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  • TOPSHOT - Cuban Americans in Miami's Little Havana celebrate the death of longtime Cuban leader Fidel Castro on November 26, 2016. 
Cuba's socialist icon and father of his country's revolution Fidel Castro died on November 25 aged 90, after defying the US during a half-century of ironclad rule and surviving the eclipse of global communism. / AFP / RHONA WISE        (Photo credit should read RHONA WISE/AFP/Getty Images)
    TOPSHOT - Cuban Americans in Miami's Little Havana celebrate the death of longtime Cuban leader Fidel Castro on November 26, 2016. Cuba's socialist icon and father of his country's revolution Fidel Castro died on November 25 aged 90, after defying the US during a half-century of ironclad rule and surviving the eclipse of global communism. / AFP / RHONA WISE (Photo credit should read RHONA WISE/AFP/Getty Images)

    It’s More Than Cigars and Rum: Why Cuba Matters

    The Trump administration’s rollback of Obama’s opening to Cuba is a step in the wrong direction.

  • MIAMI, FL - JUNE 16:  U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about policy changes he is making toward Cuba at the Manuel Artime Theater in the Little Havana neighborhood on June 16, 2017 in Miami, Florida. The President will re-institute some of the restrictions on travel to Cuba and U.S. business dealings with entities tied to the Cuban military and intelligence services.  (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
    MIAMI, FL - JUNE 16: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about policy changes he is making toward Cuba at the Manuel Artime Theater in the Little Havana neighborhood on June 16, 2017 in Miami, Florida. The President will re-institute some of the restrictions on travel to Cuba and U.S. business dealings with entities tied to the Cuban military and intelligence services. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
  • HAVANA, CUBA - AUGUST 14:  Cubans look out their window across the street from the newly reopened U.S. Embassy in hopes of watching the flag-raising ceremony August 14, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. The first American secretary of state to visit Cuba since 1945, Secretary of State John Kerry visited the reopened embassy, a symbolic act after the the two former Cold War enemies reestablished diplomatic relations in July.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
    HAVANA, CUBA - AUGUST 14: Cubans look out their window across the street from the newly reopened U.S. Embassy in hopes of watching the flag-raising ceremony August 14, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. The first American secretary of state to visit Cuba since 1945, Secretary of State John Kerry visited the reopened embassy, a symbolic act after the the two former Cold War enemies reestablished diplomatic relations in July. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

    Trump Has Set U.S.-Cuba Relations Back Decades

    This isn’t a strong statement on human rights. It’s a political sop to voters in Miami.

  • MIAMI, FL - SEPTEMBER 07:  A pilot waves as he prepares to push back from the gate in American Airlines Flight 903, becoming the first commercial flight from Miami to Cuba in 55-years on September 7, 2016 in Miami, Florida.  The flights that left today went to Cienfuegos and Holgun and American Airlines said they will be adding scheduled service from Miami to Camaguey, Cuba and Santa Clara, Cuba on Sept. 9 and from Miami to Varadero, Cuba on Sept. 11 with the airline hoping to begin service to Havana later this year.  (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
    MIAMI, FL - SEPTEMBER 07: A pilot waves as he prepares to push back from the gate in American Airlines Flight 903, becoming the first commercial flight from Miami to Cuba in 55-years on September 7, 2016 in Miami, Florida. The flights that left today went to Cienfuegos and Holgun and American Airlines said they will be adding scheduled service from Miami to Camaguey, Cuba and Santa Clara, Cuba on Sept. 9 and from Miami to Varadero, Cuba on Sept. 11 with the airline hoping to begin service to Havana later this year. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

    Trump Snubs State, Will Partially Reverse Obama’s Cuba Policy

    The president’s Miami announcement is a window into a chaotic foreign-policy process that sidelines the secretary of state.

  • Cuban President Raul Castro (C), speaks next to first vice president Miguel Diaz-Canel during a special session of the Cuban Parliament, on June 1, 2017, to discuss about economic policies. / AFP PHOTO / STR        (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
    Cuban President Raul Castro (C), speaks next to first vice president Miguel Diaz-Canel during a special session of the Cuban Parliament, on June 1, 2017, to discuss about economic policies. / AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

    Fine Tuning the Cuba Embargo

    Providing sanctions relief to empower the Cuban people does not mean we should give up our ability to pressure the Castro regime.

  • TOPSHOT - Cuban Americans in Miami's Little Havana celebrate the death of longtime Cuban leader Fidel Castro on November 26, 2016. 
Cuba's socialist icon and father of his country's revolution Fidel Castro died on November 25 aged 90, after defying the US during a half-century of ironclad rule and surviving the eclipse of global communism. / AFP / RHONA WISE        (Photo credit should read RHONA WISE/AFP/Getty Images)
    TOPSHOT - Cuban Americans in Miami's Little Havana celebrate the death of longtime Cuban leader Fidel Castro on November 26, 2016. Cuba's socialist icon and father of his country's revolution Fidel Castro died on November 25 aged 90, after defying the US during a half-century of ironclad rule and surviving the eclipse of global communism. / AFP / RHONA WISE (Photo credit should read RHONA WISE/AFP/Getty Images)

    Trump is Right to Reset U.S.-Cuba Policy

    Reports are coming in that this Friday, in a Miami speech, President Donald Trump will unveil his revisions to former President Barack Obama’s controversial policy to normalize U.S. relations with the Castro dictatorship in Cuba. He's right to scale it back.

  • Tourists walk near the Manzana Kempinski Hotel, the first luxury five star plus tourist facility in Cuba, on May 22, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / YAMIL LAGE        (Photo credit should read YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Images)
    Tourists walk near the Manzana Kempinski Hotel, the first luxury five star plus tourist facility in Cuba, on May 22, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / YAMIL LAGE (Photo credit should read YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Images)

    Cuba Rollback Could Cost Trump on Jobs Front

    Companies, farmers, and even many Cuban-Americans don’t want to see restrictions reimposed.

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    Trump Finalizes Executive Order to Put ISIS Detainees in Guantánamo

    The draft directive backtracks on torture and black sites — but the shift in counterterrorism strategy carries new risks.

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    Cuban Migrants on Deadly Journey to U.S. Wrongfooted by Obama

    The abrupt end to the decades-old ‘wet foot, dry foot’ policy for Cubans has quiet support from Trump.

  • US President Barack Obama waves after delivering a speech at the Gran Teatro de la Habana in Havana on March 22, 2016. President Barack Obama said that Cubans should be free to speak without fear, should not be detained for their thoughts and should embrace democracy, in a speech televised across the Communist-run island Tuesday.   AFP PHOTO/ Nicholas KAMM / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM        (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
    US President Barack Obama waves after delivering a speech at the Gran Teatro de la Habana in Havana on March 22, 2016. President Barack Obama said that Cubans should be free to speak without fear, should not be detained for their thoughts and should embrace democracy, in a speech televised across the Communist-run island Tuesday. AFP PHOTO/ Nicholas KAMM / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

    Is the U.S. Opening to Cuba Dead in the Water?

    Obama’s historic normalization with Havana is under threat from Trump’s hardline cabal of Castro-haters.

  • HAVANA. On the shore of the morro, a former military fort constructed during Spanish colonial times.
    HAVANA. On the shore of the morro, a former military fort constructed during Spanish colonial times.

    Night Creatures

    Out of work, Cuban youth revel after dark in Havana's underground electronic music scene.

  • Cubans attend the passage of the urn with the ashes of Cuban leader Fidel Castro from Revolution Square in Santiago, Cuba on December 4, 2016 on its way to the cemetery.
The ashes of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro were taken on Sunday to be laid to rest at a cemetery in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba. / AFP / RODRIGO ARANGUA        (Photo credit should read RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP/Getty Images)
    Cubans attend the passage of the urn with the ashes of Cuban leader Fidel Castro from Revolution Square in Santiago, Cuba on December 4, 2016 on its way to the cemetery. The ashes of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro were taken on Sunday to be laid to rest at a cemetery in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba. / AFP / RODRIGO ARANGUA (Photo credit should read RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP/Getty Images)

    A Nervous Cuba Awaits the Trump Presidency

    With the passing of Fidel Castro, a young generation of Cubans worries that the nascent rapprochement with the United States may be reversed.

  • (FILE) Cuban president, Fidel Castro, inaugurates several newly built areas added to an old Havana hospital, 05 June 1989. AFP PHOTO/FILE/RAFAEL PEREZ (Photo credit should read RAFAEL PEREZ/AFP/Getty Images)
    (FILE) Cuban president, Fidel Castro, inaugurates several newly built areas added to an old Havana hospital, 05 June 1989. AFP PHOTO/FILE/RAFAEL PEREZ (Photo credit should read RAFAEL PEREZ/AFP/Getty Images)

    Our Bogeyman in Havana Is Dead

    What Fidel Castro’s death means for the future of U.S.-Cuba relations.

  • (FILES) Cuban President Fidel Castro delivers a speech during a rally at the Plaza de la Revolucion in Havana, late 29 April, 2006. Fidel Castro resigned on February 19, 2008 as president and commander in chief of Cuba in a message published in the online version of the official daily Granma.       AFP PHOTO/Adalberto ROQUE (Photo credit should read ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)
    (FILES) Cuban President Fidel Castro delivers a speech during a rally at the Plaza de la Revolucion in Havana, late 29 April, 2006. Fidel Castro resigned on February 19, 2008 as president and commander in chief of Cuba in a message published in the online version of the official daily Granma. AFP PHOTO/Adalberto ROQUE (Photo credit should read ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)

    Will Trump Freeze the U.S.-Cuba Thaw?

    The president-elect’s foreign policy-by-Twitter continues — this time with vague demands of Cuba.

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    The Weekend Behind, The Week Ahead: Castro Is Dead, The Recount Lives

    Here's what happened in the world this weekend as you were eating your leftover Thanksgiving turkey.

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