From our Bureau of Quixotic Diplomacy with some assistance from our Bureau of Rare Occasions for Repeatedly Arrested Dissidents

Lo and behold: Castro, Inc. has allowed Lady in White Berta Soler to meet with the new top diplomat at the U.S. embassy in Havana. Maybe they realized that arresting her as she left her house –which they do every Sunday — would be bad publicity? Who knows?

Anyway, she got to speak to the top diplomat about Cuba’s political prisoners and urged him to insist that if any concessions are to be made to Castro, Inc., those concessions be tied to the immediate release of all political prisoners. Good luck. Anyway this new embassy chief might be replaced soon. Let’s see how EL TRON (Trump) and Marco Rubio handle diplomacy with Castro, Inc.

Loosely translated from ADN Cuba

The leader of the Ladies in White, Berta Soler, recently held a meeting with Mike Hammer, the new U.S. Chargé d’Affaires in Havana, during which they discussed political prisoners and repression on the island.

The meeting took place just a few days after Hammer arrived in the Cuban capital in November...