Imperatives for a New Cuba Policy

Monday, October 15, 2007

Imperatives for a New Cuba Policy

Polls indicate the great majority of Americans now see our 47-year old Cuba policy for the utter failure it is. Even the Cuban-American community, heretofore solidly behind the policy, is moving rapidly in the other direction. Polls taken in the congressional districts of Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Mario Diaz-Balart, two of the policy's most iron-clad advocates, show even the majority of their constituents to disagree – 66% expressing disagreement in Lincoln Diaz-Balart's district and 69% in Mario Diaz-Balart's. Truly a dramatic change.

Tuesday, October 16, 20078:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
University of California Washington Center1608 Rhode Island Ave, NWWashington, DC

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Crime Report

These listings are taken from the Washington Post, Weekly Section. We have reprinted them here to make you aware of trends in areas you might frequent. Use caution and good judgment when you are out and about.

Northwest, DC

R Street

9 a.m. March 1 to 3 p.m. March 3. A man allegedly sexually assaulted a female in a residence.

Connecticut Avenue, 1200 block

3 to 3:05 a.m. April 2. A man approached a female from behind and demanded a cellphone. When she turned, he snatched her cellphone and purse and fled.

Connecticut Avenue, 2600 block

6:15 to 6:20 p.m. April 3. Several males picked up a bucket containing a musician's tips. The musician saw one take cash from the bucket, which was then returned to the musician. When the musician confronted them, he was assaulted. The males fled.

Prospect Street, 3000 block

4:45 to 4:50 p.m. April 5. A male grabbed propertyy from a female at a restaurant and fled.

Q Street, 1700 block

2:11 a.m. April 5. A male pedestrian was robbed by a male at gunpoint.

Wisconsin Aveneu, 2300 block

4:30 to 5 p.m. April 5. Property was stolen from a female's handbag at a grocery store.

14th and P Streets

3 to 3:02 a.m. April 3. Two pedestrians were crossing a street when a male approached from behind and knocked a cellphone from a female pedestrian's hand. He picked it up and fled.

Connecticut Avenue, 1700 block

6:30 to 6:35 a.m. April 5. A bookstore was entered by throwing a rock through a front glass door. Money was taken from a cash register, and the store was ransacked.

Woodley Road, 2600 block

4:30 to 4:31 p.m. April 2. A man knocked on a door of a hotel room and forcibly entered the room when a female opened the door. He showed a knife and sexually assaulted her, then fled.

Capital Connection

Monday, October 15, 2007