Improving trade relations with Cuba Proposed bills would improve trade with Cuba, which imports 80% of its food. “For 60 years we have been embargoing Cuba, and it has not served the people of Cuba or U.S. farmers well,” according to Paul Johnson, executive director of the Illinois Cuba Working Read more
U.S. urges investigation, but Graham Sowa defends the quality of the island nation’s medical schools. He got a degree for free. Dr. Graham Sowa knows some people might see him as a communist or even a spy. After all, he chose to attend medical school in Cuba, worked for a Read more
Headlines about the Trump administration’s new travel restrictions to Cuba, notably the banning of cruise ships, will surely deter some Americans from visiting the communist country, and yet, it has never been easier, and I would say important for Americans to visit the island. Go to Airbnb and search Havana, Read more
Two months after the Trump administration made sweeping changes to Cuba travel policy, tour operators say Americans are still baffled about how to visit the island legally. “There is confusion in the marketplace,” said Tom Popper, president of InsightCuba. “There need not be, but it still is not easy to Read more
Dear friends, Greetings from ProximityCuba! We are writing you to invite you to Cuba once again! As you may know the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) announced that, as of June 5th 2019 travel to Cuba under the “People-to-People category” and by cruise ship are now forbidden. As a Read more
The State Department is paying a contractor more than $1 million to train 25 to 40 “emerging Cuban leaders.” The contractor isn’t allowed to travel to Cuba to recruit participants. And U.S. officials discourage the contractor from hiring “third-country nationals” to carry out the task. Instead, the contractor should work Read more
The U.S. Agency for International Development is offering up to $3 million to organizations that would investigate, collect, and analyze information related to human rights violations – including forced labor – of Cuban medical personnel exported overseas. USAID on Monday stated: The Cuban regime exploits its medical professionals, teachers and Read more
John McAfee’s been accused of murder, and had his yacht and guns seized, while still growing a following on Twitter. By tracey eaton Special to the Times Published August 3 Rogue tech guru John McAfee is campaigning for the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination, and his headquarters earlier this summer was Read more
This Cold War relic is an outrageous violation of citizens’ rights. Source: Congress Finally Challenges the Cuba Travel Ban | The Nation “The bipartisan bill I will introduce on Monday is about the right of Americans, not Cubans, to travel,” Senator Patrick Leahy stated, as he prepared to introduce the Read more
An investigation published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that 40 people who worked at the U.S. Embassy in Havana experienced a loss in white brain matter. Authors of the 12-page study, called “Neuroimaging Findings in US Government Personnel With Possible Exposure to Directional Phenomena in Read more
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