CNBC’s Michelle Caruso-Cabrera plugs away on another Cuba story (be sure to see her special on Cuba taped from the island a few years ago). This time she’s focusing on a soon to be released foreign investor law that the regime is set to announce this week. You can read the story here.
Gomez Discusses Passing of Cuban Dissident Activist Huber Matos with the New York Times
Poblete Tamargo Senior Policy Advisor, Dr. Andy Gomez, was interviewed by the New York Times this week on the passing of Huber Matos. Matos was leading figure of the 1959 Cuban Revolution who broke with the Castro brothers when he realized the Communist aims of the government.
“He was one of the first to really break with Fidel Castro openly because he felt that this revolution was actually becoming a Communist movement,” said Andy S. Gomez, a former senior fellow on Cuba issues at the University of Miami and now a senior policy adviser at Poblete Tamargo, a law firm.
You can read the entire story at the New York Times website.
National Review Online: Call Cuba to Account, Obama Should Enforce LIBERTAD as Congress Intended
By Jason and Yleem Poblete
This week marks the 18th anniversary of the downing of two U.S. civilian planes by the Cuban military over international waters. On February 24, 1996, Cessnas flown by members of the organization Brothers to the Rescue were patrolling north of Havana for Cuban refugees, who risked life and limb at sea in makeshift craft in search of freedom. Cuban fighter pilots in Russian MiGs encircled the planes and attacked. The planes disintegrated. Killed were three Americans: Carlos Costa, Armando Alejandre Jr., and Mario de la Peña, along with U.S. resident Pablo Morales.
Read the entire op-ed here.
PT Law’s Poblete on CNN to Discuss Political Situation in Venezuela
Jason Poblete will be a guest today on CNN Directo USA where he will discuss recent public policy and political developments in Washington, DC as well as the unfolding political situation in Venezuela. Directo USA, CNN’s Spanish-language public affairs program, is broadcast daily at 6:00 p.m. (EST).
Dr. Gomez Talks Cuba Transition with Belarus Leaders
(Coral Gables, Florida) Dr. Andy Gomez, a Senior Advisor at Poblete Tamargo, gave a talk with Belarussian leaders earlier this year at the University of Miami’s Institute for Cuba and Cuban-American Studies. We have received several requests for a transcript of the talk and we will be posting it shortly. In the meantime, the video of his presentation is embedded below.