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Formal Restoration of Diplomatic Ties With Cuba Is Just a Beginning

Posted July 21st, 2015 at 7:28 am (UTC-5)
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It would be naïve to expect that the Cuban government, a dynastic police state, will take big steps in the near future to liberalize its centrally planned economy, encourage private enterprise or embrace pluralistic political reforms.

Obama’s Cuba Policy Deserves a Cigar

Posted July 6th, 2015 at 2:01 pm (UTC-5)
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President Barack Obama’s announcement Wednesday that the U.S. will restore diplomatic relations with Cuba and reopen an embassy in Havana amounts to “unconditional surrender,” opponents say…They have it backward.