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U.S. mum on humanitarian visit for Cuban 5 prisoner

March 5, 2012 By Teresa Albano

The lawyer for Rene Gonzalez filed an emergency motion in federal court Feb. 24 seeking a two-week humanitarian visit to Havana to visit his brother who reportedly is seriously ill.

Cuba reaffirms ties with China

March 5, 2012 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Cuban Council of State Vice President Marino Murillo Jorge journeyed to Beijing in late February for a "working visit."

Why are we still stuck with failed U.S. policy on Cuba?

February 15, 2012 By Sam Webb

And yet normalization of relations with Cuba seems dead in the water. What explains the tenacity of this retrograde policy?

Cuba’s Communist Party holds national conference

February 1, 2012 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

While the Congress concentrated on recommendations applying to Cuba's economy, the conference dealt mostly with Party functioning.

Cuba sets socialist example on LGBT rights

January 30, 2012 By Michael Leonard

Cuba is advancing a broad-based human rights agenda for LGBT people ahead of the United States.