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A.G. GancarskiDecember 17, 2015

A year after President Barack Obama changed Cuba policy, Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera released an extended statement decrying it as a disaster. Lopez-Cantera’s Cuba statement likely will come as little surprise to those attuned to his opposition to Obama’s detente with the Castro regime. “Today marks one year since the President’s disastrous policy to legitimize the Castro […]

Peter SchorschDecember 17, 2015

American Alan Gross spent five years in a Cuban prison before being released last year as part of a historic reopening of relations between the United States and Cuba, but he says he’d travel back to the island nation “in a heartbeat, as long as the government promises not to re-arrest me.” Gross was working […]

Associated PressDecember 13, 2015

The family of the late gangster Meyer Lansky is hoping to be compensated for a Havana casino hotel seized after Cuba’s 1959 revolution, now that the countries have begun trying to resolve billions in dollars in claims for the confiscation of American properties by the island’s socialist government. Lansky’s family sees an opportunity to reclaim […]

Mitch PerryDecember 3, 2015

While the news is all about the latest gun shooting in San Bernardino on Wednesday, let’s focus here on another death that’s been in the news a lot in the past couple of weeks: that being of Laquan McDonald, the black teenager killed by a white Chicago police officer a year ago. In between her […]

Mitch PerryNovember 30, 2015

President Obama hinted last week that he still may try to close the Guantánamo Bay prison through executive action when he signed an updated national defense authorization bill last week, he had no issue with a provision that maintains that the naval station at GITMO will not be closed or abandoned. The Obama administration has emphasized from […]

Associated PressNovember 19, 2015

By the time the next president enters the Oval Office, U.S. airlines could be flying regularly scheduled flights to Cuba, a result of President Barack Obama‘s detente with the island. American businesses are eager to invest. U.S. citizens are already making more tourist trips to the island and Cuban-Americans are free to send more money to […]

Associated PressNovember 19, 2015

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As Marco Rubio campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination, he’s pledging to bring generational change to Washington. Yet Rubio’s policy toward Cuba hinges on reinstating a half-century-old diplomatic freeze that failed to unseat the communist government on the island where his parents were born. The U.S. senator from Florida sees no contradiction between his pledge […]

Associated PressNovember 18, 2015

The United States and Cuba signed an agreement Wednesday to join forces to protect the vast array of fish and corals shared by the countries separated by just 90 miles of water. It’s their first environmental accord since announcing plans to renew diplomatic relations. “We recognize we all share the same ocean and face the […]

Mitch PerryNovember 18, 2015

I love how political candidates, instead of saying they’re quitting a race, instead say they’re “suspending it” — as if they can freeze it cryogenically, and then bring it reheat it back in time for to run in New Hampshire. That’s what Bobby Jindal did, yesterday, suspending his moribund presidential campaign, where he never got […]

Mitch PerryNovember 17, 2015

A new poll finds a majority of voters in Iowa, Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee think restoring relations and relaxing the travel ban with Cuba is the right thing to do. The poll of four heartland states was conducted by The Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center in partnership with Engage Cuba. It shows that although 70 percent of voters think […]

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Carlos Lopez-Cantera slams “disastrous” Barack Obama Cuba policy

Alan Gross marks 1 year since being freed from Cuban prison

Family of late U.S. gangster wants compensation for Cuba hotel

Mitch Perry Report for 12.3.15 – Rahm Emanuel and Chicago are stuck with each other

David Jolly boasts about his proposal on maintaining GITMO as U.S. military base signed by President Obama in NDAA

Marco Rubio discusses hard-line Cuba stance, island’s future

A conversation with Marco Rubio on Cuba, family ties

U.S., Cuba sign first environmental accord since thaw

Mitch Perry Report for 11.18.15 — So long Bobby Jindal, we hardly . Wait. We knew you very well.

Poll of 4 heartland states show strong support for restoring ties with Cuba