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Series
- Cuba's Reasons
- Cuban Five
- El Paso Diary
The El Paso Diary is written by José Pertierra--an attorney who represents the government of Venezuela in its request for the extradition of Luis Posada Carriles. Pertierra´s journals describe the testimony, evidence, legal skirmishes, quirks and follies of this very historic trial that features for the first time the close collaboration of the United States government with Cuban authorities to prosecute an ex CIA agent who is one of the masterminds of the fifty-year old dirty war against Cuba.
Authors
- Bernie Dwyer
- Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla
- Deisy Francis Mexidor
- Fidel Castro Ruz
- José Pertierra
- Raúl Castro Ruz
- Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada
- Amy Goodman
- Arleen Rodríguez Derivet
- Frei Betto
- Hugo Chávez Frías
- Josh R. Nelson
- Juan Gelman
- Luis Rumbaut
- Michael Moore
- Mumia Abu-Jamal
- Noam Chomsky
- Reinaldo Taladrid Herrero
- Richard Gott
- Tom Hayden
Articles of United States
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Obama calls on Congress to lift the blockade of Cuba
The President of the United States, Barack Obama, again called on Congress to lift the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed for over half a century on the island, this Tuesday, January 12. “You want to consolidate our leadership and credibility in the hemisphere? Recognize that the Cold War is over. Lift the embargo (blockade),” Obama told lawmakers from both chambers of Congress, gathered in Washington to hear the last State of the Union address of the Democratic Party leader.
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A year later, the blockade remains in full force
The Apollo spacecraft landing on the moon, the lifting of the prohibition of alcohol in Mississippi and the end of racial segregation, are the stuff of history books in the United States. However, these three events all postdate the implementation of the economic, political and financial blockade against Cuba. Many may wonder how it is possible that this relic of the Cold War remains in force today, despite being condemned every year at the UN by the vast majority of the international community, even after Havana and Washington opened a new chapter in their bilateral relations
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Statement by the President of the Councils of State and Ministers Army General Raúl Castro Ruz
Declaration by Army General Raúl Castro on the occasion of the first anniversary of the announcements made on December 17, 2014, regarding the decision to reestablish diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States: One year has gone by since the simultaneous announcements made on December 17, 2014, by the presidents of Cuba and the United States to re-establish diplomatic relations between both countries and work to improve our relations.
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White House: We will continue to pursue increased engagement between the United States and Cuba
Exactly one year after the historic announcements of December 17, 2014, the White House issued a fact sheet this Thursday outlining the progress made in relations between the U.S. and Cuba. The document stresses that the Barack Obama administration’s new approach has allowed for “the re-establishment of diplomatic relations and adjusted regulations to facilitate greater travel, commerce, people-to-people ties, and the free flow of information to, from, and within Cuba.”
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Josefina Vidal assures that Cuba and the U.S. have made progress
We can say that Cuba and the United States have made progress in their relations, with a marked difference from the preceding stage, Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, Ministry of Foreign Relations director general for the United States, stated this Wednesday, December 16, in Havana. Vidal announced that the delegations from the two countries meeting in Washington since December 14 to negotiate issues regarding civil aviation, have made significant progress and are close to reaching a memorandum of understanding for the establishment of regular fligh
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Cuba and the United States reached a preliminary agreement for the establishmen of flights between both country.
December 16, 2015. On December 14, 15 and 16 the third round of technical talks on civil aviation between delegations from Cuba and the United States, including the establishment of scheduled flights between both countries, was held in Washington. The US delegation was led by Thomas Engle, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Transportation Affairs, and the Cuban delegation was headed by Yuri A. Gala López, Director of Bilateral Affairs, of the US General Division of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Revolutionary Government Statement
Since the beginning of the month of November, a difficult situation has developed as a result of the arrival to Costa Rica of an increasing number of Cuban citizens, coming from various Latin American countries, with the intention of emigrating to the United States
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Press release from Cuban delegation to migration talks in U.S.
On November 30, a new round of migratory talks took place between delegations from Cuba and the United States, respectively led by the Ministry of Foreign Relations’ Director General for the United States, Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for South America, Edward Alex Lee.
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New round of talks between Cuba and EU
Representatives from the EU and Cuba will meet for the sixth occasion, this time in Brussels, from December 1-2, to continue negotiations on a Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement, reported the Ministry of Foreign Relations (Minrex), November 27.
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Cuba and U.S. to hold new round of migration talks
On Monday, November 30, 2015, a new round of migration talks will take place in Washington between delegations from Cuba and the United States, presided by Ministry of Foreign Relations Director General for the United States Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, and Deputy Assistant Secretaryof State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Edward Alex Lee, respectively.