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And the relationship with the ufts may never Bunited States pe same. President obama has removed some restrictions on trade and bank and this month he traveled to the country. No sitting president has set foot in havana since Calvin Coolidge sailed there in 1928. But president obama spoke to them live from the great theater of havana. Listen. I believe the citizens should be free speak their mind without fear to organize and to criticize their government and to protest peacefully. And that the rule of law should not include arbitrary detensions of peopldetentionsof people whoe rights. Our reporter david ariosto used to live in havana, as a base to report on it for an american audience. He went back to have a look at the americas policy and how it could fundamentally change cuban communism. Reporter for Restaurant Owners< ....
Group of American Workers who earn less than the federal minimum wage. But first, some context. The fair labor standards act signed by president Franklin Delano roosevelt in 1938, made the minimum wage the law of the land. 77 years later america is locked in a largely partisan debate about raising the federal minimum wage from 7. 25 an hour. Now no matter where you stand on the issue theres no arguing about this, when you adjust for inflation the current wage of 7. 25 is lower than the minimum wage in 1968. In todays dollar the wage back then was 10. 94 an hour. President obama backs a democratic bill that would raise there to 12 an hour but today, hundreds of thousands of disabled workers throughout this country are earning as little as 2 an hour, sometimes even less. Thats because another part of the fair labor standards act allows employers to pay americans with physica ....
A road map for peace in syria. The goal is to restart talks in january through the Syrian Government and its opponents. The resolution calls for a ceasefire, naicial wide nationwide ceasefire, formation within six months of a quote incremental, inclusive and nonsectarian government in damascus, and if all goes well, free and Fair Elections to be held withinnen 1 within 18 mont. What to do with the resolution, what to do with Bashar Alassad. Now a rai now arate raid arrayed against him, five years of fighting have only created a stalemate. Power vacuum one that is so big that i. S. I. L. Has exploited it to seize territory. Thats why the u. N. Resolution allows the United States, russia and others to continue bombing i. S. I. L. Targets in syria from the air. Well, ....