Cuba USA
- Cuban Minister Of Foreign Trade And Investment Concludes His Working Visit To The United States
During his exchange with the American counterparts, the Minister reiterated the necessity to lift the blockade. Source CubaMinrex Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz, Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, concluded this Thursday 18, a four-day...
- Cuba - Usa: The White House Talks About Obama´s Cuba Trip Again
by: Dr. Néstor García Iturbe.A CubaNews translation. On December 26, from Honolulu, where the Nobel Peace Prize-awarded President was spending his Christmas holidays, Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodestold reporters that Obama's trip to...
- Cuba-the United States : Seven Key Points
by Sergio Alejandro Gómezsource Granma Although talks between the U.S. and Cuba are in themselves a milestone for two countries which have lacked formal ties for more than 50 years, they only mark the beginning of a much longer and complicated process....
- Cuban Officials Say The U.s. Has Made Some Positive First Steps, But Normal Relations Are Still A Long Way Off.
source telesur Cuban officials say the U.S. has made some positive first steps, but normal relations are still a long way off. The United States must remove Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, a top Cuban official said ahead of historic...
- "cuba Arrests 90 Dissidents At Protest March"
I thought by opening the Embassies, trading straight up for Alan Gross, and the dialog between the US and Cuba that things would be better for the Cuban people? That's the whole arguement and premise frpm all the classic car lovers...
Cuba USA
Cuba-USA: A TREE THAT IS BORN TWISTED…
By Dr. Néstor García Iturbe
A CubaNews translation.
According to Reuters dispatch posted in the United States on June 12 by Washington-based journalists Lesley Wroughton and Matt Spetalnick, all indications are that the agreement to open a US embassy in Havana and a Cuban one in the District of Columbia is expected to be announced very soon.
According to Reuters dispatch posted in the United States on June 12 by Washington-based journalists Lesley Wroughton and Matt Spetalnick, all indications are that the agreement to open a US embassy in Havana and a Cuban one in the District of Columbia is expected to be announced very soon.
Don’t believe me, but the article says that both sides hope to conclude the deal in early July, so we will have the horror, I mean, the honor of seeing Secretary of State John Kerry himself raise the Star-Spangled Banner in the building located at Malecon Avenue and M Street.
As usual in these cases, this came from an unidentified source. A source that, according to the journalists, is highly experienced in these matters and closely involved in the negotiations.
In my opinion, there is a serious mistake in the article, unless the writers know something that I don’t: it says that the restoration of relations would be the latest phase in a normalization process. I think it is the last phase in the steps toward restoring relations, but the normalization process is yet to begin, judging by statements made by the Cuban government.
It goes on to say that the normalization process will move slowly owing to lingering problems over issues such as Cuba’s human rights record and the blockade, which is still in place because only Congress can lift it.
Once the required agreements are signed, the sources said, the Obama Administration will have to notify Congress of its intention to reopen the Havana embassy, and it’s required by law to give the legislature at least 15 days’ notice.
It seems that several issues are still under discussion, according to the article, and I guess they have to do with the number of the staff in both embassies, perhaps the U.S. demands for freedom of movement (that is, contacting, instructing and funding dissidents and other groups opposed to the Revolution) and even the decision on how many freight containers are needed to repair the Embassy in Havana, which they will surely use to bring in the most advanced and sophisticated spy gear available to the American intelligence community.
Except for a few contributions of my own, this is what these journalists wrote.
I am convinced that both embassies will be opened, and I am not against that, far from it! The problem is how, and that is the most important detail.
My first-grade teacher comes to mind now. She used to say: “Á TREE THAT IS BORN TWISTED NEVER GROWS STRAIGHT”.
You are surely familiar with this proverb. It’s just that the problem is not that you know it, but that you know when it applies.
Don’t believe me, but the article says that both sides hope to conclude the deal in early July, so we will have the horror, I mean, the honor of seeing Secretary of State John Kerry himself raise the Star-Spangled Banner in the building located at Malecon Avenue and M Street.
As usual in these cases, this came from an unidentified source. A source that, according to the journalists, is highly experienced in these matters and closely involved in the negotiations.
In my opinion, there is a serious mistake in the article, unless the writers know something that I don’t: it says that the restoration of relations would be the latest phase in a normalization process. I think it is the last phase in the steps toward restoring relations, but the normalization process is yet to begin, judging by statements made by the Cuban government.
It goes on to say that the normalization process will move slowly owing to lingering problems over issues such as Cuba’s human rights record and the blockade, which is still in place because only Congress can lift it.
Once the required agreements are signed, the sources said, the Obama Administration will have to notify Congress of its intention to reopen the Havana embassy, and it’s required by law to give the legislature at least 15 days’ notice.
It seems that several issues are still under discussion, according to the article, and I guess they have to do with the number of the staff in both embassies, perhaps the U.S. demands for freedom of movement (that is, contacting, instructing and funding dissidents and other groups opposed to the Revolution) and even the decision on how many freight containers are needed to repair the Embassy in Havana, which they will surely use to bring in the most advanced and sophisticated spy gear available to the American intelligence community.
Except for a few contributions of my own, this is what these journalists wrote.
I am convinced that both embassies will be opened, and I am not against that, far from it! The problem is how, and that is the most important detail.
My first-grade teacher comes to mind now. She used to say: “Á TREE THAT IS BORN TWISTED NEVER GROWS STRAIGHT”.
You are surely familiar with this proverb. It’s just that the problem is not that you know it, but that you know when it applies.
- Cuban Minister Of Foreign Trade And Investment Concludes His Working Visit To The United States
During his exchange with the American counterparts, the Minister reiterated the necessity to lift the blockade. Source CubaMinrex Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz, Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, concluded this Thursday 18, a four-day...
- Cuba - Usa: The White House Talks About Obama´s Cuba Trip Again
by: Dr. Néstor García Iturbe.A CubaNews translation. On December 26, from Honolulu, where the Nobel Peace Prize-awarded President was spending his Christmas holidays, Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodestold reporters that Obama's trip to...
- Cuba-the United States : Seven Key Points
by Sergio Alejandro Gómezsource Granma Although talks between the U.S. and Cuba are in themselves a milestone for two countries which have lacked formal ties for more than 50 years, they only mark the beginning of a much longer and complicated process....
- Cuban Officials Say The U.s. Has Made Some Positive First Steps, But Normal Relations Are Still A Long Way Off.
source telesur Cuban officials say the U.S. has made some positive first steps, but normal relations are still a long way off. The United States must remove Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, a top Cuban official said ahead of historic...
- "cuba Arrests 90 Dissidents At Protest March"
I thought by opening the Embassies, trading straight up for Alan Gross, and the dialog between the US and Cuba that things would be better for the Cuban people? That's the whole arguement and premise frpm all the classic car lovers...