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Cuba

On respect, readiness, and what keeps you up at night  

Sarah Stephens Jun 6, 2015
Prepared or not for an influx of tourists, Cubans are waiting for the respect that all countries deserve from the United States. If we can alleviate that worry of Emilia's, perhaps…
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Cuba

Some in congress working to curtail Obama’s advances on Cuba 

Sarah Stephens May 23, 2015
Whether Congress follows the regular order and starts enacting bills to finance Cabinet departments separately -- or it wraps them all together in one giant package -- sooner or later…
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Cuba

Hats off to the patron saint and the ‘ferry’ godfather of normalization

Sarah Stephens May 9, 2015
The Vatican has offered little explanation for this Sunday's meeting between President Raul Castro and Pope Francis, apart from Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi's comment that it was…
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Cuba

‘Congress cannot remain idle’ on Cuba, says Diaz-Balart

Sarah Stephens May 2, 2015
With so many things moving in the right direction, and with U.S. companies now eying Cuba as an export market for fertilizers, now would be just the time for Congress to shake off its…
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Cuba

Ros-Lehtinen’s new reality

Sarah Stephens Apr 25, 2015
Here’s a story about Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's sudden about-face on President Obama's decision to drop Cuba from the state sponsors of terror list.
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Cuba

This year the Summit is different

Sarah Stephens Apr 10, 2015
President Obama entered the Summit Friday morning having created a different context. The United States and Cuba are on the cusp of restoring diplomatic relations.
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Cuba

Normalization the new normal – soon

Sarah Stephens Apr 4, 2015
The sharp disagreements that drove us apart for decades are now being mediated in a process that is designed to narrow and resolve our differences.
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Cuba

‘I think it stinks’ – still, it works

Sarah Stephens Mar 28, 2015
Last December, when President Obama announced the agreement he reached with President Raúl Castro to restore diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba, you'd have thought…
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Cuba

Cuba: On Drugs

Sarah Stephens Mar 22, 2015
Expanding diplomatic relations and opening embassies, in his view, offer the prospect of building on the relationship and expanding the effectiveness of both countries’…
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Cuba

Cuba, polls and the real ‘useful idiots’

Sarah Stephens Mar 14, 2015
Wow, eight polls in ten weeks -- that's not just a trend, it's a tidal wave. So, where does that leave the hardliners now? Frustrated, we'd guess. Rather than attacking public opinion,…
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