Cuba Policy

How Cuban American Hard-Liners Influence U.S. Policy With Campaign Donations: Report

Huffington Post | Nick Sabloff | Posted 11.16.2009 | World


While U.S. policy toward Cuba has opened up since President Barack Obama took office, a new report from Public Campaign, an organization dedicated to ...

Obama Extends Cuba Embargo One Year

AP | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has extended the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba for one year, the White House said in a statement released on Mo...

Obama's Cuba Approach Favored By U.S. Public: Poll

Center for American Progress | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics


President Obama last week eased restrictions on the ability of Cuban Americans to visit and send money to family in Cuba--the first significant change...

Cuba Policy: Time for a Change? (Not So Fast!)

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.17.2009 | World


Rick Horowitz

"Well, the White House isn't the only building in Washington where big changes are taking place these days. Our own intrepid Lara has burrowed her way into a rarely viewed corner of the Nation's Capital, where she's standing by with a gentleman who may be less than thrilled with some of the latest diplomatic announcements from the White House."

Fidel Castro Says Changes Don't Go Far Enough To Overturn "Cruel" Embargo

AP | Posted 05.15.2009 | World


HAVANA — Fidel Castro said Tuesday that U.S. rules allowing unlimited family travel and remittances to the island are "positive, although minima...

Obama Cuba Policy Overhaul: "Reaching Out To The Cuban People"

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.14.2009 | World


On Monday afternoon, the White House released a fact sheet explaining the new shifts in U.S.-Cuba policy. Read below for more: * * * * * FACT S...

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...

Cuba at a Crossroads

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 08.05.2009 | World


Daniel Bruno Sanz

TO THE HONORABLE BARACK OBAMA, 44TH PRESIDENT OF...

Cuba Travel Ban Faces Growing Opposition

Washington Post | Posted 04.30.2009 | World


Roughly a year after Fidel Castro stepped aside and handed much of the responsibility for leading Cuba to his brother Raúl, there is new momentum i...

On the Anniversary of Cuba's Revolution, the Case for Evolutionary Thinking Here at Home

Sarah Stephens | Posted 01.31.2009 | World


Sarah Stephens

This is a moment for President-elect Obama to decide whether he wants to be the 11th president to champion a failed policy or the first president of a new era to be an advocate for a far more sensible course.

History on Cuba - Hidden in Plain View - In Florida's Election Returns

Sarah Stephens | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Sarah Stephens

In the election returns, hidden in plain view, is license for President-elect Obama to fundamentally rethink U.S. policy toward Cuba and expand on his incremental approach.

Obama says his Cuba policy is based on 'Libertad'

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 06.01.2008 | Politics


MIAMI — Sen. Barack Obama, who once said he would meet Cuban leader Raul Castro without preconditions, added Friday that he would do so "only wh...