Latin America Working Group: *End the Travel Ban on Cuba*

<p style="text-align: justify;">In January 2012, The Latin America Working Group staff and board are serving as consultants to a *Witness for Peace delegation* to Cuba, focusing on Cuban art and culture. Since Witness for Peace has received a people-to-people license from the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC),this trip will be compliant with U.S. travel regulations. Read More

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Cuban Economy Minister Urges Farmers to Plant More Grains

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.19 - 14:36:34 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. HAVANA, Cuba.-&nbsp; The Cuban minister of economy and planning, Abdel Yzquierdo Rodriguez, urged farmers in the Caujeri Valley to plant more beans, corn, and chickpeas. According to the Granma newspaper, farmers should do so to cover with grains areas where they will not plant tomato anymore due to the lack of an industry to process it.&nbsp; Read More

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