Tag: Cuba

Neoconservatives rail against Eritrean dictator Isaias Afewerki

Filed in International by on November 19, 2009 4 Comments

Hah, just kidding. Neocons don’t even know where Eritrea is. Afewerki announced in May 2008 that elections would be postponed for “three or four decades” or longer because they “polarize society.” All forms of media are controlled by the government. At least 10 local journalists remain in prison since their arrests in 2001. (Link: Parade) […]

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Time To Lift The Cuban Embargo

Filed in National by on October 29, 2009 8 Comments

It’s been 47 years since the embargo on Cuban goods was put in place by the United States and its been 18 years in a row that the United Nations General Assembly has called for the end of the US embargo. It seem back in April of this year that President Obama was moving in […]

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Quote of the Day

Filed in International by on May 20, 2009 1 Comment

Vietnam teaches several lessons, the first of which is that the United States can have normal relations with countries whose political systems and ideologies it rejects. That is as true of Cuba and Iran today as it was of Vietnam or China. — Roger Cohen

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Deep Policy Thought

Filed in National by on January 8, 2009 18 Comments

An executive order lifting our stupid trade embargo and/or travel ban on Cuba would be awesome.

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