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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Obama Administration should take note, again, that the Cuban regime is not interested in reforming the system. The regime’s custom “fee” is more like a regime survival tax. It will teach folks who travel to Cuba to visit family, in a dramatic fashion, why the regime wants Americans to travel to [...]
And the Miami Herald Ignores Reality
As usual, this Miami Herald article seems more like a translation from Granma, the communist party newspaper, then a new report with both sides of the story. So long as Cuba remains under Communist rule, there can be no private jobs or enterprise on that island. [...]
The Obama Administration liberalized Cuba sanctions a few years ago. The regime responded, in kind, by arresting a U.S. citizen on a trumped up espionage charge. This post has nothing to do with the arrest of Alan Gross, but I mention it because it reflects the mindset of Cuba’s rulers. The only [...]
Take note that U.S.-Cuba economic sanctions, well, they work. And to a tune of a $618 million civil penalty, it will continue to do so for some time to come. Last week European financial services giant ING agreed to pay the largest civil fine ever for alleged violation of U.S. economic sanctions. The case involved [...]
When litigating matters touching the national security powers of the United States, prepare for a long battle. Nothing could be more true than the number of laws and regulations challenged in state and federal courts on all things Cuba. A new Florida law is the latest to enter this sometimes legal abyss. [...]
Spain’s conservative government has called for an end to U.S. sanctions on Cuba. They’re wrong, however, with high unemployment and several Latin American leftist regimes expropriating Spanish companies, the announcement is not a surprise.
As a regional Western Hemisphere power, try as it may, Spain has been a nation in decline for decades. [...]
