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February 19, 2016
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Dear Friends:
President Obama continues to keep the promises [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmrrhu3ziNinx9BR67SSAAWXkUtKyuGMFRMDcND388qIeQf1irNXEpPM0U8rs8Kio2U_EJnDPLDRJaRGpQAeYLyFBxf_MrXqbOD7ZTKyamRvm9ZYYX1oKCW6Jjuc0O8NKgrNvb4w_NRKXt1FPB-HolnfMXq8Pz90HYybBNfDvPPXtYoGXbmwTFTQkOy6Ojfz03ijcOVkLnuWcs=&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==]
he made during the heat of the 2008 presidential campaign. Since coming to the
White House, he reopened the door that was cruelly shut by his predecessor and encouraged
Cuban Americans to make unlimited visits to their families on the island. He also
opened a dialogue with Cuba's government "without preconditions," and promised to
meet with Cuba's President Raúl Castro "at a time and place of my choosing."
"Trust," we learned in Cuba last week, "is a series of promises kept." The President
will fulfill this promise when he travels to Cuba accompanied by Mrs. Obama on March
21-22. On those dates, as the U.S. media has repeated ad nauseam in the last 36
hours, he will become the first president to do so since President Calvin Coolidge
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmrGB1jwDFY1Gay4iMROuKFYCn02uyuZlCLoH4YLRnT82-yC_cFhRTm56hVvXe3x3eeNTp-2j_ftGsELh-UrE88-kL0vDa4s6OpvlcbArS3Ud-CMBqxY7DbkVpg-PsSzd_rbjIyhQ_vHf0vV4KPDYne7A==&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==]
made the trip in 1928 to address a meeting of the Pan American Conference.
Is there something of value to be learned from Coolidge's visit some 88 years ago?
For more than half of the 20th Century, Cuba danced at the end of a string held
tight in Washington's grasp. Prior to the Coolidge presidency, an amendment to
the Cuban Constitution was adopted which gave the United States carte blanche to
intervene, and U.S. soldiers were deployed on multiple occasions to do exactly
that. As Bill LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh write in their essential Back Channel
To Cuba [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmrh1Ut8b1K1iz4loNlK-KF6sM00gagjo9E7oMfQN3Uu-srksiShXuJSWBf3Jz3MdMcvch8z_mA4RxiH-5gtcEQaVTbT5VKYlCH15U3W-cADQBBlBIPBsXMz_xAZwMdKyHhKIdo6rEp7aBz_ALrODknKqZ7ZePrYI3nv9saYGRQJiY=&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==],
"Treaties and laws promulgated by the U.S. military governors gave U.S. businesses
unmatched advantages in the Cuban market."
Coolidge was welcomed to Cuba by the nation's President Gerardo Machado who, as
Lars Schoultz [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmr7PIoRFeo9FNtfQVPbqBNzacGfZd4F0JaHUt1Ot21wxdRw16tW38kQRXa0MpFSlLJgLYZAOH8-_068RXKsA1FMiZFrt9Jm3gVdU27kcW3Ev48cju8KH5MrVo-T5LLCxjI1Y0Gz2-kr6-GNGXovRWtW4y4t3kLh0LZ&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==]
recalls, was nicknamed "the Butcher of Las Villas." The U.S. government was forgiving
of Machado's brutality, corruption, and fraudulent reelection to his second term
in office, and he was admired by U.S. investors for the stability he brought to
the island.
Following a florid introduction by Machado, President Coolidge spoke for over a
half-hour, reading a text that exceeded 4,000 words, clearly crafted with the U.S.
audience in mind.
"Thirty years ago Cuba ranked as a foreign possession, torn by revolution and devastated
by hostile forces. Such government as existed rested on military force. Today Cuba
is her own sovereign. Her people are independent, free, prosperous, peaceful, and
enjoying the advantages of self-government...
"They have reached a position in the stability of their government, in the genuine
expression of their public opinion at the ballot box, and in the recognized soundness
of their public credit that has commanded universal respect and admiration."
Machado must have basked in the glory of Coolidge's remarks. Cubans, if they even
heard what the man nicknamed "Silent Cal" said, must have been troubled by the contrast
between his fact-free description of their country and the reality of Cuba's politics
and economy they knew all too well.
A few years later, Cubans drove the despot Machado into a comfortable Miami exile,
and they have waited nine decades for an American President to speak to them again,
and to use words that reflect their realities.
We don't have a single doubt about how the President will be received in Cuba.
In Havana, we saw their eyes glow with pride on the day Mr. Obama shook hands with
President Raúl Castro at Nelson Mandela's memorial service; a year later, their
joyful tears wet our faces as we celebrated the announcement that Cuba and the United
States would resume diplomatic relations. After cheering the President for quoting
Jose Martí in an address carried on state television, Cubans described the sensation
of a burden being lifted from their country as they saw our half-century long isolation
finally coming to an end.
Because they have seen the first American president in their lifetimes treat Cuba
with respect, President Obama will surely receive a hero's welcome from the Cuban
people when he arrives there in March.
That moment - covered in real time on global television - will surely be a teachable
moment for the U.S. audience, which is already giving the President high marks for
his Cuba diplomacy, as the Gallup [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnF-g4bFPGOVGperY4DSURO8oC_KWSEB-0CJ8KUQxGjfkyVeUjWU4hVR4Re-d7fM3ce7KkdImrDs2QrokMF-qAHaL2bz1QQYULX3eUFFZEczC_gqvPBknDfdu-G5clpeoi5hcsVj68nCCjutpC--BI7O3ffz_y55FSMv3ay_B0laOjQycmODCRxHc3crFPwV92QpXSSD9cELz&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==]
polling organization said today. A strongly positive welcome for the President
holds the promise of galvanizing momentum for further reforms in U.S. policy. It
will also give lie to assertions by the President's bilious opponents that his
rapprochement with Cuba's government is a self-out of Cuba's people.
If bilious seems strong, how better to describe the written statement [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmrQWt8T_CoODcvD1dWtPCBcXtIvLgTBq80ZvafWQLt3iTFU-1xKuwRyn9KcXTFolNfrvY2oNE_t1qvK4D6Wd1Jp_ky2mQPkB21FSxmttbyZK2LMYdvnoI6eokV-_No5yEc6MwTfuTE0AFaRMjasmCGycPcOwiRBI5NVBRpVBxemWajRb110G9EgTVUYM2y8MdEvMzRTzj5Haicvma_glZgIKuZgxVWK7Bc&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==]
from a Senator of his own party who called the upcoming visit "unacceptable" and
against "enduring American values," or the assertion [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmrM92yQobsurND7DmYadfWmKT2Dy3n6UT1PRzcEYjtHdtFw3Qhkgt_q19oWBOiQOq-jlo7KzTdksyhE7twsmmIR-92ZrXVGPOepyc8vVd4wL53jR0mPcQ3iRiIfa5-NEvpvomjhGuP9QQPDb_m6OkXGGIjXssiUpAWR5FxDxftWNv3UUq5yDksNXKsfL8AuQ42E8Eu-EmBF7Y8Dt2T0z-EbyRIsIuHtzCz&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==]
by another who said that visiting Cuba will be "damaging to our national security
interests" and will "send the message to the oppressed Cuban people that you stand
with their oppressors"? The latter comment is drawn from Senator Marco Rubio's
letter to the President demanding that he not make the trip at all.
Rather than sitting out history now, as his opponents want him to do, or spinning
fantasy for reality as Calvin Coolidge did nine decades ago, Mr. Obama is striving
to do better - to make a nuanced case [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmrhJ4q8d6x3m65nnv5H2hUZs_A2WOa85dCGAYwZf3DF4i01sP29HI0xqsc2l_026AU1scwMi0n5IPxy7r_A9aaI1p21LWVknzTYso_bsGFGcDKHGYWr8DsuHY9Jb65FFRNqj4PVyvhqEbaZuaOXmTJqrXGxm_wPf1FnFn_Fht6hVoj5fs1zkeg7owUgDFK1EBlwh9GgsnYxwXGLG-Tt8M2yg==&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==]
that reflects the aspirations of Cubans, expresses his devotion to American values
(as he did Thursday on Twitter [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmrZP-N4KO6jL1PwS1Gt8nzhtXo_U2W5gN0cNfHvfR_Qbue8tO300Gfjca9n6rQhsiR1__bCtoVTBdKFpF68qbOBqnvKsm3mbK6fRUlZMtAXOK3x4oRDfr5g5DP237Cngw4C17Pz7PUSQvNbfcjP1l5Pg==&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==]),
highlights the benefits to U.S. interests, and respectfully encourages Cuba's leadership
to use the remainder of his term and Raúl Castro's time in office to address issues
that must be resolved to normalize relations fully.
If the President can slice through the noise coming from his opponents, his visit
can advance the cause of normalization in the United States by gaining support for
more executive actions to loosen restrictions on Cuba and for Congress ultimately
repealing the travel ban and the embargo entirely.
Even more, as Sarah Stephens of CDA said in her statement [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmrOYu3upHwCEUsJ0xiHJWBrlS26dSmAax4jhgpukxNBWj9umgaW21Gk0mZOfnDwxdVO6NF3ITGm7Oe6s_q_zz9eRcwrk-X6_M_47fWnRdXG639kUOsL-Hmi5cQSSKxrTJXFy29pFWuJ_4e72PLx1CPQlydGhKFDyJkQ1I6Gk6APmkyKxBdtFJlpygeydGcF2vXDjTuEZPHg0Sipx1sex4uBseCPfBrg6jr9H_x370V-AbfkS8LsTZDFsvDZoOnuQ2g&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==]
Thursday, "this visit can affect how the leaders and people of both countries decide
what they want the definition of normal to be. Are we neighbors at peace with a
wall between us, or are we neighbors and friends with a door that is open and welcoming
in both directions?"
The early signs are promising; that rather than pulling a Coolidge President Obama
will thread the needle and prepare both countries for a lot more progress in the
little time he has left to serve.
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US - Cuba Relations
President Obama is going to Cuba. Here's why [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmrJ_DEknAM3wNOasUSriLc5oVEjyvrHBF--A7rlSuUD46AyhJ0vMLjrqDYLeSEj5kvzFSOHbO1eFdZqoUByJbR9kiE6bjKt0A1HSIVkswftgERzPfq2_paeUaLW-oPF1ya1R8P5-CVm1-i0txrRXBl9_6vrT0bJ6ewdGXRktqTR4VSMjjuHMeKnlaevx0AJsVlmCZa-Dc3Z9LLWPX-sEaofg==&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==],
Ben Rhodes, Medium
The White House announced that President Barack Obama will visit Cuba in March,
the first visit by a sitting U.S. president since 1928. The official visit is the
latest step in the Obama administration's effort to normalize relations between
the United States and Cuba. In this article, Deputy National Security Advisor Ben
Rhodes explains the President's decision to travel to Cuba and the administration's
goals for the future of U.S. - Cuba relations.
For The First Time, Majority Of Americans See Cuba Favorably In Poll [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmrkAgUKS5-N_-VK_xtIYYgghVR3GvcmsF1pZN6tf8qoxMBLJPqPEdbivX_oy8Q6nXkho0IPKxogF8uvq8-jsVz62_lPaYnRvCEqyIj--34ZXJQpiVJW4CsIwv2CANFQbN8k-6XcVa-cBHNj1OMy1rO-Uoa-iXc83oFhK6yQAe-EhLr8CHxj1j2czsT_GaWqoXRQajDEbawLSKpv_xqIHQMZXOyLy-yWOGl0czlzU2tPqR_1CpjZwE-Wtmkc_J-2Ei0OJQ4ogIqFpChMvRvNZRVXgIAf3dH77GTj4kW-l5_-Iax4JMTcez4VXGtoP9HpndES1m5UJXeNh8IYE7xc0i58IUdhMuLjkrgnlmDMUzV4y9wn7tRLPM36mxBM8OtaCMn&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==],
Bill Chappel, NPR
For the first time since the 1959 revolution, a majority (54%) of Americans now
view Cuba in a positive light, according to a recent Gallup poll. The results show
a 33 point net favorability gain in the past ten years. The biggest gain was among
Democrats, 73% of whom now view Cuba in a positive light. A strong majority of Republicans,
however, despite favoring an end to the embargo, still view Cuba negatively, with
only 34% having favorable views of the island nation. Favorability among independents
stands at 53%. For a comprehensive review of polling data on U.S. - Cuba relations,
see our November 2015 News Briefing here [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmrtgTdfJw5l_PrwkAIaF9IXgtmDoO84LYNXEh9acevx4HA34NAiCkGUzx98G8ZUS8wli0RedqcKTaJZvbBsi89bOx8ARwjejkbOodBq5AUd7RXJ2Pkhdids9NlR4xp8XBJFSWf06aox1bosWKKBrpVwKS8n-2rYhKvk85_KX8f2v6MItQC5e4zplXyLOIoFzFoiTDfw97FF3aQiMgOdIoZvA==&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==].
U.S. missile inadvertently shipped to Cuba has been returned [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmrDxmylN0K5wqXtKcOxLrr2pnG7rrzpQinvfJGANIBv_T9S3npQ5-P2vWhj5H3qYVDVp1Qv-NwvjRXHmj_vexNu8zlSIl9c2JvGIJPAxRBoIipKAqKk6w9NEbznR5Jf9kjLk4f_313TC50_TTKcmpyraliM4CSnVDsnnD0KZWZihSMAUKW0PzJQg==&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==],
Elise Labott and Eugene Scott, CNN
A Hellfire missile wrongly sent to Cuba was returned to the U.S. on Saturday. The
missile, a so-called "dummy missile" (not fitted with a warhead, fusing system rocket
monitor or operational seeker) used in exercises, had been in Cuba since 2014, when
it was misrouted en route from Spain to Florida following a military exercise.
Kathy Castor Leads 7-Member Congressional Delegation to Cuba [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmr-B13pKVVG5Ht-mq03MR9hGfCMilbNp2cWhSSAZjHhk6qm2Gi7QZyHVGBBeKkm3B4tVJbdRCpePuDdMbdAg78uBXZSmzKxdOhTinR13j5TEXnwQjrYjIkPaVjEUty0Lh2m7ElB_LL17Bo69BIpk11R3CPQ4cvn-StMImpv-L55oLj3Lw2T0kTj0XsGugO3X-Wgrn0ptJUDRB--ZOXnEIF3QkK07CGyrte&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==],
Florida Politics
Seven members of the U.S. House - led by Representatives Kathy Castor (FL-14) and
Tom Emmer (MN-6), and including John Garamendi (CA-3), Paul Gosar (AZ-4) Brendan
Boyle (PA-13), Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and Mike Bishop (MI-8) - traveled to Cuba
last weekend with the Center for Democracy in the Americas. Rep. Castor remarked
prior to the trip that "We intend to meet with small business owners and entrepreneurs
to gain a better understanding of how the changes in the Cuban economy are working,"
At the trip's conclusion, Mr. Emmer noted [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmru5oaHNJLYbJ-8e9m4SqdXLxRW-JLa5qErjPq5R96yqXyH9iLa8CZqg8NRDVmxltsrb5rczb2E_J_FS25vTUr8VJ11HHEYo1n5Z-3Ctd6S1p3e6fOtgAMKaFO4U3r19IddZ1a3d3MlPEwgTZRmYRO2ZbF_bQwwrHFDStqybEyfVjQft5vLFQVbg==&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==]
that his encounters with government and business leaders in Cuba have further convinced
him that change is accelerating in Cuba, and warrants a proportional U.S. change
in policy towards the island.
Sponsors Of Bill To Lift Cuba Embargo Say It Could See A Vote This Year [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmru5oaHNJLYbJ-8e9m4SqdXLxRW-JLa5qErjPq5R96yqXyH9iLa8CZqg8NRDVmxltsrb5rczb2E_J_FS25vTUr8VJ11HHEYo1n5Z-3Ctd6S1p3e6fOtgAMKaFO4U3r19IddZ1a3d3MlPEwgTZRmYRO2ZbF_bQwwrHFDStqybEyfVjQft5vLFQVbg==&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==],
Tim Padgett, WLRN News
Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota and Rep. Kathy Castor of Florida expressed "guarded
optimism" at a forum in Miami that their legislation to repeal the trade embargo
"might generate enough support this year for a vote. "Emmer," Padgett writes,
"thinks enough momentum is building outside Washington, especially among agriculture
interests in states like his, to give his bill a chance of passing even during this
election year."
Fresh from Cuba trip, Castor lauds Obama's plans to travel there [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmrLa69kwTo9353eRNAEjALLrU-au1rf1rO8xf36kM8R4sEOPPAhZjsp1M0GhTP3bNOI43mZRmAaY5nsw-tNTkE5EmZOH1JNqCUeNIKxdhg8AIeUmk60_usJq8KQsVncDDX1OYGRS-rZOlAxcI9e7IddT1ZPJCcuKbNaZ114Tg65wsYB46sO7bS_ERnCu6Z5NgoT584ZX4jojQrhlLPVoqTmtIPN51bTigfz_u0dF_Ix78HMmE7_omq7N4jx_7R9UKWWbmPZj_yfZ8=&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==],
Kate Bradshaw, CL Tampa
Days after returning from leading a congressional delegation to Cuba, Representative
Kathy Castor (FL-14) offered her thoughts on President Obama's announced upcoming
trip to Cuba next month. In a statement released Thursday Castor said, "I know [the
President] will be as inspired as I am by the Cuban people and the cuentapropistas
who are building a more hopeful future for themselves and their families." Castor
also expressed confidence that the President's trip would have a positive impact
on the island and on U.S.-Cuba relations, and encourage greater political openness,
economic growth, and respect for human rights.
Feds invite airlines to bid for Cuba flights [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmrBLbJyONQYpYqIWpvLveJPkhkb1CQXu6fxl-2i1FGzjIJNxpN34dddBQma2SHMttuF2Tj_1fXseozstl-9diBqudUj4WaGKIbx44N5VIUoLu3WKTvDD7As36LC3U4KhOSV__Thteoc-rKnD6eAJ3cHT9_Ewo94WAPosmRd9Ud9NKZNVZDYZdRFaHLSzKbuOdnouAISmcrdR0=&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==],
Keith Laing, The Hill
The Obama administration has signed an agreement with the Cuban government that
would allow up to 110 commercial flights per day between the U.S. and Cuba. A number
of U.S.-operated airlines have applauded the administration and are currently bidding
to operate these newly approved flights. The announcement came during Transportation
Secretary Anthony Foxx's visit to Cuba. American Airlines, one of the airlines bidding
for flights to Cuba released a statement "applauding" the Obama Administration for
its efforts and expressing great interest in "submitting a Cuba service proposal
to the Department of Transportation in the coming weeks."
Pact on U.S.-Cuba Flights Reopens Battle for Seized Property [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmrNEg1LnCZMmWATDVmZLU0r74ueUZRsB11U_O3fEC350Yeph3fjjoehhmXCggTQyeXjmYvPmmviZ7HEHnMv2gGcSC3mUeaJ5TJbje2P1rGpnq2I8X8UHurH-t5WqTdBStgO5KYPgMameUMtzbyd8LTAtxWRRr2NMrpP_PZk8ulZiox4dw7BPDhNxzLKVPUJ61mrDStULL8873qGOF8KGyo307SDswJHPpq&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==],
Frances Robles, New York Times
On Tuesday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and other top administration
officials met with Cuban officials in Havana to sign an agreement that would allow
commercial air travel between the two countries for the first time in over 50 years.
As Ms. Robles reports, this move prompted complaints in the U.S. because of the
unsettled issue of property claims. José Ramón López, 62, heir to the Havana airport
and to Cuba's national airline, maintains his claim over the airport's future and
cautions others against investing in Cuba. The State Department maintains that,
"[Settling] Claims issues have been one of our highest priorities since we re-established
diplomatic relations with Cuba."
U.S. approves its first factory in Cuba - a two-person tractor company from Alabama
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmrL9L2Iv4YY2U7wK5RHatN3-v5osmy0qZB_m4uIw52nM9eqQJGf-hhs_O8MSPWbkIalB2FbY8x_8uPQxHfIqNsrfdGikKajRhSECqnYCB8eyBvGyaRg4B4EUxoWGgHizo_5u6fprHcN9j4QfVus7FtBX6jGwxILlIVdoMlln5USfVah42NR2asrfSGNpyKa10VHmZAynbYWCRVR_XswFVUJXYLfxT3tQJRhOzpiBDxRpAoxO-li8IJzaHq68HqNth8Itl7GQxbVj0=&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==],
Fox News Latino
The Obama administration has approved the first U.S. factory in Cuba in over fifty
years. This tractor factory - valued between $5 and $10 million - owned and operated
by Alabama natives Horace Clemmons and Saul Berenthal, has been approved by the
Cuban government. For at least the next three years, the factory will assemble tractors
using parts manufactured and shipped from the United States. Long term, the partners
hope to be able to manufacture parts in Cuba and export tractors to other Latin
American and Caribbean countries.
Cuban minister in Washington [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmrJ9ALTOvQRkdKn59w1asXy6ldeHyXPKGq4Efy4kKIe2-tvEwSjierzuDThsJJIuytNTg4LR17cSixioFJC_Nxv_5iFTwczZrcNMo2Z972Y8bzfIUjJCdfdTzmIp4z66wx8HsvDh5cb3vJU5rtKDuZiWJNwIpBLgujsD7Qi4RqWN8=&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==],
Sergio Alejandro Gómez, Granma
Rodrigo Malmierca, Cuba's Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment arrived in Washington
on February 14, to undertake a four-day working visit. The visit by Cuba's delegation
- which included officials from the Ministry, the Central Bank of Cuba, the country's
Chamber of Commerce, as well as executives of Cuban state enterprises - continued
a regulatory dialogue that started with U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker's
trip to Cuba late last year. The Cuban minister urged Congress to lift the decades-old
economic embargo [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmr6Qr9j4AFzLcWhaFmVN5js2X72e9kZsmh2VXPzRw-CvkOj7gixM58NrCm5CgWj45TfcXDDn1btQP9FG9df9PJQ2aWQVjcUXq3EWIaIwIBP5kX_bzkccT5qHz69R5B2rfzl9aoamoWwzpXDGyX1j9FlnPzx8cA-hDvLkNnJarjRO-ETn0jfe-tBE6JiQkFYo5iY7O406VnqvXOS0T76huIsSjbUChmu400&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==]
and promised that U.S. companies seeking to invest in Cuba would be treated equally
with competitors from nations without trade restrictions on the island.
John Kerry Receives Cuban Minister Malmierca in Washington [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmrcw77rRLhZW8fYZkweprwC7aX5PHJlD9A9MIPGqoioheojzub4GRz_IZxzo7yf3pL3zb9lciX0wA5xDjHBK-HRXLKfq3SrnEKGfr56BJZfbhpBON3SlBGezsMQ2uKIY02ZyHM7l99RtKw-ws01lxnuCBmplK9s4Kic_1-6KTDrnvHcHjHkIZZTfVYtsIJWkx6dliLwArSoZpTllXNFFEqrQ==&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==],
Prensa Latina
On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, met with the Cuban Minister of
Foreign Trade and Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca in Washington. The meeting came
at the end of Malmierca's four-day official visit to the United States which included
meetings at the Department of Commerce, the U.S.-Cuba Council of Business, the Chamber
of Commerce, and the U.S. Institute of Peace. It also came mere hours after the
White House announced that President Obama would visit Cuba in March.
MEDICC Urges Executive Actions to Improve U.S. Health Through Greater Cooperation
with Cuba [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmrcRnlITPSq-rgfVJMcMe6R48EgWIJRTNbwBPB5kk23efwl-oLVVe_k6GddiJYFVr76fk-ADhc_0AVuv3gb6zPpA3NmKGcomn7pn8pWTObe5HfuLO2P4ajC07S3Vs9CdPH&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==],
Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba
MEDICC has released a new white paper titled "A Safer, Healthier Future Through
U.S.-Cuba Cooperation [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001awfVlKs8d0TNPtNXBzSGSNi1R2RM2U5uZBzhGgNXadCsD1ocghhAnL3D9h7vlKmrM0FBnr82pvr5FzCNSlaAXjUVHJRSYeeXWqsQ0NKvzpB0bMyCqhXtThBJLeoaq-9HF0kdPo4OwsuY4ElTw22SiEgMPJXzu3oO9_FHVGauaNhtNuuLx0-VdUpbgB2ZexitNsnrytEfEBVj4N83OAAYkcIa2iza_4lc&c=x7FE9ycqlRkWt_YLaqvR39QJjUxNj-jVHfvqFuwPUWsVmwdjq76_aw==&ch=VedcRU6IcWpZKbMBPfJLcrdSeBCVUl22M3oqQeTZgod_-n5HTtuBXQ==]"
that highlights specific ways in which President Obama can use his executive authority
to improve Americans' health through cooperation with Cuba. Proposals include allowing
Cuban-developed pharmaceuticals and medicines to be more readily available to American
patients, allowing U.S. pharmaceutical and medical companies to test their products
in Cuba, expanding Americans' access to healthcare by allowing them to travel to
Cuba for treatment, and encouraging greater bilateral cooperation between U.S.
and Cuban officials on addressing regional and global health emergencies such as
Ebola, Dengue, and Zika.
In Cuba
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Juventud Rebelde, Granma
On February 13, Patriarch Kirill I of the Russian Orthodox Church visited Fidel
Castro while on an official visit to Cuba. The two discussed fighting poverty and
discrimination, promoting peace and humanitarianism, and applauded positive relations
between Russia and Cuba.
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Orfilio Peláez, Granma
First Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel has emphasized a need for Cuba to further
develop its science and technology programs. Focusing on hard sciences, he believes,
is critical to the "construction of a prosperous, sustainable socialist system"
and to the preservation of the Cuban revolution's founding principles. Diaz-Canel
is believed to be a likely successor to President Raúl Castro when he steps down
from power in 2018.
Cuba's Foreign Relations
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Granma
Peru's President Ollanta Humala arrived in Cuba on Thursday for an official state
visit to the island. During his visit, he will participate in a wreath-laying memorial
service at Cuba's José Martí monument, receive an honorary medal at the Presidential
palace, and meet with Cuba's President Raúl Castro to discuss ways in which the
two nations can strengthen political, economic, and diplomatic cooperation.
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Granma
On Tuesday, Cuba's President Raúl Castro met with Raúl Sendic Rodríguez, Vice President
of Uruguay, on an official visit to Cuba. The meeting was a productive and "positive"
opportunity for the two officials to discuss both bilateral and broader international
issues. There was a particular focus on increasing regional integration, strengthening
parliamentary ties, and augmenting Cuba's technical and medical assistance to Uruguay.
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