Pope spurs U.S.-Cuba relations deal

Pope spurs U.S.-Cuba relations deal

By Gerald V. Paul Pope Francis is credited with paving the way for the U.S. to open its first embassy on Cuban soil since the Kennedy administration, a historic development that Canada helped to create. The talks may also result in the relaxation of many of the American economic and travel restrictions on Cuba that […]

U.S. defies the world over Cuba

By Glen Ford Revolutionary Cuba has always been a miracle and gift to all humankind. Two weeks ago, the nations of the world – with two savage exceptions (U.S. & Israel) – instructed their emissaries at the UN General Assembly to tell the world’s self-designated “indispensable” country to end its 54-year-long trade embargo against Cuba. […]