Diplomatic corner

20100813 10:56 am · 0 comments

by Armando F. Mastrapa III

in Brazil, Chile, Diplomacy, Fidel Castro, Government, International Relations, Nomenklatura, Politics, US

  • The United States is creating conditions to change its foreign policy toward Cuba. [La Jornada]
  • A newly published book delves into the possibility that Fidel Castro ordered the murder of Chile’s Salvador Allende at the hands of a Cuban diplomat/agent whom Allende’s daughter married. [El Ciudadano]
  • The Spanish government has gotten into a diplomatic imbroglio because of its conciliatory posture toward the Cuban regime. [ABC]
  • Brazil and Cuba sign bilateral agreement on agriculture, meteorology and geology. [Prensa Latina]
  • Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at the Aspen Institute on whether the Obama administration should move toward normalizing relations with Cuba.  [Aspen Daily News Online]

(Image: Diplomacy board game from Avalon Hill.)

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