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2008 Archives

December 2008

Cuba's Economy: Ill Winds, The Economost (12/30/08)

November 2008

Guantánamo: A place that will live in infamy, The Star (11/23/08)

The Price of Our Good Name, The New York Times (11/23/08)

Without embargo, Cuba's leaders lose leverage, Sun Sentinel (11/23/08)

Decision on Gitmo prisoners looms for Obama, Chicago Tribune (11/23/08)

Open travel, remittances best course for Cuba, Miami Herald (11/20/08)

The human cost of Guantanamo, San Francisco Chronicle (11/17/08)

Two views on U.S. policy on Cuba, Miami Herald (11/16/08)

Guantanamo closure called Obama priority, Washington Post (11/12/08)

Supporters of closer Cuba ties see a chance with Obama's win, L.A. Times (11/10/08)

Guantánamo Bay, After Jan. 20, 2009, The New York Times (11/8/08)

Difficult Choices Await New President on Guantanamo, Intelligence Policies, Wall Street Journal (11/6/08)

Obama presidency signals changes in U.S.-Cuba policy, Miami Herald (11/5/08)

Speaking with Lisa Valanti, President of the US-Cuba Sister Cities Association, Cuban News Agency (11/4/08)

Cuban political prisoners were sent to Venezuela through secret deal, Miami Herald (11/3/08)

Next President Will Face Test on Detainees, NY Times (11/2/08)

McCain-Obama election may also determine Cuba embargo, NY Daily News (11/1/08)

La Cuba que teme a Obama, La Vanguardia (11/1/08)

October 2008

Panel thinks Cuba progress will be gradual, Miami Herald (10/31/08)

The useless Cuba embargo, L.A. Times (10/29/08)

Cubans anxious about change, Miami Herald (10/24/08)

Cuba-EU standoff ends with cooperation accord, AP (10/23/08)

How Cuba's Oil Find Could Change the US Embargo, Time (10/23/08)

UN rights official expects next US president to close Guantanamo, AFP (10/22/08)

An Obama Victory Would Mean Significant Changes for Cuba and Latinos Living in the U.S., Says UB Caribbean Studies Chairman, Buffalo News (10/21/08)

20 Billion Barrels: Another Gamechanger for Cuba, The Havana Note (10/20/08)

Castro writes while Cuba sinks, Toronto Sun (10/20/08)

Bush chooses to keep Guantánamo open, officials say, International Herald Tribune (10/20/08)

US election: Cuban-Americans begin to voice diverse political views, Guardian.co.uk (10/20/08)

POLITICS-US: New Cuba Policy in Sight?, IPS News (10/20/08)

The Cuban vote: A generational political shift?, Orlando Sentinel (10/15/08)

For Cubans - U.S. Election Issues is the Embargo, MSNBC (10/15/08)

A Guantánamo Homecoming, Newsweek (10/11/08)

Bush Cuba policy up for test at polls, Miami Herald (10/10/08)

TYREE: A new look at Cuba, The Washington Times (10/10/08)

Financial crisis one more woe for beleaguered Cuba, Reuters (10/3/08)

September 2008

Florida vote may affect U.S.-Cuba policy, Miami Herald (9/28/08)

Battered by Storms, Cuba Uses Ideological Zeal to Lift Spirits and Direct Anger, New York Times (9/27/08)

Castros' arrogance gets in the way of help, Miami Herald (9/25/08)

The Administration’s Cuba Family Sanctions: Time for Repeal, Lexington Institute (9/18/08)

Cuba's October Surprise, New America Foundation (9/18/08)

Detainees' Day in Court, Washington Post (9/17/08)

Fidel's fading but what is next? McCain and Obama clash over policy, island's embargo, Washington Times (9/16/08)

Seeds of Economic Reform on Cuba's Farms, Council on Foreign Relations (9/12/08)

Lesson from Ike: Nobody does evacuations like Cuba, International Herald Tribune (9/11/08)

August 2008

After nearly 50 years, it's time for U.S. to rethink ineffective isolation policy, Orlando Sentinel (8/15/08)

Big Trouble in Little Havana, TIME Magazine (8/14/08)

Cuba's Bold Shift to a Postsocialist Era, The Christian Science Monitor (8/12/08)

Justice at Gitmo, Los Angeles Times (8/12/08)

In Guantánamo, Locals Adapt to Life With an Unwelcome Neighbor, The New York Times (8/11/08)

Coincidence? Guantanamo term ends as Bush's does, Reuters (8/10/08)

Ending the psychological mind games on detainees, The Boston Globe (8/10/08)

Editorial: The United States v. the Driver, The New York Times (8/9/08)

Bin Laden driver Salim Hamdan trial a disaster for George Bush, The Times - London (8/8/08)

Salim Hamdan's Sentence Signals the End of Guantanamo, The Huffington Post (8/7/08)

Guantanamo Bay is just an edifice of justice, The Telegraph - London (8/6/08)

Reflections on the Cuban Revolution, Counterpunch (8/4/08)

Why did Raúl revive Fidel's 1973 speech?, The Miami Herald (8/3/08)

July 2008

Our Kids in Havana, The Washington Post (7/30/08)

Editorial: War-Crimes Tribunal, The Philadelphia Inquirer (7/28/08)

Editorial: Mr. Mukasey’s Justice, The New York Times (7/27/08)

U.S.-Cuba tourism could shake up region, The Miami Herald (7/27/08)

Cuba Under Raul: Creeping Toward Capitalism? The Christian Science Monitor, (7/23/08)

Guantánamo's kangaroo court, The Guardian - London (7/21/08)

One more good reason to lift the embargo on Cuba, Salon (7/18/08)

Cubans Eye U.S. Election, NBC News (7/17/08)

Life in Cuba: One Country, Two Currencies, South Florida Sun-Sentinel (7/16/08)

Cuba visit full of surprises and hope, Newsday (7/15/08)

Khadr a 'broken down young man', Calgary Herald - Canada (7/14/08)

A Kafkaesque process, The Gazette (Montreal) - Canada (7/14/08)

Will Little Havana Go Blue?, The New York Times (7/13/08)

Editorial: End-game nears for Guantánamo process, Miami Herald (7/11/08)

EU's Lifted Sanctions Could be Turning Point in Cuba, Council on Hemispheric Affairs (7/10/08)

Truth and the Gitmo detainees, Chicago Tribune (7/6/08)

Closing Gitmo: Timing is Everything, ABC News (7/4/08)

June 2008

Guantanamo ruling: The good, bad, ugly, Post-Tribune (6/25/08)

Six Years Late, Court Throws Out Guantanamo Case, The Huffington Post (6/25/08)

Europe takes the lead on Cuba, The Guardian - London (6/24/08)

Cuba Under Raul Castro: 25 Reasons to be Hopeful, Council on Hemispheric Affairs (6/23/08)

How to Close Guantánamo, Center for American Progress (6/23/08)

Where should the U.S. try terrorism cases? Domestic terror courts, The Salt Lake Tribune (6/20/08)

Editorial: U.S. is still a nation governed by its laws, Reading Eagle - Pennsylvania (6/20/08)

Guantanamo and the betrayal of American values, San Francisco Chronicle (6/17/08)

Guantanamo: Beyond the Law - 5 part series, McClatchy Newspapers (6/15-19/08)

Part 1: Many Gitmo detainees had flimsy ties to terror

Part 2: Abuse plagued Afghan camps, too

Part 3: Detainees recruited for jihad

Part 4: Secret tactics dictated treatment of detainees

Part 5: Freed captives get no "sorry"

Editorials on Supreme Court ruling on Guantanamo detainees, various national news sources (6/13/08)

Detention Camp Remains, but Not Its Rationale, The New York Times (6/13/08)

Inside Guantánamo Bay, Newsweek (6/5/08)

9/11 'mastermind' in Guantanamo court, Telegraph - London (6/5/08)

Guantanamo centre stage for accused in 9/11 case, Toronto Star (6/5/08)

Editorial: Guantanamo Is a Model Prison (Really), The Wall Street Journal (6/4/08)

Guantanamo Trials: Critical Judge Sacked, British Torture Victim Charged, The Huffington Post (6/2/08)

May 2008

Editorial: Hard-Line Lunacy on Cuba, The Washington Post (5/31/08)

Turning Back the Clock on Cuba, Counterpunch (5/31/08)

Editorial: Abused by America, betrayed by Britain, The Independent - London (5/30/08)

Editorial: Guantanamo Bay: A global rebuke, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (5/29/08)

Editorial: Texas' Cuban overture, Dallas Morning News (5/29/08)

Supreme Court has it right: Government must help Khadr, The Gazette, Canada (5/29/08)

Guantanamo's day in court, Boston Globe (5/26/08)

Guantánamo ex-detainee tells Congress of abuse, Christian Science Monitor (5/22/08)

April 2008

As Cuba gets busy, Canada misses out, Globe and Mail (4/28/08)

Cuba and the Vatican, Wall Street Journal (4/18/08)

Florida Congressman Kendrick Meek leverages cigars and politics, Cigar Aficionado (4/16/08)

Guantanamo closure no simple prospect, Los Angeles Times (4/14/08)

'Five Years' Details Detention at Guantanamo, NPR (4/9/08)

Lifting the Prohibitions, CubaNews (4/3/08)

Ending U.S. embargo could help this country of contradictions, Seattle Times (4/1/08)

March 2008

Trade Winds, Dan Rather reports on Cuba (3/2008)

Castro champions gay rights in Cuba, BBC (3/27/08)

Poems from Guantanamo Bay, Huffington Post (3/16/08)

In Havana, A Page From McCain's Past, Washington Post (3/11/08)

Trade can help Cuba move toward democracy, Miami Herald (3/5/08)

Hope fizzles in post-Fidel Cuba, Los Angeles Times (3/5/08)

Sounding out the possibility of musical performance in Cuba, Daily Press (3/3/08)

Joel Brinkley: It's time to reach out to Cuba, San Francisco Chronicle (3/2/08)

February 2008

A deafening silence, CBC News (2/29/08)

Movement in Miami, The Economist (2/21/08)

The comandante retires—sort of, The Economist (2/19/08)

Three possible successors to Castro as president of Cuba, South Florida Sun-Sentinel (2/10/08)

The Wrong Experience, Newsweek (2/4/08)

Guantanamo was a mistake, The Charlotte Observer (2/3/08)

January 2008

Support for ending Cuban embargo rising, The Daily News Online (1/31/08)

Guantanamo as a Symbol, American Chronicle (1/30/08)

Change may be brewing in Cuba, Los Angeles Times (1/20/08)

Guantánamo, Six Years Later, The Huffington Post (1/11/08)