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    <title><![CDATA[Cuba Project |Commentary | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
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    <description>Articles, Letters, Op-eds, Policy Briefs, Testimony</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[After Chávez, a Chance to Rethink Relations With Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/after-chavez-chance-to-rethink-relations-with-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/after-chavez-chance-to-rethink-relations-with-cuba#When:10:42:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The death of Hugo Chávez presents an opportunity to rekindle the U.S. relationship with Latin American countries. Cuba can then become a "multilateral challenge" if both Americas can work together to instigate Cuban democratic reform]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-03-07T10:42:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Time is Ripe For a New Approach to Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time-is-ripe-for-a-new-approach-to-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time-is-ripe-for-a-new-approach-to-cuba#When:14:07:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Collaborating with Cuba to form agreements on energy production that will benefit both countries' interests may yield patched relations in the long-run]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-03-04T14:07:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[More Chicanery in the Cases of the Cuban Five]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/more-chicanery-in-cases-of-cuban-five</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/more-chicanery-in-cases-of-cuban-five#When:09:20:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Many Americans seem to believe the now-famous Cuban Five were spies working for Havana against the United States and therefore deserve what they got – years in prison. But that is far from the truth]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-29T09:20:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Squeezing Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/squeezing-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/squeezing-cuba#When:11:44:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When it comes to encouraging more open societies in other countries, one can usually accomplish more by setting an example of adherence to democratic principles and of respect for human rights than by dictating rules for others to follow.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-07T11:44:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Case Against Luis Posada Carriles Takes Welcome Turn]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/case-against-luis-posada-carriles-takes-welcome-turn</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/case-against-luis-posada-carriles-takes-welcome-turn#When:09:00:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Astonishing! And just when many of us were convinced that the trial of Luis Posada Carriles was simply a ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-22T09:00:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The U.S. Needs to Take Steps for Change Alongside Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-change-alongside-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-change-alongside-cuba#When:11:02:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In his Aug. 9 op-ed column on his conversation with Cuba's Cardinal Jaime Ortega, Jackson Diehl said that while he doesn't doubt the cardinal's sincerity in thinking that Cuban President Raúl Castro will bring about change in Cuba, as Mikhail Gorbachev did in the Soviet Union]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-08-11T11:02:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lifting the Restrictions on U.S. Travel to Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/lifting-restrictions-us-travel-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/lifting-restrictions-us-travel-cuba#When:14:55:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In his July 9 letter, James C. Cason, a former chief of the United States Interests Section in Havana, insists that allowing Americans to travel freely to Cuba will not in any way encourage greater openness on the island]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-07-12T14:55:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Free the Cuban Five!]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/free-the-cuban-five</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/free-the-cuban-five#When:16:47:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Quite apart from Fidel Castro’s rare TV interview on Tuesday, there have recently been a number of encouraging developments in Cuba. A leading dissident, Elizardo Sanchez]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-07-07T16:47:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S.-Cuba Cooperation on Gulf is in Our Interest]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-cuba-cooperation-on-gulf-is-in-our-interest</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-cuba-cooperation-on-gulf-is-in-our-interest#When:11:00:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Cuba, like the U.S. Gulf Coast, is now threatened — though to be sure not to the same extent. It stands ready to share pertinent information and to cooperate against the danger]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-06-14T11:00:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Reopening]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/reopening</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/reopening#When:15:13:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA['U.S. Plans Informal Meetings With Cuban Diplomats to Improve Communications'' (news article, April 27) reported government officials as indicating the Obama administration to be quietly pushing to reopen channels of communication with Cuba. This simply makes sense.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-05-09T15:13:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S-Cuba Policy: Time to end deceitful travel controls]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-cuba-policy-time-to-end-deceitful-travel-controls</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-cuba-policy-time-to-end-deceitful-travel-controls#When:11:28:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Carter lifted all Cuba travel controls in 1977. From then until 1982, Americans were free to travel to Cuba and to spend money in the process.  That should have been the end of it.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-29T11:28:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Time to Re-Engage Cuba, at Last]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time-to-re-engage-cuba-at-last</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time-to-re-engage-cuba-at-last#When:10:21:04Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. policy toward Cuba long ago ceased to make any sense. We have normal diplomatic and trade relations with China, the largest communist country in the world, and equally normal relations with Vietnam, a communist country with which we once fought a bloody and divisive war. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-01-31T10:21:04+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Good Neighbor]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/good-neighbor</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/good-neighbor#When:16:36:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The standing of the United States in Latin America has not been so low in at least three quarters of a century – perhaps ever. And this tarnished image is not restricted to Latin America. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-08-14T16:36:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia Cuba Military]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/russia-cuba-military</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/russia-cuba-military#When:16:40:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Russians clearly are unhappy about Washington’s intentions to build a missile shield in the Czech Republic and Poland and are hinting that they can retaliate in unpleasant ways.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-08-13T16:40:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuba North Korea Contradictions]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cuba-north-korea-contradictions</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cuba-north-korea-contradictions#When:16:56:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Bush has lifted various sanctions against North Korea and removed it from the list of countries said to be state sponsors of terrorism. North Korea, nuclear weapons and all, has been removed from the list. Cuba, which has no nuclear program, remains on it.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-07-07T16:56:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush Handling of Cuba, North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bush-handling-of-cuba-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bush-handling-of-cuba-north-korea#When:11:18:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[North Korea, nuclear weapons and all, has been removed from the state sponsor of terrorists list. Cuba, which has no nuclear program, remains on it.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-07-02T11:18:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S.-Cuban Relations: A New Beginning?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-cuban-relations-a-new-beginning</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-cuban-relations-a-new-beginning#When:11:29:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[My last conversation with Raul Castro came some 26 years ago, as I was bowing out as Chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana. But U.S.-Cuban relations are so frozen in time that he might have uttered the words yesterday.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-06-20T11:29:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[No Evidence to Place Cuba on the States Sponsors of Terrorism List]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/no-evidence-to-place-cuba-on-states-sponsors-of-terrorism-list</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/no-evidence-to-place-cuba-on-states-sponsors-of-terrorism-list#When:11:35:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Florida State Legislature has just passed a bill that would effectively shut down travel between Florida and Cuba, thus making it extremely difficult for Cuban-Americans to visit their families on the island. This was done, according to the legislators, to prevent companies in Florida from dealing with any entities in so-called “state sponsors of terrorism.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-05-14T11:35:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Congresswoman&#8217;s Allegiance in Question]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/congresswomans-allegiance-in-question</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/congresswomans-allegiance-in-question#When:16:51:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Democratic congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is the co-chair of Red to Blue, a ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-03-19T16:51:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Time to Talk to Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/its-time-to-talk-to-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/its-time-to-talk-to-cuba#When:16:04:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It had been apparent for some time that Fidel Castro's failing health would not permit him to ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-02-24T16:04:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush&#8217;s Speech Only Reiterates Past Ones]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bushs-speech-only-reiterates-past-ones</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bushs-speech-only-reiterates-past-ones#When:10:35:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Just when one thinks President Bush could not possibly say anything more inane about Cuba and our policy toward it, he does. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-10-31T10:35:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Close Guantanamo Bay]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/close-guantanamo-bay</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/close-guantanamo-bay#When:10:41:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It was not long ago that the issue of closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay was a hot topic. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Colin Powell called for the closing of the prison. Even President Bush supported the idea, and rightfully so.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-10-09T10:41:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Race Sparks New Cuba Thinking]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/race-sparks-new-cuba-thinking</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/race-sparks-new-cuba-thinking#When:11:07:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton has called Barak Obama "naive and irresponsible" for urging a change in our ongoing policy toward Cuba, a policy which Clinton, according to one of her campaign spokeswomen, "supports."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-09-10T11:07:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guest Comment: Wayne Smith]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/guest-comment-wayne-smith</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/guest-comment-wayne-smith#When:11:32:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Barak Obama's call for the unrestricted travel of Cuban-Americans to visit families on the island was a very smart move. There are a few hard-line Cuban-Americans who will protest, but the great majority of Cuban-Americans are totally in favor of family travel and will applaud Obama.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-08-28T11:32:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[House Democrats Follow Republican Lead on Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/house-democrats-follow-republican-lead-on-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/house-democrats-follow-republican-lead-on-cuba#When:14:41:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel presented an amendment on August 3 to simplify the method of payment for U.S. agricultural sales to Cuba, it was expected to pass easily. But to the surprise of many, the amendment was defeated.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-08-27T14:41:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Take Cuba Off the Terrorist List]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/take-cube-off-the-terrorist-list</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/take-cube-off-the-terrorist-list#When:14:48:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Cuba was placed on the list of terrorist nations in March of 1982 with little in the way of explanation. Twenty-five years later, the State Department’s reasons for keeping it there are totally unconvincing.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-08-06T14:48:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush&#8217;s Action Plan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bushs-action-plan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bushs-action-plan#When:14:57:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Bush administration's policy statements regarding Cuba sound like a broken record — a sound track leading nowhere.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-07-22T14:57:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Barriers to Change]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/barriers-to-change</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/barriers-to-change#When:11:42:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Writing in the Guardian last year, I described the utterly counterproductive nature of US policy toward Cuba and expressed the hope that "the British prime minister would not support Bush's gravely mistaken policies in Cuba as he did those in Iraq."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-07-18T11:42:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuba, the Square Peg]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cuba-the-square-peg</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cuba-the-square-peg#When:15:05:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite its best efforts, the US cannot make Cuba fit its round-hole definition of a terrorist state.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-07-06T15:05:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Bending Backwards Not to Extradite]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-bending-backwards-not-to-extradite</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-bending-backwards-not-to-extradite#When:15:12:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Bush has often taken the position that "if you harbor a terrorist, you're equally as guilty as the terrorist." Where, then, would our harboring of Posada leave George W. Bush?]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-05-22T15:12:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[False Targets Don&#8217;t Help War on Terror]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/false-targets-dont-help-war-on-terror</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/false-targets-dont-help-war-on-terror#When:11:59:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Terrorist acts are a serious and growing problem in much of the world, especially in the Middle East and Africa. It is a problem that must be addressed. One does not contribute to that effort, however, by putting forward false targets, as the just-released State Department Report on Terrorism does by including Cuba on the list as a state sponsor of terrorism.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-05-02T11:59:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Keeping academics out of Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/keeping-academics-out-of-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/keeping-academics-out-of-cuba#When:12:02:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Bush administration's restrictions on academic travel to Cuba are so harsh that they have brought such travel virtually to a halt. Now, about 450 professors and academics from colleges and universities across the nation have banded together to take the federal government to court and challenge their legality.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-04-30T12:02:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Symbol of Injustice]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/symbol-of-injustice</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/symbol-of-injustice#When:12:13:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The confessions of Khalid Sheik Mohammed, given on Feb. 10 at Guantanamo and released on Feb. 14, grabbed headlines all over the U.S. And no wonder. Mohammed, a right-hand man of Osama bin Laden, virtually boasted of being the mastermind behind the 9-11 terrorist attacks and many other acts of violence. He himself, he said, had personally beheaded the American journalist Daniel Pearl.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-03-27T12:13:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush&#8217;s Delusional Cuba Policy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bushs-delusional-cuba-policy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bushs-delusional-cuba-policy#When:15:27:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Since becoming Acting President of Cuba last July, Raul Castro has on several occasions offered to begin a dialogue with the United States. Each time, the offer has been rejected.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-03-05T15:27:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Worst of the Presidents?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/worst-of-the-presidents</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/worst-of-the-presidents#When:15:51:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The majority of Americans, clearly, have lost confidence in President Bush and his policies.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-03-01T15:51:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Remove Sanctions on Cuba?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/remove-sanctions-on-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/remove-sanctions-on-cuba#When:12:19:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Our countries current Cuba policy is both illogical and counterproductive. Cuba poses no threat whatever to the security of the United States. In security terms, we can easily coexist with Cuba. It is a communist country, to be sure, but so are China and Vietnam. Yet we have cordial diplomatic and trade relations with them.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-03-01T12:19:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Shelter Terrorists and We Damage Credibility]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/shelter-terrorists-and-we-damage-credibility</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/shelter-terrorists-and-we-damage-credibility#When:15:57:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Bush administration says it is leading an all-out struggle against terrorism. But in fact, the administration itself and influential members of the Florida congressional delegation have consistently taken positions which, in one way or another, support terrorism.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-02-10T15:57:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Castro&#8217;s Legacy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/castros-legacy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/castros-legacy#When:16:00:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[At this point, it is not clear whether Fidel Castro will recover and resume the presidency. One way or the other, his almost half-century rule in Cuba is nearing an end. What will be his legacy?]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-02-02T16:00:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[After 46 Years of Failure, We Must Change Course on Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/after-46-years-of-failure-we-must-change-course-on-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/after-46-years-of-failure-we-must-change-course-on-cuba#When:16:02:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The annual vote in the UN general assembly on the US embargo against Cuba is back this month. Last year's result saw 182 member states oppose]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-10-31T16:02:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sign Off Expensive and Unseen Broadcasts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/sign-off-expensive-and-unseen-broadcasts</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/sign-off-expensive-and-unseen-broadcasts#When:16:13:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Of all the resources spent on U.S. policy toward Cuba, Radio and TV Marti are probably two of the most egregious examples of wasted taxpayer money -- nearly]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-10-28T16:13:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Another Injustice]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/another-injustice</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/another-injustice#When:16:21:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On Sept. 23, some 700 people marched on the White House, demanding freedom for the so-called "Cuban Five," and over the past few weeks, meetings have been]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-10-13T16:21:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Bankrupt Cuba Policy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-bankrupt-cuba-policy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-bankrupt-cuba-policy#When:16:13:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Administration will not deal with the existing government, whether led by Fidel or Raúl. It calls for a democratic transitional government but has no means of bringing one into being. Rather, it is left to issue calls in the night wind.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-08-28T16:13:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Let the Cubans Make Plans for Cuba&#8217;s Future]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/let-the-cubans-make-plans-for-cubas-future</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/let-the-cubans-make-plans-for-cubas-future#When:16:07:33Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[An Aug. 19 article by Manuel Roig-Franzia quotes Raúl Castro as saying that Cuba "has always been open to normalizing relations [with the United States] on an equal plane" but adding, "What we can't accept is the policy of arrogance and meddling. . . ."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-08-27T16:07:33+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Change Must Come From Internal Process]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/change-must-come-from-internal-process</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/change-must-come-from-internal-process#When:13:15:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The "Compact with the Cuban People," issued on July 10 by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, as the two]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-08-02T13:15:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush&#8217;s Knee-Jerk Rejection of Negotiations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bushs-knee-jerk-rejection-of-negotiations</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bushs-knee-jerk-rejection-of-negotiations#When:16:42:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Bush administration has a well-established tendency to spurn negotiations in favor of confrontation, even in cases where the former hold out the promise of]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-06-24T16:42:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Close Guantanamo]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/close-guantanamo</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/close-guantanamo#When:10:42:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Over the past few months, there has been a veritable avalanche of international demands that the Guantanamo prison be closed because of the mistreatment of prisoners there.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-05-25T10:42:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Florida Bill Wrong On Several Fronts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/florida-bill-wrong-on-several-fronts</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/florida-bill-wrong-on-several-fronts#When:11:52:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In early May, a bill to prohibit universities in the state of Florida from funding any trips to Cuba or to other countries on the State Department's list of "terrorist states"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-05-13T11:52:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[No Evidence That Cuba is a Terrorist State]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/no-evidence-that-cuba-is-a-terrorist-state</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/no-evidence-that-cuba-is-a-terrorist-state#When:11:14:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the case of Cuba, the State Department’s annual report on “State Sponsors of Terrorism,” issued on April 28 of 2006, is a complete dud.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-05-09T11:14:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Keeping Gross Violators Off New Council]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/keeping-gross-violators-off-new-council1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/keeping-gross-violators-off-new-council1#When:12:34:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On March 15, the United Nations General Assembly, by an overwhelming vote of 170-4, approved the creation of a new Human Rights Council, to replace the old, discredited]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-03-31T12:34:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Giving Mexico the Business]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/giving-mexico-the-business</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/giving-mexico-the-business#When:11:31:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Treasury Department had ordered the Maria Isabel Sheraton Hotel to expel the members of a Cuban delegation there to attend an international conference. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-24T11:31:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuba, Bush, and the Mexico &#8216;No-no&#8217;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cuba-bush-and-mexico-no-no</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cuba-bush-and-mexico-no-no#When:15:01:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[America may be addicted to Middle Eastern oil, as President Bush argued in his State of the Union speech last month, but his addiction to the hard line]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-10T15:01:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Policy&#8217;s Effect the Opposite of Goal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-policys-effect-opposite-of-goal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-policys-effect-opposite-of-goal#When:11:54:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[This past Dec. 19, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reconvened the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba, originally called into being by President Bush in 2003 to explore ways "to hasten and ease a democratic transition in Cuba." ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-02T11:54:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wrong Approach on the Baseball Game]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wrong-approach-on-the-baseball-game</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wrong-approach-on-the-baseball-game#When:12:02:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Wayne Smith's response to: "Castro at the Bat," by Roberto Gonzalez, New York Times, (1/11/06)]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-01-17T12:02:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Let &#8216;Em Play Ball]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/let-em-play-ball</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/let-em-play-ball#When:12:07:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Just when you think U.S. policy toward Cuba couldn't be any more inane, counterproductive and downright dumb, it becomes so.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-01-10T12:07:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bullying Cuba Out of Ballpark]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bullying-cuba-out-of-ballpark</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bullying-cuba-out-of-ballpark#When:13:06:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Treasury Department's recent announcement that it would not grant a license for a Cuban baseball team to participate in the World Baseball Classic planned for March was deeply disappointing but hardly a surprise.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-12-27T13:06:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Swing and a Miss]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-swing-and-a-miss</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-swing-and-a-miss#When:13:11:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It’s hard to know what was on Major League baseball’s mind when it sought to include Cuba and its baseball players in the World Baseball Classic that will take place next March in venues including Puerto Rico.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-12-17T13:11:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S.: Sheltering Terrorists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-sheltering-terrorists</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-sheltering-terrorists#When:13:43:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The United States is supposed to be in an all-out struggle against terrorism]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-10-27T13:43:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bolton&#8217;s Disruptive Agenda All Too Obvious]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/boltons-disruptive-agenda-all-too-obvious</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/boltons-disruptive-agenda-all-too-obvious#When:15:58:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Since his recess appointment by President Bush to represent the United States at the United Nations, John Bolton has proceeded to live up to the hubris of his previous comments:]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-09-15T15:58:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush Held Up Cuba Help Over Politics]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bush-held-up-cuba-help-over-politics</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bush-held-up-cuba-help-over-politics#When:16:22:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[What a shame. Not even in the face of the massive human suffering caused by Hurricane Katrina could the Bush administration put aside its knee-jerk rejection of anything coming out of Cuba. Only two days after the storm hit the Gulf Coast, the Cubans quietly offered humanitarian assistance. No response.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-09-13T16:22:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Violent `Solutions&#8217; Create New Problems]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/violent-solutions-create-new-problems</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/violent-solutions-create-new-problems#When:16:19:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As anti-Americanism has become a vital issue, various committees, delegations and retired diplomatic, military and intelligence officials have charged that our lack of an evenhanded approach to foreign relations and the worldwide perception of unfair policies are the main contributors to the problem.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-08-12T16:19:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[&#8216;Last Throes&#8217; Only in Eye of Delusional Bush]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/last-throes-only-in-eye-of-delusional-bush</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/last-throes-only-in-eye-of-delusional-bush#When:16:23:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Bush administration assures us that the insurgency in Iraq is in its last throes, even as the attacks increase and casualties climb. It also assures us that the Castro regime is in its last throes, thanks to the new measures against it put forward by the President's Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba in May of 2004.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-08-06T16:23:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Grappling with Gitmo]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/grappling-with-gitmo</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/grappling-with-gitmo#When:16:42:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Many prominent Americans, both Democrats and Republicans, are urging that the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo be closed. Their argument is that given the many reports of detainees being abused there, Guantanamo has come to be seen internationally as a symbol of U.S. disregard for human rights and for the Geneva Conventions. And so, to get rid of the harmful symbol, we should close it.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-06-26T16:42:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Investigation Needed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/investigation-needed</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/investigation-needed#When:16:44:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Responding to Amnesty International's allegations on May 25 of "atrocious human rights violations " at Guantanamo and various other U.S.-controlled detention centers, and especially to the term "gulag," President Bush on May 31 described the charges as "absurd" and based on the stories of "people who hate America," i.e., the detainees.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-06-11T16:44:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[If the intelligence doesn`t fit, bend it]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/if-the-intelligence-doesnt-fit-bend-it</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/if-the-intelligence-doesnt-fit-bend-it#When:11:45:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The function of intelligence should be to provide as accurate an assessment as possible of a given situation to guide the formulation of policy.  But the Bush administration doesn`t see it that way;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-06-04T11:45:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[To Advance Rights, Lead by Example]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/to-advance-rights-lead-by-example</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/to-advance-rights-lead-by-example#When:11:27:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Your Feb. 15 editorial ''Self-Inflicted Wounds,'' about the torture of prisoners, is right on target. For the United States to torture prisoners, or outsource torture, is not only ineffectual, ''it debases this nation at home and abroad.'' ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-02-16T11:27:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Not What U.S. Is Supposed To Be About]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/not-what-us-is-supposed-to-be-about</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/not-what-us-is-supposed-to-be-about#When:11:30:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Writing on these pages on Jan. 12, I discussed the reports coming out of the Guantanamo Naval Base concerning the abuse, even torture, of prisoners. Some observers, I pointed out, were beginning to call it "our own Devil's Island."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-02-04T11:30:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Our Cuba Policy Will Get U.S. Nada]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/our-cuba-policy-will-get-us-nada</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/our-cuba-policy-will-get-us-nada#When:11:37:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The outcome of the election in Iraq is encouraging, to be sure. Elections for a national assembly, however, are only a beginning. And if the United States is to point Iraq and various other societies toward democracy, it must go back to the adage that "one leads best by setting an example."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-02-02T11:37:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[To Tailor the Truth]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/to-tailor-the-truth</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/to-tailor-the-truth#When:14:14:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The function of intelligence should be to provide as accurate an assessment as possible of a given situation to guide the formulation of policy.

But the Bush administration doesn't see it that way.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Asia, North Korea, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-12-28T14:14:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Average Cubans See Our Election]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-average-cubans-see-our-election</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-average-cubans-see-our-election#When:14:50:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[There is a visible chasm in Cuba between its leaders and its people over the importance of our presidential election this Tuesday.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-11-01T14:50:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush Knows Why `Relatives&#8217; Are So Important]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bush-knows-why-relatives-are-so-important</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bush-knows-why-relatives-are-so-important#When:11:19:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On July 15, addressing the Justice Department's conference in Tampa on trafficking in forced labor, President Bush said the U.S. has a major problem just 90 miles off its shores]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-07-31T11:19:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuba shaping up as Iraq II]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cuba-shaping-up-as-iraq-ii</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cuba-shaping-up-as-iraq-ii#When:11:37:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The path by which the Bush administration led us into the nightmarish Iraqi quagmire is strewn with arrogance, flawed assumptions, faulty intelligence and]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-05-26T11:37:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Track Bin Laden or Seize Cigars and Rum?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/track-bin-laden-or-seize-cigars-and-rum</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/track-bin-laden-or-seize-cigars-and-rum#When:13:31:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Treasury department agency charged with stopping the transit of illegal funds to]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-04-29T13:31:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Playing To The Exiles Hurts Dissidents&#8217; Cause]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/playing-to-the-exiles-hurts-dissidents-cause</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/playing-to-the-exiles-hurts-dissidents-cause#When:14:03:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Over the past two and a half years, the Bush administration has adopted an increasingly hostile, threatening attitude toward Cuba, even as]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-02-14T14:03:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Power Without Statesmanship]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/power-without-statesmanship</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/power-without-statesmanship#When:13:29:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Immediately after the 9-11 terrorist attacks there was an outpouring of support for and solidarity with the United States. The world faced a new threat, and, it was believed, the United States would now, as it had during the Cold War, lead the way in confronting it, consulting with its allies and working carefully within the United Nations system as it did so.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2003-11-23T13:29:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Crackdown in Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/crackdown-in-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/crackdown-in-cuba#When:13:49:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The arrest and long-term imprisonment of dozens of dissidents in Cuba and the rapid execution of three men who had attempted to hijack a boat were deplorable. Over the past few years, there had been an encouraging trend toward greater tolerance of dissent in Cuba.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2003-05-12T13:49:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Not To Encourage Liberalization In Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-not-to-encourage-liberalization-in-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-not-to-encourage-liberalization-in-cuba#When:13:54:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The arrest and long-term imprisonment of dozens of dissidents in Cuba and the execution of three men who attempted to hijack a boat represent so glaring an overreaction on the part of the Cuban government as to suggest a certain degree of irrationality, for they harm the Cuban government more than anyone else.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2003-04-16T13:54:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Provocation, war spawned Cuba crackdown]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/provocation-war-spawned-cuba-crackdown</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/provocation-war-spawned-cuba-crackdown#When:14:01:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[BEFORE LAST month's deplorable crackdown on dissidents in Cuba, the situation there had seemed to be inching toward somewhat greater tolerance.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2003-04-15T14:01:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dismal Diplomacy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/dismal-diplomacy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/dismal-diplomacy#When:14:07:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It is true that even had we given the U.N. inspectors more time, in the end we still might have had to use force to disarm Saddam Hussein. But it is also true that with competent diplomacy and a little more patience, we could have gone to war with the full support of the U.N. and of the overwhelming majority of other nations.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2003-03-27T14:07:57+00:00</dc:date>
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