Controlled panic in Calle Ocho
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2014 by Phil Peters A smart friend reminds me regularly that everyone is talking about a coming change in U.S. policy toward Cuba – except the officials […]
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Retired U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson Sends Letter to Obama in Support of the Five
Lawrence Wilkerson is Distinguished Visiting Professor of Government and Public Policy at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. His last position in government was chief of staff […]
New York Times: A Prisoner Swap With Cuba
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD NOV. 2, 2014 Nearly five years ago, authorities in Cuba arrested an American government subcontractor, Alan Gross, who was working on a secretive program to expand […]
FATF Takes Cuba Off Its AML/CFT List! Wait, What?
Dear Friends: Unless you cyber-troll the FATF website, you probably missed this item. Last Friday, FATF congratulated Cuba for taking such strong actions to police its financial system that Cuba […]
U.S. and Cuba Come Together Over Ebola, Infuriating Republicans
By ERNESTO LONDOÑO After some initial hedging, the United States seems to have embraced the idea of working closely with Cuba on the global response to the Ebola epidemic. A mid-level official from […]
Samantha Power Praises Cuba for Ebola Response
Mike Segar/Reuters Does Samantha Power, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations’ praise of Cuban medical professionals signal a thawing of relations between the two countries? During the past 54 years, […]
NNOC Statement about the UN vote on condemning the US Embargo of Cuba
Dear NNOC friends, Today, for the 23rd consecutive year the United Nations has condemned the United States embargo (blockade) of Cuba. This year, 188 of the 193 members voted in […]
Statement by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parilla at UN General Assembly, October 28th. 2014
Mr. President; Distinguished Permanent Representatives; Delegates; The United Nations General Assembly will consider today, for the twenty-third time, this issue which is so important to the international community, because it […]
Cuba calling: what this small island can teach the world about disease control
THE GUARDIAN West Africa needs what Cuba has: a well-trained, coordinated healthcare system. Anything less and Ebola wins Guardian Professional, Thursday 23 October 2014 17.43 BST What can the governments […]
On Cuba Embargo, It’s the U.S. and Israel Against the World — Again
By ERNESTO LONDOÑO A little-known former American ambassador on Tuesday addressed the General Assembly to perform a dreaded task: defending the issue that has isolated the United States diplomatically like no […]
