Third item on the possible change in U.S. policy toward Cuba since Sec. of State John Kerry took over the helm. Cuba should no longer be designated a state sponsor of terrorism was the first back in March. The second was bilateral talks on direct mail and now the State Dept. confirmed that U.S. and Cuban officials will meet to resume long-suspended talks on migration. State Dept. said that the talks do not represent a change in U.S. policy toward the island. “Obama administration officials have said repeatedly that there can be no significant improvement in bilateral relations until Alan Gross is freed. Havana has offered to swap him for four convicted Cuban spies in U.S. prisons, but Washington has rejected that deal.” Alan Gross, an American Jewish subcontractor for the U.S. government who was jailed in 2009 and later convicted for entering the country as part of a USAID team distributing communications equipment to the island’s Jewish community . Gross was sentenced to fifteen years in a Cuban jail. Organizations, such as the American Jewish Committee, have called on Cuba to release Gross on humanitarian grounds. Check out my chapter on Cuba in “The Scattered Tribe,” (Globe Pequot Press). http://amzn.to/J3Z47T Blog at www.bengfrank.blogspot.com “I Travel the World.” Follow me on twitter @bengfrank
Saturday, June 29, 2013
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Monday, June 24, 2013
Recent Ft Lauderdale, FL AUTHOR PROFILE! in Sun Sentinel.
Sun-Sentinel, Ft. Lauderdale! Click the first link!
First author profile of “Klara’s Journey, A Novel,” (Marion Street Press), a story of "betrayal, high drama and love!"
Out in a few weeks!
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Sunday, June 23, 2013
Recent blogs
Beware
Russian Bear’s Czarist-dream of putting paw in Mid-East. If Putin’s cronies, Assad, Hezbollah and
Iran, win, paw becomes large foot. Check Russia chap. in “The Scattered Tribe.” http://amzn.to/J3Z47T blog www.bengfrank.blogspot.com
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Little did I know when I used the
expression “Beware Russian Bear’s
Czarist-dream of putting paw in Mid-East,” that the word, paw would crop up in BBC News a few days
later. It seems that “Chinese officials has confiscated 213 bear paws hidden inside the tires of a
vehicle crossing the border from Russia.” Not only that, but two Russians were
detained in border town Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia, according to the BBC. As it
turns out, Manzhouli is a very important town in my historical novel, “Klara’s Journey (Marion Street Press), a
story of betrayal, high drama and love. Klara has to get past a border check
point and guard house, the latter full of bullet holes. Will she make it? For more, check out “Klara’s Journey.” Pre-order http://bit.ly/WyVSWq blog www.bengfrank.blogspot.com
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Hezbollah’s Nasrallah, who’s 4 Assad, promises 2 keep fight’n in Syria
"wherever needed." Chk Israel
chap: “The Scattered Tribe.” http://amzn.to/J3Z47T
blog www.bengfrank.blogspot.com
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India to overtake China & become world's
most populous country, 2028, says UN. Chapter on India in “The Scattered Tribe: Traveling the Diaspora from Cuba to India to Tahiti
& Beyond.” (Globe Pequot Press). http://amzn.to/J3Z47T Blog: www.bengfrank.blogspot.com
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Mahendraparvata,
hidden city, 1,200 yrs, discovr’d in Cambodia. I went 2 Angkor Wat re The Scattered Tribe. http://amzn.to/J3Z47T
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July 1 is the 37th
anniversary of The Frank Promotion Corp. No better way to celebrate than
obtaining a nice item in the June 10 & 17th edition of The New Yorker for The Writing Center at
Hunter College as well as numerous radio interviews promoting the college’s
annual Writers Conference. Kudos to Lewis Burke Frumkes, director of the
Center, for a very successful conference
on June 8. Check out my blog at www.bengfrank.blogspot.com “I Travel the World.” Follow me on twitter @bengfrank :
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7/1 is 37th anniversary Frank Promotion. Got a
nice item for Hunter College’s Writing Center in New Yorker. www.bengfrank.blogspot.com
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Three
months ago I wrote that with appointment of John Kerry as Secretary of State,
there were signs of a new US policy toward Cuba. The first indication came amid
reports that U.S. officials were considering removing Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. Now AP
reports in the Miami Herald that the
US. and Cuba will resume talks on direct mail which has been suspended for 50
years. “In and of themselves, the discussions are not particularly significant,
but the fact that the two Cold War enemies are talking at all is,” said AP.
Negotiations on mail and other matters have been on hold as the U.S. has said
that relations with Havana could not advance until Alan Gross, an American
Jewish subcontractor for the U.S. government who was jailed in 2009 and later
convicted for entering the country as
part of a USAID team distributing
communications equipment to the
island’s Jewish community, was freed. Check out my chapter on Cuba in “The Scattered Tribe: Traveling the Diaspora
from Cuba to India to Tahiti & Beyond,” (Globe Pequot Press). http://amzn.to/J3Z47T Blog at www.bengfrank.blogspot.com “I Travel the World.” Follow me on twitter @bengfrank :
Sunday, June 9, 2013
"Klara's Journey," cited in Boston Jewish Advocate
“Here
are some of the most recent books to catch the attention of The Jewish Advocate (Boston),” wrote
Miriam Chava Kramer, in the newspaper’s May 24 edition, and she included “Klara’s Journey, A Novel,” (Marion
Street Press). “Seventeen year old Klara is selected…to make the lonely, sometimes dangerous journey on
her own….” wrote Ms. Kramer. http://bit.ly/WyVSWq Check out my blog
at www.bengfrank.blogspot.com “I Travel the World.” Follow me on twitter @bengfrank :
Thursday, June 6, 2013
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