Cuba
1999
Bid For US Food Sales To Cuba Fails
In Congress (September 30, 1999)
Reuters article says that a proposal to allow US food and medicine
sales to Cuba was killed by a House-Senate panel Thursday.
US, Avoiding Castro, Relaxes Rules
on Cuba (July 7, 1999)
The Clinton administration is quietly moving to expand contacts between
the United States and Cuba, pressing a modest opening that largely sidesteps
President Fidel Castro's government. (New York Times)
Canada-Cuba Ties, Once Warm, Chill
Over Human Rights (June 30, 1999)
Taking a "tougher approach" toward Cuba, Canada announced a halt to all assistance
programs to the Caribbean island. However, Cananda's move, which comes in
response to Cuban human rights abuses, stops short of breaking relations with
Cuba. (New York Times)
US Relaxes Cuba Embargo, Cuban Government
Wary (January 5, 1999)
President Clinton further relaxes the US embargo against Cuba by proposing
a round of ''baseball diplomacy'' aimed at bringing the people of the two
nations closer together. (Reuters)
1996-1998
Cuba Says US Embargo Cost Island
$800 Million In 1998 (January 4, 1999)
The United States' nearly four-decade trade embargo on Cuba has cost the Caribbean
island more than $60 billion since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. (Reuters)
End Cuba Sanctions (October 17,
1998)
In an editorial the Jacksonville Daily News spells out the outdatedness
of the unilateral Cuban sanctions.
UN Votes 157-2, in Referendum to
End US Embargo of Cuba (October 15, 1998)
A record number of countries vote overwhlemingly opposite to the US. (New
York Times).
SR 662 - Opposing Lifting of any
Sanctions against Cuba (April 20, 1998)
In this resolution from a US congressional committee, Congress is urged not
to drop its sanctions on Cuba.
US To Ease Curbs on Relief to Cuba
and Money to Kin (March 20, 1998)
Article from the New York Times.
Freeing Cuba (January 26, 1998)
Editorial from The Nation.
European Union to Challenge US Sanctions
Against Trade With Cuba (October 2, 1996)
The European Union plans to use the court of world trade, created by the World
Trade Organization, to challenge the US law that has imposed sanctions on
foreign companies doing business with Cuba. (New York Times)
Cuba Sanctions Bill Clears Congress
(March 6, 1996)
Both the Senate and House have passed the Helms-Burton bill which will tighten
sanctions against Cuba and keep international investors out. President Clinton
plans to sign the bill into law in hopes that it will "send Cuba a powerful
message that the US will not tolerate further loss of American life." (Associated
Press)
The
Cuba Stalemate (Spring 1996)
A Former State Department Expert on Cuba Calls the Embargo an Idea Whose Time
Has Passed. Article written by Wayne S. Smith. (Cigar Aficionado)
