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The Syringes for Cuba campaign is working to close Cuba's 30 million syringe deficit. (By Cynthia Carris Alonso and Rita McNiff, in Havana.)
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I skipped work to see In the Heights and I think you should sneak past your boss today and do the same.
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Havana Music School founder Miguel Freijo Buendia introduces us to five must-listen-to bands when next in Havana.
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