My friend Bettina Inclan passed on a link to this video, and I clicked on it, expecting Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) to rant angrily about Cuba policy, like he does every single time he comes to the floor. And behold! (Watch after the jump.)
Following up on Spencer’s post, Human Rights Watch isn’t the only voice expressing concerns that the Obama administration’s new Cuba travel policy doesn’t go far enough. Here’s the statement moments ago from Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D), a long-time sponsor of legislation to lift the ban on Americans traveling to More…
Aaron hit this earlier, but the Obama administration has lifted the ban on Cuban families in the United States visiting their Cuban relatives. Human Rights Watch welcomes the move but says in a release that the administration should have gone further:
Congress should promptly extend to all Americans the
President Obama will announce today that the United States will lift its long-standing ban on travel by Cuban-Americans to their homeland, according to The Washington Post.
The Post also reports that Obama will “relax the rules governing what items can be sent to the island,” which presumably means eliminating More…
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has not made a public appearance in more than two years, and conspiracy theorists have been speculating for some time that he may no longer be alive.
Well, if his Sunday column in the Cuban state newspaper, Granma, is any indication, his heart is still More…
As the world ushers in the new year, Cuba will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power and sparked an intense political conflict with the United States that has far outlived the Cold War.
President-elect Barack Obama had not yet been born when More…
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