Showing posts with label Cuban Embargo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cuban Embargo. Show all posts

Saturday, December 27, 2014

"number of Cubans...rose nearly 75 percent..."

December 27, 2014 AP , Christine Armario 0 Comments
Leaving Cuba: A Father And Son Risk Lives At Sea

Christine Armario, Dec. 26, 2014, AP

Their flimsy vessel built from scraps of metal, wood and inner tubes had failed repeatedly. Oil leaked. The propeller sputtered.

"I'm not going," Lastre had announced. "It seems we weren't meant to leave."

"Don't be a fool," shot back his stepfather, Antonio Cardenas. "After trying this hard you have to try again."

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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Many Cuban exiles in pain over "reconciliation"

December 23, 2014 AP , Catholic Church 0 Comments
Former Cuban Political Prisoner: ‘I Am A Catholic Without A Pope’

AP, Dec. 22, 2014, CBS Washington, D.C.

Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski acknowledged that some Catholics are “concerned or suspicious,” but said many more exiles welcome the breakthrough, despite their suffering.

“The pain is real, but you can’t build a future on top of resentments,” Wenski told The Associated Press in an interview.

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Saturday, December 20, 2014

"Cuban communist leader lectures Obama for 30 minutes"

December 20, 2014 Cuba , Cuban Embargo 0 Comments
Obama Apologizes To Castro

By Michael Warren, Dec. 19, 2014, Weeklystandard.com

Barack Obama apologized to Cuban president Raul Castro during their phone conversation after the American commander in chief's opening remarks. Speaking to reporters at his final White House press briefing of 2014 Friday afternoon, Obama gave more details about his phone call with the communist leader of Cuba earlier this week before the announcement of a change in U.S. policy on the Caribbean island nation.

Obama began the phone call with Castro with what he described as 15 minutes of opening comments. It was the first conversation between the heads of state in both countries since 1961.

"I apologized for taking such a long time," Obama said. Castro responded by reminding Obama that the American president was still young enough to beat Castro's brother, former Cuban president and revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, who once gave a 7-hour-long speech.

According to the president, Raul Castro proceeded to speak to Obama uninterrupted for 30 minutes.

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