Cuba

"We are not oblivious to the weight of history," said an unnamed State Department official when asked about this week's meetings in Havana between U.S. and Cuban officials.
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To achieve the normalization of diplomatic relations with the United States and move forward in the dismantling of the more aggressive forms of U.S. policy, especially the economic…
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If President Obama talks about his Cuba policy on Tuesday night, his State of the Union Address could be unlike any our nation has experienced.
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This week's meetings — scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday — are also the first since President Obama's sweeping announcement last month that the United States will renew ties with the…
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President seeks to provide middle-class tax breaks by levying higher fees on banks, closing loopholes for trust funds, and raising the capital gains threshold
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It is the second trip to Cuba for Mr. Leahy in a month. In December, he traveled there with two congressmen around the time Mr. Obama made the surprise announcement about restoring…
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The meeting Wednesday will be devoted to "evaluating the process of the migration accords and the actions performed by both parties to deal with illegal emigration and the traffic in…
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For Cubans, this moment will be emotionally cathartic as well as historically transformational.
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Of the 779 detainees who have been held there, 657 have been transferred to the few countries willing to take them. The current population is down to 122 — 54 of whom are slated for…
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The Jack Calhoun book, “Gangsterismo,” is unique in the literature on Cuba, and establishes for the first time the integral, extensive role of mobsters in the Cuban exile movement.
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