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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon made it official Thursday when he announced that he'll be leading an agricultural trade mission to Cuba in March.Last month,…
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Gov. Jay Nixon was in Washington Thursday to join with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, business leaders and representatives from more than 30…
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Gov. Jay Nixon has ordered the Missouri Department of Agriculture to explore business opportunities in Cuba.The move follows President Barack Obama's…
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In 2012, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., traveled to Cuba to meet with imprisoned AID worker Alan Gross, but he also carried a message from President Barack…
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Cuba is only 90 miles from the Florida coast but it sometimes feels as if it’s much farther away. While travel restrictions between the United States and…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 28, 2013 - During the next several months, we’ll look back and point to events today that have…
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Reporting from Illinois Public Radio's Sean Crawford used in this report.About a dozen Illinois state lawmakers are headed to Cuba this week for what's…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 18, 2011 - When a catastrophe strikes somewhere in the world, Americans are the first in line…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 18, 2010 - (This article reflects on the trip my wife and I took to Cuba earlier this month…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 10, 2009 - It is a well-established empirical relation that economic freedom and political…