Ex-President Aims to Thaw Relations During Six-Day Cuban Trip
HAVANA, Cuba — When private citizen Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba this morning, the 77-year-old statesman will attempt to tie up some unfinished business from his time in the White House — finding a way to befriend Cuban President Fidel Castro, a longtime enemy of the U.S. government…Carter to Visit Castro
Jimmy Carter Arrives in Cuba for Historic Visit with Fidel Castro
HAVANA, Cuba — Jimmy Carter, sporting his trademark grin, stepped off a private airplane here Sunday, becoming the first U.S. president, in or out of office, to visit this Caribbean island nation since 1928…Castro-Carter arrival
Election 2000: Florida Recount
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — It’s been a long two weeks without a president-elect, and every Floridian has his or her own way of coping. Some go to court. Some make posters. Some even eat chad. But for Angela Woodhull, there’s really only one thing to do: That’s right — polka. …Florida Recount
Election 2000: Rollercoaster Without End
WASHINGTON — When he sat down to dinner with his family at Austin’s Shoreline Grill last Nov. 7, Texas Gov. George W. Bush was confident he was on his way to the White House. Before dessert arrived, brother Jeb, governor of Florida, was apologizing. It appeared his state would go to Vice President Al Gore. …Election 2000
Border Clampdown Pushes Illegal Immigrants Eastward
EAGLE PASS, Texas – If you believe Washington, the mighty force of the U.S. Border Patrol is marching eastward from California, carrying out a master plan to wring the U.S.-Mexico boundary from sea to shining sea. But in this scruffy South Texas border town, where pickup trucks compete with stray dogs for a share of the unpaved back streets, three field agents crouching in the scrub brush were all that stood between Piedras Negras, Mexico, and America Wednesday night…Border Patrol Ride-along
Bush and Fox Determined to Be ‘Good Neighbors’
WASHINGTON — President Bush wants the Hispanic vote. His Mexican counterpart, Vicente Fox, wants to link his poor country’s future to that of its rich neighbor. But when Fox comes to Washington for Bush’s first state dinner this week, the fates of two countries may depend on their approach to challenges on the table, starting with immigration…U.S.-Mexico
Undocumented Immigrants See Hope in Bush-Fox Meeting
WASHINGTON — On the run from the migra, somewhere in the desert scrub between Mexicali, Mexico, and Calexico, Calif., 19-year-old Maria Pineda lost her shoes. She never looked back — not then and not now, 14 years later. Like many Mexican immigrants who dashed across the border to start a new life, Pineda is hopeful that friendly relations between President Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox will result in legalization…Mexican immigrants
Political Conventions 2004: Let the Games Begin
BOSTON — In 1924, famed newspaper curmudgeon H.L. Mencken described a national political convention this way: “One sits through long sessions wishing heartily that all the delegates and alternates were dead and in hell … and then suddenly there comes a show so gaudy and hilarious, so melodramatic and obscene, so unimaginably exhilarating and preposterous that one lives a gorgeous year in an hour.” Today, as Democrats gear up for convention in Boston and Republicans prepare for New York, political expert Stephen Hess is more succinct: “Don’t expect much,” he advises, “and then you won’t be disappointed.” …Political Conventions 2004