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POLITICS
Another Improbable Possibility: A Trump, Putin and Castro 'Great Game'
By Julia Sagebien, Contributor
Associate Professor, Dalhousie University and Policy Council A...
Current Cuba-Russia relations, especially in light of a Trump presidency, are truly a riddle, wrapped in mystery inside an
RELIGION
Castro - The Man Behind The Myth
By Jack Rosen, Contributor
Contributor
While publically Castro revelled in his role as the enemy of the West, in private, I saw a different side.
POLITICS
How Castro Drove JFK's Anti-Media Bias and Press Censorship
By Greg Mitchell, Contributor
Author of a dozen books, latest "The Tunnels"
The President backed off, but his views on press irresponsibility festered. This informed his decision to try to kill those
LATINO VOICES
Partying in Havana, Chanel's Fashion Show Faux Pas
By Joseph Anthony, Contributor
CEO of HERO Group, Marketing Expert and Cultural Anthropologist.
Chanel landed in Havana, their first show in Latin America. From the moment their boat docked, loaded with aforementioned celebrities and models, Chanel put out all the stops for its "Cruise 2017" collection.
POLITICS
Cuba / USA: "An Asymmetric Conflict" Ob
By Salim Lamrani, Contributor
Dr. Salim Lamrani
SM: Cuba, for its part, says it is ready to tackle this issue, but on the condition that the human rights situation in the
POLITICS
"The economic sanctions are cruel because they affect the most vulnerable sectors of the Cuban population."
By Salim Lamrani, Contributor
Dr. Salim Lamrani
SL: The economic sanctions constitute the main obstacle to the development of the country. They are unanimously condemned
HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 22: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Cuban President Raul Castro talk before the start of an exhibition game between the Cuban national team and the Major League Baseball team Tampa Bay Devil Rays at the Estado Latinoamericano March 22, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. This is the first time a sittng president has visited Cuba in 88 years. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images
THE WORLDPOST
Cuban-American Photographer Shows What It Was Like To Cover Obama In Havana
By Alexandra Ma
It wasn't all glitz and glamour, but it was a dream come true, Chip Somodevilla said.
POLITICS
Obama's Human Rights Betrayal
By Aaron Rhodes, Contributor
Human rights advocate, President of the Forum for Religious Fr...
The idea of human rights has become so expansive and that there is no longer any rational basis for determining what is and what is not a human right. But to preserve their meaning and what enforcement is possible, human rights need to remain clearly defined and apart from politics.
HAVANA - JUNE 26: Articles written by Cuba�s Revolution leader Fidel Castro, known as Reflexiones (reflections), appear on the covers of a selection of Granma, Cuba�s Communist Party newspaper, on June 26, 2009, in Havana, Cuba. Castro was last seen in public on July 26, 2006, when he fell ill. In 2008 he retired from all posts except that of First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba. In his frequently published reflexiones, Castro writes about different subjects, such as U.S. President Barack Obama, the U.S. imposed embargo on Cuba, the relation between the OAS and Cuba and others. (Photo by Sven Creutzmann/Mambo photo/Getty Images)
Sven Creutzmann/Mambo Photo via Getty Images
THE WORLDPOST
How Cuba's State-Controlled Media Is Covering Barack Obama's Visit
By Charlotte Alfred and Nick Robins-Early
The nation's press praised the U.S. president, but warned that the country would not give up its political identity.
TRAVEL
Communism in Cuba
By Rick Steves, Contributor
Contributor
Part of being a tourist in Cuba is sorting out the puzzle of its ideology and its struggling economy. With the country opening up to tourism, softening its controls on society, and preparing for the inevitable end of the Castro era, traveling here is filled with fun and curious insights.
WORLDPOST
A Television Show Could Put Obama's Diplomatic Achievement With Cuba at Risk
By Sarah Stephens, Contributor
Director of the Center for Democracy in the Americas
It would be nice if someone in the White House and State Department twisted the money spigot off on this dumb waste of taxpayer money before BBG awards this contract and puts the larger purposes of President Obama's diplomatic achievement with Cuba at risk.
POLITICS
Another Chance at Fair Play for Cuba
By Van Gosse, Contributor
Activist and Historian
It makes me wonder what would have happened if our government had not sponsored, suborned, tolerated and turned a blind eye
POLITICS
Castro, Obama and Orwell
By Barry Lando, Contributor
Former Producer with 60 Minutes, author and frequent commentat...
For the first time since 1956, an American President has held substantive discussions with a Cuban head of state. The world is now poised for Barack Obama's next Orwellian gambit: Removing Cuba from Washington's list of state sponsors of terrorism.
TRAVEL
Cuba: So What Now?
By Dane Steele Green, Contributor
President & CEO - Steele Luxury Travel
Not only is Cuba's tourism infrastructure way behind the times, the country could not be in a more competitive tourism region; Caribbean nations, some of which rely almost entirely on tourism dollars, have long since written the book when it comes to satisfying every last whim.
POLITICS
Is Alan Guilty of Gross Ingratitude?
By Sandy Goodman, Contributor
Retired producer for NBC Nightly News
Gross may not have been an American spy. But he was surely a U.S. government agent who got caught on the job breaking Cuban law. Now that he's home, his continued lawsuit against the government that saved his life, paid him millions and made him a celebrity, is nothing less than Gross ingratitude.
TRAVEL
Travel to Cuba Got a Lot Easier Last Week. Here's How.
By Scott Norvell, Contributor
co-Founder, Screen Anthology
Each week now, the gates that have kept U.S. travelers from visiting Cuba are creaking open just a little more. If Paris Hilton -- who popped up in Havana this week unexpectedly -- can get there now, anyone can. Right?
COMEDY
Destination Wedding Disaster - Bad Love Stories
By Susie Sampson, Contributor
Patriotic American
In an effort to search for love, I listen to all sorts of stories. Good ones, bad ones, hilarious ones, scary ones... there's no shortage of stories out there.
IMPACT
Cuba and Education: Is There a Lesson Here?
By Vicki Cobb, Contributor
President and founder of iNK Think Tank, Inc./Author of childr...
Despite federal policies in education, it is clear that there is a high correlation in the United States between the education achievement gap and poverty.
POLITICS
Cuba: Barack Obama, While Repairing an Anomaly from Another Time, Has Probably Made the Most Emblematic Decision of His Presidency
By Salim Lamrani, Contributor
Dr. Salim Lamrani
By responding to the call of the international community and public opinion in his own country to restore relations with Cuba, President Obama has probably made the most emblematic decision of his two presidential terms and repaired a fault that dates from another time.
WORLDPOST
The U.S., Cuba, and Strategic Foreign Policy
By Daniel Wagner, Contributor
Managing Director of Risk Cooperative / Co-author of "Global R...
If you ask me, Obama's action on Cuba was a master stroke, and full of foresight. He has undercut Putin's ability to use Cuba as a pressure point against the U.S. going forward and has, in a single action, transformed a net negative for the U.S. and Cuba into a net positive for its government, people, and businesses.
VIDEOS
Obama Announces Diplomatic Relations With Cuba
President Barack Obama spoke Wednesday on U.S. relations with Cuba, hours after American Alan Gross was released from Cuban prison, where he'd been for five years.
MIAMI
The Worst Cuba Embargo Story of 2014
By Sarah Stephens, Contributor
Executive Director, Center for Democracy in the Americas
While President Obama has loosened the strings on travel, there are still Cold Warriors manning the ramparts in Congress, from both political parties, trying to roll back our liberties every chance they get.
PARENTING
Halloween Can Save American Democracy
By John Beckman, Contributor
Professor of English at the U.S. Naval Academy; Author of 'Ame...
For weeks in advance, kids raid thrift stores and even team up with obliging parents to masquerade as their most flagrant or forbidden selves. (In both fifth and sixth grades, my good Catholic mother meticulously applied my sinister Gene Simmons face paint.)
POLITICS
It's Time to Talk About Cuba, Part 3
By Kate Oberdorfer, Contributor
Writer, Singer, Dancer, Spanish-speaker
The ever chivalrous Cuban opened the van's creaking door for me, and I climbed into the backseat. Within minutes, I was on my way to a Cuban medical center in a vehicle that needed a hospice of its own.
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