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The Guardian | Dozens released as talk grows of Fidel's bad health.
Overtures to US as small reforms bid to improve life Raúl Castro has started to make cautious changes in Cuba which could signal plans for political and economic reform. Since he took over from his brother Fidel, dozens of dissidents have been released, an olive branch has been extended to Washington and there is talk of easing communist controls on property and agricultural production.
Three political prisoners have been freed in the past fortnight, the latest being Armando Betancourt Reina, a journalist jailed for 15 months after reporting on the eviction of a family in Camagüey.
Dissidents Freed As Raúl Castro Signals Change Of Tack In Cuba
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The best contribution we can make toward freedom in Cuba is to practice it ourselves. Let's start by permitting Cubans in the United States the freedom to travel to Cuba to see their families. Then let's let everyone in the United States travel freely to Cuba.
We can go to China, we can go to Vietnam, and they're one-party Communist countries, aren't they? Beyond that, why not allow U.S. businesses to buy and sell to Cuba, just like they do with China and Vietnam? In addition, let's allow Cubans on the island to freely come and visit their family and friends here in the United States.
In the last four years, Cuba has purchased over TWO BILLION worth of agricultural commodities from the U.S. U.S. law requires they pay cash in advance and Cuba has never been a day late or a dollar short.
Cuba is our neighbor and we should act in a neighborly way toward it.
Walter Lippmann
Los Angeles, California