Sustainability| More...
 

Us Cuba Policy

Cuban Vote at UN: "Here We Go Again"

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Susan Rice Un Ambassador, Fidel Castro, Cuba Embargo, Cuban-Americans, President Obama, UN General Assembly, US-Cuba Policy, Cuba, World News
Evelyn Leopold

For the 18th consecutive year, the General Assembly condemned the US embargo against Cuba. But this was the first vote since President Obama took office, and everyone listened for hints of change.

Read Post

Yoani Sanchez, HuffPost Blogger In Cuba, Not Allowed To Accept Columbia Award

AP | ANNE-MARIE GARCIA | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Blogs, US-Cuba Relations, Bloggers, Yoani-Sanchez, Generation Y Cuba, Yoani Sanchez, US-Cuba Policy, Generation Y, Cuba, Bloggers in Danger, Yoani Sanchez Cuban Blogger, Blog Cuba Yoani Sanchez EspañOl, World News

HAVANA A Cuban blogger who has become an international sensation for offering frank criticism of her country's communist system said she was denied go...

Read Whole Story

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

GlobalPost | Nick Miroff | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: New York Philharmonic, Obama Cuba, New-York-Philharmonic, Barack Obama Cuba, US-Cuba Relations, Barack-Obama-Cuba, US-Cuba Policy, Cuba, Video, World News

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 ...

Read Whole Story

Defying the Castro Brothers Under Cuban Skies

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 09.07.2009 | World

Read More: Cuban Revolution, Raul Castro, Fidel Castro, Cuba Embargo, US-Cuba Relations, US-Cuba Policy, Cuban Embargo, Cuba, World News
Luis Carlos Montalván

Under cover of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, Cuban authorities arrested and charged 75 prominent dissidents with being agents of "Yankee Imperialism," as shown in a new documentary.

Read Post

US Cuba Propaganda Ticker Turned Off

Guardian | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Affairs, George W. Bush, Us Cuba Propaganda Ticker, US-Cuba Policy, Barack Obama, Us Cuba Trade Embargo, Us Cuba Relations, US-Cuba Talks, US-Cuba Relations, Fidel Castro, Us Cuba Propaganda, Raul Castro, Cuba, Advocacy, World News

It was smuggled through the US diplomatic pouch, secretly installed across the facade of a building overlooking Havana and tasked with a very specific...

Read Whole Story

US, Cuba Cooperate On Disaster Drill

Miami Herald | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: Us Cuba Joint Disaster Drill, US-Cuba Talks, Natural Disasters, US-Cuba Relations, Foreign Affairs, US-Cuba Policy, Us Cuba Trade Embargo, Cuba, Us Cuba Relations, Us Cuba Trade, Advocacy, World News

About 150 U.S. and Cuban troops worked side by side last week, testing collaboration across a minefield that has long divided the Cold War adversaries...

Read Whole Story

US-Cuba Immigration Talks Resume

McClatchy News | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: US-Cuba Talks, US-Cuba Relations, Us Cuba Migration, Foreign Affairs, Raul Castro, Hillary Clinton, US-Cuba Policy, Us Cuba Relations, Cuba, Barack Obama, Advocacy, World News

Long-suspended talks between the U.S. and Cuba will resume Tuesday, the latest signal of the Obama administration's efforts to revive ties between the...

Read Whole Story

Why Can We Visit Kim Jung Il but Not Old Havana?

Jake Colvin | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Sanctions, Orbitz, Obama Cuba, US-Cuba Relations, Cuban Embargo, Cuba Travel Ban, Travel, Cuba, Travel to Cuba, US-Cuba Policy, Havana, World News
Jake Colvin

Restricting travel to Cuba severely limits the positive impact Americans can have abroad through everyday activities and interactions.

Read Post

Cuba Embargo Easing Could Make Cuba A US Oil Exporter

Miami Herald | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

Read More: Cuba Oil, Huge Cuba Oil Reserve, Obama Cuba, End Cuba Embargo, US-Cuba Relations, Cuban Embargo, Foreign Affairs, Cuban Oil, Cuba Oil Find, US-Cuba Policy, Cuba, Advocacy, World News

Cuba has launched a bold policy of oil development that could turn the country into an important supplier of fuel in the Caribbean -- and the United S...

Read Whole Story

OAS Cuba Invitation Declined

CNN | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Hugo Chavez, Cuba Organization of American States, US-Cuba Relations, Fidel Castro, Foreign Affairs, Raul Castro, US-Cuba Policy, Organization of American States, Cuba, Advocacy, Oas Cuba, World News

Cuba will not rejoin the Organization of American States, even though the multinational organization has lifted the 47-year-old suspension of the coun...

Read Whole Story

Cuban Musicians Help Thaw US-Cuba Relations

Modiba | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

Read More: Cuban Music, Obama Cuba, Afro-Cuban All-Stars, Cuba Embargo, US-Cuba Relations, Cuban Embargo, Foreign Affairs, Afro-Cuban Music, US-Cuba Policy, Cuba, Advocacy, World News
Modiba

This is HuffPost World's regular feature that highlights interesting musicians and musical trends around the world. Know of a great musician doing g...

Read Post

Castro: Never Mr. Nice Guy

David L. Wolper | Posted 06.24.2009 | World

Read More: Cuban Revolution, Raul Castro, US-Cuba Relations, Fidel Castro, Cuban Missile Crisis, US-Cuba Policy, Cuba, World News
David L. Wolper

Castro is no hero. The real Fidel Castro lied when he promised democracy, confiscated businesses large and small, and executed or jailed many of his fellow revolutionaries.

Read Post

US-Cuba Thaw Taking Place In The Arts

Reuters | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Cuba, Foreign Affairs, Cuban Art, US-Cuba Policy, Art, US-Cuba Relations, Cuba Embargo, Fidel Castro, Cuban Embargo, The Arts, Raul Castro, Cuba Art, Cuba, Advocacy, World News

The U.S. and Cuba governments have taken the first, tentative steps towards ending 50 years of hostilities, but the thawing of relations is already in...

Read Whole Story

Havana From the Ground

Michael Rowe | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

Read More: U.S.-Cuba-Relations, Hotel Nacional, Us-Cuba-Relations, Fidel-Castro, Havana, Obama, Cuban Blockade, Cuban Embargo, Cuban Missile Crisis, Obama-Cuba-Embargo, Obama Cuba Travel Restrictions, Fidel Castro, Obama Cuba, Hillary Clinton, Cuban-American Exiles, Cuba, Boston Brahmins, U.S. Cuba Policy, Miamia, Venezuela, World News
Michael Rowe

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

Read Post

Larry Summers Contradicts Himself on US-Cuba Policy

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 05.20.2009 | World

Read More: Larry Summers, Obama Cuba, Cuba, Cuba Embargo, U.S.-Cuba Policy, Lawrence Summers, World News
Robert Schlesinger

One of the disappointments of the Obama administration thus far has been the extent to which it has embraced the traditional U.S. policy toward Castro-run Cuba.

Read Post

US, Cuba Trade Warmest Words In Last 50 Years (SLIDESHOW)

AP | VIVIAN SEQUERA | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

Read More: Cuba, US-Cuba Relations, US-Cuba Policy, Raul Castro, Raul Castro Cuban President, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Clinton Cuba, Obama Cuba, Slideshow, World News

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Trading their warmest words in a half-century, the United States and Cuba pressed ahead Friday with a dizzying series...

Read Whole Story

Raul Castro Overture Well Received By US, Clinton

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

Read More: Cuba, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, US-Cuba Relations, US-Cuba Policy, Us Cuba Relations, Castro Overture, Politics News

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

Read Whole Story

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

Reuters | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

Read More: Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Obama Cuba, Foreign Affairs, Cuban Americans, US-Cuba Policy, Barack Obama, Summit of the Americas, US-Cuba Relations, Cuba Embargo, Fidel Castro, Cuban Embargo, Raul Castro, Cuba, Advocacy, World News

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

Read Whole Story

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

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Cuba, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Trinidad and Tobago, Latin America, Foreign Affairs, US-Cuba Policy, Barack Obama, Felipe Calderon, US-Cuba Relations, Summit of the Americas, Fidel Castro, 5th Summit of the Americas, Raul Castro, Obama Op Ed, Cuba, Advocacy, Obama Trinidad and Tobago, Obama Trinidad, Trinidad, Mexico, World News

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...

Read Whole Story

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

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

Read More: Trade Restrictions, Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, Diplomacy, Cuba, Cuba Policy, Obama and Cuba, U.S.-Cuba Policy, Barack Obama, State Department, Obama Administration, World News
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."

Read Post

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

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Cuba Policy, Obama Cuba, Cuba Policy, Obama Cuba Changes, Obama Policy on Cuba, Us Cuba Policy, Cuba, World News

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...

Read Whole Story

Cuba, the Low-Hanging Fruit for Obama, Braces for Change

Richard Walden | Posted 05.11.2009 | World

Read More: Luis Posada Carriles, Terrorist, US-Cuba Policy, Raul Castro, Department of the Treasury, Cuba, Department of Commerce, Dr. Orlando Bosch, World News
Richard Walden

Changing U.S. policy towards Cuba is the low-hanging fruit on President Obama's foreign policy agenda. Change can be accomplished at the stroke of a pen.

Read Post

America's Cuba Policy is the "Edsel" of the US Foreign Policy Portfolio

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.11.2009 | World

Read More: Steve Clemons, Luis Alberto Moreno, Latin America, Summit of the Americas, US Foreign Policy, Julia Sweig, Senator Mel Martinez, Jeffrey Davidow, David Rothkopf, US-Cuba Policy, Barack Obama, Edsel, Obama Cuba, 100 Days, Obama 100 Days, World News
Steve Clemons

Obama's point guy on the upcoming Summit of the Americas offered me the neocon-friendly, ideologically vapid answer to my question on Cuba. Does Obama read the brief on Cuba?

Read Post

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

Reuters | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: Fidel Castro, US-Cuba Relations, Bloggers, Foreign Affairs, Castro, Raul Castro, Yoani Sanchez, US-Cuba Policy, Cuban Americans, Cuba, Bloggers in Danger, Advocacy, World News

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

Read Whole Story

Cuba Travel Ban Faces Growing Opposition

Washington Post | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Cuba Policy, Foreign Affairs, Chris Dodd, US-Cuba Policy, Hillary Clinton and Cuba Policy, Cuba Embargo, Fidel Castro, Human Rights Watch, Cuba Travel Ban, Raul Castro, Cuba Policy, Byron Dorgan, Cuba, Advocacy, Richard Lugar, World News

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...

Read Whole Story