Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel received in Havana on Tuesday the members of the 30th US-Cuba Friendship Caravan, organized by the Interreligious Foundation for the Organization Community IFCO-Pastors for Peace. The group – made up of 34 people from the United States, Canada and Mexico – is headed by Gail Walker, Read more
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a $982.8 billion spending package that includes $20 million for democracy promotion in Cuba and $12,973,000 for Radio and TV Martí. The spending would cover fiscal year 2020, which runs from Oct. 1, 2019, through Sept. 30, 2020. The House Committee on Read more
HAVANA, June 20 (Xinhua) — Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Thursday rejected his country’s inclusion in a U.S. blacklist of the worst offenders of human trafficking. The U.S. State Department added Cuba to the lowest tier in its annual 2019 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, alleging Havana’s medical diplomacy, which Read more
The breakout Cuban star combines his roots with American funk rhythms. “The Cuban James Brown has arrived” read the headline of Colombia’s top newspaper, El Tiempo. It was February 18, 2019, and Cuba’s new musical sensation, known as Cimafunk, had landed in Bogotá with his band for their first performance outside Read more
The leader of a Rollins tour group, in Cuba at the time of the announcement of travel restrictions, reflects on the decision. I was in Cuba with a group of college students and colleagues when the U.S. administration announced new restrictions designed to discourage Americans from traveling to that island Read more
Americans should be able to freely travel where they would like, and restrictions on Cuba travel are unconstitutional, unfair, and unproductive, said CET. Last week saw unfortunate changes regarding US travel to Cuba reminding us that Cuba continues to be a political football thrown around by politicians ahead of each Read more
The State Department plans to spend more than $1 million to train “a new generation of independent leaders to bolster Cubans’ abilities to develop independent civil society communities and express ideas regarding human rights and democracy to peers and those outside Cuba.” A State Department proposal says “this cadre of Read more
Release of OFAC Civil Penalties Information The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced a $325,406 settlement with Expedia Group, Inc. (“Expedia”). Expedia, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide, has agreed to pay $325,406 to settle Read more
The State Department plans to spend more than $1 million to train “a new generation of independent leaders to bolster Cubans’ abilities to develop independent civil society communities and express ideas regarding human rights and democracy to peers and those outside Cuba.” A State Department proposal says “this cadre of professionals will Read more
He’s trolling for votes in Florida at the expense of our constitutional rights and economic support for the Cuban people. On August 31, 2016, JetBlue Flight 387 became the first commercial US airliner to land in Cuba in more than 55 years. With great pomp and circumstance, including a water-cannon Read more
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