the deadline for Americans to come clean about the money they have hidden offshore, in places like Swiss bank accounts. No one can say wit...
Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York
A visit by the New York Philharmonic, patrons included, would be a continuation of the improving trend in U.S.-Cuban relations.
David Jones | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York
The parade has become a cultural touchstone for people from the Caribbean and many others. It reflects some of the deepest needs of people to feel collective joy.
Robert Creamer | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics
Obama's recent trips to the G-20 and the Summit of the Americas have underscored his fundamental realignment of American foreign policy.
Miami Herald | JACQUELINE CHARLES | Posted 05.16.2009 | World
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- The residents of Beetham Gardens, a drab area of rundown government housing and relentless gang warfare, have been cut off...
McClatchy | Lesley Clark | Posted 04.17.2009 | World
WASHINGTON -- The slumping global economy is slowing the amount of money that migrant workers send home to their families in Latin America and the Car...
Alison Stein Wellner | Posted 07.21.2009 | Home
When I first visited Barbados last year, I wasn't thinking about the Jewish people at all. And yet one morning I found myself sitting in the sanctuary of one of of the oldest synagogues in the Western hemisphere.
WorldFocus | Posted 03.22.2009 | World
The small island nation of Haiti relies heavily on food imports, but with prices soaring, some Haitians are resorting to eating mud. The cookies --...
AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 03.09.2009 | World
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti's electoral council has barred members of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's popular political party from r...
Yoani Sanchez | Posted 02.20.2009 | World
The golden advertisements that show a Cuba of mulattas, rum, music and dancing will not be able to hide the panorama of collapsing buildings, frustration and inertia. .
BBC NEWS | Posted 01.08.2009 | World
The leaders of 14 Caribbean nations have called on US President-elect Barak Obama to lift the decades-old American trade embargo against Cuba. The ...
William Bradley | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics
It may well be that General Jones, in what is frequently the geopolitical catbird seat as Obama's National Security Advisor, will emerge as the most influential figure of the new national security power troika.
William Bradley | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics
For Obama, the Mumbai attacks mean that we are on the verge of another major geopolitical crisis, with enormous implications for our already deeply troubled programs in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Stefanie Michaels | Posted 12.01.2008 | Green
The Caribbean, known for its crystal blue waters, powdery sand beaches with colors ranging from coco to pink and all the shades in between, is a haven...
Joe Garcia | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics
The greatest impediment to the wellbeing of the Cuban people is the Cuban government itself. But this fact does not give us license to throw our hands in the air and not offer our help.
Julia Moulden | Posted 10.07.2008 | Living
Hands up if you've ever bought a handicraft while traveling, only to have it end up collecting dust in some closet at home. Thought so. We've all ...
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ABC News | LIZ MOYER AND TATYANA SHUMSKY | Posted 04.10.2008 | Business
When people think of tax havens, they usually picture the Swiss Alps or Caribbean islands. But traditional venues like Switzerland, the duchies of Li...
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Derek Beres | Posted 11.06.2009 | Entertainment