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COLD WAR WEEKLY NEWS SUMMARY #1

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Cuba Tourism

From The Huffington Post:

The U.S. remains entrenched in an archaic and nonsensical de facto cold war with Cuba.

During the actual Cold War, the U.S. never banned its citizens from visiting the Soviet Union or China.

Is Cuba such a dire threat to the U.S. and Americans that the U.S. should deprive Americans of the right to visit that country?

For the top five reasons we should demand an immediate end to the U.S. government’s Cuba travel ban click here.

From The New Yorker:

For The Tea Party’s Cold War Roots by Sean Wilentz click here.

From YouTube:

A recent Albuquerque City Council resolution about the city’s massive nuclear weapons stash is stirring up fears long associated with the Cold War era. To watch the video click here.

From The Globe and Mail:

It’s a new Cold War and once again, Canada is on the front line. There are no remote air bases or Arctic radar stations, just flickering screens in offices on Bay Street, Wall Street and the City of London where people watch the precipitous fall of the U.S. dollar and the rise of the Australian, Brazilian and Canadian currencies. To read the article click here.

From RIA Novosti:

The cold war is long gone but its legacy is having enormous influence  on the present system of international relations. Are Russia and the USA doomed to remain potential enemies?

To read the full article click here.

From GIZMODO Australia:

Bunker-42 was built during the Cold War and was a classified bunker equipped with everything necessary in case …

To read the full article click here.

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