December 2003
Hearings Begin in Cuba Travel Ban Case
Posted December 20, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
JEANNINE AVERSA | Associated Press WASHINGTON - Vacationing in Mexico in 1999, Frederick Burks could not resist hopping a cheap… Read More
Cuba weaves web of indoctrination around its students - Opinion
Posted December 20, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By Claudia Marquez Linares What has happened to freedom of thought in Cuba today? Let me tell you a story. When my son’s… Read More
OUR CARIBBEAN: Deepening our ties with Cuba
Posted December 19, 2003 by publisher in Cuban History (0 comments)
by RICKEY SINGH | [url=http://www.NationNews.com]http://www.NationNews.com[/url] LAST MONDAY marked a significant… Read More
Enforcement of Cuba travel ban angers some
Posted December 19, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Peter Slevin | The Washington Post Washington—The athletes and doctors were due to meet in Miami on Nov. 13 and depart for… Read More
Cuba has made a utopian dream reality | Granma.cu
Posted December 16, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (1 comments)
Affirms President Fidel Castro at the event for the 4th anniversary of the Battle of Ideas and Elián González’ 10th birthday… Read More
Raul Castro - Cuba has turned into a trap
Posted December 16, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
[url=http://www.granma.cu]http://www.granma.cu[/url] Refutes rumors on his health after presiding over the… Read More
Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba - White House Press Release
Posted December 16, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
“Our government will establish a Commission for the Assistance to a Free Cuba, to plan for the happy day when Castro’s… Read More
US plans ‘peaceful change’ in Cuba
Posted December 16, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
[url=http://www.IndiaMonitor.com]http://www.IndiaMonitor.com[/url] WASHINGTON: The US has indicated that it… Read More
Raul Castro Says Cuba Ready if U.S. Attacks
Posted December 16, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (3 comments)
Reuters HAVANA - Cuban Defense Minister Raul Castro said on Sunday that should the Communist state’s arch-enemy the United… Read More
U.S. boosts sanction enforcement, searches more travelers to Cuba
Posted December 16, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (1 comments)
Rafael Lorente | South Florida Sun-Sentinel WASHINGTON - President Bush’s October call for more rigorous enforcement of… Read More
Fidel Castro : Socialism Will Survive in Cuba
Posted December 16, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (1 comments)
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ | Associated Press Writer CARDENAS, Cuba (AP)—President Fidel Castro insisted Friday that his socialist… Read More
US further tightens restrictions on business, travel in Cuba
Posted December 16, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
AFP WASHINGTON - The United States announced tighter inspections of US citizens traveling to Cuba and a crackdown on illegal business… Read More
Mel Martinez Resigns to Run for Senate
Posted December 09, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Knight Ridder News Service ORLANDO, Fla.—U.S. Housing Secretary Mel Martinez, a Cuban-born Republican and the only Hispanic… Read More
The Changing Face of Cuba | 1 of 3
Posted December 04, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By RALF KIRCHER, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) == '… Read More
The Changing Face of Cuba | 2 of 3
Posted December 04, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By RALF KIRCHER, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) == '… Read More
The Changing Face of Cuba | 3 of 3
Posted December 04, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By RALF KIRCHER | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) ==… Read More
Stand in Solidarity with Cuba - Free the Cuban Five
Posted December 04, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
HAVANA JOURNAL COMMENTS: THIS ARTICLE IS POSTED AS A NEWS/INFORMATION STORY. THE HAVANA JOURNAL DOES NOT ENDORSE OR SUPPORT… Read More
Bozeman teacher argues for end to Cuba embargo
Posted December 04, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By GAIL SCHONTZLER Bozeman Chronicle Staff Writer Bozeman teacher Tom Waldorf could fly from Miami to Cuba for a two-week visit… Read More
November 2003
Miami promoter wins suit over concert security costs
Posted November 28, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
BY MICHAEL VASQUEZ | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1)… Read More
Poverty and Police State Clash in Cuba
Posted November 24, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (2 comments)
By Cory Reiss | Ledger Washington Bureau | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if… Read More
Honored reporter locked up in Cuba
Posted November 24, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
By Hazel Feigenblatt | THE WASHINGTON TIMES Cuban journalist Manuel Vazquez Portal will not be available to receive the 2003 International… Read More
Alabama - Cuba Conference Speaker relates Cuba to U.S. culture
Posted November 24, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
By Marlin Caddell | Staff Reporter | The Crimson White Robert Thompson spoke at the first annual Alabama-Cuba Conference on Wednesday,… Read More
Teacher facing trip penalty lobbies against Cuba ban
Posted November 19, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Frank Davies | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) ==… Read More
Forty Years of Lies - opinion
Posted November 17, 2003 by publisher in Cuban History (0 comments)
By: John Chuckman | [url=http://www.liberalslant.com]http://www.liberalslant.com[/url] “If, as we are… Read More
Shame in the Congress - opinion
Posted November 15, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By John Bomar/Independent Recent actions within the back rooms of congress to strip away the Cuban travel ban is a shameful… Read More
Cuban journalist Bernardo Arevalo Padron freed from jail
Posted November 15, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
BBC Cuban journalist Bernardo Arevalo Padron has been released from prison after serving a six-year sentence for anti-revolutionary… Read More
Anger at Cuba travel ban decision
Posted November 14, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
BBC US lawmakers have come under attack for dropping a provision that would have allowed Americans to travel to Cuba for the first… Read More
Detroit City Council calls for normal relations with Cuba
Posted November 13, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
People’s Weekly World The following resolution was unanimously passed Nov. 7 by the Detroit City Council. It was introduced… Read More
UN to Bush: End the blockade against Cuba
Posted November 13, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (1 comments)
Terrie Albano | People’s Weekly World Newspaper Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque delivered a blistering… Read More
PROTEST CUBA AMENDMENT REMOVAL - Latin America Working Group
Posted November 13, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Dear Cuba Policy Advocates: It is time to protest! Last night, behind closed doors and without giving an opportunity for… Read More
Plan to ease Cuba sanctions foiled (with Havana Journal Publisher’s comment)
Posted November 13, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Christopher Marquis | New York Times Washington—President Bush’s allies in Congress quietly eliminated a widely supported… Read More
Lawmakers drop effort to ease Cuba travel restrictions in Bush win
Posted November 13, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
ALAN FRAM | Associated Press Writer Congressional bargainers dropped efforts to end the government’s ban on travel by most… Read More
Cuba’s dissidents seek international summit platform to make their case
Posted November 11, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
Channelnewsasia.com HAVANA : Prominent Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya made an impassioned appeal to organizers of an Ibero-American… Read More
The Cuban embargo myth - Op-Ed
Posted November 10, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
A Miami TV station recently aired home video of Cuban leader Fidel Castro dining in a fancy restaurant with a group of Italian… Read More
Cuba’s lesson for Iraq - Political Opinion
Posted November 08, 2003 by publisher in Cuban History (0 comments)
Peter Foster | Financial Post If Fidel Castro was miffed at not making the “Axis of Evil,” he must have been apoplectic… Read More
U.S. Cuba policy out of tune - Opinion
Posted November 08, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Author: Rob Gowland | People’s Weekly World Newspaper Did you see where Benjamin Treuhaft, a piano tuner in the U.S.,… Read More
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Votes to Ease Travel Ban to Cuba
Posted November 06, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
[url=http://www.lawg.org]http://www.lawg.org[/url] [NOTE: The conference committee of the Transportation-Treasury… Read More
US Senate panel approves lifting Cuba travel ban
Posted November 06, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Reuters WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 — The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 13-5 on Thursday to lift the travel ban to… Read More
Argentina and Uruguay face off over Cuba
Posted November 05, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Washington Times HAVANA, Nov. 5 (UPI)—Argentina will pressure Uruguay to drop its opposition to offering Cuba membership… Read More
Vietnam confirms a vote for UN resolution on Cuba
Posted November 05, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
[url=http://www.vnagency.com.vn]http://www.vnagency.com.vn[/url] New York, Nov. 5 (VNA)- Ambassador Nguyen… Read More
U.N. resoundingly rejects U.S. embargo against Cuba
Posted November 05, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Reuters UNITED NATIONS - For the 12th straight year, the U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to end Washington’s… Read More
Cuba to host meeting on prohibition of nuclear arms next week
Posted November 02, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
[url=http://www.chinaview.cn]http://www.chinaview.cn[/url] HAVANA, Nov. 1 (Xinhuanet)—Cuba will host… Read More
The Cuba Embargo as Rip Off - Opinion
Posted November 02, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Saul Landau | [url=http://www.counterpunch.org]http://www.counterpunch.org[/url] OPINION: “U.S. law… Read More
October 2003
HELP CUBA TRAVEL REACH THE PRESIDENT’s DESK
Posted October 30, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Havana Journal publisher comment: Views of the LAWG and actions suggested below are not necessarily the views or recommendations… Read More
Baucus, Enzi join group opposing Cuba travel ban
Posted October 30, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By TED MONOSON | Billings Gazette Washington Bureau WASHINGTON—Sens. Max Baucus, D-Mont., Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and a bipartisan… Read More
Pinecrest broadcaster helps transmit news, information to Cuba
Posted October 29, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Art Jacobson | Pinecrest Tribune In a community where many spend their time talking about Cuba, Alex Rivero talks to people… Read More
GOP Will Keep Cuba Travel Ban Intact
Posted October 29, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
LOLITA C. BALDOR | Associated Press WASHINGTON - Legislation that would relax the ban on travel to Cuba is headed for failure… Read More
Cuba policy will change - opinion
Posted October 29, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Palm Beach Post Editorial For reasons ranging from jobs to sanity, the House and Senate have swung the wrecking ball at four decades… Read More
Opinion: Rip up the Cuba embargo
Posted October 28, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Published by news-press.com on October 28, 2003 Bush’s stance is just political pandering The tattered trade and travel… Read More
Cuba veto threat, votes hang in balance for Bush
Posted October 28, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Peter S. Canellos | Boston Globe WASHINGTON—President Bush has never wielded a veto pen in anger. Not for a $180 billion… Read More
Bush should capitulate on Cuba - opinion
Posted October 27, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
The Rocky Mountain News The Senate has taken a giant step toward recognizing the right of Americans to travel where they wish,… Read More
Ban on Cuba travel may survive
Posted October 25, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Nick Anderson | National Correspondent | Los Angeles Times Republican leaders hope to strip language easing restrictions from… Read More
Bush wrong about Cuba - opinion
Posted October 25, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Salt Lake Tribune When President Bush made his recent speech about tightening legal American access to Cuba, I and 30-plus other… Read More
Cuba Welcomes U.S. Senate Vote on Travel
Posted October 25, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
The Associated Press HAVANA Oct. 24 — Cuba’s foreign minister welcomed the U.S. Senate’s vote this week to ease… Read More
Cuba in the Cross-Hairs: A Near Half-Century of Terror
Posted October 25, 2003 by publisher in Cuban History (0 comments)
by Noam Chomsky | TomDispatch.com Now that the Bush administration, pursuing its “war against terrorism,” has once… Read More
Cuba Vote Shows Bush’s Waning Authority
Posted October 25, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
by Jim Lobe | Anitwar.com Thursday’s unexpectedly lop-sided vote by the Republican-led U.S. Senate… Read More
Senate Roll Call Votes regarding Cuba Travel Ban
Posted October 23, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Provided by Latin American Working Group | [url=http://www.lawg.org]http://www.lawg.org[/url] U.S. Senate… Read More
Historic Senate Vote to End Cuba Travel Ban
Posted October 23, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (2 comments)
Press Release from the Latin America Working Group Senate Seconds September House Vote and Defies Pressure from Administration… Read More
DORGAN CUBA TRAVEL AMENDMENT WON
Posted October 23, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Dear Cuba Policy Advocates: Amid some confusion on the floor of the Senate, the Dorgan Cuba travel amendment passed on a voice… Read More
Senate votes to end restrictions on travel to Cuba
Posted October 23, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
JIM ABRAMS | Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP)—The Senate joined the House on Thursday in striking at the four-decade-old… Read More
Cuba Travel Ban Debate in Congress
Posted October 23, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Dear Cuba Policy Advocates: At this very moment the Senate is unexpectedly debating the Cuba travel amendment on Transportation-Treasury… Read More
Cuba’s unfinished power source
Posted October 21, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By Robert Windrem | NBC NEWS JURAGUA, Cuba — On a humid coastal plain opposite the city of Cienfuegos sits an imposing monolith… Read More
The wrong model for Iraq war
Posted October 20, 2003 by publisher in Cuban History (0 comments)
By Sheldon M. Stern | Boston Globe | Opinion WHEN PRESIDENT George W. Bush looked into American history to justify his decision… Read More
Cuba’s needless isolation | Boston Globe Editorial
Posted October 20, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
PRESIDENT BUSH, unwilling to tackle the difficult issues between the United States and Cuba, has imposed new restrictions on Americans’… Read More
Cuba second from last, just ahead of North Korea
Posted October 20, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
Reporters Without Borders is publishing its second world press freedom ranking. Second from last in the ranking, Cuba is today… Read More
Cuba a Threat or an Opportunity? | Commentary
Posted October 20, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By SARTRE | GOPUSA.com “Our relationship with Cuba is a paradox. Politics pull us apart. And then geography pushes us back… Read More
Bush’s Cuban quandary | commentary
Posted October 20, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By John Hughes | Former Editor of the Christian Science Monitor SALT LAKE CITY – While President Bush has been focused on troublesome… Read More
Sex, Lies and Tourism: Is Castro Prostituting Cuban Teenagers?
Posted October 17, 2003 by I-rlee66 in Castro's Cuba (5 comments)
The Bush Administration recently intensified persecution of Americans who dare visit Cuba. Unleashing the Homeland Security Department… Read More
Senate poised to lift ban on travel to Cuba
Posted October 15, 2003 by I-rob in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Bob Cusack | TheHill.com For the first time, the Senate appears ready to pass legislation that would lift the 41-year-old travel… Read More
Cuban Travel Ban of Questionable Constitutionality
Posted October 14, 2003 by I-taoist in Cuban History (0 comments)
Here is a brief editorial in response to George Bush’s recent statement on Cuba and particularly the present travel ban. … Read More
White House Calls for More Pressure on Castro
Posted October 14, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Michael Conlon CHICAGO (Reuters) - Branding Fidel Castro a tyrant, White House national security chief Condoleezza Rice called… Read More
Text of speech delivered by Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe PÈrez Roque to the United Nations G
Posted October 14, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (1 comments)
PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA TO THE UNITED NATIONS 315 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Tel: 212-689-7215 * Fax:… Read More
Senator Lugar: Embargo has not worked
Posted October 14, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
BY RICHARD BRAND | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) ==… Read More
Payá takes petition to Cuban leaders
Posted October 14, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
BY NANCY SAN MARTIN | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1)… Read More
BBC NEWS | Country profile: Cuba
Posted October 13, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (2 comments)
Cuba has survived more than 40 years of US sanctions intended to topple the government of Fidel Castro. It has also defied predictions… Read More
Support to Lift Cuba Travel Restrictions Appears to Be Growing in US Congress
Posted October 13, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Deborah Tate | VOAnews.com Support for ending U.S. travel restrictions to Cuba appears to be growing in the U.S. Congress, despite… Read More
Cuba conference in Mobile Alabama opens amid controversy
Posted October 13, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By GEORGE TALBOT | Business Reporter | [url=http://www.al.com]http://www.al.com[/url] An air of conspiracy… Read More
Challenge to Castro | csmonitor.com
Posted October 13, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
Opinion For the second time in 17 months, a group of courageous Cuban citizens is challenging Fidel Castro’s economically,… Read More
Bush Steps Up Effort to Destabilize Castro’s Regime
Posted October 13, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Edwin Chen | Los Angeles Times Staff Writer The administration will enforce restricted travel to Cuba and allow more immigrants… Read More
Nelson P. Valdes: Traveling to Cuba: Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way
Posted October 13, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By NELSON P. VALDES | [url=http://www.CounterPunch.org]http://www.CounterPunch.org[/url] Do you want to travel… Read More
Looking at Participatory Planning in Cuba through an Art Deco Window
Posted October 13, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (1 comments)
By Marie Kennedy, Lorna Rivera and Chris Tilly | [url=http://www.PlannersNetwork.org]http://www.PlannersNetwork.org[/url]… Read More
Cuba Blasts United States
Posted October 13, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
(AP) Cuba blasted President Bush’s newly toughened policies toward the communist-run island on Monday, saying they were… Read More
Washington Post Interview: Colin Powell on Cuba
Posted October 13, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Excerpts from an Oct. 3, 2003, interview with Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, conducted at the State Department by Washington… Read More
President Bush’s remarks on Cuba
Posted October 10, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Courtesy of the Latin American Working Group Greetings. Following are: the transcript of President Bush’s comments… Read More
September 2003
Cuba Takes Over Spain’s Cultural Center in Havana
Posted September 11, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By Isabel Garcia-Zarza | Reuters HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba took control of Spain’s cultural center in Havana on Thursday as… Read More
US House Votes to Ease Cuba Travel Embargo
Posted September 09, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (1 comments)
September 9, 2003 | 8:30 p.m. | Latin America Working Group Dear Cuba Advocates: Greetings. We come to you with good news! … Read More
The Value of Engagement with Cuba
Posted September 06, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Statement of Philip Peters | Vice President, Lexington Institute | before the Committee on Finance - United States Senate September… Read More
Congress to Vote in September on Freedom to Travel to Cuba
Posted September 03, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
From Latin America Working Group Press Release In early September, Congress will vote on whether to give Americans their freedom… Read More
Cuba Travel Ammendment Vote in Congress
Posted September 03, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
From Latin America Working Group Dear Cuba Policy Advocates: QUICK REMINDER: The Transportation/Treasury appropriations… Read More
August 2003
Fidel Castro Marks 77th Birthday Today
Posted August 13, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By ANITA SNOW | Associated Press Writer HAVANA - Fidel Castro, the world’s longest ruling leader, turns 77 Wednesday after… Read More
Gorbachev Comes to Miami to Address National Summit on Cuba
Posted August 12, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
[url=http://www.nationalsummitoncuba.org]http://www.nationalsummitoncuba.org[/url] MIAMI - Former USSR President… Read More
CANF off base with demand to stop deportations
Posted August 12, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Miami Herald | Letters to the Editor Re the Aug. 3 letter CANF demands an effective Cuba policy: The Cuban American National Foundation… Read More
Cuban exiles furious as rebel stays to fight in Havana
Posted August 12, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Mail and Guardian Online Cuban exiles in Miami yesterday condemned a dissident politician for his surprise decision to move to… Read More
‘No lies’ drive in Havana
Posted August 12, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
News24.com | South Africa Havana - Cuban authorities on Tuesday launched a website denouncing a “campaign of lies”… Read More
At 77, Castro still the indefatigable revolutionary
Posted August 12, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By Anthony Boadle | Reuters HAVANA - For Cuban President Fidel Castro, who will be 77 Wednesday, the slogan is still ‘‘socialism… Read More
Cuba: No Social Club for Journalists
Posted August 12, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By Mark Fitzgerald | Editor & Publisher magazine Castro’s Crackdown May Have Backfired CHICAGO—Nostalgia for the… Read More
Roger Noriega seeks ideas to promote Cuba change
Posted August 12, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (1 comments)
By George Gedda | Associated Press WASHINGTON - Ruling out tighter sanctions against Cuba, the Bush administration is pushing… Read More
Cuban criminal justice: Don’t punish me with brutality
Posted August 12, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By TRACEY EATON | The Dallas Morning News Relatives want Castro to see what’s going on today and show mercy HAVANA–… Read More
Corruption in Cuban jails extends to medical personnel
Posted August 12, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
VILLA CLARA | [url=http://www.cubanet.org]http://www.cubanet.org[/url] From Ariza prison, in Cienfuegos province,… Read More
Exile leader returns to Cuba to work for democracy
Posted August 12, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By Vanessa Bauza | South Florida Sun-Sentinel HAVANA—He is a former rebel commander turned counterrevolutionary. The founder… Read More
Camila Ruiz to Head Washington Office of Cuban American National Foundation
Posted August 12, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (1 comments)
WASHINGTON - The Executive Board of the Cuban American National Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Camila Ruiz… Read More
Legislators say Cuba letter may get results
Posted August 12, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
BY OSCAR CORRAL AND LESLEY CLARK | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0,… Read More
US Concerned with Cuban Political Prisoners Health
Posted August 12, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
Press Release: US State Department U.S. Concerned with Health of Cuban Political Prisoners State Dept. says health of Raul Rivero… Read More
Change Cuba Policy - opinion
Posted August 12, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Gary Aldrich | AmericanDaily.com In 1995, Bill Clinton changed the United State’s policy related to Cuban migration.… Read More
State GOP legislators urge action on Cuba
Posted August 12, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
BY OSCAR CORRAL | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) ==… Read More
CANF demands an effective Cuba policy
Posted August 04, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (1 comments)
Miami Herald | Letters to the Editor It is with deep regret that we write this open letter to President Bush to express our disappointment… Read More
CUBA’s POLITICAL PRISONERS - Editorial
Posted August 04, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
Miami Herald FREE THEM FROM INHUMAN PRISON CONDITIONS It is contemptible that the Cuban regime imprisons people for activities… Read More
Administration officials debate Cuban repatriation
Posted August 04, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Nancy San Martin, Peter Wallsten and Alfonso Chard | Miami Herald A growing controversy about the fate of 19 Cuban migrants… Read More
One-time revolutionary seeks peaceful move to democracy in Cuba
Posted August 04, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By Vanessa Bauzá | Orlando Sentinel HAVANA—At one end of the Havana hotel’s Internet cafe, Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo,… Read More
EU regrets Cuba’s decision to reject aid
Posted August 04, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Islamic Republic News Agency ( I R N A )HeadLines News Brussels, Aug 4, IRNA—A spokesman for the European Commission … Read More
Cuba embarks on an ‘educational revolution’
Posted August 04, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (3 comments)
By TRACEY EATON | The Dallas Morning News HAVANA – Near-record numbers of college students are expected to flock to Cuban… Read More
Doing the Math on Cuban American Voters
Posted August 04, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By ANYA LANDAU | Letter to the Editor | Washington Post In his July 31 op-ed column, “Costly Cuba Blunder,” Robert… Read More
Jeb Bush Criticizes Brother George Bush on Cuba
Posted August 04, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (1 comments)
By Manuel Roig-Franzia | Washington Post Staff Writer MIAMI—The rare occasion of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush criticizing the administration… Read More
Squandering the Cuban vote - Washington Times Editorial
Posted August 04, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
The Washington Times It is not an overstatement to argue that George W. Bush is president today largely because of Cuban Americans.… Read More
Vietnam’s National Assembly Chairman An begins Cuba visit
Posted August 04, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
VNS Chairman Nguyen Van An of Vietnam’s National Assembly and his wife arrived in Havana, Cuba, on August 2, beginning a… Read More
Cuba libre - Commentary
Posted August 04, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By Daniel F. Somavilla & Andy Messing Jr. | Washington Times Since 1959, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro has outlived eight presidential… Read More
Chairman An (Viet Nam) entourage begin State trip to Cuba
Posted August 04, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
VNS HA NOI — National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Van An, accompanied by his wife, was scheduled to leave Ha Noi last Saturday… Read More
July 2003
Let Americans Visit Cuba - Letter to the Editor
Posted July 31, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (2 comments)
WAYNE S. SMITH In her July 13 Outlook piece, “A Crackdown Worthy of Castro,” Alicia C. Shepard described the clumsy… Read More
Bush’s honeymoon with Hispanics has faded - Opinion
Posted July 31, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Andres Oppenheimer | Miami Herald President Bush’s honeymoon with Mexican-American and Cuban-American voters has come to… Read More
Keeping Cuba policy irrational still a key to Florida’s electoral votes
Posted July 31, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Tom Lyons | HeraldTribune.com | Opinion There are plenty of sensible possibilities for improving this nation’s policies… Read More
Imprisoned Cuban Dissident’s Failing Health Worries US
Posted July 31, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
VOA News The State Department says it is deeply concerned about the failing health of jailed Cuban economist Marta Beatriz Roque.… Read More
Analysis: Politics on Cuba changing
Posted July 31, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By Les Kjos | UPI MIAMI, July 30 (UPI)—Cuban politics around the world has always been a tangle, and now it seems to be… Read More
Amnesty International Demands Release of About 75 Cuban Dissidents
Posted July 31, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
VOA News An international rights watchdog group is demanding that Cuba release about 75 dissidents the government sentenced to… Read More
Why the US fears Cuba - Comment
Posted July 31, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Seumas Milne | The Guardian Hostility to the Castro regime doesn’t stem from its failings, but from its achievements Fifty… Read More
Entire Fidel Castro Speech at 50th Anniversary of Moncada Barracks Attack
Posted July 28, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
[url=http://www.granma.cu]http://www.granma.cu[/url] SPEECH GIVEN BY FIDEL CASTRO, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC… Read More
Cuba Policy Report by the Lexington Institute
Posted July 28, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
The Imperfect Migration Accords At Work by Philip Peters | [url=http://www.LexingtonInstitute.org/cuba]http://www.LexingtonInstitute.org/cuba[/url]… Read More
Castro After 50 Years - “Viva La Revolucion?”
Posted July 28, 2003 by I-netwmd in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
I wonder if Fidel Castro ever listened to the Beatles. Think he ever listened to Revolution? How about Back in the U.S.S.R.? If… Read More
Musicians from Cuba - Opinion
Posted July 28, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
Letters to the editor | Miami Herald Re the July 24 story Two exiles add a condition for backing Grammys: Willy Chirino and Emilio… Read More
Martha Beatriz Roque Taken to a Hospital in Havana
Posted July 28, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Nenita Roque, +1-305-265-2275, or +1-786-348-8066; or Sylvia G.Iriondo, M.A.R. por Cuba, +1-305-934-7302 | PR Newswire The following… Read More
American Library Association & Cuba
Posted July 28, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
By Duncan Currie | National Review The American Library Association embraces Castro | The Forgotten 14 Has the American Library… Read More
San Diego woman to pay fine for Cuba trip
Posted July 28, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Leonel Sanchez | UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER A San Diego woman’s three-year battle to overturn a $10,000 fine for violating… Read More
CUBA: `Castro’s biological weapons’? The world needs more of them
Posted July 28, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
[url=http://www.greenleft.org.au]http://www.greenleft.org.au[/url] | Green Left Weekly | By RICHARD LEVINS… Read More
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Greets Fidel and the CP Cuba
Posted July 28, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (1 comments)
People’s Democracy | Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) | http://pd.cpim.org The general… Read More
European Press Review: Cuba Pays Price for Castro’s Arrogance
Posted July 28, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Deutsche Welle | [url=http://www.dw-world.de]http://www.dw-world.de[/url] Over the weekend Fidel Castro celebrated… Read More
Feuding exiles could cause political pain for president
Posted July 28, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
BY PETER WALLSTEN | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) ==… Read More
European Union is America’s Trojan Horse, claims Fidel Castro
Posted July 28, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By Anita Snow STANDING before the military barracks where he launched his revolutionary battle 50 years ago, Fidel Castro accused… Read More
Cuba anniversary arouses press passions
Posted July 28, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
BBC news As Cubans mark the 50th anniversary of the start of the revolution which brought Fidel Castro to power, the splits between… Read More
Castro’s Cuba At 50
Posted July 28, 2003 by publisher in Cuban History (0 comments)
CBSnews.com | Opinion | CBS News Foreign Affairs Consultant Pamela Falk The Cuban Revolution has just turned 50. That’s… Read More
CUBA: Next Target in Bush’s Endless War?
Posted July 24, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (5 comments)
by International A.N.S.W.E.R. A public forum covering the latest events in Cuba, an analysis of the role of Bush’s administration,… Read More
1953: year of upheaval in the world
Posted July 24, 2003 by publisher in Cuban History (0 comments)
[url=http://www.granma.cu]http://www.granma.cu[/url] | BY FELIX CAPOTE | Granma International staff writer… Read More
Castro looking fit despite rumors
Posted July 24, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Associated Press HAVANA | Looking fit and cheerful, Cuban President Fidel Castro appeared on a televised broadcast of a graduation… Read More
Why not be Cuba’s friend?
Posted July 24, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
A letter from Samuel H. Brown of Charlotte, a retired United Methodist pastor | Charolette Observer Ending embargo would open… Read More
Police violence at the Sunday market
Posted July 24, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
[url=http://www.cubanet.org]http://www.cubanet.org[/url] HAVANA, July (http://www.cubanet.org) - A… Read More
Cuba’s Revolution 50 Years After First Assault
Posted July 24, 2003 by publisher in Cuban History (0 comments)
By Anthony Boadle | Reuters HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba will mark the 50th anniversary on Saturday of the initial assault that launched… Read More
The Times of Havana - January 1 1959
Posted July 23, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Batista Flees
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14th Pastors for Peace caravan in Havana
Posted July 23, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (1 comments)
[url=http://www.granma.cu]http://www.granma.cu[/url] THE 14th Cuba-United States Friendshipment Caravan, headed… Read More
STATEMENT FROM THE HEAD OF THE U.S. INTERESTS SECTION IN HAVANA
Posted July 23, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (1 comments)
[url=http://www.granma.cu]http://www.granma.cu[/url] Mr. James Cason, head of the U.S. Interests Section in… Read More
When Castro Dies And Cuba Lives
Posted July 23, 2003 by publisher in Cuban History (4 comments)
AmericanDaily.com | Bruce Walker Fidel Castro will die soon. On that day, the Cuban people will have hope. On that day, the world… Read More
Spanish American War Museum Restored
Posted July 23, 2003 by publisher in Cuban History (0 comments)
DTcuba.com Havana.- The museum dedicated to the Spanish-Cuban-American War, in eastern Santiago de Cuba province, reopened after… Read More
Castro resurfaces after rumours about his health
Posted July 23, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Associated Press HAVANA: Looking fit and cheerful, President Fidel Castro appeared on a televised broadcast of a graduation ceremony… Read More
EU Cites Cuba for ‘severely Deteriorated’ Human Rights Situation
Posted July 23, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
VOA News The European Union says the human rights situation on Cuba has “severely deteriorated” this year, but declined… Read More
The Cuban Missile Tape Crisis
Posted July 23, 2003 by publisher in Cuban History (0 comments)
Just how helpful are the White House recordings? By David Greenberg | Slate.msn.com For several years, political junkies have… Read More
U.S. Sends 15 Migrants Back to Cuba
Posted July 22, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Associated Press WASHINGTON - The United States returned 15 migrants to Cuba Monday after receiving assurances they would not… Read More
This Week In Cuba
Posted July 20, 2003 by publisher in Cuban History (0 comments)
Center for a Free Cuba Cuban singer Celia Cruz’s remains arrived in Miami, where her fans will pay their respects. She wished… Read More
Cuba Denies Jamming U.S. Broadcasts to Iran
Posted July 20, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
HAVANA (Reuters) - The Cuban government on Saturday denied jamming U.S. satellite broadcasts to Iran and said it only blocked… Read More
Cuba Finds Crackdown on Dissent Has a Price
Posted July 20, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By Carol J. Williams | LA Times Staff Writer HAVANA — Almost any way you look at it — in terms of trade, academic… Read More
Cuba embargo opponents hope for vote before recess
Posted July 17, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By NANCY SAN MARTIN | Miami Herald WASHINGTON - About 200 people opposed to the U.S. embargo on Cuba gathered here Tuesday in… Read More
Keys (Key West) quietly prepare for Cuba contingencies
Posted July 17, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
BY J.J. HYSELL | keysnews.com It is a well-circulated rumor that swells each time the communist leader of Cuba disappears for… Read More
U.S., private groups say Cuba jams Iran broadcasts
Posted July 17, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Reuters WASHINGTON | Transmitters in Cuba have been jamming U.S. government and private satellite television broadcasts aimed… Read More
Cuba Campaigns to Free Convicted Spies
Posted July 17, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
JOHN RICE | Associated Press HAVANA - In Cuba, everybody knows “the five.” Their cause is mentioned in nearly every… Read More
Fifteen From Cuban Boat in Custody
Posted July 17, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Associated Press MIAMI - The U.S. Coast Guard boarded a 36-foot Cuban boat Wednesday and took 15 people into custody, a day after… Read More
American fined for visiting Cuba wants Canadian travel agency to foot the tab
Posted July 17, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
[url=http://www.canoe.ca]http://www.canoe.ca[/url] TORONTO (CP)—A Canadian travel company facing a demand… Read More
Cuba reports hijacking and deadly attempt
Posted July 17, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — For the first time since Cuba executed three men who tried to seize a ferry in April, the… Read More
Center for a Free Cuba | This Week In Cuba
Posted July 14, 2003 by publisher in Cuban History (0 comments)
According to the newly appointed Brazilian Ambassador to Cuba, Tilden Santiago, Brazilian President “Lula” da Silva… Read More
NAACP chief calls for Cuba policy changes
Posted July 14, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Jaime Hernandez | Staff Writer | Sun-Sentinel MIAMI BEACH · The United States should work harder to improve relations with… Read More
The Cultural Charge of July 26, 1953
Posted July 11, 2003 by publisher in Cuban History (0 comments)
Jorge Smith | Prensa Latina Havana, Jul 11 (PL) “We lack a charge [of machetes] to kill scoundrels”, said Cuban poet… Read More
Poll: Cubans’ Focus is Local
Posted July 11, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Tere Figueras | Miami Herald The majority of Cuban Americans living in Miami-Dade County are more concerned with improving their… Read More
Cuba’s Struggle is Not Easy
Posted July 11, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
By Jose Pertierra | Democratic Underground The following is the text of a speech delivered on June 24, 2003 at a Town Hall Meeting… Read More
Cuban doctors coming July 23 (to Trinidad)
Posted July 11, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (1 comments)
By LOUIS B HOMER | [url=http://www.TrinadadExpress.com]http://www.TrinadadExpress.com[/url] THE long-awaited… Read More
Cuban convicted of hijacking plane
Posted July 11, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
BY JENNIFER BABSON | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1)… Read More
Center for a Free Cuba | This Week In Cuba
Posted July 07, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Summary of the Last Seven Days At a Madrid seminar, former Czech President Vaclav Havel urged the European Union to establish… Read More
DESTINATION CUBA: GROUP GATHERS HUMANITARIAN AID FOR COMMUNIST COUNTRY
Posted July 07, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (1 comments)
BY HAROLD G. DOWNS | THE SOUTHERN CARBONDALE—A small group of volunteers spent a hot and muggy Saturday afternoon contributing… Read More
Volunteers pack truck with medicine for Cuba
Posted July 07, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (1 comments)
By Jeffrey Blackwell | Democrat and Chronicle Volunteers from the Rochester Committee on Latin America loaded a truck Thursday… Read More
Activists Defy Cuba Embargo
Posted July 07, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
Bud Lowell WXXI ROCHESTER, NY (2003-07-03) A truck loaded with relief supplies will leave Rochester’s Downtown Presbyterian… Read More
Rockland New York man to defy Cuba embargo
Posted July 07, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
By LAURA INCALCATERRA | THE JOURNAL NEWS Irving Wolfe may be 90 but as he puts it, “I’m still going, not so strong,… Read More
NAACP, Miami-Dade hope to fix strained relations
Posted July 07, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
By Madeline Baro Diaz | Sun Sentinel When the NAACP is host to its 94th annual gathering this week in Miami Beach, civic and political… Read More
Worldwide Sentiment Shifting Against Castro
Posted July 07, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Posted by Dale Wong With communist dictator Fidel Castro’s continued repression of the people of Cuba, worldwide sentiment… Read More
Bush pushes ‘free Cuba’
Posted July 07, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
[url=http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au]http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au[/url] US President George W Bush reminded… Read More
Oswaldo Paya Cuban Dissident Interview
Posted July 07, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
[url=http://www.zenit.org]http://www.zenit.org[/url] Activist in Exile Cites Grass-roots Push for Freedom… Read More
Group of 13 Maine residents bringing aid to Cuba on bus
Posted July 07, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
By Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine - Thirteen Mainers on Tuesday loaded up a big green bus full of supplies to send to Cuba as… Read More
Piano tuner caught in U.S.-Cuba discord
Posted July 07, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
This Havana piano tuner just wanted to attend a Dallas convention, but his visa denial is part of the same old song in nations’… Read More
China’s Senior Party Official Arrives in Havana for Visit
Posted July 07, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee,… Read More
Ricardo Alarcon states Cuba will overcome perils of an aggression with unity and patriotism
Posted July 07, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (1 comments)
By Martin Corona Jerez AIN [url=http://www.cubaweb.cu]http://www.cubaweb.cu[/url] Bayamo, June 24 (AIN) Ricardo… Read More
Cuba has been left out for too long - Opinion
Posted July 07, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
[url=http://www.Jang.com.pk]http://www.Jang.com.pk[/url] Pakistan The past few months have seen a sharp escalation… Read More
Cubans Predict Opposition Comeback
Posted July 07, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
ANITA SNOW | Associated Press HAVANA - Democracy activist Oswaldo Paya said he traveled the length of Cuba twice this spring and… Read More
June 2003
Hispanic Entry to U.S. Varies
Posted June 18, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Gregory Tejeda | United Press International When Cuban pop singer Carlos Manuel entered the United States last week with his family,… Read More
Cuban Leader Fidel Castro to Visit India
Posted June 18, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Associated Press NEW DELHI, India - Cuban President Fidel Castro, once India’s close ally, has accepted an invitation to… Read More
Economic embargo against Cuba: part one
Posted June 18, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (2 comments)
The Nassau Guardian “We are becoming increasingly conscious of the fact that the well-being of each separate country does… Read More
US and Cuba should reduce tensions - opinion
Posted June 18, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Northwest Indiana News Our opinion: The political dimension aside, the United States and Cuba need to work on improving relations… Read More
OAS right to reject U.S. bullying of Cuba - opinion
Posted June 18, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Alana Yu-lan Price and Jessica Leight | [url=http://www.sunspot.net]http://www.sunspot.net[/url] WASHINGTON… Read More
Castro leads Cuba to the cliff’s edge - opinion
Posted June 18, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
CARLOS ALBERTO MONTANER | Miami Herald Fidel Castro is facing a new enemy. He calls it, with great contempt, ‘‘the… Read More
U.S. pulls plug on Cuba expo
Posted June 18, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
BY NANCY SAN MARTIN | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1)… Read More
United States is the threat: Cuban envoy
Posted June 18, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
LESLIE PAPP | STAFF REPORTER | [url=http://www.thestar.com]http://www.thestar.com[/url] U.S. aggression is… Read More
‘Brothers to the Rescue’ founder takes to airwaves to fight Castro
Posted June 16, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
By Madeline Baro Diaz | Sun Sentinel MIAMI—Jose Basulto’s television station can fit in a suitcase and be broadcast… Read More
Newscast to Nowhere
Posted June 16, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
HISPANIC BUSINESS | Jeffrey Kofman It’s the newscast to nowhere — courtesy of the U.S. taxpayer. Fifty-five reporters, editors… Read More
CUBA, NATIONAL ALLIANCE REPLIES TO CASTRO: A REGIME IS COLLAPSING
Posted June 16, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
(AGI) - Rome, Italy, June 12 - “What is going on in Havana is the clear proof of the deep crisis in which the last communist… Read More
Cuba communicates decision on
Posted June 16, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
STATEMENT FROM MINREX | [url=http://www.Granma.com]http://www.Granma.com[/url] In a just tribute to one of… Read More
Cuba applies first major anti-Europe measure, takes over Spanish Embassy’s Cultural Center
Posted June 16, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (1 comments)
ASSOCIATED PRESS HAVANA, June 14 — Fidel Castro’s communist government took its first major step in its anti-Europe… Read More
EU imposes token sanctions against Cuba
Posted June 16, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Written by Marit Ruuda | [url=http://www.EUobserver.com]http://www.EUobserver.com[/url] The European Union… Read More
Effort to free 5 Cubans gains little notice in U.S.
Posted June 16, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
By TRACEY EATON | The Dallas Morning News HAVANA – After five Cubans were convicted in the United States on espionage-related… Read More
Editorial: Castro crushes dissent in Cuba
Posted June 16, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Toronto Star Canadians generally have nothing but warm feelings for the people of Cuba and their lovely island. Some 400,000 of… Read More
Castro Brothers Lead Marches on EU Embassies
Posted June 12, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (3 comments)
By Marc Frank | Reuters Cuban President Fidel Castro and brother Raul Castro led hundreds of thousands of marchers past the Spanish… Read More
Cuba angrily accuses EU of catering to U.S.
Posted June 12, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
BY ANITA SNOW | Associated Press HAVANA - Cuba lashed out at the European Union on Wednesday, accusing the 15-nation bloc of serving… Read More
90 percent of the buses on the Isle of Youth are out of service - Cuba News / Noticias - CubaNet New
Posted June 12, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
NUEVA GERONA, Cuba ( [url=http://www.cubanet.org]http://www.cubanet.org[/url] ) - Public transportation on… Read More
Fidel foiled - opinion
Posted June 12, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
The Washington Times: Editorials/OP-ED The United States has won two unlikely allies in its efforts to bolster the democratic… Read More
Diary of Manuel Vázquez Portal
Posted June 10, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (4 comments)
From Boniato prison | [url=http://www.cubanet.org]http://www.cubanet.org[/url] March 19: House search and… Read More
Powell Urges OAS to Act on Cuba
Posted June 10, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By Karen DeYoung | Washington Post Staff Writer SANTIAGO, Chile, June 9—Secretary of State Colin L. Powell today challenged… Read More
Castro Rejects Europe’s Diplomatic Sanctions
Posted June 07, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (1 comments)
Reuters HAVANA - Cuban President Fidel Castro accused the European Union on Saturday of joining Washington in ganging up on Cuba… Read More
U.S. asks Cuba for exit permits for 636 who had been rejected
Posted June 07, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Associated Press NEW YORK—The U.S. government presented Cuba with a list of 636 people denied exit permits by Fidel Castro… Read More
Havana, Washington exchange charges on migration
Posted June 07, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Irwin Arieff | Reuters UNITED NATIONS - Cuba accused the United States on Friday of cutting back on visas to Cubans hoping… Read More
AmeriCares Team in Cuba
Posted June 07, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
AmeriCares - USA | [url=http://www.americares.org]http://www.americares.org[/url] An AmeriCares team is currently… Read More
From my prison cell | Manuel Vázquez Portal
Posted June 06, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (1 comments)
Boniato Prison, Santiago de Cuba, June ( [url=http://www.cubanet.org]http://www.cubanet.org[/url] ) - Cell… Read More
Independent journalists in Cuba told to stop writing or go to jail
Posted June 03, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By Vanessa Bauza | [url=http://www.Sun-Sentinel.com]http://www.Sun-Sentinel.com[/url] HAVANA · Like many independent… Read More
Cuba gets a strong slap for jailing 75 dissidents
Posted June 03, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Amnesty: It leads hemisphere in `prisoners of conscience’ BY NANCY SAN MARTIN | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this… Read More
“Essential measures”? FULL REPORT BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Posted June 03, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Human rights crackdown in the name of security. Amnesty International 1. Introduction In the most severe crackdown on the dissident… Read More
Cuba says it broke up drug ring; sentences 17 to prison terms
Posted June 03, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
The Associated Press Cuban authorities announced Monday they had broken up a Jamaica-based drug trafficking ring and had convicted… Read More
Amnesty Wants U.S. to Review Cuba Embargo
Posted June 03, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
Associated Press NEW YORK - Amnesty International wants the U.S. government to rethink its embargo against Cuba, a measure the… Read More
Cuban spy’s health raises doubts about attack
Posted June 03, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (3 comments)
Head of anti-Castro paramilitary group insists agent was hurt By TRACEY EATON | The Dallas Morning News HAVANA – Juan Pablo… Read More
May 2003
Plan to free terrorist Posada Carriles exposed
Posted May 31, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
[url=http://www.Granma.com]http://www.Granma.com[/url] PANAMA.— Lawyers and trade union and student… Read More
Max Baucus ties nominee to Cuba trade, travel
Posted May 31, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By TED MONOSON | Lee Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – In an effort to get action on legislation to permit Americans to travel… Read More
CASTRO REPORTED ILL IN BUENOS AIRES
Posted May 29, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (2 comments)
By Martin Edwin Andersen | [url=http://www.InsightMag.com]http://www.InsightMag.com[/url] Aging Cuban strongman… Read More
Influx of Iraqi officials reported in Cuba
Posted May 29, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
[url=http://www.IraqWar.ru]http://www.IraqWar.ru[/url] Large numbers of former officials from Saddam… Read More
Cuba’s Heroic Heretics
Posted May 29, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By Myles Kantor | [url=http://www.FrontPageMagazine.com]http://www.FrontPageMagazine.com[/url] “I believe… Read More
Iraq now, Cuba next?
Posted May 29, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Nisa Islam Muhammad | Staff Writer | [url=http://www.finalcall.com]http://www.finalcall.com[/url] WASHINGTON… Read More
Senator blocks diplomat nominee to force Cuba move
Posted May 29, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
BY TIM JOHNSON | Miami Herald WASHINGTON - The White House nominee to become the senior U.S. diplomat to Latin America has hit… Read More
As Cuba Goes, Florida May Follow
Posted May 27, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (1 comments)
By Martin Edwin Andersen | [url=http://www.insightmag.com]http://www.insightmag.com[/url] Cuba’s 101st… Read More
Solidarity with Cuba
Posted May 27, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Green Left Weekly | [url=http://www.greenleft.org.au]http://www.greenleft.org.au[/url] Petition now has… Read More
CUBA: Daring to resist the US empire
Posted May 27, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
BY PATRICK BOND | teacher Wits University, Johannesburg | Green Left Weekly HAVANA — Visitors experiencing Cuba for the… Read More
My Evening with Castro | The experience of a lifetime
Posted May 27, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Cheryl Flake | National Review Oliver Stone calls him “one of the earth’s wisest people.” Jack Nicholson… Read More
Don’t want to meet with Castro? Just send your wife
Posted May 27, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Billy House | Reporter | Arizona Republic In plotting to snub a Cuban leader, can an Arizona congressman really rub it in by… Read More
Cuban-American community divided over US Havana policy
Posted May 27, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Henry Hamman in Miami | Financial Times The US response to last month’s crackdown on dissent in Cuba that resulted in… Read More
Cubans support revolution - editorial
Posted May 27, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Business Day | Vilma Thomas | First Secretary, Embassy of Cuba South Africa On May 19, Business Day ( [url=http://www.bday.co.za]http://www.bday.co.za[/url]… Read More
Argentines Cheer Fidel Castro’s Speech
Posted May 27, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By KEVIN GRAY | Associated Press Writer BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—To the cheers of thousands of screaming Argentines, Cuban… Read More
Al Fox: One man’s lonely crusade to change U.S. Policy
Posted May 26, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (9 comments)
CubaNews | March 2003 | By Larry Luxner Albert J. Fox Jr. isn’t particularly Cuban, even though his elderly mother Luisa,… Read More
CubaNews Feature Interview: Oswaldo Payá
Posted May 26, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Exclusive to the Havana Journal By Larry Luxner | [url=http://www.CubaNews.com]http://www.CubaNews.com[/url]… Read More
Just when you thought Cuban affairs were warmer
Posted May 24, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Castro turns on the old Cold War chill By TRACEY EATON | The Dallas Morning News HAVANA – Just last fall, a smiling Fidel… Read More
NEW HOUSE CUBA TRAVEL BILL
Posted May 21, 2003 by N-Latin America Working Group in US Embargo (0 comments)
Please see the action items at the end of this letter.
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Cuban envoy tries to heal differences
Posted May 21, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Caribbean News Briefs | Sun Sentinel Mexico City · The Cuban ambassador to Mexico expressed regret that relations between the… Read More
Return of expelled Cuban diplomat
Posted May 21, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (1 comments)
BY REYNOLD RASSÍ | Granma daily staff writer THE decision to arbitrarily expel 14 Cuban diplomats from the United States –… Read More
Viewpoint: Let’s liberate the oppressed Cubans next
Posted May 21, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (1 comments)
By CHERYL FERRARA | Staff Writer | [url=http://www.marcoeagle.com]http://www.marcoeagle.com[/url] As Iraqis… Read More
Free Speech Is the Best Ammunition to Fight Fidel and Subvert Totalitarianism
Posted May 21, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By Clarence Page | THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE WASHINGTON—As someone who often agrees with actor-activist Danny Glover but who also… Read More
Statement condemning Cuba fails at OAS
Posted May 21, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (2 comments)
By Pablo Bachelet | Reuters WASHINGTON, May 19 — A United States-backed statement condemning human rights violations in… Read More
Bush Hails Cuba’s ‘Independence Day’
Posted May 21, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington - President George W. Bush voiced solidarity yesterday with Cubans striving to “enjoy the… Read More
Cuba sanctions fail to materialize
Posted May 21, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Mary C. Murray | NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT HAVANA, May 20 — The Bush administration failed Tuesday to apply new sanctions… Read More
Not their fathers’ Cuban-American politics
Posted May 21, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Alexandra Marks | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor MIAMI – Jorge Mas Santos stands in an elegant Coral Gables… Read More
Bush sends radio message to Cubans, meets with dissidents
Posted May 21, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Tom Raum | Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush declared that ‘‘dictatorships have no place in the Americas’’… Read More
In Focus Cuba | A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture
Posted May 19, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
buy this book from amazon Author: Emily Hatchwell, Simon Calder Binding: Paperback Published: February, 1999 ISBN: 1566562414… Read More
United States should deal with Cuba through third parties
Posted May 19, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Myriam Marquez | Opinion | ORLANDO SENTINEL A U.S. diplomat invites Cuban dissidents into his home. Fidel Castro calls the… Read More
Cuba’s Alarcon Talks About Hijacking Executions, U.S. Relations
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WPLG Click10.com As President George W. Bush prepares to make a speech about Cuba, Ricardo Alarcon, president of the Cuban parliament… Read More
THE CASTRO NEWS NETWORK
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By JOHN J. MILLER | The New York Post | Opinion IT wasn’t the most sophisticated hijacking ever planned. In Havana Bay on… Read More
Americas Bush Administration Trying to Create Dissent, says Top Cuban Official
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Jessica Berman | Washington | VOAnews.com Listen to this article: http://www.voanews.com/mediastore/Berman_Cuba_18may03.ram… Read More
What to do about Cuba?
Posted May 19, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By PHILIP PETERS | Opinion | Miami Herald The Bush administration is in a bind over Cuba. President Bush is preparing to announce… Read More
Cuba says Gov. Bush is urging an attack
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BY CHARLES D. SHERMAN | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0,… Read More
Cuban spies say they used pro-democracy funds
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BY TRACEY EATON | The Dallas Morning News HAVANA - (KRT) - Cuban spies are in a bragging mood these days. They say American pro-democracy… Read More
This Week In Cuba by CubaCenter.org
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Summary of the Last Seven Days Most Important Developments In the largest number of expulsions in the history of US-Cuban relations,… Read More
Study tours latest casualty of US crackdown against Cuba
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A group of tourists observe from a yacht (foregound) the sinking of a battle frigate (background) near Havana. Educational study… Read More
A hard line in Havana
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[url=http://www.smh.com.au]http://www.smh.com.au[/url] Old age and a crumbling economy have not cooled Fidel… Read More
Gunning for Cuba
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The Guardian Casting around for more dragons to slay, the Bush administration is taking an increasingly hard look at Cuba. Its… Read More
FBI memo behind Cubans’ expulsion, U.S. officials say
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BY NANCY SAN MARTIN AND TIM JOHNSON | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0,… Read More
Baucus wants to allow Americans to travel to Cuba
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By TED MONOSON | Gazette Washington Bureau | [url=http://www.billingsgazette.com]http://www.billingsgazette.com[/url]… Read More
Cuba Policy Debate Intensifies Following Castro’s Crackdown
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By Steve Brown | [url=http://www.CNSNews.com]http://www.CNSNews.com[/url] Staff Writer (CNSNews.com) - Leading… Read More
This Week In Cuba
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By CubaCenter.org A survey in Spain indicated that 90 percent of Spaniards believe Fidel Castro should leave power. Seventy-eight… Read More
U.S., Cuba Have Feuded For Four Decades
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Reuters HAVANA—Washington’s expulsion of 14 Cuban diplomats announced Tuesday was the latest flash point in a long… Read More
Jaque Mate en Dos Jugadas
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For me, going to Cuba was quite by accident. I was working around the Leeward Islands as crew when I signed on to a Danish… Read More
Miriam Leiva sends open letter to President Bush
Posted May 15, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (1 comments)
Mr. George W. Bush President United States of America Excellency: I distract your precious time to express my concerns over the… Read More
Democracy and dissident
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Aid-to-Cuba progam caught in crossfire of criticism on island and in United States BY ALFONSO CHARDY | .(JavaScript must be enabled… Read More
Aggression towards Cuba is nothing new
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By Piero Gleijeses | Granma THE renowned researcher of Italian origin, a professor at John Hopkins University, Washington DC,… Read More
CUBA: Worldwide protests
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Net for Cuba International Germany: Place: In front of the Cuban Embassy in Berlin Address: Stavanger Str 20, Berlin. Date: May… Read More
Blankenship rails against Cuba
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The Nassau Guardian | By TAMARA McKENZIE Guardian Staff Reporter United States Ambassador J. Richard Blankenship said Tuesday… Read More
U.S.-Cuba policy potholes
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TOM MILLER | By THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR TUCSON, Ariz. (CSM) - One hundred and one years ago next week, the U.S. ended its… Read More
No need to promise a free Cuba—again
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Soren Triff | Miami Herald President Bush should change the tradition of using the 20th of May—the anniversary of Cuban… Read More
Cuba calls expulsions ‘aggressive’
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Will weigh options before responding to U.S. move HAVANA, Cuba (AP)—The U.S. government’s expulsion of 14 Cuban diplomats… Read More
Expulsions of Cuban diplomats, past and present
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By Cuban American National Foundation A total of 14 Cuban diplomats have been expelled from the United States, including seven… Read More
Cuba accuses U.S. of ‘lie of gigantic proportions’ after expulsion of diplomats
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By George Gedda | Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) Reacting sharply to the U.S. expulsion of seven Washington-based Cuban diplomats,… Read More
U.S. Expels 14 Cuban Diplomats From UN, Washington
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By Bill Varner | Bloomberg United Nations, May 13 (Bloomberg)—The U.S. is expelling 14 Cuban diplomats assigned to the United… Read More
U.S. Restricts Rights of Cuban Envoys
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By GEORGE GEDDA | Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP)—When Cuban diplomats in Washington wanted to buy a car, they would… Read More
CIA view…I mean bird’s eye view of Havana
Posted May 12, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)Punish The Cuban Government, Help The People
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By STEPHEN JOHNSON | TheDay.com Danny Glover, Harry Belafonte and other like-minded celebrities can cozy up to Fidel Castro all… Read More
Who’s Bugging Castro?
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Meet the intractable dissident who provoked Cuba’s alarming new crackdown on dissent By TIM PADGETT | Time Magazine Oswaldo… Read More
How to Hurt Castro by Jeff Flake
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New York Times | Opinion WASHINGTON - The long prison terms handed to nearly 80 Cuban dissidents and the summary execution of… Read More
How will Bush administration handle persecution of Cuban dissidents?
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Analysis by Rafael Lorente & Vanessa Bauza | Sun-sentinel.com WASHINGTON—For the past two years, U.S. policy toward… Read More
U.N. IN-FIDEL-ITY ON CUBA
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Nothing makes me feel more at ease with the treatment of oppressed peoples in the world community than to know that Cuba has been… Read More
Engagement has failed in Cuba
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PAUL CRESPO | Miami Herald | Editorial With the blood of three executed Cuban boat-jackers barely dry and the voices of 75 imprisoned… Read More
Delahunt’s too lenient about Castro
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I AM APPALLED by US Representative William Delahunt’s sudden silence on Cuba. It seems like a week doesn’t go by without… Read More
State Security officers warn independent journalist to stop working - Cuba News / Noticias - CubaNet
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HAVANA, May 7 (http://www.cubanet.org) - Independent journalist Rafael Ferro said he received a visit from an officer… Read More
Castro’s cheerleaders
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By Jeff Jacoby | Boston Globe editorial ‘‘CUBA IS AN anachronism in our hemisphere, an anachronism on the face of… Read More
Lieberman urges Bush to apply pressure on Cuba
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Lieberman urges Bush to apply pressure on Cuba | AP MIAMI—In a live broadcast to Cuba, Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman urged… Read More
Castro’s assertions about U.S. attack are starting to worry some Cubans
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BY NANCY SAN MARTIN | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1)… Read More
El Capitolio in Havana
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Built in 1926, El Capitolio is modeled after the US Capitol building in Washington DC. It is now a convention center. Read More
Policy on Cuba may be tougher
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BY ALFREDO CORCHADO | The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON – Without fanfare, U.S. government efforts to promote political… Read More
Normalizing Cuban relations
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By: D. Jeff Christenson | Publisher | Harrison Daily Times | March 17 The first time I saw 2nd District U.S. Rep. Vic Snyder’s… Read More
Is Reconciliation Possible for Cuba?
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Michael Bowman | Voice of America news Some Cuba-watchers are examining prospects for reconciliation between backers of Cuban… Read More
Group says jailed Cubans being punished
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By Isabel Garcia-Zarza | Reuters HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba has placed in solitary confinement most of the 75 people imprisoned in… Read More
KENNEDY ORDERS CUBA BLOCKADE
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...and not much has changed in 40 years
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Exile group urges boosting Cuba broadcasts
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BY MARIKA LYNCH | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) ==… Read More
On Cuba Policy, Dodd Swims Against Tide
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By DAVID LIGHTMAN | Washington Bureau Chief | ctnow.com After Castro’s Latest Crackdown, Few Members Of Congress Calling… Read More
Saul Landau: The Cuba Conundrum
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By SAUL LANDAU What Should Progressives Think & Do? “What is Fidel doing?” asks a Mexican American who has supported… Read More
Infoshop News - Mike Albert responds to Cuba, et al
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Mike Albert responds to Cuba, et al A controversy has arisen on the left in the U.S. about recent events in Cuba. The Cuban government… Read More
Castro’s hard line is no madman’s blunder
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William Ratliff | San Francisco Chronicle Havana—Fidel Castro is under heavy fire for imprisoning scores of peaceful dissidents,… Read More
U.S. action after Cuba crackdown debated
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BY TIM JOHNSON | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) == '… Read More
Oscar Espinosa Chepe confined “only” 900 kms. away from Havana
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Miriam Leiva HAVANA, may (http://www.cubanet.org) - Oscar Espinosa Chepe is incarcerated more than 900 kms. from Havana,… Read More
video test entry
Posted May 03, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
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Fidel’s message to the world and to the people of the United States
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BY JOAQUIN ORAMAS | Granma ON behalf of the one million people gathered in Jose Martí Revolution Square on May Day, Cuban President… Read More
Cuba’s Castro Says U.S. Is Provoking War
Posted May 01, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Fidel Castro, Addressing a May Day Rally, Accuses U.S. of Trying to Provoke a War With Cuba HAVANA May 1 | The Associated Press… Read More
Enzi cosponsors bill to reduce Cuba travel restrictions
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By The Associated Press Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., joined seven colleagues in introducing a bill Wednesday that would allow Americans… Read More
April 2003
USS Maine sunk in Havana Harbor
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Early 1900s photo showing remains of battleship USS Maine sunk in Havana Harbor | a catalyst to the start of the Spanish American… Read More
Don’t Back Off Good Policies
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel Editorial Board Frustration in Washington over the deplorable actions of Cuba’s government is… Read More
Canadian Jailed for 25 Years in Cuba for Sex Crime
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HAVANA (Reuters) - A Canadian oil worker was convicted of sexually corrupting a 14-year old Cuban girl and sentenced by a Cuban… Read More
Can’t blame Fidel
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The Washington Times | Inside the Beltway | John McCaslin Albert Fox, who has spent years working to lift the travel ban to Cuba,… Read More
Powell seeks support for rights inside Cuba
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Reuters WASHINGTON · U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell lobbied Monday for support for Cuban dissidents through the Organization… Read More
Foreign intellectuals cry foul at Cuba crackdown
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By Frances Kerry | Reuters Cuban President Fidel Castro’s crackdown on dissent has brought him not just fierce criticism… Read More
Miami mafia in charge of drawing up Cuba policy
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BY ARSENIO RODRÍGUEZ—Granma daily staff writer— In the midst of the imperial euphoria over the unlimited warfare… Read More
Bush shapes policy on Cuba after Castro’s crackdown
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Henry Hamman in Miami | Financial Times As the Bush administration prepares its response to the crackdown on Cuba’s dissident… Read More
American meddling keeps Castro in charge
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By Julia Sweig | Financial Times Cuba’s recent crackdown on human-rights activists is the most extensive since the early… Read More
Italy moving against Cuba
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By Benedetto Cataldi | BBC Monitoring Fidel Castro is losing friends in Italy Cuba’s recent clampdown on dissidents is alienating… Read More
COLUMN: Fidel Castro: Cuba’s Saddam
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By Eric Gremillion | The Reveille (Louisiana State U.) (U-WIRE) BATON ROUGE, La.—We live in crazy times. The SARS virus… Read More
Powell, Denouncing Crackdown, Calls Cuba `Aberration’ in West
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By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS | New York Times WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Colin L. Powell criticized Cuba today as an “aberration… Read More
Pope Expresses Distress to Castro Over Treatment of Dissidents
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By Zenit.org VATICAN CITY | John Paul II has urged Fidel Castro to grant clemency to Cuban dissidents, including three sentenced… Read More
Castro Strikes Defiant Tone Toward US Criticism
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Michael Bowman | VOAnews.com Tensions between the United States and Cuba are at their highest level in nearly a decade. The Bush… Read More
Cuba’s crackdown and America’s man in Havana
Posted April 27, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (2 comments)
By Patrick Rucker in Havana | Financial Times When Oscar Espinoza Chepe was called to answer charges of defying the Cuban government… Read More
CNN.com - Castro blames crackdown U.S.-led conspiracy
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Castro’s televised address lasted more than three hours. HAVANA (AP)—Fidel Castro singled out America’s top… Read More
U.S. Declares War on Spain
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Library of Congress | Today in History | April 25 On April 25,1898, the United States formally declared war against Spain. The… Read More
Criticism From Leftists Surprises Cuba
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By TRACI CARL | Associated Press Writer MEXICO CITY—Carlos Fuentes called Cuba a “suffocating dictatorship.”… Read More
The malign (bad) idea is to provoke an armed conflict between Cuba and the United States
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Granma | Cuba news source SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY DR. FIDEL CASTRO RUZ, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA, ON THE TELEVISED ROUNDTABLE,… Read More
Embargo Foes in Disarray as U.S. Mulls Cuba Options
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By Pablo Bachelet | Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Opponents of the U.S. embargo against Cuba are reeling following a recent crackdown… Read More
Statement from Brian Alexander, former Executive Director | Cuba Policy Foundation
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Dear Friends, As you have learned, the entire Board of Directors of the Cuba Policy Foundation, as well as I, have resigned from… Read More
STATEMENT FROM THE CUBA POLICY FOUNDATION
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Washington, DC - The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the US-based Cuba Policy Foundation and its Board members, along with… Read More
Castro’s Opponents in Cuba Down but Not Out
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By Anthony Boadle | Reuters HAVANA (Reuters) - Opponents of President Fidel Castro (news - web sites) said on Wednesday that mass… Read More
Cubans angry that cash assistance from U.S. kin may end
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By TRACEY EATON / The Dallas Morning News Cuba has endured invasions, bombings, terrorist attacks and more. And as each crisis… Read More
Cuban agent details undercover work
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Aleida de las Mercedes Godinez HAVANA, Cuba (AP)—During her decade inside Cuba’s opposition, Aleida de las Mercedes… Read More
Cuban agent details undercover work
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Aleida de las Mercedes Godinez HAVANA, Cuba (AP)—During her decade inside Cuba’s opposition, Aleida de las Mercedes… Read More
Both Cuba, U.S. must take the next step
Posted April 22, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Max Castro | Miami Herald | Editorial Are the bad old days returning to Cuba? The recent crackdown on dissidents and the execution… Read More
Ivan G. Osorio on Cuba on National Review Online
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Stop Sending Cubans Back to Castro’s Gulag Bush Should Repeal Clinton’s “Wet Feet-Dry Feet” Policy. By… Read More
Cuba And The United Nations: A Five-Act Tragedy
Posted April 22, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
The Miami Herald In the movie Dr. Strangelove, Stanley Kubrick’s dark comedy about nuclear war, the character played by… Read More
Where are you now, Fidelistas?
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By Cathy Young | Boston Globe WHILE THE world’s attention is focused on the aftermath of the war in Iraq, where a vicious… Read More
US says may consider “steps” to push democracy in Cuba
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CRAWFORD, Texas (AFP) - Cuba’s crackdown on political dissidents only makes US efforts to promote democracy by working with… Read More
Cuba Says It Can Survive Ban on U.S. Remittances
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HAVANA (Reuters) - Communist-run Cuba reacted angrily on Friday to a report the Bush administration was considering suspending… Read More
US fines Playboy for Cuban tale
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BBC NEWS Adult publisher Playboy and anti-Iraq sanctions campaigners Voices in the Wilderness have been fined by the US Treasury… Read More
Lawmakers Temper Bid to Ease Cuba Embargo
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By KEN GUGGENHEIM | Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Fidel Castro’s crackdown on dissidents has taken momentum away… Read More
New Cuban rights abuse: no excuse to slow US outreach
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By Brian Alexander | Cuba Policy Foundation | csmonitor.com WASHINGTON – Fidel Castro’s response to the international… Read More
URGENT ACTION ON CUBA TRAVEL
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By Latin American Working Group | lawq.org Dear Cuba Policy Advocates, Our last message to you was a comprehensive one, with many… Read More
Cracking the isolation of Cuba
Posted April 15, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By Thomas Oliphant | WASHINGTON | Boston Globe AS RECENTLY AS a few months ago, an exciting and innovative human rights campaign… Read More
A wave of repression in Cuba
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By Jeff Jacoby | Boston Globe ONE OF THE FIRST people I met during a week’s stay in Havana last year was the economist Oscar… Read More
Cuba’s crackdown hardens positions in U.S. and Havana
Posted April 15, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By Vanessa Bauza and Rafael Lorente | STAFF WRITERS | Sun-Sentinel HAVANA · In the high-stakes battle to influence U.S. policy… Read More
Castro Crackdown May Thwart Anti-Embargo Moves
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By Kristin Roberts MIAMI (Reuters) - Cuba’s intense crackdown on dissidents threatens to stymie attempts to ease travel… Read More
Drive to ease U.S. embargo stalls as Cuba cracks down
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By DAVID GONZALEZ | New York Times News Service MIAMI — Cuba’s recent jailing of dozens of dissidents and the execution… Read More
EU warns Cuba over crackdown on dissidents
Posted April 15, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
BRUSSELS, April 15 (Reuters) - The European Union has condemned a crackdown by Cuba on dissidents that has strained relations… Read More
Cuba unmasks agents working among dissidents, U.S. diplomats
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ANITA SNOW | Associated Press Writer For years they were familiar faces in Cuba’s opposition movement: the elderly man with… Read More
Cuba Executes Men Charged in Hijacking
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AP | Three men convicted of hijacking a passenger ferry last week were executed by firing squad Friday, a swift response by Fidel… Read More
Yankees Pay $75,000 To Settle Cuba Dispute
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WASHINGTON | AP—The New York Yankees paid the government $75,000 to settle a dispute that it conducted business in Cuba… Read More
HOUSE CUBA WORKING GROUP ISSUES | STATEMENT ON DISSIDENT ARRESTS
Posted April 11, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
By Brian Alexander | Cuba Policy Foundation Washington, DC, April 11, 2003 - The House Cuba Working Group issued the following… Read More
EMBARGO UPDATE | CONGRESS REACTS TO CASTRO’s CRACK-DOWN:
Posted April 09, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Brian Alexander | Cuba Policy Foundation THE CHARM OFFENSIVE IS OVER, BUT WHAT COURSE TO EXPECT IN U.S. POLICY? Responding… Read More
Che Guevara
Posted April 08, 2003 by publisher in Cuban History (0 comments)Editorial: Castro crackdown
Posted April 08, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By Sandra Bowden, mayor of Vero Beach and Craig Fletcher, council member Proving that it is every bit as dreadful as its critics… Read More
Nine members of the Senate Cuba Working Group sent the following letter
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April 2, 2003 Dagoberto Rodriguez Chief, Cuban Interests Section Embassy of Switzerland 2630 16th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.… Read More
Finding defense attorneys hard for dissidents
Posted April 08, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Ana Leonor Díaz, Grupo de Trabajo Decoro HAVANA, April ( [url=http://www.cubanet.org]http://www.cubanet.org[/url]… Read More
Cuba attacks dissent with prison
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BY NANCY SAN MARTIN | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1)… Read More
Tumultuous times shake Cuba
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By TRACEY EATON | The Dallas Morning News 2 hijackings, dissident trials, crumbling U.S. relations make for drama-filled week… Read More
Book on the Cuban Revolution
Posted April 02, 2003 by publisher in Cuban History (0 comments)Send a message to Cuba
Posted April 02, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
The Los Angeles Times | Editorial After years of calling for liberalized relations with Cuba, this editorial page must now urge… Read More
Crackdown in Cuba | A reminder that Castro is still a tyrant
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Post-Gazette Editorial As some Americans sound off on the lack of wisdom in current U.S. policy toward Cuba, there is a tendency… Read More
Can Latin America Sieze the Middle Ground in the U.S.-Cuba Conflict?
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By Marcela Sanchez | Washington Post With the eyes of the world turned to Iraq, Cuban leader Fidel Castro last week arrested dozens… Read More
USAID to Continue Funding Cuba Transition Project
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) expects to provide $1 million in funding for the University of… Read More
Official: Cuba Can Prosecute Dissidents
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HAVANA (AP) - Cuba has enough evidence to prosecute dozens of dissidents arrested on accusations of working with U.S. diplomats… Read More
EMBARGO UPDATE: Overview of Recent Developments
Posted April 01, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Brian Alexander | Cuba Policy Foundation | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) //= 0; i=i-1){… Read More
March 2003
El Capitolio in Havana
Posted March 24, 2003 by publisher in Cuban History (0 comments)Seek alternatives to Cuba embargo
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By U.S. Rep. Jim Davis, Tampa Democrat Just 90 miles from Florida’s shores lies a country with whom America’s history,… Read More
Rules changed on Cuba trips
Posted March 24, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
BY NANCY SAN MARTIN | Miami Herald The Bush administration released new rules Monday that will allow more Cuban Americans to visit… Read More
Senate Announces Cuba Working Group
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Washington, DC | In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD), on Friday, March… Read More
Cuba’s Sweep of Dissidents Intensifies
Posted March 24, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
ANDREA RODRIGUEZ | Associated Press HAVANA - Fidel Castro’s government rounded up more of its critics on Thursday, part… Read More
Patria o Muerte
Posted March 18, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (1 comments)Normalizing Cuban relations
Posted March 18, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By D. Jeff Christenson, Publisher Harrison Daily Times The first time I saw 2nd District U.S. Rep. Vic Snyder’s (Dem. Little… Read More
What’s Representative Dennis Rehberg doing in Cuba?
Posted March 18, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By JON RUSH | Helenair.com Representative Dennis Rehberg, a strong backer of President Bush’s push to unseat Saddam Hussein,… Read More
A very old cigar label
Posted March 12, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)DTC News.- UN Supports Cuba’s Fight against AIDS
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Havana.- The Cuban program against AIDS will receive a financial assistance from the United Nations, which will grant 26 million… Read More
Yahoo! Groups | Cuba News
Posted March 12, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
PURPOSE: To bring to the attention of people concerned with Cuba a wide range of news and information about the island, the Cuban… Read More
Working for the Yankee Dollar
Posted March 12, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
BY: JOHN DOWNING It’s early. At home I would be snoozing, but with birds singing and fragrance from balcony flowers drifting… Read More
Cuban community split on policy
Posted March 12, 2003 by publisher in Cuba Human Rights (0 comments)
BY ANDREA ELLIOTT AND ELAINE DE VALLE Alexander Rodriguez loves his parents more than he hates Fidel Castro. Since he left Cuba… Read More
EU opens first Cuba office
Posted March 12, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
By Stephen Gibbs BBC correspondent in Havana EU-Cuba relations are boosted by improved trade The European Union has opened its… Read More
Dance of the Cubans
Posted March 12, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
By Arian Campo-Flores | NEWSWEEK Miami community leaders are taking a kinder, gentler approach to the Fidel Castro regime A year… Read More
Jesse and Jefe
Posted March 04, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba (0 comments)
Fidel Castro and Governor Jesse Ventura in Havana.
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Continuation of the National Emergency Relating to Cuba and of the Emergency Authority Relating to t
Posted March 03, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
On March 1, 1996, by Proclamation 6867, President Clinton declared a national emergency to address the disturbance or threatened… Read More
February Cuba Policy Update
Posted March 03, 2003 by publisher in US Embargo (0 comments)
With the new Congress having begun work and the Fiscal Year 2003 omnibus appropriations bill having been passed early this month,… Read More
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