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William M. LeoGrande

William M. LeoGrande is Professor of Government at American University in Washington, DC, and co-author with Peter Kornbluh of Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations between Washington and Havana (University of North Carolina Press, 2015).

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CAN’T HIDE

Biden Must Choose: Starving Cubans or Votes in Florida

The U.S. has used hunger as a weapon against the Cuban regime for generations, but the people of Cuba are now desperate and Biden must act.

William M. LeoGrande

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