The Washington Post Editorial: A brave act in Cuba deserves American support; Diario de Cuba: Family, Freedom and the Oswaldo Payá Prize by Boris González Arenas; National Review: Appeasement Never Works by George Weigel; NBC6: Mourners Remember 21st Anniversary of Brothers to the Rescue Tragic Flight; The Jerusalem Post: One Israeli killed and eight injured in car accident in Cuba by Laura Sigal
In Havana, Rosa María Payá, President of the Latin American Youth Network for Democracy, was going to bestow the Oswaldo Payá Freedom and Life Award on Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the OAS, and to honor late Chilean President Patricio Aylwin, represented by his daughter, former minister and ex-representative Mariana Aylwin.
The Organization of American States Secretary-General Luis Almagro said Wednesdaythat the Cuban government denied him permission to enter the island to receive a human rights prize created to honor late dissident Oswaldo Paya.
President Donald Trump said during a press conference Thursday that he shares Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio’s views on Cuba.
“We had dinner with Senator Rubio and his wife, who was by the way, lovely, and we had a very good discussion about Cuba because we have very similar views on Cuba,” Trump told journalists.
During the Cold War Cuba served as an unsinkable Soviet aircraft carrier. When American diplomats were scheduled to arrive in Havana to negotiate Obama’s Cuba outreach, a Russian spy ship docked in Havana harbor. Putin and Raul are considering reopening a Russian listening post in Cuba.
