Gross, as well as a cuban spy. The u. S. Released the final three members of the cuban five. Cuban president raul castro also addressed the cuban people. This in no way means that the heart of the matter has been solved. The economic, commercial, and financial blockade, which causes enormous human and economic damages to our country, must cease. We will spend the hour in a roundtable discussion, well go to havana to speak with kornbluh, who wrote, back channel to cuba the Hidden History of negotiations between washington and havana. Gd we will speak with and martinarbus and Michael Ratner. As well as robert muse, who wrote, the new normalization . All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has announced the United States will restore full diplomatic relations with cuba for the first time in more than half a century. In a historic address wednesday, obama announced the shift would include the ope
What controls the cuba policy about cuba are the actions of the castro dictatorship. It is not cubanamericans, who send a large Police Contingent to venezuela to beat up dissidents and to train the Venezuelan Police forces. It is not the cubans who would like to go back to the cold war. The president wants to forget about the cold war. Raul castro wants to go back to the cold war. They have been closed back in cuba. Raul cast crow has in e castro has in cubas national bank, look up in the newspaper. There has been a lot of fraud with medicare and medicaid. And, at least in one case, and there are many others 300 million were stolen from medicaid and medicare. The money is now in cubas national bank. Is that is that a savings account . Shouldnt the administration say to mr. Castro. Give us the money before we talk about anything else . It is your money, the taxpayers money. The administration is not giving your money back. If i could ask mr. Duran to follow up on that point. If i could
Because one, it is an island, too, it has very good security forces. They have been giving life preservers after the end of the soviet union from venezuelan oil. They always seem to find a sugar daddy when things are tough. The liberalizing terms of microenterprises, they did it when i was there very liberalize in terms of microenterprise they did it when i was there and when things are doing well, they cut back on licenses. They have restaurants but a lot of those some are individuals but a lot of those are relatives in the military that have a way to invest money they have gotten from corruption in enterprises. What they tend to do is in bad times they open up a little bit and when the money comes in, they tighten up again. I think that this was a very difficult time for them. It is very unlikely that venezuela and russia and iran will be in a position with Oil Prices Plunging to continue to provide all of that money. So one of the reasons they were able to survive is that the europe
For the first time in more than half a century. Part of the deal includes cubas release of u. S. Contractor alan gross, as well as a cuban spy. The u. S. Released the final three members of the cuban five. Cuban president raul castro also addressed the cuban people. This in no way means that the heart of the matter has been solved. The economic, commercial, and financial blockade, which causes enormous human and economic damages to our country, must cease. We will spend the hour in a roundtable discussion, well go to havana to speak with kornbluh, who wrote, back channel to cuba the Hidden History of negotiations between washington and havana. Gd we will speak with and martinarbus and Michael Ratner. As well as robert muse, who wrote, the new normalization . All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has announced the United States will restore full diplomatic relations with cuba for the first t
For the first time in more than half a century. Part of the deal includes cubas release of u. S. Contractor alan gross, as well as a cuban spy. The u. S. Released the final three members of the cuban five. Cuban president raul castro also addressed the cuban people. This in no way means that the heart of the matter has been solved. The economic, commercial, and financial blockade, which causes enormous human and economic damages to our country, must cease. We will spend the hour in a roundtable discussion, well go to havana to speak with kornbluh, who wrote, back channel to cuba the Hidden History of negotiations between washington and havana. Gd we will speak with and martinarbus and Michael Ratner. As well as robert muse, who wrote, the new normalization . All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has announced the United States will restore full diplomatic relations with cuba for the first t