CIP Cuba Project

Last Updated:5/12/08

Photo: Reuters

Recent Headlines: May 12, 2008

Cubans should be free to travel, says Castro daughter, AFP (5/12/08)

Group urges U.S. to open cultural exchange with Cuba, Reuters (5/11/08)

Cuban Central Bank urges stronger peso, fewer subsidies, Assocites Press (5/9/08)

Cuba puts first computers on sale to the public, Associated Press (5/3/08)

U.S. rejects Canadian's "child soldier" defense, Reuters (5/2/08)

Raul Castro overhauls Cuba's farm bureaucracy, Reuters (5/1/08)

Al - Jazeera cameraman freed from Guantanamo after 6 years, New York Times (5/1/08)

Cuba announces shakeup of troubled farm sector, Miami Herald (5/1/08)

Huge rally in Cuba marks May Day, BBC (5/1/08)

The News Archives can be found here.

Photo: BBC News Online

Analysis and Opinion

As Cuba gets busy, Canada misses out, Globe and Mail (4/28/08)

Cuba and the Vatican, Wall Street Journal (4/18/08)

Florida Congressman Kendrick Meek leverages cigars and politics, Cigar Aficionado (4/16/08)

Guantanamo closure no simple prospect, Los Angeles Times (4/14/08)

'Five Years' Details Detention at Guantanamo, NPR (4/9/08)

Lifting the Prohibitions, CubaNews (4/3/08)

More Analysis and Opinion articles can be found here.

Featured Article

What's Next for Cuba?, ABC News, interview with Wayne Smith (2/19/08)

Conserving Cuba, After the Embargo, New York Times (12/25/07)

Ever Changing, Always the Same: The State of U.S. - Cuban Relations, IPR by Wayne Smith and Jennifer Schuett (December 2007)

More articles by Wayne Smith can be found here.

News: Recent coverage in the media about Cuba, including Guantanamo, Luis Posada Carriles, the embargo, and comments by senior fellow Wayne S. Smith.

Cuba and Terrorism: Read about Luis Posada Carriles, Cuba on the US List of State Sponsors of Terrorism, Cuban exile terrorism, and post-9/11 US-Cuba relations.

Travel Ban: Learn about the Freedom to Travel Campaign, recent news, and real-life stories about people affected by the ban. Site en español.

Download the travel restrictions to Cuba (.pdf)

Cuba Embargo and US Trade: History and developments in US agricultural trade with Cuba, as well as recent Cuban trade with Venezuela & China.

Cuba and the Presidential Campaign: Read what the 2008 presidential candidates are saying about U.S. foreign policy toward Cuba.

Events

Escaping Justice:
The Story of an Exile Terrorist
May 22, 2008

Chuchito Valdes
April 22, 2008
event coverage

Cuba Links: Information about human rights/policy NGOs, trade, US and Cuban govt sites, travel, study abroad in Cuba, etc.

About Us: The CIP Cuba program opposes the current containment policy towards Cuba and seeks a policy that will be productive in terms of real US interests and objectives. Read about our mission, the conferences & delegations we have hosted, and our recent publications.

Staff: CIP's Cuba Program is headed by Wayne S. Smith, aided by Jennifer M. Schuett.

ECDET: Emergency Coalition to Defend Educational Travel

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Wayne S. Smith interviews the president of the Cuban National Assembly, Ricardo Alarcón, in Havana, Cuba (June 2005) - Summary