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When Will They Lift the Blockade? Lessons From Cuba to Iraq and Back to Cuba

“When will they lift the blockade?” A polite smile did not hide her deep anxiety. She wasn’t Venezuelan, not Iranian, not Syrian, nor a citizen of other nations struggling under U.S.-imposed sanctions. I had just reached Baghdad on one of my missions t…

“When will they lift the blockade?” A polite smile did not hide her deep anxiety. She wasn’t Venezuelan, not Iranian, not Syrian, nor a citizen of other nations struggling under U.S.-imposed sanctions. I had just reached Baghdad on one of my missions there during the 1990s. How that question haunted me. I grew to anticipate More

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