What is evident is that the Cuban-American far right has been caught in its own trap and, to escape, will have to chew off a foot, as some animals do. Read More...
The White House reportedly is pushing the State Department to expedite its review of whether to remove Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism in the hope of establishing a… Read More...
Alan Gross made news on Capitol Hill today, only no one seems to have taken notice. He submitted written remarks to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs for its hearing titled… Read More...
Some worried House Republicans have scheduled a hearing today on the Obama administration's "sudden shift on Cuba policy." They have it almost exactly backward: The change in policy has… Read More...
The U.S. still expects Cuba to raise salaries on the island, as if the U.S. had nothing to do with Cuba’s income. And, while it helps to reduce union membership in the U.S., it demands… Read More...
Two days before President Obama ended a half-century of diplomatic estrangement with Cuba, his national security adviser, Susan E. Rice, asked Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona to be the… Read More...
On the black-and-white board where Cuba and the U.S. have been moving their pieces since Dec. 17 there are some gray squares that might remove the pressure from the game. I say "might"… Read More...
The people who have spent decades arranging flights between the United States and Cuba compare the history of their industry to a roller coaster. The half-dozen or so charter companies… Read More...