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Under the new agreement, Castro says he will take back "those Cubans who have recently left and wish to return," and he promises not to punish them. Some of the rafters in the "safe havens" will try to get to the U.S. by that route, but others will not. Attorney General Janet Reno says those who choose not to go back to Cuba will be held at Guantanamo "indefinitely." That is a harsh ruling but an unavoidable one. If the naval station were to become a processing point for entry to the U.S., another wave of emigres would head straight...
...number of rafters began to slow last week, the Cubans apparently decided they now had more to gain by coming to terms with Washington. But in accepting this narrowly focused solution, Castro seems to have settled for very little. Why would he agree to something that does not even mention the hated embargo? Did he get some unspoken understanding on that score? Apparently not, but he did win some points. He took a step toward better relations with the U.S. He received an immigration package that gives him some say about who can leave his island and, at the same...
...Castro agreed to use "mainly persuasive methods" to stop his citizens from fleeing. The U.S. will now accept at least 20,000 yearly, plus about 6,000 more from a backlog of Cubans who are waiting to receive visas that have been approved. To get these visas, everyone must appear at the U.S. Interests Section in Havana...
...Castro may have to proceed with some limited reforms to keep the dialogue with Washington open. American officials are hearing reports that Castro will soon announce a plan to create markets linking agricultural cooperatives and customers in the cities. He may also choose to dress up the decision he has already made to invite the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit Cuba. "These types of things might lead to some response from us," says an Administration official...
Ending the embargo is still Castro's Plan A. The rafters were a way of forcing Clinton to look again at the sanctions. Another was last week's carefully orchestrated conferences in Madrid between Cuban Foreign Minister Roberto Robaina and three leaders of the Cuban opposition based in Miami. The three -- Ramon Cernuda, Alfredo Duran and Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo -- are all considered moderates in the world of Cuban exile politics, and all strongly favor lifting the U.S. embargo...