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International Law,
Government

Jan. 11, 2001

Straits of Ignorance

Recently, I was invited to Cuba to do a Web presentation for a joint conference hosted by Cuba's National Union of Cuban Jurists and the Washington, D.C., World Jurist Association. During this trip, I realized that misinformation on both sides of the Straits of Florida has kept most Americans outside of a loop that - prior to the Elian Gonzalez affair - had been limited primarily to the Miami-Havana corridor.

William Slomanson

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Email: bills@tjsl.edu

William Slomanson is also the author of California Procedure in a Nutshell (5th ed. 2014).

        By William R. Slomanson
        
        Recently, I was invited to Cuba to do a Web presentation for a joint conference hosted by Cuba's National Union of Cuban Jurists and the Washington, D.C., World Jurist Association. During this trip, I realized that misinformation on both sides of the Straits of Florida has kept most Americans o...

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