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Eight Myths about Obama’s Opening to Cuba

William M. LeoGrande
Professor of Government at American University

Opponents of President Obama’s opening to Cuba have taken full advantage of the fact-free character of recent political debate in the United States to spread a variety of myths aimed at discrediting Obama’s Cuba policy and convincing President Trump to reverse it. Here are eight of them

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/eigh...4b08052400ee471

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Why Would Donald Trump Adopt Marco Rubio's Failed Cuba Policy?
Cuba wants to be a good neighbor; we should take yes for an answer.

William LeoGrande

When Raúl Castro retires from Cuba’s presidency a year from now, in February 2018, Donald Trump will be the first U.S. president of the post-Castro era. That gives him a unique opportunity to shape the future of U.S.-Cuban relations by partnering with a new generation of Cuban leaders— if he looks forward, rather than backward. But if the president’s attention is elsewhere, hardline Cuban-American appointees tied to Senator Marco Rubio could squander Trump’s historic opportunity by locking his administration into a Cold War policy of hostility that was a loser for the past fifty years and serves nobody’s interests but theirs.

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-...ba-policy-18994

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