Clinton: Release of Cuban Political Prisoners a Positive Sign

Washington — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the United States welcomes the announcement that Cuba will release 52 political dissidents who have been imprisoned since 2003, describing the move as “a positive sign.”

Speaking with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh at the State Department July 8, Clinton said the apparent agreement between Cuban authorities and the Roman Catholic Church that led to the announcement is encouraging.

“We welcome this. We think that’s a positive sign. It’s something that is overdue but nevertheless very welcome,” she said.

According to press reports, the Cuban government agreed to release the prisoners

Clinton: Release of Cuban Political Prisoners a Positive Sign

Washington — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the United States welcomes the announcement that Cuba will release 52 political dissidents who have been imprisoned since 2003, describing the move as “a positive sign.”

Speaking with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh at the State Department July 8, Clinton said the apparent agreement between Cuban authorities and the Roman Catholic Church that led to the announcement is encouraging.

“We welcome this. We think that’s a positive sign. It’s something that is overdue but nevertheless very welcome,” she said.

According to press reports, the Cuban government agreed to release the prisoners

Clinton: Release of Cuban Political Prisoners a Positive Sign

Washington — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the United States welcomes the announcement that Cuba will release 52 political dissidents who have been imprisoned since 2003, describing the move as “a positive sign.”

Speaking with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh at the State Department July 8, Clinton said the apparent agreement between Cuban authorities and the Roman Catholic Church that led to the announcement is encouraging.

“We welcome this. We think that’s a positive sign. It’s something that is overdue but nevertheless very welcome,” she said.

According to press reports, the Cuban government agreed to release the prisoners

Clinton: Release of Cuban Political Prisoners a Positive Sign

Washington — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the United States welcomes the announcement that Cuba will release 52 political dissidents who have been imprisoned since 2003, describing the move as “a positive sign.”

Speaking with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh at the State Department July 8, Clinton said the apparent agreement between Cuban authorities and the Roman Catholic Church that led to the announcement is encouraging.

“We welcome this. We think that’s a positive sign. It’s something that is overdue but nevertheless very welcome,” she said.

According to press reports, the Cuban government agreed to release the prisoners

Clinton: Release of Cuban Political Prisoners a Positive Sign

Washington — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the United States welcomes the announcement that Cuba will release 52 political dissidents who have been imprisoned since 2003, describing the move as “a positive sign.”

Speaking with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh at the State Department July 8, Clinton said the apparent agreement between Cuban authorities and the Roman Catholic Church that led to the announcement is encouraging.

“We welcome this. We think that’s a positive sign. It’s something that is overdue but nevertheless very welcome,” she said.

According to press reports, the Cuban government agreed to release the prisoners

Should The Bahamas rethink the educational agreement with Cuba?

The Bahamas signing an educational agreement with Cuba as reported in the press recently seems innocuous enough, particularly with the travails of the public educational system. But let's dig a little deeper.

Unless things have changed dramatically in Cuba in recent years, no Cuban citizen can sign a contract with an employer. All employees work for the Communist State and are in essence "farmed out" to employers around the world and within Cuban territory.

Should an employer have a problem with an employee, the worker is shipped back to the Government of Cuba. They have none of the legal options

Suiting Up for a Post-Dollar World

The global financial crisis is playing out like a slow-moving, highly predicable stage play. In the current scene, Western governments are caught between the demands of entitled welfare beneficiaries and the anxiety of bondholders who fear they will be stuck with the bill. As the crisis reaches an apex, prime ministers and presidents are forced into a Sophie's choice between social unrest and bankruptcy. But with the "Club Med" economies set to fall like dominoes, the US Treasury market is not yet acting the role we would have anticipated.

Our argument has always been that the US benefits from its reserve-currency status, allowing it to accumulate unsustainable debts for an unusually long period without the immediate repercussions of inflation or higher borrowing costs. But this false sense of security may be setting us up for a truly monumental crash.

There is fresh evidence that time is running out for the dollar-centric global monetary order. In fact, central banks outside the US are already making swift and discrete preparation for a post-dollar era.

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