LAWG Blog - Latin America Working Group

Ask Obama for Cuba travel

by Paulo Gusmao on December 02, 2010

The LAWG and our supporters have always advocated for exchange between U.S. citizens and the Cuban people through the arts and culture, academic and student travel, religious/humanitarian groups, sports, and other people-to-people exchanges. At this critical moment, we are calling on everyone across the United States who supports increasing people-to-people contact between Cuba and the United States to join this advocacy campaign directed at the White House!

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Elections and Cuba policy: Don't take this lying down

by Emily Chow on November 17, 2010

We expect you have been pondering the impact of the recent elections on the work we have been doing together to end the travel ban on Cuba and move our two countries toward a respectful, humane relationship. We have been doing the same, and we want to share some thoughts with you.

The electoral outcome has left us, as they say, “Close, but no cigar.” (We could skip the cigar . . . although a mojito, maybe two, could help after working so hard these past couple of years.)

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Cuba Travel Delayed . . . Again

by Paulo Gusmao on September 29, 2010

On Tuesday, September 28 the much-awaited mark-up and vote on HR 4645 in the House Committee on Foreign Affairs was postponed. Here is the statement from Chairman Howard Berman, upon announcing the postponement:

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Cuba Travel: Best Chance Since 2003

by Paulo Gusmao on September 28, 2010

We are the closest we have been for years to ending the ridiculous travel ban on Cuba. This Wednesday, September 29, at noon, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (HCFA) will consider H.R. 4645, the “Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act.” This means that they will be considering whether to lift the travel ban on Cuba, or not.

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Keep the Freedom to Travel Momentum Building on Change.org

by Travis Wheeler on July 29, 2010

endthetravel_ban_logo_medium We've been doing everything we can--pulling out all the stops, as they say--to restore U.S. citizens' freedom to travel to Cuba. That's why we've come to you time and time again (and time and time again), asking you to make one more email or one more phone call to your congressperson; but we've also been mobilizing new advocates and as-of-yet untapped networks throughout the country to give us the best chance of getting the job done this year, in this Congress.