castro regime

Worst of the worst, cont.

September 10, 2011

Foreign Policy magazine revisits its list of “Worst of the Worst” dictators. Raúl Castro moved up to 4th place from last year’s ranking of 21st: Cuba After 52 years under the rule of the Castro brothers, Cubans are stirring. On Aug. 23, a group of four women took to the steps of the capitol building [...]

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Lifting the communications embargo

July 15, 2010

Christopher Sabatini, senior director of policy at the Americas Society/Council of the Americas and editor in chief of Americas Quarterly, argues for lifting the communications embargo on Cuba in the July/August 2010 issue of Foreign Policy magazine: This leaves Washington in a quandary. Last week’s release of the 52 prisoners — independent journalists and human [...]

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Concession turns to quick advantage

July 13, 2010

Newsweek magazine on the new tactics for an aged regime: But Havana has already turned the concession to quick advantage. By taking the most obvious human-rights issue off the table, Raúl Castro has driven a new wedge between U.S. and European policies. Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos, who helped broker the deal, crowed that [...]

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U.S. Army colonel calls for abolishment of embargo

February 16, 2009

Colonel Alexander Crowther, a Research Professor of National Security Studies in the Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, has written an editorial titled: “Kiss the Embargo Goodbye” for SSI’s monthly newsletter calling for the end of the U.S. embargo against Cuba. He has written prior editorials and papers on Cuba and its military. Col. [...]

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