Cuban academics hoping to attend a gathering of Latin America experts in Puerto Rico were denied visas by the American government, marking the latest in the current U.S. administration’s trend of shutting out Cubans. Some 55 philosophers, economists, and historians were told last week they’d be unable to travel to this month’s Latin American Studies Association congress in San Juan. Visa requests for four academics were still pending, said Sheryl Lutjens, an American political science professor at Northern Arizona University. Full Story