Archive for the ‘Washington Blog’ Category

April 30, 2011 | Sarah Stephens

Letter to the Editor: Not the same old Cuba

The Washington Post  –  The April 25 editorial “Same old Cuba” suggested that Cuba is temporizing or tinkering around the edges in addressing its economic crisis. Our recent conversations in Cuba suggest otherwise. The state is no longer guaranteeing access to jobs, food or other social benefits — except free education… read more »

April 28, 2011 | CDA

The Cuban Triangle: Orlando Bosch, R.I.P.

Posted by Phil Peters at The Cuban Triangle: “He was a freedom fighter for Cuba and passed away without seeing his beloved homeland free of the Castro dictatorship.” – House Foreign Affairs Committee ChairwomanIleana Ros-Lehtinen (AP) “Orlando has been a patriot who dedicated his life and sacrificed his profession to… read more »

March 7, 2011 | CDA

Gary Hart: “Fiction in Foreign Policy”

Senator Gary Hart – who served from 1975 to 1987 – followed Cuba from his position on the Church Committee (investigating CIA efforts to kill Fidel Castro).  As a Member of the Armed Services and Environmental panels in the U.S. Senate, Hart documented, through his words and deeds, how often the… read more »

February 23, 2011 | CDA

MUST READ from the Huffington Post

Lisa Haugaard and Adam Isacson ask, and answer, these questions and more: Is the United States really more secure if its neighbors [in Latin America] view it as narrowly interested only in its own security? Do we want our nation’s reputation to be more about guns and less about helping… read more »

February 20, 2011 | CDA

Uncomfortable Freedoms

Ernesto Morales Licea is a Cuban journalist who, until recently, blogged from Cuba.  He recently moved to the United States. This post is from his blog, Pequeño Hermano. — One of the most notable differences between living and growing socially in a democratic country versus doing so in a country governed… read more »

February 11, 2011 | CDA

Two U.S. Senators seek to roll back Obama travel reforms

This week, two Members of the United States Senate with significant Cuban-American constituencies – Senators Bob Menendez of New Jersey and Marco Rubio of Florida – submitted amendment 61 to the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act which seeks to roll back President Obama’s travel reforms. The amendment… read more »

February 1, 2011 | Sarah Stephens

Cuba isolationists lose their hold

Politico – They are not without power. But Cuban-American members of Congress, the most influential advocates of isolating Cuba, are themselves growing isolated. They remain static, even as the Obama administration dismantles barriers to engagement and builds policies to encourage greater contact between U.S. citizens and the Cuban people. President… read more »