Obama Cuba Policy

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...

Raul Castro: It's Up To Obama To Improve Cuba-US Relations

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 05.30.2009 | World


HAVANA — Raul Castro dismissed Barack Obama's policy changes toward Cuba as "achieving only the minimum," and said Wednesday that it is up to th...

KCRW's Left Right & Center 04.17.09

Huff Radio | Posted 05.18.2009 | Home


Huff Radio

Tax Tea Parties; EPA/CO2; CIA/Torture; Raul Castro Was it the voice of the people or the voice of right-wing radio?Arianna says there were too many...

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 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...

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.

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.

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...