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Cuban Dissidents Are Barred From Attending Embassy Opening

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DailySignal- The American flag was raised next to the U.S. embassy in Havana for the first time in 54 years Friday, but Cuban dissidents who have influenced U.S.-Cuban relations for decades were barred from the event.

Secretary of State John Kerry justified the exclusion by telling Telemundo the symbolic opening was a “government-to-government moment, with very limited space.”

The State Department conceded the ceremony was not limited to government officials, extending invitations to select private individuals.

Notably, James Williams, president of the prominent anti-embargo lobbying group Engage Cuba, and Zane Kerby, president and CEO of the trade association American Society of Travel Agents, were both invited to the flag-raising ceremony.  MORE

13 Comments on Cuban Dissidents Are Barred From Attending Embassy Opening

  1. I don’t remember voting on this.
    How can a president all a a sudden decide something like this?
    I would think it should have been on a ballet at some point in time.
    Just out of the blue. WTF!

  2. Young lady, I must let you know that that country’s name is pronounced Cuberrrrr and not Cuba.

    Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to get back to PT with Lucifer. He ordered me to do 500,000 push ups…and not just the kind where I rock back and forth on my gut

  3. From Anon: “I don’t remember voting on this.
    How can a president all a a sudden decide something like this?
    I would think it should have been on a ballet at some point in time.
    Just out of the blue. WTF!”

    What exactly is your problem with what has happened?

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