October 1, 2012

Ignore Raul Castro's Siren Song

Jaime Suchlicki, Miami Herald

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The Cuban leadership in Havana continues to try to woo the U.S. administration into providing unilateral concessions to Cuba. The embargo and the travel ban will be ended, they believe, as a result of internal pressures and a more accommodating Obama administration.

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