U. S. intervention in Cuba remains intense
A new GAO report reveals that monies directed at changing Cuba's government increased sharply after 2004, the George W. Bush administration, and have remained high during the Obama administration.

Cuban 5 wives meet with UN human rights chief
Adriana Perez, wife of Gerardo Hernandez, and Olga Salanueva, wife of Rene Gonzalez, requested UN intervention on human rights grounds to be able to visit their husbands (two of the five imprisoned Cubans known collectively as the Cuban 5) whom they have not seen in over a decade.

Groups fight to remove Cuba from “terrorism sponsors” list
A consortium of organizations announced a new push to get Cuba taken off the State Department's "State Sponsors of Terrorism" list.

