The LAT wants Cuba to ignore covert US agents

<p style="text-align: justify;">La Alborada - September 10. On September 9, the Los Angeles Times published an article about Alan Gross, the USAID subcontractor who has been jailed in Cuba, with this headline: "Case of detained American hampers U.S. effort to ease Cuba ties." Here is a headline we don't expect to see in the mass media: "Continuing subversive efforts hamper Cuba's effort to ease US ties." Read More

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Int'l Days of Action to Free the Cuban Five!

<p style="text-align: justify;">Sept. 12 &amp; 13 Actions in Southern California. Los Angeles Protest. Monday, Sept. 13, 5pm. Wilshire &amp; Alvarado.(MacArthur Park Metro Red Line Stop). Long Beach Protest. Sunday, Sept. 12, 12 noon. Long Beach City College, Pacific Coast Campus.(Cross streets Orange &amp; PCH) Read More

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Amnesty criticizes Obama for maintaining embargo

<p style="text-align: justify;">Human rights organization Amnesty International criticized President Barack Obama over his recent extension of the Trading With the Enemy Act for another year. Read More

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A fair trade: Opening Cuba to Texas rice, beef seems sensible.

<p style="text-align: justify;">Sept. 6, 2010, 7:45PM. If you need a reason to support dropping the remaining ban against travel to Cuba by American tourists, Texas rice farmers and cattle ranchers are happy to oblige. Read More

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Congress’ Travel Restriction Reform Act opens possibility of study abroad to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Monday, September 6, 2010 23:09. University of Nebraska-Lincoln students may be able to study abroad in Cuba in the near future. On June 30, 2010, the House Agriculture Committee voted 25-20 to improve United States’ relationship with Cuba by ending the ban on travel and allowing for more agricultural trade. The Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act still has a long way to go before it can be voted on by the House and Senate. Read More

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Cuba drilling poses spill issue

<p style="text-align: justify;">The trade embargo against Cuba could undermine efforts to prevent or respond to an oil spill threatening the U.S. coast after Cuba launches a drilling program in the Straits of Florida next year, a Houston-based industry group is warning. Read More

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Travel Ban Easing: Time to Go to Cuba

Big changes are happening with Cuba travel. Many more Americans will finally be able to visit the island. Read More

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Obama renews Cuban embargo for another year

<p style="text-align: justify;">Well, I can't say it was any big surprise. Yesterday, President Obama renewed his authority under the otherwise defunct Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA) of 1917, which would have otherwise expired on September 14, 2010. In plain English, President Obama renewed the U.S. embargo on Cuba for another year. Read More

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No travel to 'terrorist' countries for Florida state universities: court

<p style="text-align: justify;">Miami./ September 1, 2010. Florida-based international scholars are reacting with disappointment to a federal appeals court ruling that reinstates a ban on state university funding for travel to “terrorist” countries, including Cuba. Read More

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Cuban migrants held for ransom in Mexico rescued, government says

<p style="text-align: justify;">September 1, 2010 -- Updated 1557 GMT (2357 HKT). (CNN) -- Mexican authorities have rescued six undocumented Cuban migrants who had been held for ransom for a month in Cancun, a vacation hotspot on the nation's Yucatan Peninsula, the state-run Notimex news agency reported Wednesday. Read More

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