Fabian Escalante’s new JFK documentary
Jefferson Morley
May 12, 2016
Former Cuban counterintelligence officer Fabian Escalante continues his investigation into the JFK’s assassination (h/t Arnaldo)
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Play ball: Obama and Castro at the ballpark
Jefferson Morley
March 23, 2016
The somewhat extraordinary final day of President Obama’s historic visit to Cuba was eclipsed by news of the attacks in Brussels, First there was the joint Obama-Castro news conference in which the Cuban leader actually had the novel experience of having to answer freely asked questions. Then there was the overlooked story that those notorious communist sympathizers at Google have agreed to provide the country with cheap and fast Internet, confirming fatuous Newt Gingrich’s point that President Obama is a suspected traitor, or something like that. Finally, there was a feel-good photo op: a baseball game between the Cuban national team and the Tampa Bay Rays, which Obama described accurately as, well, “somewhat extraordinary.”
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Obama prepares for the future as critics dwell on the past
Jefferson Morley
March 22, 2016
Fidel Castro will be 90 in August; Raúl is just five years younger. At some point in the not-too-distant future, we will see whether Castroism can survive without a living Castro. Anyone who wants U.S. policymakers to have influence when that question arises should applaud Obama’s initiatives.
Source: Obama’s visit will hasten freedom in Cuba – The Washington Post
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Return to Cuba: When Castro talked peace in 1963, JFK listened
Jefferson Morley
March 18, 2016
As the United States and Cuba engage in hard bargaining over how to normalize relations in 2015, it worth remembering that President Kennedy was seeking the same goal when he was assassinated in November 1963.
In this ABC News broadcast in April 1963, Cuban president Fidel Castro talked about his desire to settle differences with Washington. JFK was listening.
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Obama to jettison the goal of ‘regime change’ in Cuba
Jefferson Morley
March 17, 2016
While Obama will not shy away from discussing human rights, “the difference here is that in the past, because of certain U.S. policies, the message that was delivered in that regard either overtly or implicitly suggested that the United States was seeking to pursue regime change . . . or the United States thought we could dictate the direction of Cuba,” Rhodes said.
Source: Obama’s goal for Cuba trip: Become a source of support – The Washington Post
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JFK assassination aborted U.S. reconciliation with Cuba
Jefferson Morley
March 17, 2016
From the Sierra Leone Times: Kennedy assassination aborted U.S. reconciliation with Cuba. …
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Obama to Cuba: who benefits?
Jefferson Morley
February 29, 2016
Only the majority of people in both countries.
Cuban-Americans, who increasingly favor Obama’s Cuba policy in general, have tended to oppose his intentions to visit the Caribbean state. A survey made on December 17, 2015, by Bendixen & Amandi International, a Hispanic and multicultural research firm, found that 56 percent of Cuban-Americans agree with Obama’s normalization of ties between the two countries and 53 percent think the U.S. embargo on Cuba should not continue
Oscar-nominated ‘Bridge of Spies’ had a real-world sequel in Cuba
Jefferson Morley
February 28, 2016
Only a few weeks later, Attorney General Robert Kennedy secretly recruited Donovan to undertake an even more dramatic mission, equally worthy of a Hollywood spy thriller: negotiating with Fidel Castro for the freedom of more than 1100 imprisoned members of the CIA-backed Bay of Pigs invasion force;
Source: Oscar-nominated Bridge of Spies real-world sequel in Cuba
CIA and Nixon led ‘aggressive’ Cuba policy, according to FBI memo
Jefferson Morley
January 19, 2016
Not long after the first anniversary of Fidel Castro coming to power, Vice President Richard Nixon was “becoming very active and aggressive” about US. policy toward Cuba with the help of the CIA.
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Enforce the JFK Records Act: Collect the foreign records about the assassination
Bill Simpich
November 4, 2015
The 1999 Final Report of the Assassination Records Review Board singled out President Clinton’s State Department of a lack of cooperation asserting it “obviously did not consider pursuit of foreign records about the Kennedy assassination to be a priority,“and “more of a hindrance than help“.
David S. Ferriero, the Archivist of the United States (AOTUS), has an ongoing duty to ensure that all assassination records are obtained before the provisions of the JFK Act fully expire. Write his blog and tell him the State Department needs to come into compliance with the law. …
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