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Mario A. Murillo

Associate professor and Chair of the Department of Radio, Television, Film at Hofstra University in New York, and author of Colombia and the United States: War, Unrest and Destabilization (Seven Stories, 2004). He hosts Wake UP Call on WBAI Pacifica Radio in New York, and blogs at http://Mamaradio.blogspot.com

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Cuba still out in the cold

Mixed Feelings About Obama’s First Meeting with Hemispheric Leaders

by Mario A. Murillo

22 April 2009

Of all the memorable statements coming out of the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad (April 17 - 19, 2009), the one that stood out the most was President Barack Obama’s public expression of how he intended to approach his first major meeting with his hemispheric counterparts:
"I have a (...)