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By Anthony from Miami, FL - Oct 29th, 2008 at 5:29 pm EDT

The following opinion piece was written by my boss Chairman of the Cuban American National Foundation Jorge Mas Santos.

How to Win the Cuban American Vote
By Jorge Mas Santos
Saturday, October 25, 2008; Page A15

U.S. policy toward Cuba is at best static and at worst counterproductive, a source of increasing frustration to many Cuban Americans. This sad status quo contributes to the challenge that Cuban Americans will face on Election Day as, once again, particularly in Florida, our vote will probably help determine the next occupant of the White House.

The overwhelming majority of Cuban Americans expect the next president to abandon today's failed "wait and hope" policy and adopt a policy of support and engagement directed toward opening new avenues of freedom for the Cuban people as well as enhancing stability in the United States.

The Cuban American National Foundation, the nation's largest Cuban exile organization, has a predominantly Republican membership. Yet our fundamental interest is not partisan politics but helping to restore freedom to our brothers and sisters on the island.

We entered the new millennium expecting U.S. policy toward Cuba to follow the effective model of the West's support for Poland's Solidarity movement and civil society across Eastern Europe. It was our hope that by seeking to empower Cuba's independent civil society through unlimited support for the brave men and women on the island opposing the Castro regime, the energy and resources of the Cuban American community would be unleashed. To this end, we have been sorely disappointed.

As a direct result of President Bush's strategic blunder in 2004 restricting contact with the island, Cuban dissidents have experienced a significant reduction in material and humanitarian assistance. They are also subject to a ban on receiving cash remittances that help them and their families survive. The isolation of these and other Cubans has increased while Fidel Castro's departure from office caught the Bush administration off guard. Together, these developments have helped Raúl Castro consolidate control over the Cuban people.

These failures in U.S. policy undermine important American interests. Just as a democratic Israel is a key U.S. friend in a critical region, a democratic Cuba would be a crucial ally in furthering democracy in Latin America. Cuba is important, also, because the dissatisfaction of its people under the Castro regime is bound to have a significant effect on Floridians and Cuban Americans nationwide. It has in the past.
The next president must put a stop to America's spectator approach. To this end, we have presented the campaigns of Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama with simple recommendations based on two basic premises: (a) the status quo is unacceptable; and (b) change needs to come from within Cuba. Our specific recommendations are:
• Change the rules that make it impossible to send cash aid and allow direct, substantial and unfettered aid to Cuba's dissidents.

• Lift the 2004 restrictions on travel and remittances by Cuban Americans. Removing the handcuffs that have prevented us from becoming active participants in the development of Cuban civil society will make us agents of change.

• Maintain sanctions that diminish the Castro regime's access to hard currency, which it uses to help fund its apparatus of repression.

• Engage democratic and reformist forces in Cuba, including those in the military and in the civilian government. They need to know that they can count on the friendship and support of the United States.

• Rebuild our intelligence capabilities in Cuba; they have been dismantled over the past decade, creating a vulnerability in this nation's security.

Both presidential candidates have made clear that they want to help the Cuban people achieve freedom. But Barack Obama's forward-looking and proactive approach toward empowering the Cuban people is more in line with these proposals than John McCain's vow to continue the Bush administration's policy.

More of the same will not bring about freedom in Cuba, and more must be done to directly assist Cuba's opposition movement. Cuban Americans are wary of empty promises. But on Nov. 4, before casting ballots, we will ask ourselves two important questions: Who will adopt a proactive policy toward Cuba, and if dissidents in Cuba had a vote in our election, for whom would they vote?

The writer is chairman of the Cuban American National Foundation.

http://canf1.org/artman/publish/home_page/How_to_Win_the_Cuban_American_Vote.shtml

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For far too long the politics that relate to Cuba and it's people have been highjacked by the Republican party and it's goons here in Florida, and finally, for once, it seems like change is in the air!

PLEASE if anyone that's close to the campain reads this it is imperative that we take action and implement the points that Mr. Mas Santos has eloquently stated in his article.

As a Cuban/Venezuelan/American living in Miami I can say without any doubt that if real change in the policy towards Cuba is enacted by Mr. Obama the politics of this state will change from a "battleground" to a solid BLUE state for the Democrats!

This is a state that the Republicans have short changed with it's elected representatives since I arrived here and that is exactly the reason why it has always remained "at play" every election year.

It is time we change that once and for all, it is time we help the political prisoners and the people of Cuba not just with rhetoric but with action!

Go Obama Go Cuba!

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A convincing argument

By March4health4All - Sep 24th, 2008 at 12:16 am EDT

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I have found one argument that has work like magic, even with the most hardheaded Republicans: forget the economy, forget who you like or who you trust, the question is, what part of the bus do you want to sit in, what water fountain do you want to drink from etc. As a Hispanic and a Jew, explaining the roll of an “activist judge”, the status of the Supreme Court today, and the long term consequences of their reach, I have converted even some life time Republican Cubans and some newly scared Jews, I guess I redirected their fears towards the real enemy. The economy will pass, this time “is the Supreme Court, stupid”.

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According to Mark Cuban

By NawlinsKid - Sep 23rd, 2008 at 2:58 am EDT

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There is one major problem on Wall Street, that until solved, will result in meltown after meltdown in future years. I can’t say if the meltdown monkey will hit every 2,3, 5 or 10 years. But I can say with certainty that it will happen again. Why ?
Because Risk and Reward have been decoupled for CEOs on Wall Street…
Lets say you run Country Wide Insurance. You get the housing market plumped up, during which you sell $414mm dollars worth of stock, and then watch as it spirals out of control because you lent money to anyone with a pulse, and probably to some without. Your punishment ? A $110mm payday. Oh wait, he had to give some back. Sucks to be him doesn’t it…
Which is exactly why we need to re-establish a link between risk and reward in public companies. The first step should be the following law:
If the government must step in and provide any sort of financing or guarantees for any part of a public company’s business, then all officers and directors lose all rights to severance pay and all outstanding vested or unvested options or warrants immediately become canceled…
And what about the CEOs that just screw up companies, but not to the point of federal bailouts? You cant protect against hiring a bad CEO. It happens. You can pass a law saying that officers and board members can’t be paid in stock. Let them take their cash earnings and go on the market and buy stock or options like everyone else. Putting their own cash money on the line will create a link between the risk and the reward. They will be in the same boat as every other shareholder. It’s their money on the line.
Thought you should know....
KC

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Debunking Some Myths About Obama One-By-OneShare

By Michelle - Sep 11th, 2008 at 9:38 am EDT

My mom just called me flabbergasted about the support for McCain in Miami among Cubans and Cuban-Americans -- hardly a surprise to me or her for that matter. What was surprising to us is the reasons these people give for supporting McCain and therefore voting against Obama. Because I have heard these same "myths" as reasons for not supporting Senator Barack Obama from others outside of the Cuban sector, I thought it would be beneficial to take a "mythbusters" type approach to each and debunk them all, one-by-one. After all, if they are all false, then that leaves no reason not to vote for Obama, now does it?

"OBAMA IS RACIST AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE" or "OBAMA IS NOT REALLY BLACK"

Obama is biracial, born of a white mother and a Kenyan father. He is an African-American male who has never denied his African roots and has embraced both the issues facing Black people in America and the importance of his culture and upbringing. As Time Magazine stated on February 1, 2007:

"Back in the real world, Obama is married to a black woman. He goes to a black church. He's worked with poor people on the South Side of Chicago, and still lives there. That someone given the escape valve of biraciality would choose to be black, would see some beauty in his darker self and still care more about health care and public education than reparations and Confederate flags is just too much for many small-minded racists, both black and white, to comprehend.Barack Obama's real problem isn't that he's too white — it's that he's too black. "

When people say that Obama is racist against Black people (or anyone else for that matter), I can't help but wonder if that is their way of hiding the fact that they are too racist to vote a Black man into the oval office, but are too afraid to be politically incorrect and racist enough to say so. And when they say he is not Black enough, I wonder what more they want? As the same Time article said, Obama has been called "the 'first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,' implying that the black people who are regularly seen by whites are none of these things. Clearly the problem lies in those evaluating Obama's "Blackness" not in Obama himself.

Looks like this myth is BUSTED.

OBAMA IS A MUSLIM

Throughout his time in public office there has been much controversy about Barack Obama's religion, many believing he either grew up Muslim or is still Muslim.

As Newsweek points out, Obama was "born to a Christian-turned-secular mother and a Muslim-turned-atheist African father, [growing] up living all across the world with plenty of spiritual influences, but without any particular religion." Growing up appreciating all religions but ascribing to none, he found Christianity and was baptized in the early 1990s as a Christian in Chicago at Trinity United Church of Christ.

Of his time at Trinity, Obama stated:

"For one thing, Trinity insisted on social activism as a part of Christian life. It was also a family place. Members refer to the sections in the massive sanctuary as neighborhoods; churchgoers go to the same neighborhood each Sunday and they get to know the people who sit near them. They know when someone's sick or got a promotion at work."

In the same Newsweek article, Obama states that "[his] family says grace at mealtime, and he talks to the children about God whenever they have questions." He also says that, on the campaign trail, "thanks to the efforts of his religious outreach team, he has an army of clerics and friends praying for him and e-mailing him snippets of Scripture...to think about during the day."

Looks like this myth is BUSTED.

OBAMA'S MOM HAD HIM AT 18. THAT SHOWS NO FAMILY VALUES.

You know, I'd rather not go here given the grace that the Democratic party has show on this issue thus far, so I will keep it short and sweet. Yes, Obama's mother had him at the young age of 18. His mother's decision to bring him into this world, however, does not affect who he is as a Senator or the family values that he instills in his two young children. We all know by now that Palin's unwed daughter, Bristol, is pregnant at age 17. How can a McCain supporter back the McCain/Palin ticket where Palin's own daughter is 17, unwed and pregnant and yet attack Obama for being brought into this world by an 18 year old mother. While Palin had the chance to instill family values in Briston to make informed decisions on sex, Obama did not have the same chance to influence his mother and her decision to have him.

As Obama said, "I think people's families are off-limits, and people's children are especially off-limits." Let's hope that the Republican party has the same respect and leaves Obama's mother out of the family values debate.

ESPECIALLY FOR CUBANS - MCCAIN HAS BETTER POLICIES FOR CUBANS

I know that since the time of Kennedy, Cubans have held contempt for Democrats and have thrown their vote into the Republican hat. Rather than continue to follow this blindly, I ask that Cubans evaluate where Republican policies have gotten us since and whether it is wise to continue being led by the Republican party and it's promises of a non-Communist Cuba. Reagan didn't end the reign of Castro. Bush didn't end it either. And now that Castro's brother, Raul, is in power, what makes you think McCain will be any different?

McCain has said that "Obama's policy of offering talks with the Cuban regime and easing some US trade restrictions 'would send the worst possible signal to Cuba's dictators,'" but where has the strict Bush-era embargo gotten us with Cuba? The answer is - nowhere different than we were before. Cuban-Americans that have decided not to follow blindly and to actually evaluate what is being said by Obama and McCain are supporting "Obama's call for lifting parts of the five-decade-old sanctions against Cuba. . . amid frustration over travel and money transfer restrictions imposed by President George W. Bush in 2004."

The media in Miami does not always provide the full story and it's time Cuban-Americans focus on the facts and disallow themselves to be led by a party spouting what they know Cuban-Americans want to hear for the sheer purpose of garnering another vote. How does the embargo help Cubans on the island? After the island was recently hit by Gustav, CNN reported that two prominent Cuban dissidents wrote a letter asking "President Bush to loosen restrictions temporarily on travel and sending money to the communist-run island to help tens of thousands left homeless by Hurricane Gustav." The Republicans talk about smaller government but when it comes to sending food and money to your family members left in Cuba that are suffering in the wake of a tragic storm do you want to wait for your government to decide if it's okay for you to help your family? How much bigger can government get than this?

A Washington Post article notes that "if elected, the Illinois senator would lift restrictions imposed by the Bush administration and allow Cuban-Americans to visit their relatives more frequently, as well as ease limits on the amount of money they can send to their families." The article also notes that:

" 'Senator Obama feels that the Bush administration has made a humanitarian and a strategic blunder,' spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in an e-mail. 'His concern is that this has had a profoundly negative impact on the Cuban people, making them more dependent on the Castro regime, thus isolating them from the transformative message carried by Cuban-Americans.' "

Before the Bush-era restrictions on Cuba, Cuban Americans could visit their family once a year and send up to $3,000 but now, Cuban-Americans can only visit the island once every three years and can only send quarterly remittances of up to $300 per household to immediate family members. (Washington Post)

The embargo has been in place for 45 years and now, Cuban-Americans have less ability to see or help their families than ever before and less of a chance to have any ties to their homeland. Obama is gaining ground with leading Cuban exile groups for this reason.

Joe Garcia, a former head of the Cuban-American Foundation said of Obama and his stance towards bringing change to Cuba and its people:

"It shows courage, and it shows commitment to move beyond the status-quo politics of rhetoric, which is all the Cuban-American community has received from any party for the last half century."

It is time Cuban-Americans stand to bring real change to Cuba, to bring down the communism that cripples the Cuban people and to have control over when they visit Cuba and how and when they can help their family. So far, the Republican party has offered nothing but words -- 45 years and the embargo has not helped Cuba one bit.

Looks like Obama is the better choice here too. This myth is BUSTED.

Conclusion
Hopefully, this helps debunk some of the myths that I have heard of late about Obama. If you have others you have heard that you would like facts on to see what is true and what is not, please leave a comment. I'd be more than happy to check out their veracity and include it in a future note. Read More »

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Cubans for Obama

By Will - Jul 3rd, 2008 at 9:16 am EDT

Recently, I had the privilege of visiting the country where both my parents were born, Cuba. I use the word "privilege" because I had the opportunity to visit family I haven't seen in twenty four years not because permission was given to me by the United States to cross such a border. As we all know, there is an American embargo on conducting any type of business with Cuba. It is not illegal to go there. It is illegal to spend money there. Since Cuba charges a $25 fee to leave the country Americans cannot possibly visit the island without spending money there. As we all learned in school, this embargo was put into place in order to starve Castro's government and have it collapse from within. Now this is my favorite part of the story. The embargo was initiated on October 19, 1960 by President Eisenhower and still lives on today. That is forty eight years of isolation; three generations have passed and the third is entering the workforce as we speak; ten United States Presidents have been elected and left office. The eleventh president will be elected this November and his position on the Cuban embargo is extremely important.

While I was in Cuba, I noted the extreme poverty that most people live under. My uncles, aunts and cousins live in Calabazar, a suburb of Havana. While staying with them for just seven days I was able to gain a glimpse into the state of their lives. There is of course no air conditioner in the house. I was constantly sweating, even when I would lie down at night to go to sleep. There was very little hot water and the water pressure was non-existent. The quality of the food was poor, even though we were buying the best quality around during our stay there. The store shelves were empty, which caused us to go to a variety of stores to find what we needed. This includes basic goods like water. The cars are from the 50's and hanging on by thin threads. One night the car we were using broke down and we had to push it until the driver was able to start it back up again. Best of all, the plumbing system was probably the worst I have ever seen. We couldn't flush paper down the toilet, which made for a very fun and exciting trip to the bathroom.

I'm not saying that all of this is the fault of the United States government. Not at all. However, I am saying that after forty eight years our embargo has obviously failed. We need different policies in place so that the Cuban people, my family included can have a chance to live better lives. It was no surprise to find out that everyone I spoke to in Cuba, my family and their friends were Barack Obama supporters. This is because Obama could help improve the lives of the Cuban people. Obama may not be talking about lifting the embargo just yet but he is talking about initiating dialogue between the United States and Cuban leaders. This is a step in the right direction, a step that the Bush administration and the McCain campaign are unwilling to make.

In my opinion, we will never make any change anywhere in the world unless we have open discussions with people. You cannot possibly progress by ignoring someone. Obama also wants to ease the harsh restrictions Bush has imposed on visiting Cuba and sending money there. Currently, my parents can only go there once every three years but I cannot go at all since I do not have immediate family there (parents, siblings or children). How is it right that families be torn apart in such a way? We claim to be such a humane country but we deny our people the right to visit their relatives because we do not agree with a foreign government's policies. The way I see it, while I was in Cuba I could care less about the governing power. I was simply overwhelmed by the opportunity to see my family. Are family values not the core of the American dream? I will treasure my experience there forever, because my eyes were opened to the hardships my family experiences on a day to day basis. This November I will be voting for Barack Obama in order to give my family a chance to feed and clothe their children. I hope they one day have a chance to spend money frivolously as we do on microwaves, lawn chairs and cotton candy. We live amazing lives and I hope they can someday have a taste of it. I cried when I left them at the airport for two reasons. First, I don't know when I will be able to return to see them again and that breaks my heart. Second, I felt guilty that I was returning to my great life and leaving the people I love behind to live in such misery. Hopefully, that will change soon.

Oh, and on my way out of the country my father, on my behalf, paid the $25 tax I was charged to leave. I never broke an American law!

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Cuba: Must read Barack Obama and Cuba Policy.

By ! A LUIS "Cuba!" MORO. . . . . - Jun 28th, 2008 at 10:05 am EDT

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"The Character Factor: U.S. Policy toward Cuba determines elections nation wide."

The following is a list of articles related to Cuba policies, politics and Barack Obama.

Being pro or against the embargo on Cuba seems to be one question that reveals

a politicians character.

If a politician is for a Cuba policy that has failed for 47 years, they should NOT be in political office.

Please take a few moments and review some of the articles.

Our commitment is to abolish the 47 year old failed U.S. policies against Cuba.

By Luis Cuba Moro

Table of content as of June 28th - at this blog:

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/blog/Cuba

Cuba: A world that works for everyone, with no one left out. Jun 27th, 2008 at 10:14 am EDT

Cuba: Barack Obama is a mulatto; does that make him a white man? - Jun 26th, 2008 at 4:58 am EDT

CUBA: The European Union's lift sanctions against Cuba. - Jun 25th, 2008 at 7:52 pm EDT

Cuba: Cuba approves, makes available lung cancer vaccine. - Jun 25th, 2008 at 12:47 pm EDT

Cuba: Obama has a 16 point lead in a South Florida poll - Jun 24th, 2008 at 8:17 am EDT

Cuba: There is no U.S. Embargo on Cuba.- Jun 24th, 2008 at 8:13 am EDT

Cuba: I'm sorry. - Jun 24th, 2008 at 6:45 am EDT

Cuba: If Cuba was a white (Och!) Country, there would be no embargo. Jun 21st, 2008 at 1:01 pm EDT

Cuba: 1,400 free photos of the Real Cuba today. - Jun 20th, 2008 at 2:03 pm EDT
http://www.EveryThingCuba.com

Cuba: The Death of Political Insanity: The Case Of Cuba. Jun 20th, 2008 at 1:37 pm EDT

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Cuba: Barack Obama is a mulatto; does that make him a white man?

By ! A LUIS "Cuba!" MORO. . . . . - Jun 26th, 2008 at 4:58 am EDT

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Recently someone wrote to one of my blog articles saying that Cuba is a white country.

I almost fell off my chair. They simply must be watching to much I love Lucy reruns thinking everyone in Cuba is Ricky Ricardo.

Joking a side, I assert they think that because the Cuban politicians who have high-jacked Cuba policy in Washington, DC are rich white Cubans.

I was born in Cuba. I've been back to Cuba, I've see the people with my own eyes.

Cuba is a black country.

Now I personally couldn't care less about color, etc. BUT, I can't act naive, especially with the 47 year history of white Cuban politicians in both Cuba and the United States destroying families and friends relationships with childish politics.

The "white" politicians throughout the 47 years have lived great for the most part. While the citizens of Cuba, America and the world continue to be deprived access to Cuba.

As you read on, you will see a simple logic that will support part of my claim that:

If Cuba was a white country, there would be no embargo.

First lets get clear on Cuba is a black country. In a future article, you will read why "if Cuba was a white country, there would be no embargo."

By the why, Barack Obama is mulatto, hence a black man.

Go Obama, Free Cuba!
Luis Moro
www.EveryThingCuba.com
See 1400 Free images of Cuba and you decide what color people you see.

CIA Cuba facts related to ethnic groups.

Cuba's population is
51% Mulatto
37% white
11% Black
1% Chinese (Soon to be much more given the deals Cuba has with China)

Barack Obama is a mulatto.
The majority of the world considers Barack Obama a black man, hence if you are mulatto; you are black.

Barack's mother is white and his father is black. i.e. he's a mulatto.

Barack Obama is mulatto, yet there is no denying Obama and almost everyone else is going around saying it's history that Barack is a black man presidential candidate.

No body is mistaking Barack or considering him white.

The majority of the population in Cuba is 66% black. (51% mulatto and 11% black)

I trust you, the reader have now expanded your consciousness.

I truly believe you are not racist, and now you can consider with an even more open reality.

If Cuba was a white country there would be no embargo.

Again, it's not a matter of racism; it's a function of consciousness.

Definitions of mulatto on the Web:
• an offspring of a black and a white parent
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

• Mulatto (Spanish mulato, small mule, person of mixed race, mulatto, from mulo, mule, from Old Spanish, from Latin mūlus.) is a person of mixed black and white ancestry or the offspring of one white parent and one black parent or someone 50% black and 50% white. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulatto

• often pejorative: A person of mixed African and Caucasian descent; Census: Anyone born to two 1/2 African and 1/2 Caucasian parents; Census: Anyone 3/4 African and 1/4 Caucasian or 1/4 African and 3/4 Caucasian en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mulatto

• The child of one white and one Negro parent. (One half black.) www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/Glossary.htm

• A person having one Caucasian and one Negro parent; any person of mixed Caucasian and Negro ancestry. www.balchfriends.org/Glimpse/vocabulary.htm

• Person of mixed race or dual descent. It often referred to the ofspring of a black female slave and a white man. ... abolition.e2bn.org/glossary/view_glossary_0_M.html

• A person with both black and while heritage.
freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~emty/Glossary_of_Words_and%20Terms.html

• (210) - (Sp., "person of mixed race") a person of mixed white and black ancestry.
www.nmhschool.org/tthornton/tignorterms.php

Source: CIA The World Fact book.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cu.html

*I'm not saying the CIA is always right, (either are they); but the CIA is a much better reliable organization than Wikipedia top rely on as a source of information. No body would want to base their life on Wiki "facts".

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CUBA: The European Union's lift sanctions against Cuba.

By ! A LUIS "Cuba!" MORO. . . . . - Jun 25th, 2008 at 7:52 pm EDT

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Obama is 100% on the mark with his foreign policy direction; talking and communicating works.

Our European brothers and sisters on earth have finally said enough is enough.
The have started the process of eliminating the U.S. lead embargo against Cuba and Americans.

See full story below.
Thank you and please spread the education.
Luis Moro
www.EveryThingCuba.com

End of EU sanctions on Cuba deals US a setback

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The European Union's decision to lift sanctions against Cuba dealt a setback to US diplomacy after Washington failed to convince eastern European allies to block the move, analysts say.

"It was a failure for American diplomacy, which did everything possible through pressure on eastern European countries, like the Czechs or the Poles, to get a different result," said Janette Habel, an analyst with France's Institute of Higher Learning on Latin America.

President George W. Bush's administration, which has stiffened sanctions against Cuba, initially expressed disappointment last week when the EU said it would end the sanctions it imposed after a crackdown on dissidents in 2003.

Tom Casey, the US State Department's deputy spokesman, cautioned US allies to "be cognizant of not taking actions that would appear to give additional legitimacy" to the Cuban regime.

But a day later the department's chief spokesman, Sean McCormack, softened US criticism, refusing to repeat the White House reaction that it was "disappointed."

"This is a tactical difference," McCormack told reporters Friday.

"The US and the European Union share common objectives in Cuba: freedom, democracy and universal human rights," he said, noting that the EU would review the human rights situation in Cuba every year.

The EU officially lifted the sanctions on Monday, hoping to encourage democracy in Cuba in the wake of the historic handover of power in February, when Raul Castro took over the presidency for his ailing brother Fidel.

The measure was largely symbolic, as the EU sanctions had been suspended since 2005. It was championed by Spain, which normalized relations with Cuba last year.

Marifeli Perez-Stable, vice president of the Inter-American Dialogue think-tank here, said Washington's hardline stance against Cuba was dented because its eastern European allies backed the EU's decision.

The US position to keep up its tough stance on Cuba "until the two Castros die is running out of fuel," Perez-Stable said.

"In Europe or Latin America, no one agrees with US policy on Cuba, whether the governments are on the right or on the left," she said.

Spain's Secretary of State for the EU Diego Lopez Garrido said the decision to lift the sanctions showed the European bloc's "independence" from Washington.

"The White House has made it known to EU countries that it does not like this move at all," Lopez Garrido said, but Brussels "has shown it is capable of ... choosing its own foreign policy path."

The United States has imposed an economic embargo on Cuba since 1962. Bush tightened the sanctions four years ago.

White House contender John McCain, a Republican like Bush, has vowed to maintain the embargo. Democratic rival Barack Obama has pledged to lift some of the restrictions on Cuban-Americans imposed by Bush in 2004.

Tom Shannon, the top US diplomat for Latin America, said in a Spanish newspaper interview that the goals of the EU move regarding democracy and human rights "are the correct ones, are the right ones."

"But we are worried that it tries to go too fast in the relationship with a government that is still stuck in a dictatorship," Shannon told El Pais.

Spain's Cuba policy caused some tension between the European country and the United States. But a Spanish official said the latest move to end the sanctions would not create new problems.

"I don't think they are interested, in the end of a term, to open a new front and fight with the EU," the source said, "especially since it was an issue that was unanimously adopted and there was no opposition from the friendly nations."

Source:
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gfuDkWsYl3D2_t6BZh73hwYMGIpg

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Cuba: Cuba approves, makes available lung cancer vaccine.

By ! A LUIS "Cuba!" MORO. . . . . - Jun 25th, 2008 at 12:47 pm EDT

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Luis Moro comment on article

Cuba approves, makes available lung cancer vaccine - *See article below from: Reuters by Jeff Franks.

Luis Moro writes:

I’ve been personally aware of the high-end private negotiations that are active with certain sectors of industry with Cuba. One such area is the pharmaceutical field. I am not claiming to be an expert or authority on the topic. But I do believe this is accurate information given the source and, again, my own personal conversations with actual attorneys handling the on-going subject.

With that said, I expect that many of the pro-embargo against Cuba community will say this if false information, propaganda and more communist lies. Odds are, these will be the same people who say there is “no embargo on Cuba.”

Barack Obama now has an entire new community of voters who should move like “Chain lighting” to abolish the embargo.

Cancer patients all over America, the world; should know that in Cuba there is a possible cure for cancer. At the very least in Cuba, a cancer patient might have a viable new option. I could personally hold a grudge towards Cuba or Pro-embargo enthusiast given my mother and her brother (my uncle) have both died of Cancer. One in Cuba, without the treatment of the privileged and mom in America, without the treatment of the privileged.

With that said, the one thing that is certain, to get the treatment for Cancer in Cuba, it will take the same “product” as in the U.S.; it will take you lots of money.

Good luck and God Bless everyone who may need and actually get the opportunity to use this new Cancer treatment in Cuba. I suspect many pro-embargo against Cuba cancer patient will soon want to abolish the embargo. (Och!)

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Cuba approves, makes available lung cancer vaccine

Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:37pm BST

By Jeff Franks

http://uk.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUKN2435519120080624?sp=true

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban scientists said on Tuesday the first vaccine to extend lives of lung cancer patients has been approved by Cuban authorities for use and is available in the island's hospitals.

The drug, CimaVax EGF, has been shown to increase survival rates on average four to five months and much longer in some patients, they said in a news conference at Cuba's Center of Molecular Immunology.

In contrast to chemotherapy, the traditional treatment for lung cancer, they said CimaVax EGF has few side effects because it is a modified protein that attacks only cancer cells. They said it was the first lung cancer vaccine to be approved anywhere in the world, although there are others currently being tested.

"It's the first vaccine for lung cancer registered in the world," said Gisela Gonzalez, who headed the development of the vaccine, begun in 1992.

The drug is in various stages of clinical trials in a number of other countries and is most likely to be approved next in Peru, where it could be publicly available by year's end, Gonzalez said.

She said several private companies had been licensed to market the vaccine, but it will be produced in Cuba. Cost for the treatment had not yet been determined, Gonzalez said.

Other cancer vaccines under development elsewhere include one made by Antigenics Inc against melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, and another made by Avant Immunotherapeutics Inc and licensed by drug giant Pfizer Inc that attacks glioblastoma multiforme, the most common and deadly type of brain tumor.

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Tania Crombet, director of clinical investigations at Havana's molecular immunology center, said people from outside Cuba can come to the island for treatment.

"It's possible to provide this vaccine to any patient, because it's available in Cuba, it's approved by the Cuban drug agency so we can market the vaccine in Cuba and we can receive patients from outside," she said.

The exception would probably be Americans, she said, who are restricted from Cuba travel by the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba in place since 1962.

"Even though there is a new therapeutic tool approved in Cuba they probably wouldn't be able to come to Cuba to receive it because of the embargo," Crombet said. The drug has been approved for clinical trial in the United States, but its possible use there is at least two to three years away, Gonzalez said.

Cuba's state-run biotechnology sector includes around 50 research and development centers and is considered one of the most advanced in the developing world.

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Cuba: I'm sorry.

By ! A LUIS "Cuba!" MORO. . . . . - Jun 24th, 2008 at 6:45 am EDT

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I’m sorry.

I did not mean to offend anyone with my recent post. If you actually read it through again, you should realize the title is not the point.

My point is not about race, rather lack of conciseness. A white rich Cuban politician out of Miami does not have the best interest of a black, white, green poor Cuban in Cuba or America. There is 47 years of evidence to prove that. AND I do agree 100% the embargo is not a race issue, but color, like gender, still a distinction that can't be ignored.

I trust you accept what I am saying next. I do not think the embargo is a race issue, it is a conciseness issue, an awareness issue. You and I are first aware of our own interest. I can bet everything I own that the most politicians supporting the embargo on Cuba have no idea who we really are, or care.

For example: most people refer to Obama as black, he is actually mixed. His mother is white. I personally don’t care, I’m for any person who actually thinks and makes decisions based on Character. I truly hope you get what I am pointing to, and by no means do I intend my point to be about race. Even though calling me “Negro” is perfectly find for most Latin’s, except of course if you are “Negro.”

I laugh at any name a person calls me. I give credit to that old school way of thinking. “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Thank you for giving me your time and consideration. Luis Moro www.EveryThingCuba.com.

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Cuba: If Cuba was a white (Och!) Country, there would be no embargo.

By ! A LUIS "Cuba!" MORO. . . . . - Jun 21st, 2008 at 1:01 pm EDT

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Racism is alive and well for Black Latin’s. The irony is America goes crazy if someone other than a black person calls a black person a “N…r”.

Yet the white Hispanic community will call Afro Latin’s “Negros” like it’s a term of endearment. It’s not.

I’m an Afro-Cuban and I’m equally proud of being a black, Latin, living in America. I’m an exile, I was born in Cuba, and I’ve been back to Cuba. I’ve made an excellent film in Cuba and I can assert with plenty of facts to back it up: “If Cuba was a white Country, there would be no embargo.”

Simply look at the majority of faces in Cuba and then look at the faces of who supports the embargo in Cuba. I personally don’t think it’s intentional racism, but rather a function of limited or no consciousness. Especially by Cuban and other politicians who’s families aren’t in Cuba, don’t have friends in Cuba and are well off financially in America.

It’s been rich white politicians from Miami that have high jacked and manipulated our laws, traded congressional votes and used PAC money to keep the failed 47 years of U.S. embargo policy toward Cuba in place. These fact should wake anyone up from thinking the current politicians, Republican or Democrat, have the peoples best interest at hand.

Obama represents a transformation this country, planet and humanity could benefit from. “A world that works for everyone, with no one left out.” You the reader, may know who I am by that statement. And if you don’t know me, I trust you can see that the world many of us are standing for includes you, includes me and includes us all having a life that works. “A world that works for everyone, with no one left out,” starts with me, then you, then us voting for a new generation to lead America.

With that said, I’m voting for Obama for one simple reason; he has the character to stop the insanity of 47 years of failed politics with Cuba. With that, I believe Obama will also stop the insanity in many other political arenas in Washington, DC.

Thank you for making the time to read these words, please forward if you find they can benefit another.

Luis Moro

See 1400 Cuba images free at www.EveryThingCuba.com

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Cuba: 1,400 free photos of the Real Cuba today.

By ! A LUIS "Cuba!" MORO. . . . . - Jun 20th, 2008 at 2:03 pm EDT

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I just posted 1,400 photos we shot while making our history making feature film in Cuba. You can go to http://www.everythingcuba.com/ and see many aspects of the real Cuba. These are not professional photos of the perfect landmarks, or photos focused on showing you the worst of Cuba. Those types of photos exist and have their place. What you will see are simple yet excellent photos of real like in Cuba by real people like you and I. I'm a Cuban exile and I can tell you the pro-embargo Cuban exile community does not represent the majority of Cubans in America and especially the Cubans in Cuba.And for sure, they do not have the best interest of all Americans by supporting, maintaining and using every political trick available to make sure we keep destroying Cuba and it's people. This is in no way saying I support Castor's ways. I am saying I don't support anyone's way that continues to support politics that don't work going on fifty years. I'm for Obama for many reasons. And number one is his character's ability to make equitable decisions related to Cuba. So please take a moment and see the real Cuba with your own eyes and enjoy the real Cuba. Some day soon you will be able to use your constitutional right to travel and go see Cuba in person. Here are some of the people who will thank you in person for abolishing the embargo on Cuba. Luis Moro, filmmaker

www.EveryThingCuba.com SEE 1,400 EXCLUSIVE ORIGINAL PHOTOS OF CUBA.

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Cuba: The Death of Political Insanity: The Case Of Cuba.

By ! A LUIS "Cuba!" MORO. . . . . - Jun 20th, 2008 at 1:37 pm EDT

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ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN MAY/JUNE 2008 ISSUES OF

THE IMMIGRANT MAGAZINE

The Character Factor: The death of Political Insanity
The Case Of Cuba

By Luis Moro

Insanity may be defined as doing the same thing repeatedly with the expectation of a different result. A politician who supports a failed 40-year-old policy could be diagnosed with "Political Insanity". It is time we killed off Political Insanity by our elected U.S. officials. This and many more facts will be explored in the next issue of Immigrant Magazine.

Would you trust a person who continues to make the wrong decision for almost fifty years? Would you support a person who will speak in the name of helping people, PEOPLE who continuously say that person is not helping them? Would you believe a person who upon receiving a financial donation would change their vote?

"The Character Factor" is a full coverage story about the U.S. Embargo on Cuba and how a failed policy is still supported by so few even though it negatively affects so many. You will be surprised to find out how a one thousand dollar donation ($1,000) can buy a vote in Washington, DC. And even more surprising is how many politicians actually sell their votes for money. It is as blatant as one day they are against our U.S. policies against Cuba; they get a donation and the next day they vote for the failed policy against Cuba. We will explore why a few white politicians in America and Cuba strangle Cuba, a country with a predominantly black population.

With the duplicity, outright lying and misrepresentations by many of today's politicians there is one clear question that separates today's candidates for the U.S. Presidency. Are you for or against the four- decade failed, U.S. Policy on Cuba? The answer to this question could be the one answer that will determine the vote of every American.

Nobody can deny that U.S. Policies towards Cuba have failed over the last several decades. We all know that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. It is clear in these times of political insanity that no politician can hide from his or her history. And all politicians should be judged on their present character to determine our future. The character factor requests all Americans to bring to the forefront politicians who sell themselves. If a politician votes for and supports a failed U.S. Policy, they clearly are not able minded, equitable and perhaps even honest leaders.

It is known that in our nation's capital, legislative votes are for sale and barter. But no one will get away from the factual report revealing once and for all our nation's leaders who have lost their character factor.

Are you for a four-decade-old failed U.S. Policy on Cuba? Your character factor will now speak.

About the author: Luis Moro is an award winning filmmaker. He was born in Cuba and now resides in exile in the United States. His family has been separated for 38 years due to the failed polices of both the U.S and Cuban politicians. www.EveryThingCuba.com

Contact Luis@MoroFilms.com

The above article reflects the opinions of L.Moro and in no way the opinions of The Publishers Of The Immigrant Magazine. We welcome your perspectives on issues that affect you and the Immigrant Community at large. Please write to us at publisher@immigrantmagazine.com.

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Continued policies towards Cuba

By Pedro B. - May 21st, 2008 at 10:34 pm EDT

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The Cuban Embargo is utterly ridiculous. We speak and engage diplomatically with the communist countries of China, North Korea, Laos, and Vietnam but we steadfastly hold on to this Cold War embargo because a few influential Cuban Americans wish to economically and politically cripple the island of Cuba. An American President who was truly beholden to the interest of the United States of America would understand the great economic and political benefits of tearing down the embargo. Instead, we get President Bush and McCain basing foreign policy on the petty wants of Florida's provincial constituency. We need a President who can be above the fray of the petty squable between Cuba and its bretheren. Atleast Mr. Obama has been brave enough to tell the truth even if it cost him the Cuban vote. We need to spread the word to other Latino's and all who will listen that the current administration has no concern for us or our community.

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Election Notebook: Florez, Parra back Obama

By RNC_for_Obama - Jan 31st, 2008 at 8:56 pm EST

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http://www.bakersfield.com/1018/story/349565.html

State senator compares candidate to Bobby Kennedy

The Bakersfield Californian | Wednesday, Jan 30 2008 10:39 PM

Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has already brought two divided Americans together — state Sen. Dean Florez and Assemblywoman Nicole Parra.

Political rivals Florez, D-Shafter, and Parra, D-Hanford, are members of Obama's Latino Steering Committee in California, it was announced Wednesday.

The 18-person committee is working to turn out the Latino vote for next Tuesday's California primary through such activities as organizing neighborhood walks and rallies and, in Florez's case, visiting black churches in Bakersfield Sunday.

Obama, a senator from Illinois, is the best change agent of the Democratic candidates and is most like local immigrants in terms of being a child of an immigrant and working on labor-related issues in Chicago, Florez said.

He said Obama should get a big boost from the Edward Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg endorsements.

"He's probably more like Bobby Kennedy than any candidate we've seen in a long time," Florez said.

Florez has been and plans to continue campaigning for Obama throughout the state, including being in the "spin room" after tonight's Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles talking to reporters about how the candidates fared.

In Kern County, Florez said he expects campaign activity to pick up Saturday through Monday including an Obama rally in Bakersfield Saturday (he didn't have the details yet Wednesday) and more television commercials.

A recent Los Angeles Times poll showed Sen. Hillary Clinton way ahead in the state but Florez was confident Obama will do well and Democratic turnout will be huge...

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A CALL TO LATINOS TO UNITE, SHOW THAT WE HAVE STRENGTH IN NUMBERS, SPREAD THE WORD, SI SE PUEDE!!!!

By TimeForChange - Jan 24th, 2008 at 12:31 am EST

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Letters to the editor of your local newspaper can make a big difference, especially to small town voters. We want to reach voters in ALL corners of the state, not just Barack's areas of strength.

Unfortunately, many Latinos only know the Clintons........

A CALL TO LATINOS TO UNITE, SHOW THAT WE HAVE STRENGTH IN NUMBERS, SPREAD THE POSITIVE WORD ABOUT BARACK OBAMA, SI SE PUEDE!!!! “We need to reach the Latino vote!

Each one of you who speaks Spanish can write letters to the Spanish language media and newspapers (See initial list below). You can call in to local radio shows and talk about why you support Barack and send people to the "en Espanol" website in your call.

What we have that Hillary doesn't have are passionate, committed and sincere volunteers. You guys are the best marketing Barack has, better than some paid political ad or a robo-call.

It's a great position of power to be in. Hillary might have the generals and the big guns, but we're guerrilla warriors and can come in and surprise her with our under-the-radar tactics!”

Written by L.H.

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Barack Obama tiene la experiencia mas relevante que un presidente deba tener y que tanto necesitamos. El senador tiene la habilidad de congregar respetuosamente gente con diferentes puntos de vista con con la finalidad de resolver problemas. Su vision patriotica nos ayudara a superar divisiones de order nacional e internacional. Yo votare por Barack en Febrero 5. VOTEN POR BARACK OBAMA Barack Obama is the Kennedy of this generation.

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· Diario las Americas Diario de Miami. · Diario San Diego Publicaci��independiente de Healy Media Inc., cuya base es la ciudad de Chula Vista, en el Condado de San Diego, California. · Dos Mundos/Two Worlds Mensual bilingue de Kansas City, Missouri. · El Canillita Free biweekly Spanish newspaper, state of Connecticut. · EL Clamor South Texas Spanish Language Newspaper. (956) 994-3996 vmmedia@elclamor.com · ef="http://www.elmundonewspaper.com/" title="blocked::http://www.elmundonewspaper.com/">El Mundo that serves Austin and San Antonio. · El Nuevo Herald Diario de Miami. · El Politico http://www.politico.com/ · El Sol de Texas Semanal de Dallas, Texas. · El Sol News Spanish Language Weekly Newspaper. Stamford, Connecticut. · Fronteras West Valley City, Utah. · Hispanos Unidos San Diego and Riverside Counties leading Spanish language newspaper. · La Conexi��a> Spanish Language Newspaper in Raleigh, North Carolina.· La Nacion USA Daily Spanish newspaper in the Mid-Atlantic region based out of Washington DC. · La Prensa San Diego Semanal bilingue de California. · La Raza Semanal bilingue de Chicago. · La Prensa Semanal de San Antonio, Texas. · Mi Gente Spanish language newspaper in Charlotte, North Carolina. · Primer Noticiero A daily presentation of headline links to the most important news in Spanish and English for Latinos. They read hundreds of sites every day and only link to the most relevant articles of the day. · Que Pasa Spanish language newspaper and radio station in North Carolina. Serving the Charlotte Metro, Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill Metro and the Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem Metro areas, which combined positions Que Pasa as effectively serving the nation's twelfth largest Hispanic Market. · Vida Latina Monthly entertainment newspaper. Areas of Distribution (states): Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina. vidalatinanews@yahoo.com · The Wall Street Journal Americas En Espa��/a> y Em Portugues RADIO · De todo un poco con Victor Camacho · Mi Periodico En Espanol · Ministerios RBC · Piolin radio http://www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml?chid=9450&schid=9740 (818) 500-4500 · Radio Luz · Radio Mambi Miami http://www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml?chid=9514&schid=9818 · Radio Musical 87.9 fm · Radio Paz, Miami · Radio Wado NY http://www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml?chid=9486&schid=9722 ·
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To mobilize Latinos / Hispanics... First, make a resolute commitment

By Sergio - Jan 21st, 2008 at 11:51 am EST

As I crossed a Virginia bridge to D.C. into work this morning, I read Alec MacGillis' Washington Post article titled "Obama Echoes King's Call for Unity at Atlanta Church" and although I was inspired by the imagery and truth in Barack Obama's speech [so much so that as I read attentively -cars behind me honked repeatedly and some gave me the finger while they veered around me]... I also took special notice of Obama's mention of "anti-immigrant bias in the black community"... I quickly lost my train of though and drifted into resonating thoughts of many instances of 'this' in my past. But the subject of this Blog is not where or how to point fingers, but how to mend our differences and [in the spirit of our candidate's Jan.20 speech at Rev. MLK's church] find ways to bring Unity amongst All Americans.

From my corner of the nation, I make a call to all Hispanics, for us to put differences aside and pay special attention to this candidate's unique qualities. We pride ourselves in family values and community; but are we doing anything to reach out to our family and friends? We need to mobilize towards changing the trend of "2 to 1 Latinos favoring Hillary over Barack". Let's make a resolute commitment... Let's put the facts on the table, ask the questions, until we understand how this all applies to us. Then strategize to get the word out to Latinos in America, who want change as much as everyone else. First, make a resolute commitment.

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Thought Provoking, Timely, and Provacative: "Unheard Voices" Children of Plains Estates is Available to Order.

By Claudette Milner - Nov 24th, 2007 at 4:04 pm EST

The sequel "Unheard Voices": Children of Plains Estates can only be described as provocative, thought provoking, and timely. Book two will examine storylines in which no American author has dared to write about in one book for young adult readers. Milner will explore the after effects of pedophilia in the Catholic Church with a congruent storyline of a young boy molested by his father through the eyes of Alan Bates and Cuban born Alejandro Rodriquez. One survivor will go through a journey of faith while the other will seek justice in his own way. The reader will be challenged to confront his own stereotypes and prejudice against Mexican Americans. Economic lines will be drawn in this close community when a strike pits management against laborers, neighbors against neighbors. The role of the church and its own hypocrisy will be examined. The role of the Jehovah Witness during the Holocaust will be openly discussed as a Jew and a Jehovah Witness both tell their stories of survival.

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