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May 24, 2013

CUBA CENTRAL News Blast: Holiday Edition: Memorial Day, Obama, and Cuba

This weekend in the U.S., we celebrate Memorial Day.  Started in 1868, following the Civil War,  this holiday has served as an annual remembrance of the nation’s war dead.  Flowers and American flags are placed at grave sites of service members who were casualties in the nation’s wars.  It was… read more »

May 20, 2013

Rep. Kathy Castor: What I learned in Cuba

Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14), Tampa Bay Times: The flight from Florida to Cuba is a little over an hour, yet the countries remain a world apart. Cuba is changing, however, as I learned on my recent fact-finding visit. Cuba has embarked on meaningful economic reforms, which deserve encouragement by the… read more »

April 30, 2013

Former U.S. diplomat Patrick Ryan: Time to drop Cuba from terror list

Former U.S. diplomat Patrick Ryan, The Hill – As a former U.S. diplomat who authored the 2007-09 Country Reports on Terrorism for Nigeria and visited Cuba many times on official business, I believe keeping Cuba on the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism is absurd and highly political, particularly given… read more »

April 25, 2013

Castor’s stance on Cuba elicits jeers, but then supporters rally

Jane Meinhardt, Tampa Bay Business Journal – A revolting response to Congresswoman Kathy Castor’s stand on the embargo against Cuba and her recent trip to the island galvanized hundreds of area residents — especially Patrick Manteiga, publisher of La Gaceta. A person described as the self-appointed leader of a minority pro-embargo group pinned… read more »

April 24, 2013

Castor to Obama: Reform “outdated” Cuba embargo, travel ban

William March, Tampa Tribune - U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor of Tampa, fresh back from a trip to Cuba, has told President Barack Obama in a letter that the U.S. travel ban and trade embargo against Cuba are outdated, unproductive and harmful and should be reformed. In the four-page letter, Castor never… read more »

April 8, 2013

Castor returns from Cuba, calls for end to trade embargo

Bay News – U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor has returned from a four-day trip to Cuba. The Democrat from Tampa says America’s trade embargo on the island nation should end, saying “it’s time to try something new.” She is the second member of Congress from Florida to visit Raul Castro’s country… read more »

April 4, 2013

Rep. Kathy Castor arrives in Cuba for four-day trip

Tampa Bay Times – U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor embarked on a four-day trip to Cuba this week with her staff and the Center for Democracy in the Americas, her office said Thursday. Castor, D-Tampa, St. Petersburg, is scheduled to return to Tampa on April 8. The purpose of her trip… read more »

April 4, 2013

Castor has high hopes for mission to Cuba

Ted Jackovics, Tampa Bay Tribune - With U.S.-Cuba relations on the cusp of potentially significant change, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor arrived in Havana on Wednesday night for meetings she hopes will enhance social ties and business opportunities for the Tampa Bay area. Castor, who guided Tampa International Airport’s quest for Obama… read more »

April 2, 2013

Cuba and the United States: Time to lean forward

Edward T. Walsh, News & Observer – New Secretary of State John Kerry must decide within a few weeks whether to recommend to President Obama that Cuba be removed from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. Such a collection currently includes Iran, Syria and Sudan. Cuba has been on… read more »

March 29, 2013

CUBA CENTRAL News Blast: Baseball in Cuba: Changeups or Regime Change?

With the start of regular season Major League Baseball on Monday, it’s a fitting moment to talk about the sport which has bound the U.S. and Cuba together since the 19th century. Like everything else, baseball couldn’t escape the politics and propaganda that have surrounded the relationship over the last three… read more »

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