Visiting Gerardo Hernandez in prison, California

From the Ontario California airport some 60 miles east of downtown Los Angeles we drove north on Highway 15, the road to Las Vegas. Cars with expectant amateur gamblers and loaded big rigs climb and descend the mountains where the Angeles and San Bernadino National Forests meet. Read More

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Editorial | Travel to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Obama administration seems poised to announce the easing of some restrictions on Americans who wish to visit, study in or even do business with Cuba. This would particularly apply to academic and cultural groups and institutions. If this pans out, it would be a good and long overdue development, even if it won't play well with some Cuban Americans, especially in Florida, where anti-Castro sentiment remains strong and politically charged. Read More

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Lifting USA's embargo: some approve it but others don't

<p style="text-align: justify;">The possibility that the Obama administration could allow more Americans to travel to Cuba angers North Jersey residents who support a tough stance toward the Cuban government, and delights those who believe that more contact between both nations will lead to reforms in Cuba. Read More

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PolitiFact: Greene Switches Cuba Position Again

<p style="text-align: justify;">Posted Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 04:08 pm. Democratic Senate candidate Jeff Greene has completely changed his stance on the Cuba embargo in the last month, earning him a “full-flop” rating from PolitiFact Florida. Meanwhile his opponent, Kendrick Meek, made a false claim about a mosque being located in the Pentagon. Read More

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Candidates for District 11 U.S. Congress seat face off at Tiger Bay

<p style="text-align: justify;">TAMPA — Education, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and Cuba policy dominated discussion at a Tiger Bay meeting Friday <br> featuring candidates seeking to represent District 11 in the U.S. House of Representatives. Read More

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Pack your bags for Cuba? Maybe if you have a good reason

<p style="text-align: justify;">Widespread speculation that the Obama administration will loosen restrictions on the ability of American citizens to visit Cuba has put travel to the island back in the spotlight. If you are hoping that the president's expected announcement will allow you to travel to Cuba, here are a few things to consider: Read More

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Halvorson touts vote to end Cuba trade embargo

<p style="text-align: justify;">OTTAWA — U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson, D-Crete, was in Ottawa on Thursday to tout her support of a bill on Cuban trade that she said could bring up to $1.2 billion and 8,000 jobs to Illinois. Read More

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Letter from China: The U.S. embarrassment at the World Expo

<p style="text-align: justify;">I had to go to China to get to Cuba, the weirdness of which was not lost on me (our Chinese guide almost fell over when I explained that as an American, I couldn't go to Cuba. I said that it was kind of a long story) Read More

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Greene: Easing Cuba travel restrictions would be good for Florida

<p style="text-align: justify;">Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene said again Thursday he was open to lifting travel and trade restrictions with Cuba, saying the tourism impact for Florida created by easing the restrictions could be huge. Read More

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USA broadening ties with Cuba?

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Obama administration is considering easing travel restrictions to Cuba, raising the prospect of what lifting the half-century-old U.S. trade embargo against the Cuban government might mean for both countries. Read More

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