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Peter Kornbluh
Peter Kornbluh is the director of the Cuba Documentation Project at the National Security Archive in Washington, D.C., and the coauthor of
Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations Between Washington and Havana
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Reuters
The Real Reason It's Nearly Impossible to End the Cuba Embargo
Bill Clinton tried engaging Castro. After Havana shot down two U.S. planes, it all fell apart.
Peter Kornbluh
and
William M. LeoGrande
October 5, 2014