04.14.2009 9:00 pm

Cuba: Those 90 miles grow a little closer

Don't buy the postcards just yet.

U.S. immigration officers no longer blink when they see “China” stamped on a U.S. passport. Or “Russia.” Or “Vietnam.” Americans are free to travel to places once a long way from the United States, and…

Tags: Barack Obama, blockade, commentary, cuba, fidel castro, St. Louis news, travel restrictions

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12.30.2008 9:01 pm

Cuba Libre: 50 years after the revolution, it’s time to move on

By Editorial Board

Fifty years ago today, Cuban revolutionaries seized their nation.

Fifty years ago today, Fidel Castro's Cuban revolutionaries seized their nation.

Fifty years ago today, rebel forces captured the city of Santa Clara in central Cuba, sending the island nation’s dictator, Fulgencio Batista, into a New Year’s Eve panic. He fled for…

Tags: batista, blockade, cuba, cuban-americans, embargo, fidel castro, foreign policy, raul castro, sanctions

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Cuba: Those 90 miles grow a little closer

Cuba Libre: 50 years after the revolution, it’s time to move on

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