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Cuban President Miguel Diaz‑Canel takes part in a march outside the U.S. Embassy in Havana on Jan. 16 to protest the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. He also honored the Cuban soldiers who were killed in that incident.

COMMENTARY / World

Mar 18, 2026

The next Cuban revolution could be peaceful

U.S. President Donald Trump’s effective oil blockade of Cuba has plunged the country into crisis.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

The Terasaka Rice Terraces are seen with Mount Buko in the background.

What Yokoze can teach Japan about rural revival

By Alex K.T. Martin

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