As I've written before elsewhere, I am posting my new articles on Cuba on ExpertsColumn. I have at least one more in the works.

Pope Benedict, Fidel Castro to Meet March 27

La Tribuna, a daily newspaper of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, announced yesterday that Pope Benedict XVI will meet Fidel Castro March 27, 2012, on the pontiff's visit to Cuba. Fidel Castro himself seconded the report by tweeting a link to it. Vatican Insider, a website run by the Italian newspaper La Estampa, confirms that the Pope will visit Cuba from March 26 to 28 and meet Fidel.

Gingrich's Proposed Policies on Cuba Have Already Failed Once (or Twice or More)

Last week in the Versailles restaurant in Miami’s Little Havana, Republican candidate Newt Gingrich drank a demi-tasse of Cuban coffee. Then he tossed back a second cup of the strong and bitter brew. Finally, the hypercaffeinated candidate addressed a Cuban-American audience that had strong opinions and a bitter history. He carefully avoided offending them. After all, it was Friday the 13th. Why do something risky?

Romney Clueless on Cuban Internet

Republican Candidate Mitt Romney’s promises mirror Newt Gingrich’s.  Romney and Gingrich both attempt to link their Cuba policies to the memory of President Reagan, the Helms-Burton Act, and re-imposition of travel and remittance restrictions. By a strange coincidence, both campaigns also advance the same new idea, combatting the Castro regime through the Internet.