What Egypt Tells Us About Cuba

February 17, 2011

In the days after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down, papers around the world filled their front pages and their home pages with the news. But one paper, Granma, relegated the story to the fourth spot on its website, reserving top billing for an article on a large book fair. Granma is the official newspaper of Cuba’s Communist Party. Granma’s article on Mubarak’s resignation, which did not appear until long …

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Cairo Spring

January 31, 2011

There is a chance that, by the time you read these words, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will have checked into the five-star King Abdullah Hostel for Displaced Dictators in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. More likely, it will take a little while — days or perhaps weeks, though I don’t think so — for Mubarak to board the helicopter that will carry him to a private jet, which, in turn, will whisk …

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