Posts Tagged ‘cuba’

Crucial: Support Lifting the Travel Ban on Cuba

23, Jul 2010

There is legislation pending before Congress which would, if passed, result in lifting the travel ban on Cuba as well as the trade embargo. It is HR 4645. It is worthy of your support. Please contact your member of Congress and express your support for this legislation. Several members of Congress are currently undecided about [...]

Cuba Health Care Photo Gallery

11, Mar 2010

Those who heard my interview on health care in Cuba with Dr. James Thompson on KPFT may be curious about what today’s Cuba is like, and reports from the health care system. Dr. Thompson just noted that one of the participants from his health care professionals’ tour of Cuba has posted a photo gallery of [...]

Interview on Cuba and Health Care

9, Feb 2010

Republicans called on the Obama Administration Friday to cancel migration talks with Cuba, currently set for Feb. 19. Though the arrest of an American contractor in Cuba sounds minor, the GOP continues to pounce on the specter of Cuban socialism as a means of inciting fear. Some facets of Cuban life, such as health care, [...]

Call to Lift Cuba Embargo This Week

27, Sep 2009

The Latin America Working Group, a great organization which has led many important campaigns over the years, is soliciting your involvement this week in its latest campaign. The CubaGO! mobilization is a day of call-ins LAWG is rallying support for in an effort to change United States policy related to Cuba. Ring your legislator and [...]

Discussing Health Care & Cuba Today

28, Jul 2009

Join me today on 90.1 KPFT Houston (stream here) when I talk with John Bachtell about two of the most significant challenges to the Obama Administration in the first half-year of his term: the campaign to derail health care reform and the efforts to halt U.S.-Cuba normalized relations. In our conversation, I expect to bring [...]


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