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Fidel Castro
Posted inForeign Policy
Cuba Libre: Rubio’s Big Bet on Regime Change in Havana
Without charismatic Castro and Russian/Venezuelan support, and with sky-high oil prices, the communist regime is brittle. But as the secretary of state discovers in Iran, breaking things is the easy part.
Posted inMagazine
The Art of the “Get”
Barbara Walters hawked dog food, hid in bathrooms, and flirted with Castro to get what she wanted. And because of her, newswomen today have far better options.
Posted inPolitics
Miami’s Fight Over Cuban Privilege
An academic text sets off a firestorm in South Florida over whether those who fled Cuba’s Communist dictatorship get special breaks.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Digging Deeper Into Sanders’ Statements on Cuba and China
His comments on the past are more accurate that his analysis of the present.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Fidel Castro, 1926-2016
One of the most controversial figures in world history has passed away: Fidel Castro, the fiery apostle of revolution who brought the Cold War to the Western Hemisphere in 1959 and then defied the United States for nearly half a century as Cuba’s maximum leader, bedeviling 11 American presidents and briefly pushing the world to […]
Posted inMagazine
Busting Our Mental Blocks on Foreign Aid
During the fall of 1971 my wife and I were living in West Africa, working with Ghanaians on construction projects in the bush. Shortly before we were to head back to a more familiar life, news came that the U. S. Senate had voted to cut off foreign aid programs, apparently as a slap at […]
