A majority of Florida’s Cuban-Americans, including many former hard-liners, have come to oppose a U.S. embargo strategy that has proved futile over the decades. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries March 11, 2009 Bill Puts Brakes on Mexican Trucks March 11, 2009 Sanford and ‘Some’ M...

He doesn’t approve of the spending bill’s change in Cuba policy (Via Dan Riehl): :The Menendez rebellion was a jolt of political reality for Reid, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Obama, signaling that the solidarity of the stimulus debate is fading as Democratic lawmakers are s...

All efforts to save the planet will be useless if we do not cut population growth. By 2050, the planet will have between 8 billion and 10 billion people, according to a recent U.N. forecast. And yet studies, books and documentaries that deal with various crises fail to discuss the danger of all thos...

This post will remain at the top of the page through Friday, events allowing. For newer posts, scroll down. The repressive machinery of the Castro dictatorship extends to all facets of Cuban life, including attempts by Cubans to make some semblance of a living. The "revolution" may provide for Cuban...

It’s a tough time for out-of-work Republicans to land a job these days in Washington, but one of the Bush administration’s top Latin America advisors has landed a position: with Florida Republican Sen. Mel Martinez. Dan Fisk, who was President Bush’s Special Assistant and Senior Director...

So what do you do if you're an out-of-touch supporter of a policy that is now going on 50 years of failure? Apparently, you try and hold the Obama Administration hostage. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), a strong supporter of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, is launching a full-on battle this week t...

Someone was telling me about this yesterday and I didn’t quite get what I was being told, but Senator Robert Menendez is holding up two of Barack Obama’s key climate/science appointees, John Holdren and Jane Lubchenco, over an unrelated Cuba policy dispute: The delay — which could ...

CAMBIO. It's a simple word that when placed on bumper stickers and posters carries with it a powerful message, and a powerful promise for Cubans tired of tyranny. No wonder it scares the Castro dictatorship so badly, and why it tries so hard to stamp out even the mention of the word, "change."If the...

“The Bahamian economy is very likely to crash, and hard. And soon”: Nicolette Bethel makes a prediction....

A Reader wrote: Please please please create a post about the Academy's choice to have Cuba Gooding, Jr. present the nomination for Robert Downey, Jr. I have so much anger to vent at this transparent moment. Hmmm... Okay. Well, first off I was tickled by it because clearly Denzel Washington, Jamie Fo...