Greg Grandin, The Nation. July 19, 2008. Readers of Fidel Castro's 'My Life' will hear all about the Cuban Revolution, but no apologies for its suppression of dissent.
Sue Katz, Consenting Adult. July 1, 2008. Organizers of the parade intended to demand a government apology for past and present repression of LGBT people.
Machetera, Machetera. May 24, 2008. The U.S. government p.r. creation, the “Ladies in White,” (Damas de Blanco) takes money from right-wing terrorists.
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: PEEK. May 20, 2008. In a speech in Miami, John McCain is preparing to attack Sen. Obama for suggesting a new approach toward Cuba.
Lissa Weinmann, Foreign Policy in Focus. March 14, 2008. Most Americans expected that the passing of Castro -- however it should happen -- would be a convulsive event for Cuba.
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. February 20, 2008. The Cuban people have suffered under an arrogant and idealistic revolutionary whose vision floundered on the rocks of cynical U.S. foreign policy.
John Nichols, The Nation. February 20, 2008. If we look past their bland pronouncements on the campaign trail, it becomes clear that Clinton and Obama have widely divergent views on Cuba.
Charles Davis, IPS News. January 30, 2008. The Bush administration has ignored its own rhetoric when it comes to anti-Cuban terrorists operating from Florida.
Ian Williams, Comment Is Free. September 1, 2007. Telling the truth about Washington's policy towards Cuba can be dangerous -- but it may pay off for Barack Obama next year.
Howie Klein, AlterNet: PEEK. August 17, 2007. Howie Klien: Instead of resigning, Florida state rep Bob Allen has decided to insult a fellow Republican, who happens to be Cuban.
Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine. June 5, 2007. The Cuban health care system is producing a population that is as healthy as those of the world's wealthiest countries at a fraction of the cost. And now Cuba has begun exporting its system to under-served communities around the world -- including in the U.S.
Nathaniel Hoffman, AlterNet. May 23, 2007. A growing group of American activists and politicians are on a mission to end our Cold War-era embargo on Cuba. They believe that business, not isolation, is a better way to change governments.
Michael Moore, AlterNet. May 12, 2007. Under investigation by the Bush administration for taking ill 9/11 clean up workers to Cuba for better treatment than they received in America, Moore answers, "I have broken no laws and I have nothing to hide."
Max Castro, The Nation. May 4, 2007. Cuban-American moderates are on the rise, but hardliners in Miami still control US foreign policy toward Castro's regime.
Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. April 25, 2007. Following the mass slaughter on the Virginia Tech campus, the U.S. government quietly released a convicted terrorist and mass murderer.
Don Hazen, AlterNet. April 23, 2007. Moore's new film, debuting in Cannes this May, tackles the failures of the U.S. health care system and includes a segment where 9/11 rescue workers visit Cuba for treatment they couldn't get in America.