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Irene Hierrezuelo outside her home in Havana. She is counting the days to be reunited with her daughter, Sulay Falconet, who moved to Houston in 2012. Credit Lisette Poole for The New York Times
by Ernesto Londono | Oct 7, 2017 | World
Havana — Cubans have long regarded emigrating to the United States as something of a birthright derived from the privations they endured as a result of sanctions that Washington has imposed on Cuba for decades. Last week, for the first time in decades, the United...
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Capt. Niloofar Rahmani, the first female fixed-wing pilot in the Afghan Air Force, is seeking asylum in the United States. Credit Andrea Morales for The New York Times
by Ernesto Londono | Dec 27, 2016 | Features
Perhaps no Afghan’s story better embodied America’s aspirations for Afghanistan than that of Capt. Niloofar Rahmani, the first female fixed-wing pilot in the fledgling Afghan Air Force. She was celebrated in Washington in 2015 when the State Department honored her...
