That's good news, but it's not likely to change much for the 11 million captive people in Cuba. … in 1980, when he set more than 100,000 of his countrymen adrift in the Gulf Stream on homemade rafts and leaky boats from Mariel, Cuba … So has anything really changed in Cuba? Apparently, the Cuban people don't think so.…
Those two would make a great first couple -- of Cuba or maybe Venezuela. … needs empty feel-good speeches featuring lots of Sesame Street rhetoric about "change, "hope," and "unity," it's the citizens of Cuba…
Everything wrong with Cuba-U.S. relations is the fault of American presidents. … And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as one of the freest nations on Earth."
2. … Campaigns stamped out illiteracy and even today, Cuba has one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the world."
4.…
Mel Martinez (R-FL), who was born in
Cuba and, at the age of 15, along with his brother, was evacuated from Cuba
during Operation … According to Chase, "Socialism works; Cuba might prove that." Says
Campbell, Castro is "a source of inspiration to the world." … The best thing that could happen in Cuba is for the regime to collapse.…
"In totalitarian Cuba, Fidel Castro's absolute power is not based on titles," he points out. … For now, nothing has changed in totalitarian Cuba."
What now? … And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as one of the freest nations on Earth."…
The world has seen little of Fidel since 2006, when he turned the day-to-day task of running Cuba over to his brother, Raul. … In the 1990s, Fidel declared a "Period of Emergency" in Cuba. The emergency still persists. … And what comes next for the failed state of Cuba?…
In Cuba, too, regime change has turned out to be more problematic than American policymakers imagined. … The embargo was imposed when Cuba was a salient of Soviet values and interests in this hemisphere. … Today, Cuba is a sad, threadbare geopolitical irrelevancy.…
Cuba under communism had to import sugar. … Today, Hugo Chavez's Venezuela provides $4 billion of oil to a Cuba with a GDP of $45 billion. … Castro has ruled Cuba during 10 U.S. presidencies and longer than the Soviet Union ruled Eastern Europe.…
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Cuba has had cell phone service since 1991 — principally for Communist Party cadres. … And another word from Cuba: Philip Agee is dead. Agee concluded a 12-year career in the CIA in 1969.…
Pablo Morales wrote those words to his sister after he miraculously managed to make it from Cuba to the United States in 1992. … They flew close to Cuba (and even over Havana) and dropped leaflets urging change. … And why have so many people braved a treacherous sea to escape Cuba? Two words: compassion and freedom.…
Interestingly, the article reports that the family had been warned of such practices in Cuba. … Republic of Cuba, No. 01-28628 (Miami-Dade Cir. April 13, 2003). … is keen on implanting the “Chinese model” in Cuba.…