By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on February 16, 2024
photo: Bill Hackwell
On February 7 of this year, official delegations from Cuba and the United States met in Washington DC, to address issues related to the bilateral agenda, as foreseen in the current Memorandum of Understanding on Law Enforcement and Compliance. The term in English is Law Enforcement since in that language the two meanings are contained in the same word. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on February 1, 2024 from Havana
Immigrants rally for rights in Los Angeles, 2006, photo: Bill Hackwell
In addressing the immigration issue in the United States, two errors are commonly made: one is to consider that the country rejects immigration flows on a permanent basis and, second, to consider that one federal party or another is pro- or anti-migrant. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on January 12, 2024 from Havana
José R. Cabañas , photo, Bill Hackwell
At a time when political campaign events are in full swing with a view to the November 2024 US presidential elections, forecasts about individuals and parties are multiplying, both with a view to the highest executive office and with respect to majorities and minorities in senates and federal and state houses. (more…)
Excerpt from the Primakov Readings by Dr. José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on November 28, 2023
Let me first of all thank the organizers in the persons of Alexander Dynkin, Director of the Primakov Institute, and IMEMO President Feodor Voitolovsky. I take this opportunity to acknowledge the academic and diplomatic legacy of Yevgeny Primakov. (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on November 21, 2023 in Havana
2023 Nation and Emigration Conference
During November 18 and 19, 371 Cubans residing in 56 countries attended the sessions of the IV Nation and Emigration Conference in Havana. Hundreds of relatives, officials, friends and acquaintances welcomed them and shared time with them, as many arrived several days before the formal schedules of the event, and even several days later many of them will walk around the Cuban geography in a thousand purposes. (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on October 24, 2023 from Havana
Between the 17th and 18th of this October, the 3rd Conference on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) took place in Beijing, People’s Republic of China. Emerging in 2013, from a proposal by President Xi Jinping, the BRI currently shows important results on a global scale, (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on September 12, 2023
May 2014, Victorville Penitentiary
When I was preparing to assume the responsibility as head of the Cuban Interests Section in the United States (mid-2012), I approached comrade José Anselmo López, who had been in charge of the Consular Section of that office in the late 90s of the 20th century and early 21st century, to ask him about his experiences on visits to U.S. prisons where the Cuban Five Heroes were unjustly held prisoners. (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on September 8, 2023 from Havana
G-77 + China Summit in Havana, Sept. 15-16
As part of the preparations for the Summit of the G77 Group plus China, to be held in Havana this September 15, a draft declaration has been under discussion for months, to be approved by the heads of delegations attending the forum, and which would constitute the main political message to be projected by that conclave towards the future. (more…)