Word: cuba
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...thoughtful and balanced appraisal of Oswaldo Paya, the Cuban dissident who stayed in the country to work for democratic reform, was worth the wait. Paya's drive calling for a plebiscite on free speech and multiparty elections has placed the emphasis on a hopeful future. Castro has run Cuba as his feudal estate for 44 years, but his naive supporters are finally seeing him for the tyrant he is. As Padgett wrote, Paya has succeeded in "wresting the Cuba debate away from pro- and anti-Castro extremists." The debate is now about measures that will be pro- or anti-Cuba...
...wish Bush would show the same guts in dealing with Castro that he showed with Saddam. Both are murderous dictators. Why not have our troops stop by and take care of Cuba on the way back from the gulf? ROY U. ROJAS WAHL Teaneck...
...refreshing to see someone like Paya fight for what he believes in with reason and logic rather than with Latin emotion. For years I have argued over the futility of the embargo with my fellow Cuban Americans, to no avail. Perhaps it takes someone still living inside Cuba to better understand that the embargo serves only to perpetuate the interests of Castro's government. And the restrictions on U.S. citizens' traveling to Cuba prevent an open dialogue with Cubans who are still think the U.S. wishes them harm. Unlike many of us who chose to leave Cuba, Paya has stayed...
...film. Sam wants to travel the globe as a documentary filmmaker. Nick will continue on to graduate school to nourish his love of East Asian studies and linguistics. Aaron wants to merge his interest in politics and journalism. Chris will spend next year working with a nonprofit in Cuba...
...archbishop, Law—who had moved from Mexico to Colombia to the Virgin Islands during his childhood—took stances on many international policy issues, calling for debt relief for third world countries and an end to the U.S. embargo on trade with Cuba...