The Cuban Triangle

Havana-Miami-Washington events and arguments and their impact on Cuba

Friday, July 31, 2009

Odds and ends

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AP: Three of the “Cuban Five” will get new sentences October 13 pursuant to an appeals court decision that found their sente...
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Party Congress postponed

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Granma reports today on Wednesday’s meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. The economy was a main topic of discussion; ...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Senate bill would allow Cuba oil exploration

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This post has been re-written to correct a bone-headed error. I originally said the bill does not contain the word “ Cuba ,” but in fact i...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

“New thinking about property”

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Three years ago, Juventud Rebelde published a series of articles on problems of Cuban state enterprises that serve consumers, such as cafete...
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Fan mail from Cubanet

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Jose Hugo Fernandez, a writer for Cubanet, really didn’t like a recent paper of mine (pdf) on Raul Castro’s economic policy, and published ...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Odds and ends

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BBC Spanish : The United States has turned down the visa request of Tomas Ramos, who just completed an 18-year prison senten...
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Last word on the ticker (Updated)

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Depending on your point of view, the scrolling electronic signboard that the U.S. Interests Section in Havana turned on in 2006 was a vital...
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Monday, July 27, 2009

Everybody wants in (Updated)

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The mayor of New Orleans wants direct flights from his city to Cuba . In Florida , county officials are lobbying for the same for ...
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Lights out (Updated)

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It seems that the famous electronic signboard at the U.S. Interests Section in Havana has been turned off. [ Update : The State Departme...
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Sunday, July 26, 2009

It's up to us

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Raul Castro, at today’s 26 th of July speech in Holguin : “The land is there, the Cubans are here, we’ll see if we work or not, if we...
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Saturday, July 25, 2009

Clear as mud

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From a question-and-answer session that President Obama held yesterday, a question from the Herald's Lesley Clark and the President...
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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Weekends at Conrado's

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Maria Elvira Live, the MegaTV program in Miami , has been airing photos of the gatherings at the Matanzas farm of Conrado Hernandez, that...
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Odds and ends

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The Royal Ballet of London made headlines for its performances in Havana and because several of its members came down with swine ...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

At Treasury, the sound of crickets chirping

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On March 11, President Obama signed into law an appropriations bill containing a provision that permits Americans who travel to Cuba to pro...
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Foreign exchange crunch continues [Updated]

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An economy ministry report forecasts that Cuba ’s imports will fall 22 percent and exports about 12 percent in 2009, Reuters reports . The...
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Santa Maria del Rosario

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Monday, July 20, 2009

Odds and ends

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EFE: An EU official is on her way to Cuba with an offer of 37 million Euros in aid. Projects are likely to focus on ...
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The Obama policy -- straws in the wind

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Is President Obama really changing Cuba policy? You figure it out; here are some recent straws in the wind. The Herald’s Carol ...
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Friday, July 17, 2009

Odds and ends

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Marc Frank in Financial Times on the famous Lage/Perez Roque video . President Obama, like Presidents Clinton and Bush d...
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Church statement on murder investigatoins

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A statement released yesterday by the Havana Archdiocese says that Cuban authorities have suspects in custody in the murders of two Havana ...
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Thursday, July 16, 2009

No more Snow in Havana

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AP has named a new Havana bureau chief, Paul Haven. The bureau’s original chief, Anita Snow, is on her way to a Harvard fellowship. ...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

A good day in New York

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Sounds like the two delegations in New York had a day of practical discussions about the migration accords, and the Herald reports that ...
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