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Blocked New York Philharmonic Trip To Cuba A Reminder That Relations Still Frosty (VIDEO)

GlobalPost | Nick Miroff | Posted 10.05.2009 | World


Nick Miroff HAVANA, Cuba -- Despite a recent thawing of relations between the U.S. and Cuba, the New York Philharmonic was reminded last week that ...

Travel - A Catalyst for Transforming the Relationship Between Cuba and America

Barney Harford | Posted 06.11.2009 | World


Barney Harford

The U.S. today has an historic opportunity to put aside half a century of division and build a new future with one of its closest neighbors by ending the ban on travel to Cuba.

CANF's Role In Shaping Cuba Policy A Break From The Past (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.14.2009 | World


Amid increasing excitement in the Cuban-American community, President Obama today finally made official his reversal of Bush administration travel res...

Obama Lifting Cuba Travel Restrictions

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 05.14.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — In a measured break with a half-century of U.S. policy toward communist Cuba, the Obama administration lifted restrictions Monday o...

The Embargo-Industrial Complex Finds a New Argument for Helping Cuba's Castros

David Paul Appell | Posted 05.09.2009 | World


David Paul Appell

After all these years of the stale same-old, same-old, the ideologues who've hijacked Washington's Cuba policy for the last couple of generations have managed to come up with a new and updated twist.

As Cuba's Regime Turns 50, How About Some Common Sense -- Finally?

David Paul Appell | Posted 01.13.2009 | Politics


David Paul Appell

The brothers Castro have outfoxed ten U.S. presidents, thanks partly to the embargo put in place by John Kennedy in 1961, before Barack Obama was born. Chances are they won't outlast an eleventh.

Majority Of Cuban-Americans Now Oppose Cuba Embargo

VOA News | Brian Wagner | Posted 01.08.2009 | World


A new U.S. public opinion poll shows long-time support for the U.S. embargo against Cuba is falling among the Cuban-American community in Miami. VOA's...

Sam Stein

McCain Campaign Running Obama-Castro Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics


The McCain campaign has a new web ad out placing Barack Obama, for the second time, side-by-side with a foreign dictator. This time, it's Fidel Castro...

Barack Obama, Comunista y Terrorista? / Communist and Terrorist?

David Paul Appell | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics


David Paul Appell

The U.S. doesn't have to embrace Cuba at this time, but we do need to engage, because if we don't evolve too, history won't absolve us. Obama understands this.

Castro criticizes Obama plan to keep US embargo

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics


HAVANA — Former President Fidel Castro says Sen. Barack Obama's plan to maintain Washington's trade embargo against Cuba will cause hunger and s...

Obama: McCain's Foreign Policy Stance "Incredibly Naive"

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics


Obama is continuing to push back hard against John McCain's foreign policy attacks. In a interview with Wolf Blitzer this evening, Barack called the ...

McCain Hits Obama On Cuba Diplomacy

Reuters | Steve Holland | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics


Republican presidential candidate John McCain marks Cuban Independence Day on Tuesday with a fresh slap at Democratic front-runner Barack Obama for a ...