Yesterday, hardline Cuban American Rep. María Elvira Salazar told Rep. Barbara Lee she couldn't join a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing on Cuba.

Salazar accuses Cuba's government of stifling free speech while doing the same to Lee, a Black woman who advocates lifting the embargo.

Economía cubana: el sabor amargo, los datos y las medidas via OnCuba oncubanews.com/opinion/column…

📌Jan 23, 4-5:30pm American University

Join us as we celebrate the book launch of 'North American Regionalism...' edited by Eric Hershberg and Tom Long, and commemorate the ten-year anniversary since the passing of the esteemed Robert A. Pastor.

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Starving Cubans fleeing to America may force Biden to act thehill.com/opinion/intern…

Massachusetts Democrats call for removing Cuba from terror list thehill.com/homenews/house…

Cuba’s Humanitarian Crisis thenation.com/article/world/…

Cuba still on the terrorism list despite a lack of evidence, as the 2022 Country Reports on Terrorism demonstrate.
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Remembering all the lives Henry Kissinger destroyed with the terrible violence he unleashed in countries like Chile, Vietnam, Argentina, East Timor, Cambodia, and Bangladesh. I never understood why people revered him. I will never forgive or forget.

War with #Mexico ?
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President Biden: Stop maintaining Trump’s failed Cuba policies. Stop hurting everyday people in Cuba with Cold War tactics that further encourage migration to our southern border. Remove Cuba from the SST list—now!

An especially good story on MIPYMES in #Cuba .

What are 'pymes'? Cuban entrepreneurs living a boom after little known 2021 economic reform palmbeachpost.com/story/news/202… via The Palm Beach Post

Important and wise words from my friend Joe Eldridge on the 50th anniversary of the coup in Chile.

President Biden Biden should declassify all documents related to the coup and its aftermath. thehill.com/opinion/intern…

A tour de force of deep reporting on how Title III was activated. #Cuba

Billboards and Backchannels: Deep Inside the Lobbying Campaign to Crush Investment in Cuba miaminewtimes.com/news/inside-th…

Cuba says Russian human traffickers lure citizens to war with Ukraine wapo.st/461tgfl
#Cuba

I am so sad to learn of the loss of my good friend, former Salvadoran Ambassador Francisco Altschul.  Despite the horrors of war and the cynicism of Washington and Salvadoran politics, he was always positive, kind, and optimistic. Holding Melinda and his loved ones in my prayers.

#Cuba

The Risks of Sanctions, the Tool America Loves to Use nytimes.com/2023/07/22/opi…

Top economists say Sen. Menendez spreading fake news on sanctions responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/07/05/exp… #Cuba

Human Rights Defenders Slam Nomination of Elliott Abrams to Diplomacy Panel truthout.org/articles/human… via Truthout

An important analysis of how US policy toward #Cuba and #Iran has been self-defeating.

America’s Foes Are Joining Forces nytimes.com/2023/07/03/opi…