RSSThis week, speculation is circulating in Washington that the Obama administration will issue an executive order to relax restrictions on the Cuban travel ban before Labor Day. In addition, the State Department added Daniel Erikson, senior associate of the Inter-American Dialogue and author of The C[...]
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COHA Opinion: Lifting the Travel and Trade Restrictions on Cuba Closer than Ever
Since 1960, Washington has been seeking ways to punish Cuba for its transgressions, real and imagined. The embargo was also meant to force the Cuban leadership, as well as the island’s population to repent for worshipping their communist canons. Fifty years later, the U.S. has yet to see any si[...]
July 19th, 2010 - 12:20 pm § in Cuba, Front Page
Soul Searching: The Catholic Church and Human Rights in Cuba
Last month’s visit of the Holy See’s foreign minister, Monsignor Dominique Mamberti, to Cuba highlighted the historically uneasy relationship between the Cuban government and the nation’s Catholic Church. However, it should be recognised that overall, relations between Havana and the Church h[...]
Response to Washington Post Editorial, “Cuba’s Gesture”
After a July 7th, 2010 meeting that included President Raúl Castro, Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega, and Spanish Foreign Minister, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, a representative of the Catholic Church announced that the regime would release 52 “prisoners of conscience” over the next several months. The[...]
July 15th, 2010 - 12:00 pm § in Cuba, Front Page
The European Union and Cuba: The Common Position
The Obstacles of Collective Governance In 1996 the European Union (EU) outlined a “common position” on Cuba, which has guided relations between the two political entities ever since. Each June, the EU stages a review deciding to amend its common position or to maintain the same stance. On June [...]
July 8th, 2010 - 2:00 pm § in Cuba, Front Page
COHA Staff Memorandum: Cuba Pledges to Release Political Prisoners
State Department Must Seize Golden Opportunity to Utilize Momentum to Change its Cuban Strategy, and not Duck Behind Shallow Platitudes On Wednesday, July 7, Cuba vowed to release fifty-two political prisoners, five immediately and forty-seven in upcoming months. If successfully carried out, thi[...]
COHA is formulating a series of analyses of the breaking news from Havana that Cuba is in the process of releasing 52 political prisoners
Recent COHA Releases on Cuba: Click on a title to read further • Disparities in U.S. Immigration Policy toward Haiti and Cuba: A Legacy to be Continued? by COHA Research Associates Alice Barrett & Kelsey Cary • Travel to Cuba Legislation Mired by Scandal, Fierce Opposition by COHA Researc[...]
Disparities in U.S. Immigration Policy toward Haiti and Cuba: A Legacy to be Continued?
• Shameful distinction between treatment of Haitians and Cubans • U.S.-Cuba immigration strategy is emulated nowhere else in the world, while desperately needy Haitians are instantly interdicted back to their island • State Department administers a broken policy bereft of inspired leadership [...]
May 20th, 2010 - 8:00 am § in Cuba, Front Page
Travel to Cuba Legislation Mired by Scandal, Fierce Opposition
• Ideologues sharpen their knives over important issues in U.S.-Cuban relations • Menendez, Diaz-Balart and Ros-Lehtinen quarterback Castro-bashing strategy • Cuban exile funds pour into Menendez’s campaign bank account In 1963, following heightened tensions in the aftermath of the Cuban Mis[...]
March 17th, 2010 - 10:50 am § in Cuba, Front Page
Cuba-U.S. Rhetoric Timeline: Hope for a Basic Shift in Policy Disintegrates into Continued Polarization
• Obama administration grievously disappoints Latin America and U.S. Latin Americanists by insisting on politicizing U.S.-Cuban and regional policy • What could have proved to be a time for creative policy-making more closely resembles a continuation of the Bush presidency • Commencement of th[...]