Thursday, August 07th, 2014

Nixon reframes Watergate scandal in rereleased 1983 interviews

President Nixon's farewell on Aug. 9, 1974, as he boards a helicopter at the White House. (Associated Press)   By MAEVE RESTON On the eve of Richard Nixon's resignation 40 years ago, he could hear protesters chanting outside the White House as he retired to the Lincoln Sitting Room to make calls. The distant shouting reminded him of the height of… [Read Full Article]

Wednesday, July 30th, 2014

Laos, US Legacy, and Unexploded Ordnance

JULY 23, 2014 / PROSPERCSIS For decades, Laos’ economic development and relationship with the United States has been strained by unexploded ordnance (UXO), a legacy of the Vietnam War. Roughly 30 percent of the two million tons of bombs that the United States dropped in Laos during the Vietnam War failed to detonate on impact. To date, only about one percent of affected land has… [Read Full Article]

Thursday, July 03th, 2014

Cuba's Budding Entrepreneurs Travel A Rocky Road Toward Success

by DAVID GREENE and JASMINE GARSD When Americans think of business in Cuba, they think of government-owned enterprise. And the vast majority of Cubans do work for the state. But in recent years, private business owners known as cuentapropistas have flourished on the island. Cuentapropismo literally means "on your own account." As far back as the 1970s, Fidel Castro was talking about how socialism and small… [Read Full Article]

Tuesday, July 01th, 2014

Cuba's Mariel Port: Once An Escape, Now A Window To The Future

by DAVID GREENE and JASMINE GARSDWhen you arrive at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, you're greeted with a barrage of billboards with the popular Cuban government slogan promoting tourism: "Cuba, where the past and the present converge."Perhaps nowhere on the island is that statement more true than in the city of Mariel, about 30 miles from Havana on the northwestern coast.Mariel… [Read Full Article]

Monday, June 30th, 2014

With Cash And Fat Fryers, Americans Feed Cuba's Growing Free Market

by Greg AllenEvery day, you can see signs of a subtle change in relations between Cuba and the U.S. at Miami International Airport.More Cubans than ever before are coming to the U.S. to visit, and the number of Cuban-Americans traveling back to the island is also at record levels. With all the visitors, money and goods are now traveling to… [Read Full Article]