The U.S. blockade against Cuba is the most harsh and prolonged system of unilateral coercive sanctions in history
The economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the government of the United States of America against Cuba for almost six decades is the main obstacle to their development and to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Open Letter to President-Elect Joseph R. Biden
Progressive and moderate Cuban Americans sent a letter to President-elect Joe Biden on January 12 requesting an end to the blockade and re-establish the policies of engagement with the island that he initiated in 2014 in the President Barack Obama administration.
Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy: The United States And Cuba
March 17, 2021 For more than half a century, the United States has imposed a labyrinth of punishing economic sanctions on Cuba, an impoverished island of 11 million people, in an attempt to pressure its government to hold democratic elections. I certainly share the goal of democracy, but Cuba is no closer to free and…
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We are a group of citizens from around the world, united in the purpose of achieving a climate of good neighborliness between the governments of Cuba and the United States, and of cooperation and fellowship between their people.
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This site is developed by volunteers and is funded with our personal income. We don’t receive funding from any government, but we accept donations from individuals and companies interested in improving relations between Cuba and United States.
Is this a leftist site?
Well, some of us share leftist ideas while others don’t, but we are all united by the conviction that the Cuban people must decide their destiny without interference from the US government and the US blockade to Cuba is a criminal act.
Cuba and the United States have quite a curious-in fact, unique- status in international relations. There is no similar case of such a sustained assault by one power against another-in this case the greatest superpower against a poor, Third World country-for 40 years of terror and economic warfare
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Cambridge City Councillor Patricia Nolan will introduce a Policy Order calling for re-engagement with Cuba and an end to the U.S. embargo.
The Cambridge City Council, in the US state of Massachusetts, has submitted for approval a Policy Order calling on the US Government to end the economic blockade against Cuba. Cambridge City is the 19th American city to discuss such a document. In total, 28 resolutions have been passed since 2016 that also include state legislatures and…
Reversing the Irreversible: President Donald J. Trump’s Cuba Policy
President Barack Obama intended to make his opening to Cuba “irreversible” before he left office. This chapter examines the state of relations at the end of the Obama administration; what was accomplished and what remained to be done. It then describes the transition to President Donald Trump’s new policy, tracing what he said during the…
Part 2: The unlawful basis for Cuba’s designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism
By Robert L. Muse / March 2, 2021 This article is the second in a two-part series on Cuba’s redesignation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism written by Robert L. Muse, a lawyer in private practice in Washington, D.C. who has written widely and testified on U.S. laws relating to Cuba before the U.S. Senate…
Part 1: A consequence of relisting Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism
This article is the first in a two-part series on Cuba’s redesignation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism written by Robert L. Muse, a lawyer in private practice in Washington, D.C. who has written widely and testified on U.S. laws relating to Cuba before the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives; the Canadian House of…
Together vs the Blockade against Cuba 