Peter Kornbluh

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Peter Kornbluh, a longtime contributor to The Nation on Cuba, is co-author, with William M. LeoGrande, of Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations Between Washington and Havana. Kornbluh is also the author of The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability.

Foreign PolicyOctober 5, 2017

Trump’s Non-Sonic Attack on Cuba

Slashing Cuban embassy personnel and impeding travel sabotages the normalization process.

Peter Kornbluh
Latin AmericaJuly 12, 2017

Has Travel to Cuba Been Trumped? A ‘Nation’ Forum

We asked four veterans of the travel-to-Cuba movement to comment on the new restrictions.

Peter Kornbluh
Foreign PolicyJune 15, 2017

Normalization With Cuba Has Been a Smashing Success—but Trump Wants to Destroy It

Obama’s rapprochement has overwhelming support from Cuban-Americans, the US business community, and the Cuban people.

Peter Kornbluh
Foreign PolicyJune 2, 2017

Trump Threatens to Rescind Obama’s Cuba Engagement—and Activists Fight Back

The advocacy community now includes travel agencies, airline and agricultural companies, and a growing number of politicians.

Peter Kornbluh
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Foreign PolicyJanuary 6, 2017

Trump Is Threatening to Roll Back Normalization With Cuba—Here’s What’s at Stake

Obama’s Cuba policy opened a new era of peaceful coexistence. Can it survive President Trump?

Peter Kornbluh
WorldNovember 26, 2016

After Fidel Castro, What Comes Next?

Castro’s death comes at a particularly delicate stage in the ongoing effort to normalize Cuba-US relations.

Peter Kornbluh
Latin AmericaOctober 19, 2016

Normalization of Relations With Cuba Is All But Irreversible Now

President Obama’s new directive mandates positive engagement, as opposed to perpetual hostility, as the new modus operandi.

Peter Kornbluh
Covert OpsSeptember 21, 2016

Washington Knew Pinochet Ordered an Act of Terrorism on US Soil—but Did Nothing About It

Obama now has an opportunity to commemorate his victims by releasing the still-secret documents that hold the Chilean dictator accountable.

Peter Kornbluh
Latin AmericaJuly 1, 2016

Justice, Finally, for One of Pinochet’s Most Famous Victims

The killer of legendary folk singer Victor Jara has been found guilty in Florida. The Justice Department should now extradite him to Chile.

Peter Kornbluh
Foreign PolicyApril 6, 2016

Is Normalization With Cuba Irreversible?

That was one of Obama’s goals in his recent trip—and he made huge progress, charming the Cuban public and establishing a rapport with Raúl Castro.

Peter Kornbluh

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Peter Kornbluh

Foreign PolicyOctober 5, 2017

Slashing Cuban embassy personnel and impeding travel sabotages the normalization process.

Latin AmericaJuly 12, 2017

We asked four veterans of the travel-to-Cuba movement to comment on the new restrictions.

Foreign PolicyJune 15, 2017

Obama’s rapprochement has overwhelming support from Cuban-Americans, the US business community, and the Cuban people.

Foreign PolicyJune 2, 2017

The advocacy community now includes travel agencies, airline and agricultural companies, and a growing number of politicians.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

Foreign PolicyJanuary 6, 2017

Obama’s Cuba policy opened a new era of peaceful coexistence. Can it survive President Trump?

WorldNovember 26, 2016

Castro’s death comes at a particularly delicate stage in the ongoing effort to normalize Cuba-US relations.

Latin AmericaOctober 19, 2016

President Obama’s new directive mandates positive engagement, as opposed to perpetual hostility, as the new modus operandi.

Covert OpsSeptember 21, 2016

Obama now has an opportunity to commemorate his victims by releasing the still-secret documents that hold the Chilean dictator accountable.

Latin AmericaJuly 1, 2016

The killer of legendary folk singer Victor Jara has been found guilty in Florida. The Justice Department should now extradite him to Chile.

Foreign PolicyApril 6, 2016

That was one of Obama’s goals in his recent trip—and he made huge progress, charming the Cuban public and establishing a rapport with Raúl Castro.