Cuba Political Repression Hotline
A mysterious “Miami Man” has set-up a repression hotline for political opposition and dissidents in Cuba. According to Juan Tamayo of The Miami Herald: “Cubans can now call a U.S. phone number and...
View ArticleCommittee to Free Venezuela Foundation’s Anonymous Effort
A mysterious group, The Committee to Free Venezuela Foundation, has posted a video about the Venezuelan problem in the Americas. I say mysterious because the most you can find out about them on the web...
View ArticleAmerica’s Left and its Love Affair with Cuban Communism
It is very easy to cast aspersions on political opponents when you have nothing to lose. Most of the time people do this when they have little, if any, logical argument to use against an adversary....
View ArticleAmending a Cold War-Era U.S.-Cuba Immigration Law, A Good First Step
Rep. David Rivera (R-Fla.) has introduced a bill to amend the Cuban Adjustment Act (CAA), an measure that will surely create tension in the Cuban-American exile community, but one that is long overdue....
View ArticleFor Sale in Havana, Playing with Fire
There is a battle brewing in the U.S.-Cuba public policy arena and no one in this town who can do something about it is paying any serious attention to it. If someone fails to take up this issue, U.S....
View ArticleTransitional Justice, the Coming Case of The People of Cuba v. The Castro Regime
Although Pope-bashing by pundits on his recent trip to Cuba may have generated web traffic for the chattering class and headlines for the politicians, its time to move on to more constructive...
View ArticleCuba’s Communist Party is Tapped Out
Now that their quixotic oil quest has come to an end, at least for now, Cuba’s Communist Party (PCC) is busy looking for money. Any money. So what do irrational governments desperate to cling to power...
View ArticleCuba Builds Potemkin Village, Pretend Capitalism
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...
View ArticleCuban Regime Imposes Steep Customs Tax on Tourists, Cuban-Americans
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...
View ArticleCuban Regime Will Open it Doors, To Its Own People
The Communist Party of Cuba announced yesterday that starting next year Cubans will be allowed to travel anywhere they wish without permission from the state. This may not seem like such a big deal for...
View ArticleBroadcasting for the Enemy, Revisited
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...
View ArticleChavez Dead. Chavismo Lives, but Freedom Stronger
Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez died yesterday. Finally. Now the Venezuelan people must deal with his brutal legacy, Chavismo, as well as those in the government that defend it. Chavismo is a radical,...
View ArticleFor a Freer Cuba Tomorrow, U.S. Needs to Robustly Enforce Economic Sanctions...
At least once a week I receive a phone call about the future of Cuba. Usually prompted by a news story, most callers are folks interested in visiting or investing in Cuba someday. When will it open up?...
View ArticleEasing U.S. Cuba Travel Seems Imminent, But Still A Mistake
When it comes to U.S.-Cuba policy folks who know me well, and who are not of Cuban ancestry, are usually befuddled as to why some of us still support strong economic sanctions on the Cuban...
View ArticleNew U.S. Cuba Sanctions Regulations May Be Issued This Week
Last week we penned a brief note on the potential for an easing of U.S. travel restrictions to Cuba. The change in a policy may arise in response to symbolic release by Cuba recently of a handful of...
View ArticleSettling Expropriated Cuban Property Cases Will Set Tone for Region, World
Private property rights is about control. Either you control or the government controls. Throughout Latin America, Africa, and other regions of the world governments have been waging a war against...
View ArticleCastro’s “Epiphany”… Latest Propaganda Gimmick
The recent Fidel Castro Vanity Fair interview is either an act of insanity from an increasingly demented old man, or part of some strategy by the regime to court public opinion to have U.S. sanctions...
View ArticleCuba’s Latest Orwellian Sideshow Will Fail
It has been amusing during the past week to read the media headlines related to Cuba’s latest experiment in Orwellian planning: Cuba details new world of private enterprise (Miami Herald), Cuba will...
View ArticleIranian Regime Financing Projects in the Americas, Investors Need to Choose
For several years the Iranian regime has been expanding its diplomatic and economic presence in the Western Hemisphere. It has done so with a great deal of assistance from Cuba – a State...
View ArticleFidel Castro, Coward
In this video, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro waxes with Community Party youth members about his recent illness. At one point, he says that maybe he may have been in power too long. Ever since his close...
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