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The panelists discuss what the resignation of Fidel Castro means for Cuba and the future for U.S.-Cuba relations.
Speakers: Jake Colvin, Director, USA*Engage, National Foreign Trade Council
Peter Kornbluh, Director, Cuba Documentation Project, National Security Archive
James P. McGovern, Member, U.S. House of Representatives, (D-MA)
Philip Peters, Vice President, Lexington Institute
Sarah Stephens, Executive Director, Center for Democracy in the Americas
Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director of Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Lawrence Wilkerson, Cochair, U.S.-Cuba Policy Initiative, New America Foundation
Presider: Patrick Doherty, Director, U.S.-Cuba Policy Initiative, New America Foundation
February 19, 2008
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