Action Center - Latin America Working Group

Travel Ban Legislation Goes Public

by Paulo Gusmao on March 31, 2009

On Tuesday, March 31 at noon, Senators Dorgan (D-ND), Enzi (R-WY), and Dodd (D-CT), along with representatives of the American Farm Bureau, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Human Rights Watch, publicly announced S. 428, "The Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act" in a press conference so well attended that reporters were standing in the halls. LAWG was there capturing the excitement of the moment and representing all of you.

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Cuba on the Front Page

by Mavis Anderson and Paulo Gusmao on March 30, 2009

The nation’s policymakers woke up to this on the front page of the Washington Post:

Momentum Grows for Relaxing Cuba Policy, by Shailagh Murray and Karen DeYoung

Here is a snippet of the article:

At a Capitol Hill news conference scheduled for tomorrow, a wide array of senators and interest groups -- including Senate Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Byron L. Dorgan (N.D.); Banking Committee Chairman Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.); Richard G. Lugar (Ind.), the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; and Human Rights Watch -- will rally around a potentially historic bill to lift the travel ban.

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Omnibus Cuba Provisions Press Release

by Paulo Gusmao on March 13, 2009

For Immediate Release
March 10, 2009
Groups Call for Cuba Policy Changes “Important Steps Forward,” Urges Obama to Honor Campaign Pledge
Washington, DC –

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New OFAC Regulations on Travel to Cuba

by Paulo Gusmao on March 13, 2009

On March 11, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) posted a new regulation, plus a guidance letter outlining how the provisions in the FY 09 omnibus spending bill would be implemented, as related to Cuban-American family travel and ag sales.

:LAWG Analysis

Senator Dorgan to Speak on Cuba Policy Today on Senate Floor

by Mavis Anderson on March 02, 2009

We have learned that Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) will speak on the Senate floor late this afternoon on Cuba policy, highlighting the absurdity of the policy by showing four photographs from LAWG/WOLA's photobook on family travel, Love, Loss, and Longing: The Impact of U.S. Travel Policies on Cuba-American Families.

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