Cuba

Too Many Celebrated Blacks, like the 1619’s Hannah-Jones, Fight for Democracy in America but Support Dictatorship in Cuba

Thursday, July 22, 2021 at 8:17 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

I could not have been prouder or more impressed with the way Nikole Hannah-Jones schooled the University of North Carolina when they tried to force her to serve an indentured professorship before getting the tenured position she was entitled to, objectively. When UNC trustees finally came to their senses and caved, she made a public… Read more.

Cuba: Viva la Revolución…?

Monday, April 23, 2018 at 7:53 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Miguel is following Raúl as Raúl Followed Fidel. With apologies to my Spanish-speaking readers, nothing describes Cuba’s national development quite like the French epigram plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. It means the more it changes the more it remains the same. And that, in a nutshell, is Cuba. Cuba’s National Assembly cleared… Read more.

‘Haley to UN General Assembly: US Does Not Fear Isolation’

Friday, November 3, 2017 at 8:49 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Ambassador Nikki Haley blasted the United Nations Wednesday in a defiant speech to the 193-member General Assembly before it adopted a resolution calling for an end to the US economic embargo on Cuba. … ‘This assembly does not have the power to end the US embargo. … To those who are confused as to where… Read more.

Trump’s Hypocrisy on Human Rights: Cuba vs Qatar

Friday, June 16, 2017 at 8:06 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

I know, complaining about President Trump’s hypocrisy is rather like complaining about a prostitute’s promiscuity. Except that the former portends consequences that could destroy a country (even the whole world), which makes those the latter portends seem like nothing more than a genital itch. That said, Trump’s America-First policy towards Cuba amounts to little more… Read more.

Fidel Is Dead. His Revolution Is Not

Monday, November 28, 2016 at 6:09 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Fidel Castro, the fiery apostle of revolution who brought the Cold War to the Western Hemisphere in 1959 and then defied the United States for nearly half a century as Cuba’s maximum leader, bedeviling 11 American presidents and briefly pushing the world to the brink of nuclear war, died Friday… He dominated his country with… Read more.

Cuba: Obama Has Landed

Monday, March 21, 2016 at 6:41 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

The Obama administration eased trade and travel restrictions on Cuba Tuesday, granting more economic benefits for the communist-ruled island nation in advance of President Obama’s historic trip… Mr. Obama will start a three-day visit to Cuba on Sunday, becoming the first sitting president to travel there in nearly 90 years… ‘These steps not only expand… Read more.

Transformative Presidents: Nixon to China; Obama to Cuba

Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 8:58 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Obama authorizes raft of business dealings with Cuba: The White House on Friday announced wide-ranging changes to loosen travel, commerce and investment restrictions on Cuba, moving to fulfill President Obama’s goal of breaking down barriers between Washington and Havana… They are to take effect on Monday on the eve of the visit to Washington by… Read more.

After Fifty-Four Years, Cuba Reopens Embassy in Washington

Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 7:43 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Here in Washington, DC, we endure pomp and ceremony for every mundane occasion imaginable. This is why the unsung nature of yesterday’s reopening of the Cuban embassy seemed almost as surreal as it was historic. Actually, if you don’t live or work here, you could be forgiven for having no clue how this historic event… Read more.

Summit of Americas: Obama Teasing CARICOM; Testing Cuba; Trolling China

Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 10:18 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

It was a curious thing to see Jamaicans hailing Barack Obama on Thursday more like a returning “son of the soil” than a visiting president of the United States. Even more curious was seeing CARICOM leaders jostle like UWI students for a photo op. But don’t get me started on the way Jamaican Prime Minister… Read more.

Obama Takes Historic Steps Towards Lifting Cuban Embargo!

Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at 1:19 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

I have written many commentaries on America’s 50-year embargo against Cuba. Here, for example, are excerpts from two of them in which I proffered the moral imperative for the United States to lift it. From “Dancing on Castro’s Grave Is Not Only Unseemly; It’s Premature,” August 2, 2007: Most of us in the Americas are… Read more.