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Winds of change?

November 2, 2011

Daniel Calingaert, Vice President for Policy and External Relations at Freedom House, discusses FH’s recent survey conducted in Cuba in a blog post at Freedom at Issue: The government shows no intention of opening up the political system. At the Communist Party congress in April, when Castro welcomed a “new generation” of leaders, they were led by revolution-era [...]

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He isn’t the president

September 12, 2010

Cuba’s ambassador in Mexico, Manuel Aguilera de la Paz, clarified yesterday that the remarks made by Fidel Castro are not necessarily those of the Cuban government, but, the latter is never going to contradict a statement by the commander. He stressed that Fidel Castro is not the president of Cuba. He has no official position [...]

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Stability and security maintained

March 10, 2009

DIA Director Lt. Gen. Michael D. Maples, US Army, testified today before the Committee on Armed Services of the United States Senate delivering his Annual Threat Assessment. With regards to Latin America, he stated: “The United States presently faces no major conventional military threats across Latin America, a number of concerns endure.” Lt. Gen. Maples [...]

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