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Travel to Cuba is a sensitive political topic in the Cuban Diaspora and in policy circles in this town. As it should be. The Obama Administration has failed miserably to effectively deal with the Cuba question. This has happened, in part, because it has no policy vision for the Western Hemisphere. The Administration’s reaction to pop [...]
UPDATE: Drudge Report reporting that several Members of Congress have penned a note to the USG.
For those of us that follow events in a a little island 90 miles from our shores, the news of the week was the Cuba trip of Beyoncé Knowles and Jay-Z. Judging solely from the news [...]
Hyeonseo Lee’s escape from Communist North Korea is well worth a view.
Countless numbers of Cubans fleeing Cuban Communism/Socialism have similar stories to tell.
It is an inspiring story of courage and determination. And new chapters are added, daily.
Dennis Rodman, stick with basketball.
Cuba’s Raul Castro announced this weekend that he was going to retire … in five years. He can always change his mind and likely will. Castro also promised term limits and promoted younger folks to senior positions in Cuba’s only political entity, the Communist Party of Cuba. This was nothing more that a political sideshow [...]
When you run a business in Miami, in addition to making sure you’re complying with local, state, and federal regulations, you also sometimes need to factor in international politics with local sensitivities.
Miami is a great coffee town. The ubiquitous espresso stands are about a five-minute drive from just about anywhere in the city. It [...]
The Obama Administration appears to have granted a license to a U.S. company that allows it to facilitate the transmission of Cuban government programming in the United States. It will be difficult to secure all of the details of the arrangement, however, we can glean some information from materials released by Olympusat, [...]
For Colombia, last week supposed to be the week of peace. It was anything but. Five Colombian soliders were killed by the FARC terrorist group, just a few days after peace talks were launched in Oslo. The FARC have no interest in peace. If it did, it would lay down arms and agree to [...]
Over on Facebook recently I posted the following comment to see what reaction it would receive from interested FB connections:
Starting to wonder if Colombia was forced to negotiate with the FARC to secure the FTA from the Obama Administration. These FARC talks with Cuba make no sense. Bad for Colombia and regional matters.
When [...]
There is more reporting today on Cuba people-to-people travel enforcement by the U.S. Government. The reality is that genuine people-to-people travel is licensable, but it has been abused by some as a back door for tourism travel that is currently not authorized under the regulations.
Technically, I do not even need to apply for license. I [...]
