Publications by Tania Mastrapa
Cuba behind the wheel: Fulton Armstrong & Co.
Publication Date: Thursday, January 24, 2013
The infiltration and manipulation of United States intelligence and policy circles by Communist dictatorships has a long, tangled and often embarrassing history. Americans that apologize, collaborate, promote and even spy for Communist state security apparatus vary in their motives. {read more}
The Cuban-American Vote
Publication Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2012
In this article for the Selous Foundation for Public Policy Research, Dr. Mastrapa analyzes the voting patterns of Cuban-Americans. {read more}
Cuba: 52 Years of the Same Old Bad Behavior
Publication Date: Thursday, July 26, 2012
The Cuban regime has been conducting a public relations campaign in the past couple of years promoting its so-called economic reforms in an effort to attract foreign investment and, more importantly, foreign loans that the regime has no intention of paying. An ironic year of a respectful and solemn papal visit and a push for gay rights, while dissidents are routinely beaten, merits an overview of what exactly, if anything, has changed in Cuba and if there is any reason for the U.S. to continue to soften its policies. {read more}
An Act of Solidarity with the People of Cuba: The Struggle for Freedom Continues
Publication Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The latest installment in political warfare by the Communist regime in Cuba features an all out political offensive, including a suave propaganda campaign. Its primary aims are to: 1) disintegrate the Cuban exile community, particularly in the United States; 2) recruit assets for Cuban intelligence; and 3) secure economic assistance for Havana via the émigrés and sympathetic leftists. {read more}
Cuba is Waiting for a Breakthrough
Publication Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI will have a hard act to follow in Cuba. The anticipation of his upcoming visit to the island positively pales in comparison to the palpable excitement and hope witnessed worldwide by the arrival of wildly popular Pope John Paul II in 1998. {read more}
Forget the year of arrival, Cubans are exiles
Publication Date: Saturday, October 29, 2011
Recently there has been much ado about the validity of Sen. Marco Rubio's status as a son of exiles. The controversy mistakenly suggests that to be pro-freedom a Cuban must have left the island within a specific time frame. My family history, like Rubio's, demonstrates otherwise. {read more}
