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Havana From the Ground

Michael Rowe | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

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Michael Rowe

Many ordinary Cubans see Barack Obama as the first light at the end of the nearly fifty year-old tunnel.

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Arthur Delaney

Bobby Rush: A Black Panther In Cuba

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Bobby Rush says he was a little unsure of himself when he first arrived at Fidel Castro's house in Cuba. The retired Communist dictator enthusias...

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Fidel Castro: Obama "Misinterpreted Raul's Declarations"

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

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HAVANA — Fidel Castro says President Barack Obama "misinterpreted" his brother Raul's remarks regarding the United States and bristled at the su...

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Letter From Paris: The Cuban Dreamland

Beth Arnold | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

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Beth Arnold

It is time for American policies toward Cuba to change, but I must admit when I left there, I could see the point of trying to hold Fidel's feet to the fire.

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After the Summit of the Americas, Raul Castro Offers to Talk to Obama, But Not to Us

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.21.2009 | World

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Yoani Sanchez

I don't know what to think, given the difference between what is said to the outside world and the tiresome sermon we get every day.

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Obama Gets Real and So Should You

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Russia, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Hugo Chavez, University of Chicago, Iran, Dmitry Medvedev, Barack Obama, Education, Venezuela, Fidel Castro, Vladimir Putin, Cuba, Rolling Stones, Health Care, Neo-Realism, Obama Transition, Politics News
Michael B. Laskoff

For those of us who have waited 8 years for good news, Obama's pragmatism can be frustrating, but it's the right strategy for a realistic president confronted with difficult times.

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

Center for American Progress | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Obama's Travel Reforms Put Embargo's End into View

Sarah Stephens | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

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Sarah Stephens

Travel to Cuba for just for Cuban-Americans, keeps in place a policy whereby most Americans can travel to Iran or North Korea but cannot get to Cuba without a license. It doesn't make sense.

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Raul Castro Overture Well Received By US, Clinton

AP | VIVIAN SEQUERA and BEN FELLER | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Trading their warmest words in a half-century, the United States and Cuba built momentum toward renewed ties on Friday...

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Raul Castro: Cuba Open To US Talks On 'Everything'

Reuters | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

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Cuba is open to talks with the United States about "everything" including political prisoners, President Raul Castro said on Thursday, a major softeni...

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Summit Of The Americas: Obama Seeks New Relations; Chavez Seeks Mischief; Regional Leaders Seek Conviviality

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

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Following his Thursday stop in Mexico, President Obama will head to Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean for the 5th Summit of the Americas -- a meeti...

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

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

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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."

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Let's Not Get Ahead of Ourselves on Cuba

Peter Drivas | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

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Peter Drivas

By all means, we should look to continue normalizing our relations with Cuba -- however, we ought to do so with caution.

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What Obama's Approach to Hispanic Issues Says About His Leadership

Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

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Daniel Cubias

It's reassuring that Obama hasn't forgotten how millions of Latinos set high expectations for his administration.

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'Cruel' Cuba Embargo Must Be Lifted: Fidel Castro

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

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HAVANA — Fidel Castro said Tuesday the Obama administration's softening of sanctions is "positive although minimal," and criticized it for leavi...

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

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

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

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Letter from Cuba

Andy Schupak | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

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Andy Schupak

The end of the blockade, the Cuban people feel, will bring American tourists with the money and freedom needed to create a new beginning for Cuba.

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Cuba at a Crossroads

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 08.05.2009 | World

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Daniel Bruno Sanz

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

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Fidel Castro On US Lawmaker Meeting: 'Magnificent'

AFP | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

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Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro described a meeting with US lawmakers in an opinion article on Wednesday as "magnificent", and urged Washington to ta...

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Fidel Castro Meets With US Lawmakers

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

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HAVANA — Signaling its willingness to discuss improved relations with the U.S., Cuba on Tuesday granted three visiting members of the Congressio...

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Sons of Cuba-Interview with Director Andrew Lang

Robyn Hillman-Harrigan | Posted 05.08.2009 | Entertainment

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Robyn Hillman-Harrigan

I spent the weekend in North Carolina at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and had the great pleasure of getting to see many inspiring and thought provoking films.

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Yoani Sanchez, HuffPost Blogger In Cuba, Accused Of 'Provocation'

Reuters | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

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Cuban authorities accused blogger Yoani Sanchez on Wednesday of staging a "provocation against the Cuban Revolution" after she and others spoke public...

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Cuba Travel Ban To Be Lifted: US Senators

Los Angeles Times | William E. Gibson | Posted 05.02.2009 | World

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Reporting from Washington -- A bipartisan group of senators predicted Tuesday that Congress was ready to pass legislation to allow all Americans to tr...

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Cuba Travel Ban Faces Growing Opposition

Washington Post | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

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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...

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When Gene McCarthy Met Che Guevara

Al Eisele | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

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Al Eisele

In an intriguing and little-known episode worthy of a Cold War spy novel, the late Minnesota Democrat held a secret meeting with Cuban revolutionary leader Che Guevara in New York in 1964.

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