Cuba is changing little — and for the worse
The world is changing much faster and the island keeps on falling further behind
Patricio Navia
June 14, 2017
U.S.-Cuba policy change advocates: This is your ally?
Reforms intended to promote openness in Cuba are about to be rolled back. But is this the administration with the moral authority to do it?
Christopher Sabatini
June 12, 2017
Changing calcified Cuba
Expanding the existing opening is the key to supporting much-needed (and within Cuba anticipated) economic and political change.
John Price
May 1, 2017
Cubans’ motorcycle diary woes
Unlike their Latin American counterparts, Cubans face unique challenges traveling and emigrating within Latin America. And that doesn’t include the trouble leaving the island.
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April 10, 2017
Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart’s memo to the White House RE: Cuba policy changes
President Trump and Vice President Pence have promised to reverse the Obama-era US-Cuba policy changes. South Florida Congressman Diaz Balart weighed in with his memo of proposed changes. Here is the text.
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March 23, 2017
Trump’s victory in Florida wasn’t because of his newfound hardline Cuba policy
Myths about Trump’s victory in Florida persist. Will the false narrative of Cuban-American voters shape the anticipated changes to U.S.-Cuba policy?
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March 6, 2017
Es hora de ponerle límites a la dictadura cubana
Es hora de que los países democráticos hagan valer el principio de reciprocidad política en la relación bilateral con el régimen cubano.
Gabriel Salvia
February 23, 2017
Viñales, Cuba: where tourism is creating a private business boom
Think tourism doesn’t drive private sector growth? Just travel to Viñales—a world transformed.
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February 12, 2017
The Islamist threat in Latin America and the Caribbean: What do we really know?
Some of the people slated to enter the administration have made a career peddling theories of Islamist threats in our hemisphere. There are genuine reasons for concern, but not for the disproven assertions many have been pitching for years.
Christopher Sabatini
January 26, 2017
Secretary-of-State-designate Rex Tillerson’s confirmation answers on Latin America policy
Here is the text of the written answers on U.S. policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean Rex Tillerson submitted to the Senate for his confirmation hearing. The answers cover Mexico, the Colombia peace process, the opening to Cuba and human rights, and political prisoners in Venezuela, among other topics.
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January 20, 2017