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Joe Garcia's Slick Slam of the Diaz-Balart Brothers

Steve Clemons | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Joe Garcia, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Cuban American National Foundation, Cuba, Castro, Cold War, Maria Diaz-Balart, US-Cuba Policy, Politics News

Joe Garcia, a former and now reformed chief spear-carrier of the Cuban American National Foundation, is challenging Mario Diaz-Balart for Florida's 25th district -- and he's making huge inroads.

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In Raúl Castro's Cuba, Glimmerings of Real Change At Last?

David Paul Appell | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Tourism Apartheid, US-Cuba Relations, Cuban Embargo, Cuba Resorts, Raul Castro, Apartheid, Cuba, Castro, Politics News

In what looks like the baby steps of a slow process of easing into changes that Raúl and his people realize are unavoidable, tourism apartheid in Cuba may become a thing of the past.

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Where Do Obama And Clinton Stand On China?

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Taiwan, Yuan, Communist, Beijing, Darfur, Tibet, Pet Food, Campaign, Cold War, China, Chinese, National Debt, 2008, Vietnam, Dollar, Korea, 2008 Campaign, Lead in Toys, Dalai Lama, 2008 Elections, 08, Soviet Union, Castro, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Olympics, Foreign Policy, Elections, Communism, 08 Campaign, Human Rights, 2008 Presidential Race, Hillary Clinton, Cuba, Censorship, Ioc, Politics News

In the near future, China will eclipse the Middle East and terrorism to be our number one foreign policy challenge. Yet neither Obama nor Clinton are calling for any real change in our China policy.

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Venting About Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Steve Clemons | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: DCCC Red to Blue Program, Dccc, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chris Van Hollen, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Mario Diaz-Balart, Cuba, US-Cuba Policy, Wayne Gilchrest, Maryland Eastern Shore, Politics News

Debbie Wasserman Schultz is helping to defend the political turf of not the best in the Republican Party -- but the worst.

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Freedom to Travel? More on the Audacity and Hypocrisy of Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Steve Clemons | Posted 03.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Aig, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Travel Restrictions, Israel, American General Life Insurance, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Mario Diaz-Balart, Cuba, Jeff Flake, US-Cuba Policy, Politics News

Schultz has no moral authority complaining that her travel latitude has been restricted when she is directly responsible for inhibiting the freedoms of so many other Americans.

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Condi Rice Puts End to Presidential Candidate "Breach Envy"

Steve Clemons | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Passport Breach, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Andy Borowitz, Cuba, Condoleezza Rice, Barack Obama, Politics News

Now we know that McCain's and Clinton's passport information have also been breached. Rumor is that they'll all get a courtesy call from Condoleezza Rice -- so no chance of "breach envy."

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ON DAY ONE: "Multi-Nationalize the Fuel Cycle" and "Open Travel to Cuba"

Steve Clemons | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics

One of the very coolest and most informative blogs I check in on a daily basis is ArmsControlWonk.com published by my New America Foundation colleague...

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Huffington Post Soon to Have More Cuban Readers

Steve Clemons | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Raul Castro, Cuba, Fidel Castro, US-Cuba Policy, Politics News

Raul Castro has opened the door for a new consumer appetite. He is allowing Cubans to purchase -- completely unrestricted -- the vehicles for the consumption and transport of "culture."

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Friday Talking Points [21] -- Bash Bush Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: White House, Barbara Boxer, Clean Air, Natural Born, Cheney, Mercenary, Emissions, China, Meirs, Bush, Mukasey, Bush-Bashing, Bolton, Blackwater, Midotw, Ohio, Nancy Pelosi, Russia, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Press Conference, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Environmental Protection Agency, John McCain, Gasoline, Bush Bash, Gas Price, Greenhouse Gas, Attorney General, Landslide, Dick Durban, Leap Day, Contempt, Justice Department, 2000, Recession, Barack Obama, Military Contractors, Mortgage Crisis, Foreign Policy, Olympics, Four Dollars a Gallon, Anti-War, Contempt of Congress, Epa, Archive, Mortgage, Mddotw, Leap Year, Wiretap, $4 a Gallon, Hillary Clinton, Bush Library, Cuba, Emails, Claire McCaskill, Bush-Bash, Senate, Warrantless, Politics News

Happy Leap Day! Because we are given an extra day this year, I would like to spend it in a good old fashioned Bush-bash. Maybe it's because everyone'...

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Human Rights Hypocrisy: Hidden In Plain Sight

Robert Weissman | Posted 02.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Castro, Sanctions, Human Rights, Bush, Saudi Arabia, China, Cuba, Business News

There was a time, not so long ago, when U.S. governmental hypocrisy on human rights and corporate interests was at least acknowledged. But now it se...

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Samantha Power: How Obama Will Get Us Out of Iraq

Jon Wiener | Posted 02.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Barack Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Meeting With Enemies, Iraq War, Iran, Hillary Clinton, Cuba, Offthebus, Campaign 2008, Samantha Power Obama, Samantha Power, Samantha Power Barack Obama, Home News

Read coverage and reaction to Samantha Power's resignation from the Obama campaign here Samantha Power is Barack Obama's senior foreign policy advis...

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Cuba's Bold Path

Ned Goldreyer | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cuba, Fidel Castro, Comminuism, Bay of Pigs, George W. Bush, Politics News

America's removal of Cuba's "president for life" will endure as another glowing triumph of the Bush legacy, alongside the restoration of Afghanistan's legendary poppy harvest and our continuing victory in Iraq.

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Cuba: A Country for Old Men -- Now What About Us?

David Paul Appell | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Raul Castro, Castro Resigns, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Raul Castro Cuban President, Politics News

The elderly gent who sounds generally reassuring and admits that mistakes were made, but still praises his failed predecessor and clings to diastrous, discredited policies -- ring a bell?

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The Comandante

Frank Mankiewicz | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fidel Castro Resigns, Fidel Castro, Castro Resigns, Cuba, Politics News

In 1974, I was astounded to see an ex-Army jeep pull up in front of our hotel, with Fidel Castro himself driving, and no security personnel. And so began the strangest tourist day I've ever encountered.

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On Meeting with Ahmadinejad

Sam Sedaei | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Texas Debate, War With Iran, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Diplomacy, Ahmadinejad, 2008 Election, Cuba, Barack Obama, Austin Texas Debate, Politics News

Hillary believes Iran will democratize, end three decades of theocratic rule and release all prisoners just so Mahmoud can have a coffee with her majesty.

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A Fresh Start for Human Rights in Cuba?

Elizabeth Jordan | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fidel Castro Resigns, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Castro Resigns, Politics News

The Cuban government must seize this opportunity to take immediate and tangible steps to improve the human rights situation on the island.

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Does Castro's Resignation Really Mean Change?

Ariane de Bonvoisin | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Castro, Raul Castro, Fidel Castro Resigns, Change, Fidel Castro, Castro Resigns, Cuba, Politics News

As someone who has not been known for his openness to change, Castro's resignation hopefully, marks his willingness to let the next generation assume power.

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For Fidel, A Mixed Legacy Awaits

Russell Shaw | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fidel Castro Resigns, Castro Legacy, Cuba, Castro Resigns, Politics News

While our president vetoes health care funding and we are afflicted with educational red tape and crippling student loans, there is free education, universal health care and near-universal literacy in Cuba.

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The Daily Szep: 46 Years of Principled Stupidity

Paul Szep | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fidel Castro Resigns, Fidel Castro, Cuban Embargo, Cuba, Politics News

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My Brief Encounter With Fidel Castro

Paul Krassner | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Propaganda, Eisenhower, 1960, Cuba, Castro, Ferlinghetti, Revolution, Fidel Castro Resigns, Castro Resigns, Politics News

I gave Castro a copy of my magazine and requested an interview. He told me to set it up with his secretary. Then a palace guard handed him a cablegram from President Eisenhower.

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End the Embargo

Michael Smerconish | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fidel Castro Resigns, Cuba, Castro, Fidel Castro, Castro Resigns, Politics News

To believe that communism will die with Castro's end is wishful thinking. Castro has surrounded himself with youthful staffers, and they are no less committed to communism than I am to democracy.

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Castro and the Colossus

Robert Scheer | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Moncada, Kennedy, Bush, Castro, Vietnam, Resignation, President, Fidel Castro, Cuba, Politics News

Castro's resignation is more promising for the burnishing of his legacy than the Cuban hard-liners in Miami and their fawning allies in the Bush administration would like to believe.

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Cuban Leader Fidel Castro Hands Over Keys To Store To Brother Raul--Store Then Looted, Burned

236.com | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fidel Castro Resigns, Raul Castro, Cuba, Cuba President, Fidel Castro, Cuba Leaders, Politics News

Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who ranks as the third longest-serving world leader (with the number one most unkempt beard), announced today that he will ...

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Something Unequivocally Fine from Cuba

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 02.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Cuba, Charanga, Embargo, Castro, Cha-Cha-Cha, Orquesta Aragon, Entertainment News

Orquesta Aragon were and are peerless purveyors of charanga music -- riffing violins, a flute out front, a trio or so singing clipped Mills Brother's-like harmonies, and a trim rhythm section churning underneath.

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Planning for a Post-Fidel Cuba

Steve Clemons | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lawrence Wilkerson, Jake Colvin, National Archives, Peter Kornbluh, USA Engage, Fidel Castro, US-Cuba Relations, Sarah Stephens, Phil Peters, Julia Sweig, Patrick Doherty, Cuba, Jim McGovern, Politics News

The New America Foundation/US-Cuba 21st Century Policy Initiative just hosted this high octane media conference call that included more than 50 journa...

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