On Two Shores

Birds of a feather...

The Real Reason Why Ted Cruz Walked Out of Service During Raul Castro Speech Because he was told a more senior person was in the next room waiting for him:

"Reconciliation requires forgiveness and justice. To the extent that we are unable to heal because we continue to dwell on our pain, we are rendered incapable of crafting a new future. Forgiveness requires that we not allow the future to be doomed by the past. The violence caused by both sides needs to be remembered and addressed, but without degenerating into revenge. Requiring that change bring about justice before anything else only serves to delay the very process of change, thereby causing greater injustice"

Reconciliation I've written before about the Cuba Study Group's Reconciliation Project, which aims to study and debate how reconciliation processes in deeply divided countries have been successful, and the lessons that can be learned for Cuba. Their second conference just took place in Miami, with the participatio...

A positive take on tourism to Cuba.

What does Yoani Sanchez think about tourism to Cuba? Amidst all the hoopla over Beyonce and Jay-Z trip to Cuba, we thought it would be a good time to remind our readers of what acclaimed Cuban blogger has to say about tourism:

If there’s something made clear and obvious after the much ballyhooed trip of Jay and Bey to Cuba, is the absurdity of licensed travel. It’s time to get rid of it, and open travel for any American citizen who wants to visit.

Time to do away with licensed travel to Cuba. If there's something made clear and obvious after the much ballyhooed trip of Jay and Bey to Cuba, is the absurdity of licensed travel. It's time to get rid of it, and open travel for any American citizen who wants to visit. Opponents say that the travelers have contact with government officials or…