Posts by: Jason Poblete
Last week the the Department of State announced that it had reached an “administrative agreement with Alpine Aerospace Corporation and TS Trade Tech Incorporated of New Jersey to resolve violations of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) related to the export of significant military equipment.”
According to [...]
Over on my Facebook page, a series of posts on a recent political issue prompted a discussion on the state of GOP. Some of my thoughts on that exchange follows here:
The Party is indeed in need of repair. Even if Romney were to pull off some political miracle and win in November, there is [...]
This past week Pope Benedict visited Cuba. Focusing on just the purpose of the trip and the mission of the Church on the island, it was a successful trip. I think it did a lot more but we’ll leave those thoughts for another post. In the ivory towers of official Washington, elitist universities, as well [...]
CNBC’s Michelle Caruso-Cabrera was in the Cuba this week covering the Papal visit to the island. She did a story that was long overdue: starting a discussion about settling the multi-billion dollars worth of claims by American citizens against the Communist country.
Resolving certified and uncertified claims against the Cuban government is the third rail [...]
If you follow U.S.-Cuba matters, you know that Americans can travel to Cuba but under some very specific scenarios. Economic sanctions make travel very difficult if not impossible in most cases. Tourism travel is technically not allowed. If you have a relative on the island, however, you’re in luck. The restrictions are essentially non-existent.
I [...]
This cannot be right, at least not in my reality of how a civilized world should be.
According to the Miami Herald, a judge has granted a Cuban spy visitation rights to travel to Cuba to spend time with his ailing brother. What the Herald story does not say is that this [...]
