Roberta Jacobson /tags/roberta-jacobson Roberta Jacobson en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:36:57 GMT Why Obama Went Over The Top On Venezuela This Week /news/2015-03-12/why-obama-went-over-the-top-on-venezuela-this-week Roberta Jacobson is burning up Twitter in English and Spanish this week trying to recover President Obama’s fumble on Venezuela.She’s worried – and gosh,… Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:36:57 GMT /news/2015-03-12/why-obama-went-over-the-top-on-venezuela-this-week Tim Padgett New Cuba Policy Faces Attacks On Capitol Hill But Still Moving Ahead /politics/2015-02-05/new-cuba-policy-faces-attacks-on-capitol-hill-but-still-moving-ahead Today concluded three days of U.S. congressional hearings on President Obama’s plan to restore diplomatic relations with communist Cuba. The… Thu, 05 Feb 2015 22:00:26 GMT /politics/2015-02-05/new-cuba-policy-faces-attacks-on-capitol-hill-but-still-moving-ahead Tim Padgett Obama's Top Negotiator In Cuba Says Human Rights, Private Sector Will Be U.S. Drumbeat /news/2015-01-28/obamas-top-negotiator-in-cuba-says-human-rights-private-sector-will-be-u-s-drumbeat Here’s one indicator of how much things have changed between the United States and Cuba:When President Obama announced last month that he planned to… Wed, 28 Jan 2015 15:10:46 GMT /news/2015-01-28/obamas-top-negotiator-in-cuba-says-human-rights-private-sector-will-be-u-s-drumbeat Tim Padgett Cuba Talks: Capitalism Vs. Communism, Rights Vs. Repression /news/2015-01-26/cuba-talks-capitalism-vs-communism-rights-vs-repression This past weekend, the top U.S. negotiator in the talks to normalize relations with communist Cuba stopped in Miami on her way back from Havana. She… Mon, 26 Jan 2015 06:24:49 GMT /news/2015-01-26/cuba-talks-capitalism-vs-communism-rights-vs-repression Tim Padgett Top U.S. Negotiator Meets With Cuban Dissidents About Rights After Havana Talks /news/2015-01-23/top-u-s-negotiator-meets-with-cuban-dissidents-about-rights-after-havana-talks The U.S. and Cuba have wrapped up the first round of historic talks to re-establish diplomatic relations. But the lead U.S. negotiator stayed on in Havana… Fri, 23 Jan 2015 22:10:44 GMT /news/2015-01-23/top-u-s-negotiator-meets-with-cuban-dissidents-about-rights-after-havana-talks Tim Padgett Now Starts The Hard Part Of Pulling The U.S. And Cuba Out Of Their Cold-War Time Warp /news/2015-01-21/now-starts-the-hard-part-of-pulling-the-u-s-and-cuba-out-of-their-cold-war-time-warp Like Michael J. Fox struggling to power his DeLorean back to the future, the United States and Cuba on Wednesday start the labor of propelling their… Wed, 21 Jan 2015 14:13:55 GMT /news/2015-01-21/now-starts-the-hard-part-of-pulling-the-u-s-and-cuba-out-of-their-cold-war-time-warp Tim Padgett The Plight of Haitian-Dominicans: Judicial Review Or Just Racism? /politics/2013-12-18/the-plight-of-haitian-dominicans-judicial-review-or-just-racism The Dominican Republic is right about one thing. The nations of the world are indeed moving away from birthright citizenship. In fact, only 30 of the… Wed, 18 Dec 2013 22:37:14 GMT /politics/2013-12-18/the-plight-of-haitian-dominicans-judicial-review-or-just-racism Tim Padgett