Cuba - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/cuba/?source=rss&aim=cuba en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT Ask the pilot By Patrick Smith Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/07/25/askthepilot284/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/07/25/askthepilot284/index.html?source=rss Seat ploppers, tray slammers, lousy airport terminal design and other pet peeves. Plus: Will U.S. airlines hit Cuban tarmac thanks to Obama? One more good reason to lift the embargo on Cuba By Joe Conason Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/07/18/cuba/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/07/18/cuba/index.html?source=rss Let's seize the potential of the nation's sugar-based ethanol -- before China beats us to it. Can a Cuban Democrat win in South Florida? By Kirk Nielsen Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/21/castro/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/21/castro/index.html?source=rss Real change in our hard-line Cuba policy may depend more on who's in Congress than who wins the White House. Suddenly, Miami's three Cuban Republicans look beatable. The Castro effect Alex Koppelman Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/02/20/video_castro/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/02/20/video_castro/index.html?source=rss Will Fidel Castro's resignation affect this year's presidential election? Castro, Miami and the U.S. election Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/current_tv/2008/02/20/ctv_koppelman_cuba/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/current_tv/2008/02/20/ctv_koppelman_cuba/index.html?source=rss Alex Koppelman on Cuba's effect on American politics. From inside Cuba, a young Cuban blogs Castro's exit Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/02/20/cuban_blog/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2008/02/20/cuban_blog/index.html?source=rss Yoani Sanchez, the voice of "Generación Y," uses the precious commodity of Internet access to describe her emotions at the "the unnamed one's" resignation. Fidel Castro steps down Alex Koppelman Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/02/19/castro/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/02/19/castro/index.html?source=rss The communist dictator had ruled Cuba since 1959. Political pandering, South Florida edition By Vincent Rossmeier Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/29/cubans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/29/cubans/index.html?source=rss Every four years, presidential contenders discover the special needs of South Florida's Cubans. A bipartisan, candidate-by-candidate guide to flip-flopping and talking tough about Castro. The coddled "terrorists" of South Florida By Tristram Korten and Kirk Nielsen Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/14/cuba/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/14/cuba/index.html?source=rss Anti-Castro Cuban exiles who have been linked to bombings and assassinations are living free in Miami. Does the U.S. government have a double standard when it comes to terror? Photo essay from the Alpha 66 training camp Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/politics/2008/01/14/cuba_photoessay/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/politics/2008/01/14/cuba_photoessay/index.html?source=rss Tristram Korten and Kirk Nielsen visited the South Florida training camp of a Cuban exile group. Giuliani's dangerous bluster By Joe Conason Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/08/17/giuliani_article/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/08/17/giuliani_article/index.html?source=rss Reading Giuliani's pompous foreign policy rhetoric and imagining he might somehow become president induces a deep sense of gloom. History according to Vanity Fair David Talbot Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/authors/talbot/2007/05/14/vanityfair/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/authors/talbot/2007/05/14/vanityfair/index.html?source=rss Ted Sorensen -- and Bruce Willis -- set the record straight on JFK. Daniel Ortega's new best friend: Hugo Chavez By Lydia Chávez Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/08/ortega/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/08/ortega/index.html?source=rss Former Sandinista revolutionary Ortega is back on top in Nicaragua. Will his alliance with Venezuela -- complete with subsidized oil -- be a model for the rest of Central America? Cuba Libre! Andrew Leonard Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/10/27/cuba_libre/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/10/27/cuba_libre/index.html?source=rss More fun with Communists and free software Faithful to Fidel By Alexandra Starr Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/08/08/chavez_castro/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/08/08/chavez_castro/index.html?source=rss Venezuela's Hugo Chavez has the wallet and the will to keep Cuban socialism running after his friend and role model dies. After Fidel, no deluge By Mark Schone Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/08/02/duran/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/08/02/duran/index.html?source=rss Alfredo Duran, Bay of Pigs soldier turned voice of moderation, says Miami's angry old guard of Cuban exiles won't like what follows Castro. Destination: Havana By Tony D'Souza Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/literary_guide/2006/06/15/havana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/literary_guide/2006/06/15/havana/index.html?source=rss Santeria, drinking, baseball and struggle -- glimpse Habanero life with work from G. Cabrera Infante, Ada Ferrer and the late, brave Reinaldo Arenas. The less we know about Cuba, the better Andrew Leonard Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/06/09/cuba/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/06/09/cuba/index.html?source=rss Florida legislature: "Don't know thine enemy." King Kaufman's Sports Daily Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/03/21/tuesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/03/21/tuesday/index.html?source=rss Japan wins the world baseball championship of the whole wide world, so take that, Chicago. Plus: Alfonso Soriano, refusenik. The mafia, the coup and the murder By Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/12/07/response/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/12/07/response/index.html?source=rss The authors respond to David Talbot's review of "Ultimate Sacrifice." Case closed? By David Talbot Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/12/01/review/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/12/01/review/index.html?source=rss A new book about the JFK assassination claims to finally solve the mystery. The personal meets the political Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tt/post/2004/07/23/post/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tt/post/2004/07/23/post/index.html?source=rss What Table Talkers are saying this week about how embargoes, elections and airport security affect their lives Whose country is it, anyway? By Miriam Leiva Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/05/24/cuba/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/05/24/cuba/index.html?source=rss A Cuban journalist questions the effectiveness of new U.S. measures aimed at regime change in the island nation -- and says they will merely result in more imprisonment of dissidents. "The Simple Life" goes to Guantanamo Cartoon by Mark Fiore Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/fiore/2003/12/04/simple/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/fiore/2003/12/04/simple/index.html?source=rss How will the fair and lovely American Justice cope with the unfamiliar Camp Gitmo? Let the laughs begin! "I don't believe in the American dream" By David Ng Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/2003/07/28/balseros/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/2003/07/28/balseros/index.html?source=rss Spanish director Carles Bosch talks about his epic documentary "Balseros," which follows seven Cuban refugees who came to the U.S. by raft in 1994 -- and found their new homeland to be something less than paradise.