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And what about Cuba?

On April 7, 2026 By Alfredo LanierIn Uncategorized14 Comments

Looking for a solution to the Cuban dilemma While the American invasion of Iran sinks ever lower into the muck, President Trump escalates in his threats and imprecations, the latest being to essentially destroy the entire country unless Iran accedes to his demand that it open up the Strait of Hormuz by eight o'clock tonight, …

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A Vietnam memory on Memorial Day

On May 29, 2017 By Alfredo LanierIn Uncategorized2 Comments

How talking to a young servicemanrekindled an old serviceman's prideVietnam may have receded so far in the past that few Americans remember how badly G.I's were treated when they returned home. It's a fading memory, except for us, the veterans of that war. I still remember yard signs in 1967 and 1968 that read "Sailors and …

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I'm a Cuban-American living with my husband of 53 years in a small ranch about five miles outside San Miguel de Allende. We retired here 20 years ago.

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