A tale of two worlds

As the White House threatens war against Cuba, I am reminded of the charming evenings my parents and I spent at Havana’s venerable ‘Floridita Bar, sipping a newly invented cocktail, the Margarita, with the renowned writer, Ernest Hemingway. `Papa’ Hemingway, who then lived in Cuba, loved this island with a great passion and wrote about […]

Following a second day of talks between Russia and Ukraine, officials from both countries described the discussions as “difficult.” On Wednesday, Ukrainian and Russian officials met for a second day of talks in Geneva. The discussions lasted two hours and were significantly shorter than the Tuesday meetings. Vladimir Medinsky, Russia’s top negotiator, described the talks […]