Castro

In Cuba This Summer, The Carrot and The Stick

David Paul Appell | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics


David Paul Appell

Since Fidel Castro stepped aside last February, there has in fact been real change afoot down in Cuba. The nation's development is more than cosmetic: it's a matter of survival for the ruling class.

Obama Will Give Reform in Cuba a Nudge if Not a Shove

David Paul Appell | Posted 05.26.2008 | Politics


David Paul Appell

In declaring his administration would meet with the Raúl Castro regime without preconditions, Obama was not being naïve but impeccably realistic.

Joe Garcia's Slick Slam of the Diaz-Balart Brothers

Steve Clemons | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics


Steve Clemons

Joe Garcia, a former and now reformed chief spear-carrier of the Cuban American National Foundation, is challenging Mario Diaz-Balart for Florida's 25th district -- and he's making huge inroads.

In Raúl Castro's Cuba, Glimmerings of Real Change At Last?

David Paul Appell | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics


David Paul Appell

In what looks like the baby steps of a slow process of easing into changes that Raúl and his people realize are unavoidable, tourism apartheid in Cuba may become a thing of the past.

Where Do Obama And Clinton Stand On China?

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

In the near future, China will eclipse the Middle East and terrorism to be our number one foreign policy challenge. Yet neither Obama nor Clinton are calling for any real change in our China policy.

Human Rights Hypocrisy: Hidden In Plain Sight

Robert Weissman | Posted 02.29.2008 | Business


Robert Weissman

There was a time, not so long ago, when U.S. governmental hypocrisy on human rights and corporate interests was at least acknowledged. But now it se...

FIDEL! Fidel...

Peter Clothier | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics


Peter Clothier

I watched in dismay as the people's hero, the great liberator, turned into his own nemesis, the great dictator, the hectoring autocrat.

Does Castro's Resignation Really Mean Change?

Ariane de Bonvoisin | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics


Ariane de Bonvoisin

As someone who has not been known for his openness to change, Castro's resignation hopefully, marks his willingness to let the next generation assume power.

Charlie Gibson's Weird Castro Lede

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 02.20.2008 | Media


The big news, frankly, was that there was a Castro announcement that didn't involve him being dead.

My Brief Encounter With Fidel Castro

Paul Krassner | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics


Paul Krassner

I gave Castro a copy of my magazine and requested an interview. He told me to set it up with his secretary. Then a palace guard handed him a cablegram from President Eisenhower.

End the Embargo

Michael Smerconish | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics


Michael Smerconish

To believe that communism will die with Castro's end is wishful thinking. Castro has surrounded himself with youthful staffers, and they are no less committed to communism than I am to democracy.

Castro and the Colossus

Robert Scheer | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics


Robert Scheer

Castro's resignation is more promising for the burnishing of his legacy than the Cuban hard-liners in Miami and their fawning allies in the Bush administration would like to believe.

Something Unequivocally Fine from Cuba

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 02.19.2008 | Entertainment


Barry Yourgrau

Orquesta Aragon were and are peerless purveyors of charanga music -- riffing violins, a flute out front, a trio or so singing clipped Mills Brother's-like harmonies, and a trim rhythm section churning underneath.

In Both Cuba and "the Empire," Could 2008 Be the Year of the Castro Convertible?

David Paul Appell | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics


David Paul Appell

The glimmerings of glasnost on both sides of the Florida straits finally offer hope that some degree of loosening on the island may be in the cards.

Grab the golden ring

David Horton | Posted 11.28.2007 | Politics


David Horton

Members of the public vote for conservatives, it is said, in spite of the (you would think) blindingly obvious fact that they are voting against their...

Castro Loves A Good Sale

Huffington Post's Eat The Press | Rachel Sklar | Posted 09.22.2007 | Home


We just received this AP photo of Castro holding Greenspan's book, forwarded by HuffPost reporter Max Follmer. So! We shall see what Perez has to say ...


 

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