US Cuba Relations

Cuba and America: Beyond Cold War Vendettas

Saleem H. Ali | Posted 06.02.2012

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Saleem H. Ali

So near and yet so far -- that's how most Americans like me feel after a visit to Cuba -- the largest Caribbean island and a country that the U.S. continues to treat as a political pariah.

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Cuba Waits For Oil Dreams To Materialize

AP | PAUL HAVEN | Posted 05.29.2012

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HAVANA -- It was supposed to be Cuba's economic savior: vast untapped reserves of black gold buried deep under the rocky ocean floor. But the first a...

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Our Girl in Havana: A Bohemian Chic Eatery In Cuba

Tyler Wetherall | Posted 05.21.2012

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Tyler Wetherall

You don't come to Cuba for the food. Well, you never used to come to Cuba for the food.

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An American In Cuba

Tyler Wetherall | Posted 05.03.2012

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Tyler Wetherall

A great many flout the ban and travel here illegally, flying to Mexico or Canada from where they can buy a ticket to Cuba. And the chance of getting caught is slim.

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Life Imitates Art: When Cuban Actors Defect

Chuck Gomez | Posted 04.28.2012

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Chuck Gomez

Did the actors follow the script too closely? Actors Anailin de la Rua de la Torre and Javier Nunez Florian disappeared after their plane landed in Miami last week. They appear to have defected. Was life imitating art?

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Wanted -- A New Cuba Policy

Rajan Menon | Posted 04.26.2012

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Rajan Menon

Havana still rejects the principle of far-reaching political change as a precondition for scrapping the embargo. There's no reason to expect a change of heart, particularly because other major economic powers' willingness to trade with and invest in Cuba has made the American boycott less painful.

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Re-Learning the Lesson of the United States

William Pierce | Posted 04.25.2012

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William Pierce

As we slowly move forward in addressing immigration policy, we must remember our stories because to do otherwise is to deny the lesson of America.

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Cuba Meets the Challenges of the 21st Century, Part V

Salim Lamrani | Posted 04.17.2012

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Salim Lamrani

Professor of philosophy and a career diplomat, Alarcon spent nearly 12 years in the United States as the Cuban ambassador to the United Nations. Over time, he has become a spokesperson for the Havana government.

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Cuba Meets the Challenges of the 21st Century, Part IV

Salim Lamrani | Posted 04.16.2012

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Salim Lamrani

Professor of philosophy and a career diplomat, Alarcon spent nearly 12 years in the United States as the Cuban ambassador to the United Nations. Over time, he has become a spokesperson for the Havana government.

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The Spies Who Loved Me: Los Cinco, Alan Gross and Faith

Luis Perez-Simon | Posted 04.03.2012

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Luis Perez-Simon

For many years now, both governments and assorted international institutions have addressed the fate of both Los cinco and Alan Gross, especially after their corresponding cases reached each country's Supreme Court. In essence, it has turned into a game of Chicken.

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Cuba Meets the Challenges of the 21st Century, Part III

Salim Lamrani | Posted 06.01.2012

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Salim Lamrani

An interview with Ricardo Alarcon, President of the Cuban Parliament President of the Cuban Parliament since 1992, and member of the Political Bureau...

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No Visas For You! U.S. Rejects Cuban Diplomats' Travel For Marxist Panel

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 03.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The State Department says it has rejected applications from two senior Cuban diplomats to travel to New York to take part in a panel dis...

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Papal Pilgrimmage: Reaching Out to Our Cuban Neighbors

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 05.21.2012

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Catholic Relief Services

Later this month, I will have the privilege of traveling with several other brother bishops from the United States to join our Holy Father on his visit to Cuba.

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Cuba and International Solidarity

Dan Kovalik | Posted 05.08.2012

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Dan Kovalik

Every day we see what Cuba is doing for the poor of the Western Hemisphere, and with very little resources.

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Embargo On Cuba Turns 50

AP | PETER ORSI | Posted 04.08.2012

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HAVANA — When it started, American teenagers were doing "The Twist." The United States had yet to put a man into orbit around the Earth. And a f...

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Experts, Officials To Testify On Cuba Oil Drilling

AP | LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ | Posted 03.31.2012

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MIAMI (AP) — In a Jan. 30 story on Cuba's efforts to drill for oil off its coast, The Associated Press erroneously described the type of documents t...

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Cuba's Opposition To Territorial Invasion Long Predates Controversial Caribbean Gulag

The Huffington Post | Ray Sanchez | Posted 01.11.2012

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The 10th anniversary of the Guantanamo Bay prison will be marked today with demonstrations in London, Washington and other cities throughout the world...

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A New Year Different then Yoani's

John McAuliff | Posted 03.11.2012

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John McAuliff

Ms. Sanchez is entitled to her views, and has played a helpful role of supporting travel to Cuba by all Americans in conflict with the position of Miami hardliners. But how often does she write about positive sides of Cuban life?

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Exemption for Cuban Prisoners

Jose A. Gutierrez-Solana | Posted 03.09.2012

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Jose A. Gutierrez-Solana

As long as the individual liberties and civil rights continue to be violated in Cuba there is nothing to brag about, nothing to celebrate.

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First Of The Cuban Five Walks Free

AP | By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ | Posted 12.14.2011

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HAVANA -- The first member of a Cuban spy ring to walk free from prison in the United States thanked islanders Friday for their support during his 13 ...

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Castro: Obama Is 'Stupid'

AP | PETER ORSI | Posted 11.29.2011

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HAVANA, Cuba — Fidel Castro mocked President Barack Obama on Thursday for saying he's open to changing U.S. policy toward Cuba if there is chang...

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Is the White House Ready for a Cuban Deep Water Drilling Disaster?

Anya Landau French | Posted 11.20.2011

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Anya Landau French

Less than three months before deep-water drilling begins in Cuban waters, neither Congress nor the administration have taken the necessary steps to help prevent or respond to another disaster.

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The Long Distance Run-Around

Margarita Alarcon | Posted 09.20.2011

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Margarita Alarcon

To say that one state controls US policy towards Cuba is in fact silly and insane. Its not one state, its worse.

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12 Ex-Political Prisoners Submit Their Demands to Castro

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 08.07.2011

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Yoani Sanchez

Hopefully life will surprise me and something will be done, and Perico will cease to be a village with a delightful name and become the place where words, civic conscience, and unity won over a stubborn and long-standing authoritarianism.

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U.S. Women Leaders Meet With Raul Castro's Daughter

AP | PETER ORSI | Posted 08.07.2011

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HAVANA — A group of U.S. women leaders met with Cuban President Raul Castro's daughter Monday for an exchange on topics including gender, reprod...

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