You know how Washington works (when it works). Opposing factions come together and “give something to get something.” At a time when the machinery of government is so obviously broken, some would argue that more compromise is needed. For a variety of reasons, a compromise that the Obama administration seems… read more »
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Tag Archives: Obama
May 18, 2012
CUBA CENTRAL News Blast: A visa “compromise” detrimental to the interests of the United States
April 27, 2012
CUBA CENTRAL News Blast: Florida’s Foreign Policy and the eternal cynicism of the sunshine mind
In Florida, relations with Cuba are serious business. Ask Miami Marlin’s manager Ozzie Guillen, publicly shamed and forced to apologize to save his job for talking about Fidel Castro’s longevity. Or worse, ask Airline Brokers Company, a Coral Gables-based travel provider that recently helped fly 340 pilgrims to Cuba for… read more »
April 17, 2012
The Los Angeles Times- Once again, Cuba was absent from the Summit of the Americas. Yet the communist nation might as well have attended the gathering last weekend in Cartagena, Colombia, because it took center stage, despite U.S. efforts to focus on other issues. Ecuador’spresident refused to attend the summit… read more »
April 16, 2012
Obama wants ‘rigorous’ investigation of Secret Service prostitution claims
CNN Wire Staff, CNN- President Barack Obama called Sunday for a “thorough” and “rigorous” investigation into allegations involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents in Colombia. Some 11 Secret Service agents and officers are being investigated over preliminary findings that they allegedly brought back several prostitutes to a hotel in Cartagena,… read more »
April 15, 2012
Obama concludes Summit of the Americas on the defensive about inviting Cuba
Scott Wilson, Washington Post- President Obama concluded a contentious hemispheric summit on the defensive Sunday as it ended without agreement on whether Cuba’s Communist leaders should be invited to the next meeting, something the United States firmly opposes. The standoff meant that the sixth Summit of the Americas ended without… read more »
April 14, 2012
Obama open to new approaches in drug war, but not legalization
Mariano Castillo, CNN- Speaking Saturday at the Summit of the Americas, President Barack Obama said it is reasonable to debate alternatives in the war on drugs, but insisted legalizing drugs wasn’t a valid option in the United States. Obama voiced his view in his first public remarks at the hemispheric… read more »
April 14, 2012
Obama finds U.S. campaign themes resonate at regional summit in Colombia
Scott Wilson, Washington Post- Close your eyes, ignore the language difference, and you could be forgiven for thinking that the U.S. presidential campaign had come to this antique walled city on the Caribbean. Or, more accurately, that the U.S. presidential campaign had caught up with an economic debate that has… read more »
April 14, 2012
US, Canada alone at summit in Cuba stance
Frank Bajak and Vivian Sequera, AP- U.S. President Barack Obama got the expected lectures Saturday from Western Hemisphere leaders over his insistence on vetoing Cuban participation in future summits and his refusal to abandon a drug war that has claimed tens of thousands of lives and undermined governments. The opening… read more »
April 13, 2012
CUBA CENTRAL Newsblast: Flashback/Fast Forward: Obama, Cuban Docs, and the Summit of the Americas
As President Obama makes his way to Colombia for the Summit of the Americas – “to tout his trade record and convince millions of Hispanic voters back home he cares about the region,” as Reuters tartly reported – we found ourselves thinking back three years when he last attended this… read more »
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