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On the Anniversary of Cuba's Revolution, the Case for Evolutionary Thinking Here at Home

Sarah Stephens | Posted 12.31.2008 | World

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This is a moment for President-elect Obama to decide whether he wants to be the 11th president to champion a failed policy or the first president of a new era to be an advocate for a far more sensible course.

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My 2008 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

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Love her or hate her, you have to admit that John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin for the Republican ticket this year was without any doubt the boldest political tactic of the year.

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As Cuba's Regime Turns 50, How About Some Common Sense -- Finally?

David Paul Appell | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Cuba, Castro, Embargo, Eric Holder, Foreign Policy, Cuban-Americans, Latin America, Greg Craig, Obama Cuba, Obama Cuba Policy, Who Is Raul Castro, Fidel Castro, Raul Castro Cuba, Barack Obama Cuba, Politics News

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.

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Caribbean Nations Urge Obama To End Cuba Embargo

BBC NEWS | Posted 12.08.2008 | World

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The leaders of 14 Caribbean nations have called on US President-elect Barak Obama to lift the decades-old American trade embargo against Cuba. The ...

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Majority Of Cuban-Americans Now Oppose Cuba Embargo

VOA News | Brian Wagner | Posted 12.08.2008 | World

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A new U.S. public opinion poll shows long-time support for the U.S. embargo against Cuba is falling among the Cuban-American community in Miami. VOA's...

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Medvedev To Meet Fidel, As Russia Rebuilds Latin American Relations

Guardian | Posted 11.28.2008 | World

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President Dmitry Medvedev was due to hold talks with Fidel Castro tonight to rebuild Russia's relations with Cuba almost a decade after they ended in ...

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Team of Rivals: JFK's Lessons for Commander-in-Chief Obama

Gordon Goldstein | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

The new commander-in-chief would be wise to examine JFK's first year: Appoint the strongest team possible, yet be prepared to reject your counselors' advice, even when vastly outnumbered.

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In Cuba This Summer, The Carrot and The Stick

David Paul Appell | Posted 07.18.2008 | World

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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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Obama Will Give Reform in Cuba a Nudge if Not a Shove

David Paul Appell | Posted 05.26.2008 | Politics

In declaring his administration would meet with the Raúl Castro regime without preconditions, Obama was not being naïve but impeccably realistic.

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Joe Garcia's Slick Slam of the Diaz-Balart Brothers

Steve Clemons | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

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Joe Garcia, a former and now reformed chief spear-carrier of the Cuban American National Foundation, is challenging Mario Diaz-Balart for Florida's 25th district -- and he's making huge inroads.

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In Raúl Castro's Cuba, Glimmerings of Real Change At Last?

David Paul Appell | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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In what looks like the baby steps of a slow process of easing into changes that Raúl and his people realize are unavoidable, tourism apartheid in Cuba may become a thing of the past.

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Where Do Obama And Clinton Stand On China?

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

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In the near future, China will eclipse the Middle East and terrorism to be our number one foreign policy challenge. Yet neither Obama nor Clinton are calling for any real change in our China policy.

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Human Rights Hypocrisy: Hidden In Plain Sight

Robert Weissman | Posted 02.29.2008 | Business

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There was a time, not so long ago, when U.S. governmental hypocrisy on human rights and corporate interests was at least acknowledged. But now it se...

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FIDEL! Fidel...

Peter Clothier | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

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I watched in dismay as the people's hero, the great liberator, turned into his own nemesis, the great dictator, the hectoring autocrat.

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Does Castro's Resignation Really Mean Change?

Ariane de Bonvoisin | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

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As someone who has not been known for his openness to change, Castro's resignation hopefully, marks his willingness to let the next generation assume power.

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Charlie Gibson's Weird Castro Lede

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 02.20.2008 | Media

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The big news, frankly, was that there was a Castro announcement that didn't involve him being dead.

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My Brief Encounter With Fidel Castro

Paul Krassner | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

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I gave Castro a copy of my magazine and requested an interview. He told me to set it up with his secretary. Then a palace guard handed him a cablegram from President Eisenhower.

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End the Embargo

Michael Smerconish | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

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To believe that communism will die with Castro's end is wishful thinking. Castro has surrounded himself with youthful staffers, and they are no less committed to communism than I am to democracy.

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Castro and the Colossus

Robert Scheer | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

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Castro's resignation is more promising for the burnishing of his legacy than the Cuban hard-liners in Miami and their fawning allies in the Bush administration would like to believe.

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Something Unequivocally Fine from Cuba

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 02.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Cuba, Charanga, Embargo, Castro, Cha-Cha-Cha, Orquesta Aragon, Entertainment News

Orquesta Aragon were and are peerless purveyors of charanga music -- riffing violins, a flute out front, a trio or so singing clipped Mills Brother's-like harmonies, and a trim rhythm section churning underneath.

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In Both Cuba and "the Empire," Could 2008 Be the Year of the Castro Convertible?

David Paul Appell | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

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The glimmerings of glasnost on both sides of the Florida straits finally offer hope that some degree of loosening on the island may be in the cards.

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Grab the golden ring

David Horton | Posted 11.28.2007 | Politics

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Members of the public vote for conservatives, it is said, in spite of the (you would think) blindingly obvious fact that they are voting against their...

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Castro Loves A Good Sale

Huffington Post's Eat The Press | Rachel Sklar | Posted 09.22.2007 | Home

Read More: Alan Greenspan Book, Communism, Borders, Retail, Capitalism, Sales, Fidel Castro, Castro, Home News

We just received this AP photo of Castro holding Greenspan's book, forwarded by HuffPost reporter Max Follmer. So! We shall see what Perez has to say ...

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