The idea that Raul Castro may have moved against Venezuelan proxies in Cuba is fascinating, but there doesn't seem to be much to it. That is, I have no doubt that the removal of Deputy Prime Minister Carlos Lage Davila and Foreign Minister Felipe Perez...
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Nothing much to see here; Chavez postures, the Russians posture, and perhaps a few lucky bomber pilots and ground crewmen get extended vacations to Venezuela. Here's the most interesting bit:Cuban.
There's rather less to this article than I would have liked, or supposed. While I would prefer that John McCain and Joe Lieberman give the same kind of righteous, full-throated.
This has to be a joke:Russian bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons could be deployed to Cuba in response to U.S. plans to install a missile defense system in Eastern Europe, a Russian newspaper reported Monday, citing an unnamed senior Russian air force official.The report...
Randy Paul helpfully explains why Castro is bad even if he led only the 34th worst regime since 1900. Police state dictatorships are never particularly admirable; it seems to me.
Forty-nine years, and ten American presidents. I have to suspect that he's very near the end, or else would have tried to push through to next January. It's worth noting.
Via Yglesias, Rodger Payne gives some solid reasons for preferring Obama to Clinton on Cuba policy:Last summer, however, Obama wrote an op-ed for the Miami Herald calling for the US to ease up on some aspects of the economic embargo toward Cuba...Obama has also voted...
The President on Cuba:President Bush is planning to issue a stern warning Wednesday that the United States will not accept a political transition in Cuba in which power changes from.