Mariela Castro

Last year, in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of representatives, Rep. David Rivera (R-Fla.) demanded that Wendy Sherman, undersecretary of state for political affairs, reveal whether the U.S. tried to negotiate with Havana, somehow, the release of Alan Gross. Rivera said: "It is outrageous that the Obama administration would be negotiating with a terrorist regime to free an American hostage." This policy is correct: the U.S. should not give in to the demands of t...

Last May I had the pleasure of hearing Mariela Castro, daughter of current Cuban president Raúl Castro and niece of the infamous dictator Fidel Castro, speak while she was visiting on her extremely controversial trip to the United States. The following night I was fortunate enough to be granted direct access to her at a private event where I was able to hear more about her efforts to change Cuba with respect to human rights issues, particularly LGBT rights. ...