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Cuba Prepares For U.S. Invasion With 3 Days Of Intense Military Exercises

AP | PAUL HAVEN | Posted 11.26.2009 | World

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HAVANA — Cuba's armed forces launched three days of intense military exercises across the island Thursday, a mobilization that state-controlled ...

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

Huffington Post | Nick Sabloff | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

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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 ...

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Cuba's Soft Power: Exporting Doctors Rather Than Revolution

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Bruno Rodriguez, Central America, Pakistan, United Nations, Henry Reeves Brigade, US Foreign Policy, China, Medical Diplomacy, Susan Rice, Smart Power, US-Cuba Relations, Embargo, Fidel Castro, Sichuan Earthquake, Kashmir, Soft Power, Cuba, World News
Steve Clemons

I would have encouraged Cuba's foreign minister to say that the embargo was an anachronism of the Cold War, has not achieved the goals the US had for it, and harmed both Cuban and US interests.

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Senator LeMieux On Wrong Track with anti-Cuba Political Action Committee and State Department Hold

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

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Steve Clemons

Kind of sad when you see a Freshman US Senator get appointed and immediately hijacked by lobbying groups who have deeply parochial interests that run against the nation's.

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Paco Pena Astonishes With Aplomb While The Afro Cuban All Stars Sizzle

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 10.31.2009 | Entertainment

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Marissa Bronfman

I cannot recall the last time I experienced such an incredibly ebullient performance of such vitality and vigor, such precision and beauty, as Paco Pena's A Compas (Primal Pulse).

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

AP | ANNE-MARIE GARCIA | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

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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...

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Former Sec. of State George Shultz: Quote Me - End the US-Cuba Embargo

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

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Steve Clemons

Former Reagan Administration Secretary of Treasury and Secretary of State George Shultz thinks that the US embargo against Cuba should "simply be lifted."

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

GlobalPost | Nick Miroff | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

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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 ...

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The Proof of the Pudding is in the ... Performing?

Margarita Alarcon | Posted 10.02.2009 | World

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Margarita Alarcon

Cubans in favor of a path to greater understanding and engagement will have have to welcome the New York Philharmonic on another date.

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US, Cuba Held Unannounced Talks

AP | MATTHEW LEE and PAUL HAVEN | Posted 09.29.2009 | World

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NEW YORK — A senior American diplomat has held unannounced, high-level talks in Havana with the Cuban government, three State Department officia...

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The Censor Knows That My Tender Cuban Eyes Can't be Trusted With Unfiltered Television News

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

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Yoani Sanchez

Over the years I have learned to distrust what comes over the TV screen in Cuba, and even more so when it comes to the news.

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Defying the Castro Brothers Under Cuban Skies

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 09.07.2009 | World

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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.

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Honored Today With The Cabot Journalism Prize, I Will Use It To Grow The Cuban Blogosphere

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living

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Yoani Sanchez

As I don't plan to wait to be allowed to open school of digital journalism in order to realize this project, I will begin it with bureaucratic and legal formality.

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US Cuba Propaganda Ticker Turned Off

Guardian | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

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

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US, Cuba Cooperate On Disaster Drill

Miami Herald | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

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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...

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US-Cuba Immigration Talks Resume

McClatchy News | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

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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...

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

Jake Colvin | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

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Jake Colvin

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

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Same Old Counterspy Failures Evident in Cuba Spy Case

Frank Naif | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

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Frank Naif

Will US security officials ever fix their broken spy catching system?

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After Raul Castro

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

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Daniel Bruno Sanz

After Raul, a disciplined group of senior army officers will likely rule Cuba in collective fashion.

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Cuba: Human Rights Watch Is In America's Pocket

AP | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

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GENEVA — Cuba's U.N. ambassador in Geneva says Human Rights Watch and other groups are "mercenaries" paid by the U.S. government. Juan Antonio ...

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Cuba Spy Case Poses Complications For US-Cuba Talks

Miami Herald | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

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As a couple accused of spying for Cuba head to federal court Wednesday, Cuba watchers say the latest case of espionage could crimp the Obama administr...

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Cuba Embargo Easing Could Make Cuba A US Oil Exporter

Miami Herald | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

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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...

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