The Cuban Triangle

La Jornada : Following the death of prisoner Orlando Zapata, Cuba ’s Catholic Church calls for dialogue and calls upon the governm...

Dissident economist Oscar Espinosa Chepe has distributed this call (pdf) for fasting and Bible readings next month as a way of “demanding t...

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson has introduced a bill that, he says, “increases the ability of our farmers to sell thei...

AP : The renovation of the port of Mariel , a project that Dubai Ports World was studying a few years ago, is being carried...

Month after month, much of the discussion on this blog has to do with the how the United States and other countries deal with Cuba . In t...

…at foreignpolicy.com . I’m done for now.

A group of Congressmen have suggested that in its response to the detention of USAID contractor Alan Gross in Cuba , the Administration is ...

“We tell all Americans all over the world 24 hours a day that you are subject to the laws of the country where you find yourself.” – U....

Along the Malecon reports that the Luis Posada Carriles trial has been postponed pursuant to a sealed prosecution motion, and 90 ...

“We both come from the same country and we both have the same goals. You play for the Reds, your family, but also for that Cuban flag wher...

Reuters : The State Department says the U.S. delegation called for the release of jailed USAID contractor Alan Gross during talks that took...

The State Department spokesman’s announcement: “Today, U.S. and Cuban representatives will meet in Havana to discuss implementation o...

“I believe that these economic restrictions − an ‘embargo’ to some and a ‘blockade’ to others − represent a blunder in American policy towar...

Veteran New York Timesman Stephen Kinzer writes about returning to “a different Cuba” after 25 years, where people complain out i...

This New York Times news analysis is a rare instance of Cuba policy being discussed as part of the mainstream of foreign policy. In this...

Ok, we’re back in the comment business. I’ll do what I said I didn’t want to do, which is to moderate comments as they come in. Tha...

That’s a quote from retiring Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart in this Herald column by Myriam Marquez. You figure it out. Meanwhile, here ar...

Returning to the U.S. government’s blocking of open source software sites and instant messaging applications to people in Cuba , here are t...

How the Cuba trade issue is playing in this year’s Kansas GOP Senate primary . Omara Portuondo concerts canceled i...

What impact will the departure of Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart have on the Cuba debate in Congress? He has been an effective, hard-working ad...

Politico reports that Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart will announce this afternoon that he will not seek re-election this year. More in...