By Popular Demand

Students love the Cuba stories, maybe because they're often so bizarre and locked into the distant past. Student John Hyatt forwarded this article about how Mexico is looking to prosecute the Sheraton that booted the Cubans out of the oil meeting. It does a good job of explaining the ways in which U.S. policy makes life difficult for everyone.

Here's the rub. If you're the Sheraton and allow the meeting with Cubans involved, then you are violating U.S. law because you are a U.S. company. If you do not allow the meeting, then you are violating Mexican law, which says U.S. laws penalizing Cuba cannot be enforced in Mexico.