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Americans Are Learning Medicine the Cuban Way

Julia Landau, East Bay Express. February 5, 2010.

The Bay Area is a hub for new doctors who want to practice family medicine and help the poor, yet had to leave the country to learn how to do it.

Fidel Castro: Mr. Obama, the Blockade of Cuba Takes Lives and Brings Suffering

Fidel Castro, CounterPunch. April 15, 2009.

Obama has so far been silent about revoking the harshest of measures against Cuba: the blockade.

Respecting Human Rights in Cuba Would Mean Ending the Embargo, Total Freedom to Travel and Shutting Down Gitmo

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 14, 2009.

Actual change in U.S.-policy would decriminalize travel to Cuba by any U.S. citizen or resident and allow Cuba to do business and trade freely.

Fidel Castro on Fidel Castro

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.

The Post-Fidel Moment

Rubrick Biegon, Foreign Policy in Focus. February 19, 2008.

The long era of Fidel Castro is finally over.

Fidel Castro: Reflections from a Target of the CIA

Fidel Castro, CounterPunch. July 11, 2007.

The release of the CIA's "Family Jewels," which exposes its clandestine operations to overthrow and assassinate foreign leaders between 1959-73, details its efforts to take out Castro. The Cuban leader shares his views.

Miami Right-Wingers Have Tight Grip on U.S. Cuba Policy

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.