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Cuba’s Cheap Goods Made in China
By: Daniel Nardini With the deepening Cuba-China relationship, Cuba is now importing a record number of consumer goods made in China. Trade between the two countries now total U.S. $777… Read more
With A Friend Like This…..
By: Daniel Nardini Just before the U.S. presidential election, a man named Joe Gordon was released from a Thai jail and left Thailand on November 8th. His crime? “Insulting the… Read more
Doomed by Bad Weather?
By: Daniel Nardini Here we go again. I have heard this argument too many times to consider it. According to some archeologists, the Classical Mayan civilization was doomed to possible… Read more
Puerto Rican Plot Twist
By: Daniel Nardini In the last presidential election, Puerto Ricans voted for Puerto Rico to become a U.S. state. The vote for the referendum to make Puerto Rico a state… Read more
In Favor of More Traditional Gifts
By: Daniel Nardini Sometimes my parents spent more money on gifts on some years than on others, but for the most part they only bought a few gifts during lean… Read more
Different Side of the Latino Issue: The Puerto Ricans Part II
By: Daniel Nardini The biggest two issues for Puerto Ricans right now are America’s economy and Puerto Rico’s status. Like most Americans, Puerto Ricans are very worried about jobs and… Read more
Different Sides of the Latino Issue: The Mexicans Part I
By: Daniel Nardini Even with all of the violence on the Mexican side of the border region between El Paso in Texas and Juarez in Mexico, life and business go… Read more
The Latest Latino Unemployment Rate
By: Daniel Nardini Regardless of who becomes president, and who will run this country, the next leader must still contend with the tens of millions of unemployed and those who… Read more
A Childhood Tragedy
By: Daniel Nardini Recently, my wife and I found out that our neighbor’s younger son has aplastic anemia. Aplastic anemia is a disorder where the bone marrow does not produce… Read more
Forced Chinese Labor in Canada?
By: Daniel Nardini Canadian mining unions are up in arms about a proposal by Chinese-owned Canadian mining companies to bring in Chinese workers. Two major companies, HD Mining Inc., and… Read more »