Obama and the Future of U.S.-Cuban Policy

A Call to Obama to Fulfill his Pledge for a New Cuban Policy

On January 20th, Barack Obama took office as the 44th U.S. president, inheriting a financial crisis and two foreign wars along with a world image of a decaying America and a beheaded Latin American policy. At home, many of his supporters held high expectations for his presidency, an entirely revamped Latin American Policy, more specifically an entirely reconstructed strategy for Cuba.

During a speech in Miami to the conservative Cuban American National Foundation on May 23, 2008, candidate Obama boldly told the virulent anti-Havana group that he would almost immediately resolve travel restrictions that had been placed by a Bush administration hand-chosen group, the anti-Castro Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba, immediately prior to the 2004 election. In his speech at the time, Obama claimed "It’s time for more than tough talk that never yields results. It’s time for a new strategy. There are no better ambassadors for freedom than Cuban Americans. That’s why I will immediately allow unlimited family travel and remittances to the island. It’s time to let Cuban Americans see their mothers and fathers, their sisters and brothers. It’s time to let Cuban American money make their families less dependent upon the Castro regime."

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This analysis was prepared by Research Associate Emily Ginsberg

In Response to Mr. McElhone’s Demurrer Over Colombia

This is COHA Research Fellow Rachel Godfrey Wood's response to Bernard McElhone's critique, "A Rant From the Dyspeptic Right" of her piece, "Ghost Economics Spook Uribe’s Colombia ". Any additional comments that speak to the argument are welcome.

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This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Fellow Rachel Godfrey Wood

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