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Ozzie Guillen: Dumb Luck or Just Plain Dumb?
Why is the manager of the Miami Marlins praising Castro, whom many Cuban-Americans consider the modern-day equivalent of Hitler?
Team Obama: ‘Must … Stop … Rubio!’
The possibililty of Marco Rubio entering the fray has Obama 2012 scrambling for dirt.
Cuba’s Unknown Dissidents
Nelson Mandela and Lech Walesa are household names. Why aren't Cuba's dissidents equally well known?
The New York Times: Carrying Water For Castro, Again
An inexcusable piece hails a Cuban musician's Castro-approved visit to the States. No mention that Cuban dissidents receive beatings instead of visas.
Cuban Blogger Beaten by Regime Thugs — This Time, the World Notices
The international press finally reports on Castro's violence. Perhaps because the victim is a darling of the left as well as the right.
Yet Again, a Musician Endorses Castro
The Colombian-born Juanes, a resident of Miami, will be performing a "peace" concert in Havana along with regime-approved musicians.
Obama’s Cuba Policy: Speak Softly, Carry No Stick
The U.S. turns off its electronic news ticker in Havana.
Going to Bat for Cuba
What drives someone to champion the rights of people in a land he doesn't know?
Obama’s Golden Opportunity to Tackle the Castro Regime
It’s audacious to hope that Obama would take up the plight of the Cuban people, but isn't audacity supposed to be what he's about? (Also read Roger L. Simon: Cuba Si, Obama Maybe)
Will the Real Che Guevara Please Stand Up?
Steven Soderbergh's film Che is nothing more than a $60 million whitewash of the truth.
Obama Should Put the Castros in Their Place
The U.S. must not change to improve bilateral relations. Cuba must change.
Cuban-Americans Watch Obama and Worry
The president-elect already faces pressure to make nice with Havana. Will he cave?
Forecast for Latin America: Cold (War) Winds from Russia
Putin and Medvedev's renewed meddling in the Americas makes it feel like the 1960s again.
Let’s Push Raul Castro into Reforming Cuba
And who better than a punk rocker to pressure the reluctant dictator?
Don’t Get Too Excited About Cuban ‘Reforms’
Raul Castro fears the political changes that might follow a true opening of the economy.
US Media’s Faustian Bargain with Castro
Reports coming out of Castro's "workers' paradise" are laughably simplistic and shallow.
Europe’s Carrot Meets Castro’s Stick
Will the EU lifting sanctions on Cuba result in more political freedom? Don't ask one dissident arrested less than 24 hours after the announcement.
Will Obama Free Cuba?
Barack Obama's new Cuba policy may be based on "libertad," but it's unlikely to lead to freedom for the island nation's people.
Cuban Bloggers: The Next Revolution
Small signs of freedom are starting to sprout in Cuba — and none more hopeful than the tolerance of bloggers who criticize the Castro regime.
Cuban-American ‘Generational Shift’ Doesn’t Shift
The media have spent a quarter century predicting that Cuban-Americans are on the verge of moving to the left. Why should reality get in the way of their wishful thinking now?
The Castro Dictatorship After Fidel: Now New and Improved!
What does Fidel Castro's resignation mean for the future of Cuba? Henry Louis Gomez says Cubans will still experience the same amount of repression, but now with 10% less bluster.
