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Feb 10, 2014

The Beginning of the End

By Pedro Freyre and Matthew Aho

The results of the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center poll on Americans’ attitudes on U.S.–Cuba relations can be interpreted in only one way: the tide of U. S. public opinion has turned away from isolation and toward engagement and normalization.

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LatAmSource

Feb 10, 2014

Twin Failures

By Peter Hakim

Last month’s meeting in Havana of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which incorportates every country of the hemisphere except the United States and Canada, was a celebration of the single point of consensus among the Community’s member states: their opposition to US policies that seek to isolate and punish Cuba, which […]

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Report

Feb 10, 2014

US-Cuba: A New Public Survey Supports Policy Change

By Peter Schechter and Jason Marczak

Why is now the right moment to commission a poll on the US public’s views toward Cuba and US-Cuba relations? Why is a new, nonpartisan Latin America center reaching out to grab the third rail of Latin American foreign policy in the United States? Both good questions. Sometimes in foreign policy, structural impediments or stark […]

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Feb 10, 2014

Frequently Asked Questions on the Cuba Poll

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

1. Why is a think tank conducting a political poll? As a fresh, non-partisan voice in the Latin American policy scene, the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center is dedicated to exploring the growing interconnection among countries of the Western Hemisphere. With more than 80 percent growth in trade in the last decade, Latin […]

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LatAmSource

Feb 10, 2014

Prospects of Relationship between Cuba and the United States

By Miriam Leiva

(translated from Spanish) Cuba has been used in the confrontation with the United States to isolate Cubans from the outside world, justify the failures of the plans executed by the will of Fidel Castro , violate the rights and suppress any different opinion than that authorized by the government.

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LatAmSource

Feb 10, 2014

Changing the Political Calculus on Cuba

By William M. LeoGrande

When it comes to controversial issues, the public is often far ahead of politicians in supporting sensible policy alternatives. Issues that are intensely salient to small constituencies scare the daylights out of elected officials because the committed single-issue voter poses a greater electoral threat than the pragmatic general public, whose votes are rarely determined by […]

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In the News

Feb 10, 2014

Leahy, Flake: Time for a New Policy on Cuba

Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) write in the Miami Herald on the findings of the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center’s poll on US attitudes towards Cuba:

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In the News

Feb 10, 2014

NY Times: Majority of Americans Favor Ties With Cuba, Poll Finds

By Peter Schechter and Jason Marczak

The New York Times profiles US-Cuba: A New Public Survey Supports Policy Change, the latest report by the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center:

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New Atlanticist

Feb 6, 2014

What’s Next for US-Cuba Relations?

US-Cuba relations have been at a stalemate for decades, but a recent poll shows Americans — especially those who have traveled to Cuba — want closer ties with the island. On February 11, the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Latin America Center will release the first national poll that centers solely on Americans’ attitudes toward US-Cuba relations. […]

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New Atlanticist

Oct 29, 2012

What the Cuban Missile Crisis Teaches Us About Iran

By Frederick Kempe

Bob Schieffer of CBS News struck the right note when he opened this week’s presidential debate on foreign policy by reminding viewers it was “the 50th anniversary of the night that President Kennedy told the world that the Soviet Union had installed nuclear missiles in Cuba, perhaps the closest we’ve ever come to nuclear war.” […]

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