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Alan Gross’ new lawyer, Jared Genser, appeals
to a UN body to declare that Gross is victim of “arbitrary detention.”
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Responding
to objections by Senators who are opposed to the people-to-people travel
program itself, the Administration is tightening standards for approving
license applications and the process is slowing down. See stories in Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and the Herald.
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Herald:
To protest government harassment of dissidents, 13 are starting a hunger
strike.
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Reuters
on Cuba’s failure to attract new foreign investment.
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The key
link in the scheme whereby Rep. David Rivera allegedly funded a political
nobody to run in the Democratic primary and attack Joe Garcia, who won and is
now the nominee, is Republican campaign consultant Anna Alliegro. Through her lawyer she agreed to an FBI
interview but she didn’t show up and is now missing. Herald story here. More here
on Rivera’s handling of the matter with the media, and here’s an op-ed
in El Nuevo asking when Republican leaders and voters will walk away from
Rivera.
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Herald:
Recent Cuban defectors prefer Tampa over Miami.
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NPR
on plans to refurbish the ballet school in western Havana.
Interesting story on the defectors. The desire to avoid Miami is fairly common, even among regular emigrants who left Cuba legally in the time since the special period.
ReplyDeleteI hope the move by V-P Marino Murillo'a daughter Glenda will be a non issue for his career. After all, Fidel's daughter not only lives in Miami, she has earned a paycheck through one of the USAID programs.