Mariel

Will layoffs cause another Mariel?

September 28, 2010

Via NewsMax.com: The Cuban nation cannot absorb 500,000 to a million unemployed without a resultant revolution. One escape valve will be flotillas to the United States. The well-established Cuban-American communities in the United States will be a natural haven and draw for a coming wave of Castro refugees. [...] Most of those being laid off [...]

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Diplomatic corner

August 20, 2010

U.S. president makes recess appointment of U.S. ambassador to El Salvador, who had questionable ties to Cuban diplomats/agents. [El Nuevo Herald] Cuba has “exported” doctors, nurses and health technicians to earn diplomatic influence in poor countries and hard cash for its floundering economy. [Wall Street Journal] North Korea’s Kim Jong-il has a taste for Cuban [...]

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Return of Russian military aircraft in Cuba

July 21, 2008

via Bloomberg: Russia may send military aircraft back to bases in Cuba in response to U.S. plans to deploy elements of a missile defense system in Europe, Izvestiya reported, citing an unidentified “highly placed source.” Both the supersonic Tu-160, a nuclear bomber known as “White Swan,” and the strategic bomber Tu-95, known to the North [...]

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