List of Posts to dwkcommentaries–Chronological (2024)

 

Number Date Title   
                        January 2024
1995 01/06/24 U.S. Designates Cuba as a “Country of Particular Conern”
1995A 01/08/24 COMMENT: More Details on Cuba’s Denunciation of  U.S. Criticism of Cuba Religious Feedom
1996 01/09/24 U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Thao’s Petition for Review of Conviction for Killing George Floyd
1997 01/12/24 Increasing U.S. Exports to Cuba
1988 01/12/24 U.S. Senators and Representatives Demand Ending to U.S. Designation of Cuba as State Sponsor of Terrorism
1988A 01/13/24 Another Congressman Calls for Ending Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism
1999 01/14/24 Prosecution Opposes Derek Chauvin’s New Attempt To Overturn His Federal Conviction for Killing George Floyd
2000 01/15/24 Tony Oliva, Former Minnesota Twins Baseball Star, Finally Honored in Cuba
2001 01/16/24 Cuba Fails To Respond to U.N. Request for Information on Alleged Violation of Religious Freedom
2002 01/18/24 U.S. Accuses Cuba of Being a State Sponsor of Trafficking in Persons
2003 01/19/24 Cuba’s Current Economic and Political Crises
2004 01/20/24 U.S. House Hearing on Cuban Private Enterprise
2005 01/23/24 U.S. Indicts and Arrests Victor Emmanuel Rocha on Charges of Acting as Cuban Undercover Agent
2003A 01/24/24 COMMENT: Another Excellent Report on Cuban Emigration to U.S.
2006 01/24/24 Cuban Government Forcing Another Migratory Stampede
2007 01/25/24 U.S. and Cuba Dispute Existence of Legitimate Cuban Private Business Sector
                       February 2024
2008 02/01/24 Two U.S. Congress Officials Object to O’Grady’s Defense of Cuba as State Sponsor of Terrorism
2009 02/02/24 U.S. Recommends Cuba Should Include More Disabled Cubans in Society
2010 02/03/24 Cuba Dismisses Ministers of Energy and Food Industry
2011 02/04/24 Poor Marks for Cuban Corruption
2012 02/06/24 U.S. Government Opposes Derek Chauvin’s Motion To Vacate, Set Aside or Correct His Judgment of Guilt and Sentencing for Killing George Floyd
2013 02/11/24 U.S. and Cuba Expand Their Competing Messages About Terrorism
2014 02/13/24 Cuba’s Communist Party Alleges U.S. Spreads a “Scenario of Insecurity” in Cuba
2015 [Missing]
2005A 02/14/24 COMMENT: Developments in Criminal Prosecution of Victor Manuel Rocha
2016 02/15/24 Increasing U.S. Exports to Cuba
2017 02/16/14 U.S. State Department’s Integrated Country Strategy for Cuba
2016A 02/17/24 COMMENT: Details on U.S. Exports to Cuba in 2023
2018 02/17/24 Cuba’s Worsening Economy and Political Crises
2018A 02/18/24 COMMENT: Cuban Government’s Objecitve Is Higher Inflation
2018B 02/20/24 COMMENT: Cuban Regime Again Postpones Implementation of “Adjustment Plan”
2019 02/20/24 Cuba’s Poor Ranking in World Democracy Index
2020 02/22/24 Expansion of U.S. State Department’s Integrated Country Strategy for Cuba
2021 02/23/24 Cuban Peso Declines in Value versus Euro and U.S. Dollar
2022 02/26/24 U.S. State Department Official Visits Cuba
2023 02/27/24 Liberating Cuban Agriculture To Improve Cuban Life
2023A 02/28/24 COMMENT: Food Crisis Is Number One Priority To Improve Cuban Life
2024 02/28/24 Russia’s Top Security Official Meetings in Havana
2025 02/28/24 U.S. State Officials in Havana Promoting Exports of U.S. Agricultural Products to Cuba
2026 02/28/24 U.S. States That Could Have Greatest Benefit from Immigrant Labor
2027 02/29/24 President Biden’s New Executive Order Regarding Cuba
2028 02/29/24 Victor Emmanuel Rocha, Former U.S. Ambassador, To Plead Guilty to Charges of Acting as Cuban Agent
                              MARCH 2024
2028A 03/01/24 COMMENT: Victor Manuel Rocha Sued for Wrongful Death
2029 03/04/24 How Cuban Government Fuels Inflation
                               APRIL 2024
2030 04/02/24 Russia Is Responsible for Havana Syndrome Attacks on U.S. Personnel
2030A 04/03/24 COMMENT: Reactions to Claims That Havana Syndrome Is Real
2030B 04/03/24 COMMENT: Other Reactions to Claim That the Havana Syndrome Is Real
2030C 04/03/24 COMMENT: U.S. Defense of Its Position on the Havana Syndrome
2030D 04/04/24 COMMENT: U.S. Senate Seeks Answers About Havana Syndrome
2031 04/05/24 U.S. Criticism of Cuba’s Labor Export Program
2032 04/11/24 Problems in U.S. Asylum System Help Promote Increases in U.S. Immigration
2033 04/12/24 Another Documentation of the U.S. Need for Immigrants
2033A 04/12/24 COMMENT: President of Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Concurs in U.S. Need for Immigrants
2028B 04/13/24 COMMENT: Victor Rocha Sentenced to 15 Years Imprisonment and Fine
2034 04/16/24 U.S. and Cuba Hold New Immigration Talks
2034A 04/17/24 More Cuban Details on Migration Talks with U.S.
2035 04/19/24 U.S. and Cuba Hold Law Enforcement Dialogue
2036 04/20/24 White House Holds Cuban Day
2037 04/21/24 A Message of Complexity and Humility
2038 04/21/24 Bipartisan Group of U.S. Senators Call for Reassessment of          So-Called Havana Syndrome
2039 04/22/24 Accelerating Inflation in Cuba
2040 04/23/24 Latest U.S. Report on International Human Rights
2041 04/25/24 Amnesty International Report on Cuban Human Rights
2042 04/25/24 U.S. Fertility Rate Falls to Record Low
2043 04/26/24 U.S. National Institutes of Health Finds Severe Symptoms of Havana Syndrome, But No MRI-Detectable Brain Injury or Biological Abnormalities
2044 04/26/24 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: Cuba’s Abuse of Power Against the Rule of Law
2045 04/29/24 Cubans Have Difficulty Obtaining Pesos
2046 04/29/24 Cuban Private Enterprises Offer Opportunities on the Island
2047 04/30/24 U.S. Condemns Cuba’s “Outrageous” Sentences of Protesters
                                    MAY 2024
2048 05/01/24 More Thoughts on U.S. Low Fertility Rate
2049 05/01/24 U.S. Official Says U.S. Will Not Negotiate Removal of Cuba as State Sponsor of Terrorism
2050 05/03/24 U.S. Critical of Cuban Religious Freedom
2051 05/04/24 Cuba Ranked Last in Press Freedom in Latin America
2052 05/05/24 Minnesota Will Suffer from a Crackdown on U.S. Immigration
2053 05/06/24 No Solutions to Cuba’s Water Crisis
2054 05/11/24 U.S. Response to Cuban Americans for Normal Relations with Cuba
2055 05/12/24 Proposed New U.S. Restrictions on Asylum Applications
2056 05/15/24 Negative Impact on Minnesota of Donald Trump’s Immigration Restrictions
2057 05/16/24 Will the World’s Population Cease To Expand?
2058 05/18/24 U.S. Excludes Cuba from List of Non-Cooperators Against Terrorism
2059 05/18/24 Cuba States That Its Cooperation Against Terrorism Invalidates U.S. Finding That Cuba Is a State Sponsor of Terrorism
2060 05/19/24 U.S. Churches and Religious Organizations Demand Ending of U.S. Designation of Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism
2061 05/20/24 Cuba Reiterates Its Demand That the U.S. Stop Listing Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism
2062 05/25/24 U.S. State Department Publishes Revised and Updated Integrated Country Strategy for Cuba
2063 05/26/24 George Floyd’s Uncle Speaks Out About His Nephew’s Murder
2064 05/27/24 Cubans Ask for Acceleration of U.S. Humanitarian Parole Process
2065 05/28/24 U.S. Treasury Department Issues New Regulations To Promote Cuba’s Private Business Owners
2066 05/28/24 Other Reactions to New Treasury Department Regulations on Cuba Private Enterprise
2067 05/29/24 More Reactions to New U.S. Regulations on Cuban Private Enterprise
2068 05/30/24 Cuban Government’s Reactions to New U.S. Regulations for Cuban Private Enterprise
2069 05/30/24 Congressional Reactions to New U.S. Regulations on Cuban Private Sector
                               JUNE 2024
2070 06/01/24 Foreign Physicians Needed To Solve U.S. Doctor Shortage
2071 06/02/24 Cuba Prevents Cubans from Obtaining U.S. Auto Imports
2072 06/03/24 Dfrente Cuba Says New U.S. Regulations May Help Reduce Cuban Inflation
2073 06/03/24 “Economist” Magazine Also Predicts Lower World Population
2074 06/08/24 Cameroonians Making Home in Minnesota
2075 06/15/24 U.S. Bellieves Cuba Will Attempt To Influence Florida Election
2076 06/18/24 Cuban Economist Says Cuba Today Is a Catastrophe
2077 06/22/24 World Refugee Day
2078 06/26/24 U.S. Again Ranks Cuba in Worst Category for Human Trafficking
2079 06/28/24 U.S. Congressional Hearing About Cuban Private Sector
2080 06/28/24 U.S. Criticizes Cuban Religious Freedom
2081 06/29/24 Westminster Presbyterian Church’s Growing Season
                               JULY 2024
2082 07/01/24 Increasing U.S. Exports to Cuba
2083 07/02/24 Cuban Christian Group Demands Release of Political Prisoners and Registration of New Churches
2084 07/02/24 Russian Military Ships’ Recent Visit to Cuba
2084A 07/03/24 COMMENT: Updates on Russian Military Ships After Cuba
2085 07/10/24 Congressional Hearing on Visits to U.S. Airports by Cuban Officials
2086 07/11/24 U.S. Commemoration of the July 11, 2021 Protests in Cuba
2087 07/11/24 Cuban Reactions to Anniversary of 7/11/21 Protests
2088 07/11/24 Comments on Cuba’s 7/11/21 Protests by Juan Antonio Blanco
2089 07/13/24 More Cuban Comments on J11 Anniversary
2090 07/16/24 Cuba’s Poor Economic Outlook for 2024
2091 07/17/24 Nearly 90% of Cuba’s Population Affected by Extreme Poverty
2092 07/18/24 Another Perspective on the Failure of the Cuban Economy
2093 07/19/24 Cuban Government Official Admits That Its Inefficient Political-Economic Model Is Responsible for Cuba’s Economic Problems
2094 07/20/24 List of Posts to dwkcommentaries—Topical: Cuba; 5/19/20-7.19.24
2095 07/20/24 Morre Details on Cuba’s Declining Population
2096 07/21/24 U.S. Border Crossings Have Sharply Declined
2097 07/22/24 Cuban Expert: Cuban Human Rights Getting Worse
2098 07/23/24 Cuban Expert: Cuba Progressively Closer to Implosion
2099 07/25/24 Another Indictment of the Cuban Economy
2100 07/26/24 More Russian Ships Visiting Cuba: Sign of Permenent Deployment?
2101 07/31/24 U.N. Experts Urge U.S. To Stop Actions Adverse to Cuba
                      AUGUST 2024
2102 08/01/24 U.S. Accuses Cuba of Attempting To Interfere in Florida Elections
2103 08/02/24 Electricity Problems in Cuba
2104 08/03/24 Skilled Immigrants Are Entering U.S. Illegally
2105 08/07/24 U.S. Extends Statute of Limitations for Crime of Violations of U.S. Embargo of Cuba
2106 08/09/24 Cuba’s Acquisition of U.S. Medical Supplies and Food
2106A 08/09/24 COMMENT: Cuban Imports of Chicken from U.S.
2107 08/13/24 U.N. Human Rights Council Demands U.S. End Designation of Cuba as State Sponsor of Terrorism
2108 08/14/24 U.S. Senators Rubio and Scott Propose Resolution To Hold Cuba Accountability for Heinous Crimes
2109 08/21/24 Developments in Cuban Migration to U.S.
2109A 08/28/24 Texas Federal Court Blocks Parole-in-Place for Undocumented Spouses of U.S. Citizens
                           SEPTEMBER 2024
2110 09/03/24 Noted Critic of Cuba Lambasts EU Aid to Cuba
2111 09/03/24 Minnesota Experiencing Shortages of Phsicians and Nurses
2112 09/06/24 Cuban Catholics Request Help from Spanish Catholics
2113 09/06/24 Derek Chauvin’s Motions for New Trial for Killing George Floyd
2114 09/11/24 Russia Announces New Cooperation with Cuba
2112A 09/13/24 COMMENT: Spanish Pontifical Foundation Campaign to Help Cuban Catholics
2115 09/14/24 Former Foreign Presidents Urge U.S. To Cancel Designation of Cuba as State Sponsor of Terrorism
2116 09/18/24 More Elecricity Problems in Cuba
2117 09/19/24 U.S. Extends Cuba Embargo for Another Year
2117A 09/20/24 COMMENT: Federal Resister on U.S. Continuing Cuba Embargo for Another Year
2118 09/21/24 U.S.Non-Profit Reports That U.S. Mistreats Migrants at U.S. Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
2117B 09/23/24 COMMENT: Granma Editorial: The blockade is a global embarassment for the United States
2119 09/25/24 Cuban Priest Voices Harsh Criticism of Cuban Regime
2120 09/25/24 Exodus of Cuban Medical Professionsls Hurting Medical Care on the Islans
2121 09/26/24 Another Granma Article Against the U.S. Embargo (Blockade)
2122 09/30/24 U.S. Excludes Cuba from Its “Visa Lottery” for Fiscal 2026
                        October 2024
2123 10.01.24 President Biden Sets U.S. Refugee Quotas for Fiscal 2025
2124 10.02.24 Pew Research Center Proposes Framework for U.S. Immigration Reform
2125 10.07.24 The Significance of the U.S. Low Birth Rate
2126 10.09.24 Cuban Priest Condemns Country’s Leaders
2127 10/11/24 Cuban Agriculture in Disastrous Condition
2128 10/14/24 Government Difficulties  in Raising Birth Rates
2129 10/19/24 Cuba’s Total Electrical Blackout
2130 10/19/24 More Cuban Electrical Problems
2131 10/21/24 Tropical Storm/Hurricane Exacerbates Cuba/s Electrical Problems
2131A 10/22/24 COMMENT: Update on Cuban Electricity Crisis
2132 10/23/24 Support for Immigration Reform from Nicholas Eberstadt and George Will
2133 10/25/24 DDC Forum for the Cuba of Tomorrow
2134 10/26/241 Cuban Journalist Rejects U.S. Embargo as Cause of Cuba Turmoil
2135 10/28/24 Wall Street Journal Columnist’s Perspective on U.S. Immigration
2136 10/28/24 DDC FORUM: “It is the political system model that is hindering Cuba’s development and the beginning of its recovery’
2137 10/29/24 International Criminal Court President Presents Its Annual Report to the U.N. General Assembly
2139 10/31/24 Criticisms of the Recent U.N. General Assembly Resolution Against the U.S. Embargo of Cuba
               NOVEMBER 2024
2140 11/01/24 Cuba Blackouts Create Market for U.S. Exports
2141 11/07/24 Hurricane Rafael Delivers Another Blow to Cuba
2142 11/10/24 State of Minnesota Has Declining Number of Births
2143 11/11/24 Strong Earthquakes Hit Southeastern Cuba
2144 11/11/24 Increasing U.S. Exports to Cuba
2145 11/12/24 U.S. Immediately Should End U.S. Embargo of Cuba and U.S. Designation of Cuba as State Sponsor of Terrorism
2146 11/20/24 U.S. Congressmen Ask President Biden To Provide Sanctions Relief and Other Aid to Cuba
2147 11/22/24 U.S. State Cepartment Criticizes Cuban Relations with Russia and China
2148 11/23/24 U.N. Raises $78 Million Aid for Cuba
2149 11/25/24 Conflicting Views of U..S.-Cuba Economic Relations
                    December 2024
2150 12/3/24 Discovery of Lone U.S. Response to U.N.’s Latest Condemnation of U.S. Embrgo of Cuba
2151 12/4/24 Cuba Suffering Third Total Blackout
2152 12/4/24 Cuba’s Unstoppable Spiral of Misery
2153 12/5/24 Diario de Cuba’s Editorial on Its 15th Anniversary
2154 12/6/24 Cuban Human Rights Organizations Denounce Imprisonment of Protesters
2155 12/7/24 Latest U.S.-Cuba Bilateral Migration Dialogue
2155A 12/9/24 COMMENT: U.S. Official Meets with Relatives of Cuban Political Prisoners
2156 12/9/24 U.S. Has New Evidence of Chinese Spy Bases in Cuba
2157 12/9/24 U.S. House Subcommittee Says Highly Likely That Foreign Adversary Caused Havana Syndrome
2158 12/11/24 Analysis of Recent U.S. Immigration Surge
2156A 12/11/24 COMMENT: U.S. Says It Is “Very Carefully” Monitoring China’s Activities in Cuba
2159 12/13/24 U.S. Announces That Cuba Is Still a State Sponsor of Terrorism
2160 12/14/24 Will Cuba Lose Almost Half Its Population by 2100?
2161 12/16/24 Whay Are Cuba and the U.S. Still Mired in the Cold War?
2162 12/17/24 U.S. Blames Cuba for Failure of U.S.-Cuba Reconciliation
2163 12/19/24 Former U.S. Officials Plead for Biden Administration to Relax Cuba Restrictions
2164 12/19/24 Cuba Planning March Challenging Biden To Cancel Hostile U.S. Policies
2165 12/20/24 Catholic Bishops of Cuba  Invite Cubans To Live As Brothers
2166 12/20/24 Senator Welch and four Other Senators Add Support for Ending US Designation of Cuba as a Sponsor of Terrorism
2167 12/20/24 Cuban Government Reiterates the Purported Reasons for the March of the Combatants
2168 12/21/24 Cuba’s Combatant March of December 20
2169 12/21/24 Another Perspective on the Cuban Combatant March
2170 12/22/24 Immigrants Dominating U.S. Population Growth
2171 12/22/24 Cuban Churches Helping Cubans Through Dire Times
2172 12/23/24 New earthquake Shakes Southeastern Cuba
2173 12/26/24 Cuban Journalists’ Opinions on Cuba.s Status
2174 12/26/24 Federal Court Allows Chauvin’s Expert Examination of George Floyd’s Heart Tissue
2175 12/29/24 Amnesty International Condemns Cuba’s Suppression of Dissent
2176 12/29/24 Cuban Catholic Priests: Island’s Greatest Evil Is Social fracture Caused by Repression and Fesar