/tags/u-s-cuba-normalization U.S.-Cuba normalization en-US SAąúĽĘ´«Ä± Fri, 06 Aug 2021 13:33:35 GMT /commentary/2021-08-06/a-democratic-president-helped-empower-cubans-and-thats-helping-republicans COMMENTARY South Florida Republicans won't admit it, but the historic Cuban protests they're capitalizing on now owe a debt to Obama's Cuba internet efforts. Fri, 06 Aug 2021 13:33:35 GMT /commentary/2021-08-06/a-democratic-president-helped-empower-cubans-and-thats-helping-republicans Tim Padgett /show/latin-america-report/2019-06-10/is-u-s-cuba-engagement-dead-normalization-promoters-say-they-can-wait-out-trump Last week President Trump dealt another blow to the U.S. policy of engagement with communist Cuba. He banned U.S. people-to-people travel to Cuba – and… Mon, 10 Jun 2019 23:44:32 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2019-06-10/is-u-s-cuba-engagement-dead-normalization-promoters-say-they-can-wait-out-trump Tim Padgett /news/2018-06-20/will-immigration-tragedy-show-congressional-cubans-the-castro-ness-of-trump COMMENTARYI’m a critic of U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen’s push to isolate Cuba, which I consider an outdated means of achieving change on the… Wed, 20 Jun 2018 20:41:47 GMT /news/2018-06-20/will-immigration-tragedy-show-congressional-cubans-the-castro-ness-of-trump Tim Padgett /news/2018-03-07/is-u-s-cuba-normalization-over-if-its-not-it-might-as-well-be COMMENTARYThis Sunday, Cuba will hold what passes for parliamentary elections there. Voters will ratify National Assembly candidates pre-selected by the… Wed, 07 Mar 2018 23:42:10 GMT /news/2018-03-07/is-u-s-cuba-normalization-over-if-its-not-it-might-as-well-be Tim Padgett /news/2017-06-08/export-tax-a-good-way-to-stick-it-to-cuba-or-a-good-way-for-cuba-to-stick-it-to-us COMMENTARYWhile South Florida breathlessly awaits President Trump’s decision on whether to roll back his predecessor’s normalization of relations with… Thu, 08 Jun 2017 14:47:41 GMT /news/2017-06-08/export-tax-a-good-way-to-stick-it-to-cuba-or-a-good-way-for-cuba-to-stick-it-to-us Tim Padgett /news/2016-12-07/trump-risks-snuffing-out-cubas-glimmer-of-non-communist-independence COMMENTARYIn June I moderated a Miami panel on renewed U.S.-Cuba relations. The panelists, all Cuban-Americans, represented the pro- and… Thu, 08 Dec 2016 01:20:27 GMT /news/2016-12-07/trump-risks-snuffing-out-cubas-glimmer-of-non-communist-independence Tim Padgett /show/latin-america-report/2016-11-21/communists-trump-b-bs-richard-feinberg-on-where-cuba-and-u-s-ties-headed Next month marks the second anniversary of normalized relations between the U.S. and Cuba – and things couldn’t look more uncertain. President-elect… Tue, 22 Nov 2016 01:09:02 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2016-11-21/communists-trump-b-bs-richard-feinberg-on-where-cuba-and-u-s-ties-headed Tim Padgett /news/2016-11-04/cuba-rejects-ballyhooed-plan-for-a-u-s-factory-on-the-island When the U.S. and Cuba normalized relations two years ago, hope sprang eternal that Americans could now do business on the island. But we got another… Fri, 04 Nov 2016 21:50:45 GMT /news/2016-11-04/cuba-rejects-ballyhooed-plan-for-a-u-s-factory-on-the-island Tim Padgett /show/latin-america-report/2016-09-05/u-s-airlines-fly-high-in-cuba-but-the-islands-economy-is-badly-grounded There was a lot of celebration – and not a little hype – last week when JetBlue took the first U.S. commercial flight into Cuba in more than 50 years.It… Tue, 06 Sep 2016 01:59:04 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2016-09-05/u-s-airlines-fly-high-in-cuba-but-the-islands-economy-is-badly-grounded Tim Padgett /news/2016-07-21/a-year-after-us-and-cuba-restore-diplomatic-ties-rubio-and-company-still-in-time-warp COMMENTARYHere’s a flashback from the Cold War tape loop we used to call Cuba policy:In 2004, then U.S. President George W. Bush tightened the U.S. trade… Thu, 21 Jul 2016 20:07:59 GMT /news/2016-07-21/a-year-after-us-and-cuba-restore-diplomatic-ties-rubio-and-company-still-in-time-warp Tim Padgett