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Raúl Castro visited New York to address the United Nations General Assembly this past Monday, his first trip to the United States in 56 years. Castro’s speech pushed for the United States-Cuban Thaw in an attempt to end the U.S. economic embargo on the...

(Cover Image by Gilberto Conill. Little Havana Street Celebration of Fidel Castro’s Passing (Nov. 26, 2016)) Our friends at Cuba CounterPoints have been following the two recent events with the greatest potential impacts on U.S.-Cuba relations--the...

William M. LeoGrande , Professor of Government at American University, Washington D.C. 9 January 20017, Huffington Post. Original here: EIGHT MYTHS Opponents of President Obama’s opening to Cuba have taken full advantage of the fact-free character...

Despite the mutual economic benefits of normalizing ties with Cuba, the unceasing and immoral embargo further emboldens the Obama administration’s diplomatic incompetence. It is no exaggeration to say that the world is opposed to the crippling...

In simultaneous press conferences in Washington, D.C., and Havana on Wednesday, Dec. 17, President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced an agreement that included the immediate release of the three remaining Cuban political prisoners...