Regime that systematically denies political and Economic Freedom or do we preserve normal relations for postcastro transition so we can use them as a lever to induce a broad profound and irreversible reforms that will effectively liberate cuban people . Inexplicably president obama chose to matter of course i hasten to add that this is not a partisan debate. There is strong bipartisan consensus is strong for the regime but is moving toward democracy. Although president obama is moving quickly to force that part of the leverage by normalizing diplomatic ties he can respect opposition to his plan to lift the economic embargo with cuba. One misconception of the debate is the socalled helmsburton act as the consolidator of the act of 1986. There is a misconception that this codifies the embargo. That act drafted originally by the democratic senator Robert Menendez is a formula for establishing normal trade and even a two cuba in the postcastro era. It merely anticipates a friendly transiti
Money. Why not simply find it amongst themselves a way to transfer this funding . Betty investors are showing confidence in the reform plan. Almost 8 million done thomas a hundred Million Dollars return to the banks on tuesday. A truce was supposed to start 11 days ago but ukraine says separatists violated it repeatedly. Ukraines currency has fallen more than 50 against the dollar this year. A ban was lifted late yesterday. It is now up to the house to stop the partial shutdown of Homeland Security. The senate struck a deal on the 40 billion budget for the department. They will attempt to block president obamas executive order on immigration. He spoke about that in a town hall meeting in miami. What we said to republicans is instead of trying to hold hostage funding for the department of Homeland Security which is so important for our national security, fund that and let us get on with passing Immigration Reform. Betty some House Republicans say they will not back the senate plan. Home
Well, we just actually came back from the hospital, but it was a very chaotic scene there. Dozens of people running around trying to get the injured into the hospital. We saw people on beds, on stretchers, laid out basically in any available space. All the rooms were full. We are talking to paramedics there saying that a dozen people have been killed. Now with our own eyes when we went to the morgue we saw eight people dead, a lot of families there searching for their loved ones, trying to find out their situation, but when we were Walking Around looking at a lot of people were women and children who were also injured in this attack. Now were not quite sure at this moment who is responsible. Now the Israeli Military is saying that it was a hamasfired rocket that landed at this school. Now hamas is denying that saying that this was a strike from the israelis. Now we dont know quite yet who is responsible, but the International Red cross has said that this incident, whatever it was, ther
“Cuba’s future must, by necessity, be a future of scientists,” Fidel Castro proclaimed in 1960. As Agustín Lage Dávila shows in this pathbreaking book…
14yMedio reports from Havana via Translating Cuba: Russia Plans To Open a University in Cuba by the End of the Year Russia, which already controls investments, companies and all kinds of businesses on the Island, will have its hand in another field: education. As reported this Friday by the Tass agency, the Kremlin plans to