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SOURCE: The Nation
2/24/2023
Biden Should Remove Cuba from List of State Sponsors of Terrorism
by Guillaume Long
After Obama removed Cuba from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, Trump reinstalled it for petty political reasons. The Biden administration should reverse the decision again.
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SOURCE: History Today
7/28/2022
Review: Elizabeth Dore's Grassroots History of Socialism's Decline in Cuba
The loosening of state control over Cuba's economy has delivered most benefits to white Cubans with relatives sending remittances from the United States to start businesses in Cuba. Afro-Cubans and migrants from poorer provinces have suffered.
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SOURCE: Public Books
4/13/2022
Cuba and the US: Necessary Mirrors
by Geraldo Cadava
How much more could the 1619 Project have accomplished if it considered the broader connections of slavery, racism and power in the Caribbean?
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SOURCE: Declassified UK
12/8/2021
Did British Intelligence Try to Undermine Castro's Cuba with Homophobia?
Declassified documents show that one unknown facet of the British effort to undermine communist Cuba was to encourage the spread of homophobic rumors about Raúl Castro.
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SOURCE: Bloomberg
10/3/2021
Ada Ferrer on the Missed Opportunity to Influence Cuba's Future for the Better
Ada Ferrer, author of the new "Cuba: An American History" discusses the entanglement of the two nation's histories and how the Biden administration might approach Cuba at a moment of transition.
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
9/1/2021
The U.S. Should Look to Cuba for Hurricane Mitigation
by Mikael Wolfe
Despite the comparatively meager resources available in the island nation, Cuba's civil defense systems, developed during the Cold War, have been remarkably successful in mitigating mass death and displacement from hurricanes.
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8/8/2021
The US Should be Wary of Interfering in Cuba
by Joseph J. Gonzalez
Young Cuban protesters may be forming a revolutionary generation. They may succeed in advancing democracy if the US can resist the historical temptation to interfere.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
8/4/2021
5 Ways Americans Misunderstand Cuba
by Caroline McCulloch
Both the Cuban government's censorship and many Americans' nationalistic perspective hinder an accurate understanding of even the basic history and politics of the Cuban-American relationship.
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SOURCE: Foreign Policy Research Institute
7/27/2021
Haiti, Cuba, and the History of U.S. Involvement in the Caribbean (Virtual Event July 29)
Michael J. Bustamante and Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall are featured in a discussion of American intervention in the Caribbean and its relationship to current turmoil in Haiti and Cuba. July 29, 2:00 PM.
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
7/22/2021
Cubans Took to the Streets in 1994, Too
by Rozzmery Palenzuela Vicente
Since the Clinton administration, decreased willingness by the US to accept Cuban migrants as political refugees has eliminated a significant safety valve against dissent on the island – encouraging Cuban dissidents to leave. This may make current protests more enduring and possibly more effective.
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4/11/2021
60 Years Later: The Enduring Legacy of the Bay of Pigs Fiasco
by Stephen F. Knott
The failed invasion of Cuba by CIA-trained operatives at the Bay of Pigs set the Kennedy administration on a path of increasingly abusive covert operations against the communist regime, with consequences for US-Cuban relations and American foreign policy that still reverberate.
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SOURCE: The New Yorker
2/22/2021
My Brother’s Keeper
by Ada Ferrer
Historian Ada Ferrer offers her own family history of separation and reunification around the Cuban revolution.
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SOURCE: Made by History at The Washington Post
11/6/2020
The Cuban Revolution Explains Why Younger Cuban Americans Supported Trump
by William Kelly
The collapse of revolutionary ideology and wrenching economic transition in Cuba has influenced younger Cuban emigres to embrace individualistic and materialistic politics that align with Republican candidates and Donald Trump.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
5/18/2020
Venezuela Failed Raid: US Has a History of Using Mercenaries to Undermine Other Regimes
by Andrew Thomson
The arrest of Silvercorp mercenaries in Venezuela echoes a long history of the U.S. government supporting private troops to overthrow foreign governments.
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2/2/20
Celia Sánchez Manduley: The Most Famous Woman You Have Never Heard Of
by Tiffany A. Sippial
The work to preserve and study the history of the Cuban Revolution and its contributors—like Celia Sánchez Manduley—is arduous but important.
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SOURCE: NY Times
8/21/19
My 60 Years of Disappointment With Fidel Castro
by Enrique Krauze
Latin American, with few exceptions, they have refused to see the historical failure of the Cuban Revolution and the oppressive and impoverishing domination of their patriarch.
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SOURCE: NY Times
7/9/19
There’s More to Castro Than Meets the Eye
by Jonathan M. Hansen
The revolutionary leader fought for and defended the very democratic ideals his government would later suspend.
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SOURCE: Smithsonian.com
5/2/19
The Wolf’s Lair Attempts Transition From Tourist Trap to Educational Site
The Polish government has taken over ownership of the one-time nerve center of the Third Reich, ridding the site of paintball and pottery classes.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
4/17/19
Why President Trump’s hard-line approach to Cuba is a mistake
by John Ermer
It opens the door to increased Russian influence on the island.
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
6-12-18
Trump is everything Republicans said Obama was
by Tom Nichols
They called Obama an inexperienced, self-serving celebrity. Then their party chose Trump.
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