Archive for the 'Cuba' Category

Bush Lifts Sanctions Against North Korea

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barack, Bush, Cuba, Democrats, Good Decisions, Iraq, McCain, Military, Republicans, Terrorism, The War On Terrorism, The World

As hinted at yesterday, it’s happening and this decision will no doubt have far reaching consequences…
The announcement came after North Korea handed over a long-awaited accounting of its nuclear work to Chinese officials on Thursday, fulfilling a key step in the denuclearization process.
Bush called the declaration a positive step along a long road to get [...]

June 26th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Cuba Gets Connected

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Cuba, Economy, Technology, Video

I wrote about Raul Castro’s decision to let Cubans own computers and cell phones, so this is more of an add on than anything.

Welcome to the 21st century Cuba! You’ve got a long way to go yet, and let’s hope that happens sooner rather than later.

May 6th, 2008 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

What’s Raul Castro Been Up To?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Cuba, Death Penalty

It’s been over 2 months since he officially took power, and The Seminal details some progress…
Raul Castro announced today that he is commuting all death sentences in Cuba (with the exception of 3 individuals charged with terrorism) to lesser sentences, citing humanitarian reasons. Cuba has faced pressure from human-rights activists to abolish its death penalty, [...]

April 30th, 2008 | Permalink| 2 Comments »