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Rolling Stones to play a free concert in Havana on March 25, becoming the biggest act to play Cuba since 1959

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he Rolling Stones announced Tuesday that they will play a free concert in Havana on March 25, becoming the biggest act to play Cuba since its 1959 revolution. The Stones will play in Havana’s Ciudad Deportiva three days after President Barack Obama visits Havana. The concert is expected to draw a massive audience in a country where the government once persecuted young people for listening to rock music, then seen as a tool of Western capitalism. “We have performed in…

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Marco Rubio calls on president to reconsider Cuba trip

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President Barack Obama is going to Cuba next month, much to the consternation of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio. Obama announced via Twitter Thursday morning that he and first lady Michelle Obama will travel to the island on March 21-22. Next month, I'll travel to Cuba to advance our progress and efforts that can improve the lives of the Cuban people. — President Obama (@POTUS44) February 18, 2016 Not surprisingly,  Rubio isn’t happy about it. In a letter written to the President, the Florida’s junior Senator…

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Air traffic between US, Cuba to increase with new deal

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The United States and Cuba will sign an agreement next week to resume commercial air traffic for the first time in five decades, starting the clock on dozens of new flights operating daily by next fall, U.S. officials said Friday. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is scheduled to fly to Havana on Tuesday to cement the deal. Barring other major announcements, it would be the most significant development in U.S.-Cuba trade since Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro announced in…

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Obama administration loosens Cuba embargo with new measures

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The Obama administration is loosening the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba with a new round of regulations allowing American companies to sell to Cuba on credit and export a limited number of products to the Cuban government, officials said Tuesday. The changes are President Barack Obama‘s third attempt to spur U.S.-Cuba commerce despite an embargo that still prohibits most forms of trade with the island. U.S. travel to Cuba has exploded since Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro declared detente…

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David Jolly boasts about his proposal on maintaining GITMO as U.S. military base signed by President Obama in NDAA

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President Obama hinted last week that he still may try to close the Guantánamo Bay prison through executive action when he signed an updated national defense authorization bill last week, he had no issue with a provision that maintains that the naval station at GITMO will not be closed or abandoned. The Obama administration has emphasized from the beginning of this year that it wouldn’t transfer the base back to Cuba, but the language in the NDAA came from a measure introduced…

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Marco Rubio discusses hard-line Cuba stance, island’s future

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By the time the next president enters the Oval Office, U.S. airlines could be flying regularly scheduled flights to Cuba, a result of President Barack Obama‘s detente with the island. American businesses are eager to invest. U.S. citizens are already making more tourist trips to the island and Cuban-Americans are free to send more money to their relatives. Politicians are sometimes loath to make policy changes that take rights away from people. But Marco Rubio says he has no qualms about…

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U.S. bank offering debit card for American travelers to Cuba

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American travelers who carry in wads of cash while visiting to Cuba will now have a debit card option. Stonegate Bank of Pompano, Florida announced Thursday it is offering a debit MasterCard for use on the island. The bank says U.S. travelers will be able to use the card at any of Cuba’s 10,000 hotels, restaurants and other sites. MasterCard announced in January it would begin handling U.S. card transactions in Cuba, but most credit-card issuers still prohibited transactions on…

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