“…Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque said Friday [March 14, 2003] in Havana that despite the mistrust at the official level, increasing numbers of Americans, including Cuban-Americans, support normalized relations. Speaking at a news conference, the foreign minister pointed to several recent polls to support his contention. He said the changing attitudes of Americans contrast […]
3/12/2003
“March 12 [2003]. U.S. Senators Max Baucus (D-MT) and Chuck Hagel (R-NE) introduce a bill in Congress (United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2003) that seeks to lift the embargo.” [Con Embargo] Jerry A. Sierra, “Economic Embargo Timeline,” HistoryofCuba.com […]
3/8/2003
“08/03/2003 The United States government denies visas to over 100 Cuban academics. Political analysts consider that such attitude shows the U.S. authorities determination to put obstacles and add further tension to the relations between both countries, and make things harder for Cubans in every possible way, even going to absurd extremes.” [Con Embargo] “George W. […]
3/7/2003
“Washington, 7 March [2003]…The U.S. government is putting obstacles to the visas for 103 Cuban academics to prevent their participation in an international scientific event to be held in Dallas, Texas, on 27-29 March. The director of Latin American Studies at Redlands University, California, and Arturo Arias, chairman of the Association of Latin American Studies, […]
3/1/2003
“The State Department is restricting the freedom of travel of Cuban diplomats in the United States, responding to curbs imposed by Havana on U.S. officials in Cuba…Last Monday [aprox. March 1, 2003], the U.S. officials said, Cuba informed the State Department that mere notification of travel was not enough, that Cuba would have to approve […]
2/15/2003
“South Florida’s Cuban-American community is expressing unprecedented support for easing elements of the United States’ embargo of Cuba. In a public opinion poll conducted for the Miami Herald in February 2003, among Cuban-Americans living in South Florida, there is significant support for ending the travel ban, lifting the cap on remittances, and increasing outreach efforts […]
12/3/2002
“‘Despite longstanding disagreements between the United States and Cuba, four decades of an embargo have not led to solutions. Expanding communication, not continued isolation, is a productive step toward advancing U.S.-Cuban relations and toward addressing U.S. concerns about political liberties and economic reform in Cuba,’ according to Brian Alexander, Executive Director of the Cuba Policy […]
11/15/2002
“Congressional aides from fourteen offices of the House Cuba Working Group were in Havana, Cuba in November [2002] on a trip to broaden communication between the United States and Cuba and to expand Congressional knowledge of contemporary Cuba. The trip, sponsored by the Cuba Policy Foundation, included seven Republican and seven Democratic offices of the […]
11/13/2002
“November 13 [2002]. For the 11th straight year, the UN [United Nations] General Assembly overwhelmingly approves a resolution asking the US to end the 40-plus-years embargo against Cuba. The vote is 173 in favor of the resolution and 3 against (US, Israel, Marshall Islands), with no abstentions. European nations expressed objection to the embargo, citing […]
9/30/2002
“September 30 [2003]. The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office for Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) passes a regulation that bans publication of scientific articles from regimes subject to sanctions by the U.S. government, as is Cuba.” [Pro Embargo] Jerry A. Sierra, “Economic Embargo Timeline,” HistoryofCuba.com […]