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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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US Missing Out On Cuban Business Opportunities (VIDEO)

WorldFocus | Peter Eisner | Posted 04.11.2009 | World

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For 47 years, the United States has imposed a trade embargo against communist Cuba. And in recent years, former President Bush made it harder to tra...

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Cuba Shake-Up Raises Questions About US Relations

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 04.03.2009 | World

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HAVANA — Fidel Castro said Tuesday that two of his closest lieutenants had become seduced by "the honey of power," and hinted that they were dem...

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U.S. Congress Set To Open Cuban Exiles' Passage Back Home

Miami Herald | LESLEY CLARK AND FRANCES ROBLES | Posted 03.28.2009 | World

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The 1,128-page budget bill that will begin to work its way through Congress this week contains key paragraphs that alter the shape of U.S.-Cuba policy...

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Cheap Grace

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 01.30.2009 | Politics

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Robert L. Borosage

In area after area for Obama, much goodwill can be garnered simply by embracing common sense. Call it cheap grace. A good place to start would be with changing our preposterous policy towards Cuba.

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Beating the Drum on Cuba Policy

Jake Colvin | Posted 01.09.2009 | World

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Jake Colvin

Next January will mark the first time in eight years where there is a chance that the next U.S. President could loosen restrictions on Cuba. A number of groups are watching closely.

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

Sarah Stephens | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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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.

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In Cuba This Summer, The Carrot and The Stick

David Paul Appell | Posted 12.13.2008 | World

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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.

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