Cuba
Obama-Castro handshake has meaning
December 20, 2013Attending a memorial for former South African President Nelson Mandela, President Obama shook hands with Cuban President Raul Castro. The encounter was surely revealing about the past, and maybe about the future.
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Union women call for freedom of Cuban 5
December 17, 2013The five Cubans referred to in the resolution were arrested in 1998 and convicted following a controversial trial for monitoring Miami-based groups planning terrorist actions in Cuba.
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Colombian peace a distant dream for David Ravelo and Credhos
December 6, 2013Negotiations in Cuba between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) aimed at ending 50 years of war have continued now for a year.
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Pressure to release U.S. contractor shifts to the White House
December 5, 2013There may be a shift in the thinking of people who are working for the release of Alan Gross, a U.S. government subcontractor serving a 15-year jail sentence in Cuba.
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Where is U.S. Cuba policy going?
December 2, 2013Speaking to a recent event organized by the anti-Castro Cuban-American Foundation in Miami on Nov. 9, President Obama got the attention of both supporters and opponents of U.S. Cuba policy
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