Belated Half Measures on Cuba
My time as a U.S. diplomat in Cuba during the Obama thaw of 2015-17 showed me what was possible to achieve when diplomacy was given a chance to work.
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May 26, 2022
Fourth of July: Remembering what America is all about
Diplomatic relations are key to achieving major foreign policy and national security goals. This Fourth of July we take a look back at U.S. relations with Latin America.
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July 4, 2017
Trump’s Imminent Cuba Problem
Soon — maybe as early as Friday — President Donald Trump, with Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, is expected to announce a presidential initiative that will roll back the Obama-era efforts that loosened the 56-year-old United States embargo on Cuba. How far will the president go?
Christopher Sabatini
June 15, 2017
Bienvenido Mister Uncertainty
Un año atrás nadie, en ninguna parte del mundo, apostaba por que Donald Trump terminaría siendo elegido presidente de Estados Unidos. Hace doce meses era la nota excéntrica en una campaña que se veía perfilada para que Hillary Clinton le diera continuidad al legado de Barack Obama. Lo más interesante de la política, desde mi punto de vista, es la incapacidad que tienen los analistas de poder predecirla con exactitud.
Andrés Cañizález
January 26, 2017
¿Quedó ahogada en el agua la apertura de Estados Unidos a Cuba?
Dos años después de que Obama relajó el embargo de Estados Unidos sobre Cuba y normalizó las relaciones, ¿están esas políticas a punto de ser revertidas por la administración de Trump?
Christopher Sabatini
January 19, 2017
President-elect Donald Trump’s U.S.-Cuba policy: hoping I’m wrong
Trump’s transition team and latest statements make it look like U.S.-Cuba policy is about to go backward. If so, it would only help the regime and hurt the Cuban people.
Frank O. Mora
December 20, 2016
The unusual Donald Trump
With the incoming Trump administration, nothing will be “as expected.” Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be unpredictable. Let’s just hope that’s it.
John Parisella
December 15, 2016
Latest from Latin Pulse – March 25th
President Barack Obama and his historic trip to Cuba provide the central themes on Latin Pulse this week. The program includes news about various details of Obama’s trip to Cuba and Argentina, and in-depth analysis of the political, human rights, and business changes resonating through both countries after the trip.
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March 29, 2016
5 myths about Cuba
President Obama’s historic trip to Cuba this past week returned U.S. and world attention to the small Caribbean island of 11 million people and the long, curious history between it and the United States. It’s hard to think of a similarly sized country that has had such a memorable, tumultuous, often romantic hold on U.S. history and imagination.
Christopher Sabatini
March 28, 2016
Obama and the memory of the Dirty War
Today, President Obama will stand in the Park of Memory in Buenos Aires, along the edge of the River Plate, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the day the military seized power in Argentina, beginning the Dirty War.
Natasha Zaretsky
March 24, 2016