LASA and Cuba

In two weeks I am off to Puerto Rico for the Latin American Studies Association conference (I am presenting a paper on immigration). Continuing the theme of politics based on spite, the NYT reports that, like the last meeting, the U.S. government is refusing to allow any Cubans to attend. There is just no legitimate reason for doing so. It's just another policy equivalent of the U.S. government sticking its collective tongue out at Fidel.