Background on the U.S. Blockade Against Cuba - http://www.cubasolidarity.net/blockade.html
Analysis and opinion from prominent US citizens describing impact of boycott on children and medical patients. |
Bad Trade: The Cuban Embargo and the World Trade Organization - http://econ161.berkeley.edu/OpEd/cubachinawto.html
Points out the hypocrisy of rewarding the Chinese government while starving the people of Cuba. |
Cuban American Commission for Family Rights - http://www.cubanfamilyrights.org/
Miami-based organization which opposed 2004 restrictions on family visits and remittances. Articles and press releases in English and in Spanish. |
Let Cuba Live - http://www.letcubalive.org/
Organization working to bring medicines and other necessities to Cuba while educating U.S. citizens about the terrible effects of this 40 year blockade of the island country. |
No War on Cuba - http://www.nowaroncuba.org/
Washington, DC-based coalition advocating for US non-interference in Cuban affairs. Lists members and action opportunities, with background information. |
Report from Havana: Time for a Reality Check on U.S. Policy toward Cuba - http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-418es.html
Cato Institute analysis suggesting removal of the US economic sanctions. Abstract available in HTML format; complete report available as a PDF file. |
Right to Travel - http://shr.aaas.org/rtt/
AAAS clearinghouse of information on scientific and academic travel between Cuba and the US, and the impact of restrictions on scientific inquiry. Includes position papers and current legislation. |
The Cuban Economic Embargo: Time for a New Approach? - http://www.freetrade.org/pubs/speeches/cf-021500.html
The embargo was justified in 1961, by Fidel Castro's aggressive alliance with the Soviet Union. But after the collapse of the Soviet Communist system almost a decade ago, after the departure of Soviet support, and the withdrawal of Cuban troops from places such as Nicaragua and Angola, the embargo has lost its Cold War rationale. |
The Labyrinth Of The Minotaur - http://www.cubasolidarity.net/rights.html
Cuban American National Alliance speaks out against the trade embargo, which is economic warfare against the Cuban people, not Castro. |
Trade Embargo In and Castro Out - http://www.cato.org/dailys/12-12-96.html
Commentary by Ian Vásquez and L. Jacobo Rodríguez, director and assistant director of the Project on Global Economic Liberty at the Cato Institute, argues against the Helms-Burton Act and the Cuban trade embargo. |