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...might have accepted the Cuban revolution as a fact of life, since Cuba was certainly not a Soviet satellite,” Hernández said. He told The Crimson that the present generation can learn from these mistakes by recognizing the necessity of greater cooperation between the communist island and its neighbor to the north. “The academic exchange between America and Cuba today is one of the fundamental channels of communication between the two sides,” Hernández said. “We hope that through these kinds of appointments—like...
...Zealand government-failed to soften Bainimarama's stance. Qarase emerged from the talks saying progress had been made; Bainimarama immediately denied it. On Sunday, speaking in Fijian on Fiji One television, he said there were "5,001 ways we can make him resign," and, referring to the prison island where several coup perpetrators are serving long sentences, said, "Nukulau is a beautiful place where we can go and think about how we can better serve our country...
...their election victory. Sen. Richard Lugar, the Indiana Republican who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations committee, said he would not even put the matter to a committee vote during the last days of G.O.P. control, since all of the Democrats on the committee, plus Sen. Lincoln Chaffee, the Rhode Island Republican who also opposed him, would still vote...
...been supplanted by Monicagate and other Washington scandals, but the relationship between China and the U.S. is still big news. Given today's trade and diplomatic ties between these two giants, it is worth recalling that just 35 years ago American policy held that "China" was the small island called Taiwan, and that Washington regarded the mainland as a hostile, totalitarian hell. The idea that a staunchly conservative Republican President could normalize relations with the closed communist state was so revolutionary at the time that the phrase "like Nixon in China" has now become a popular analogy for hard-liners...
...factionalism has been suppressed by the strictly autocratic rule of a British-imposed monarchy or by Saddam Hussein's brutal dictatorship. The new U.S. Congress and President Bush should make the issue of resolving the Iraq war their first priority when Congress convenes in January. Dudley Mann Wakefield, Rhode Island...