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Cuba: Lessons Learned
? The Advocate April 2008

Cuba Enters the Presidential Elections October 2007

Labor of Love: The Story of a Photo Exhibit In 2004, the Bush Administration issued a new set of harsh regulations on travel to Cuba. While many Americans were impacted, the Cuban-American community has been affected most cruelly. For the last three years, the Latin America Working Group Education Fund (LAWGEF) has worked to decry this violation of the basic right to visit one’s family. One of our most ambitious projects to fight these restrictions was a photo exhibit, Love, Loss and Longing: the Impact of U.S.-Travel Policy on Cuban-American Families, which has been on national tour throughout 2006 and 2007. Learn more about the photo exhibit's journey here. October 2007

Hypocrisy in Bush's War on Terror: The Case of Luis Posada Carriles Summer 2007

Tempered Optimisim in 2007: November’s elections showed Congress that Americans are dissatisfied with U.S. foreign policy, and many powerful embargo supporters were voted out of office or leadership positions. This opens up room for change in Cuba policy. However, our optimism should be tempered. Click here to read the full analysis and to learn what you can do. Educating new members of Congress is top priority. November 2006

Fidel's Health and Implications for U.S. Policy August 2006

Love, Loss and Longing Photo Exhibit: The Impact of U.S. Travel Policy on Cuban-American Families.

The United States and Cuba - Strands of a Failed Policy This article looks at several strands that are emblematic of the whole failed policy and the rancor with which the United States government (but not the majority of our people) treats Cuba and those U.S. citizens who seek to engage with Cuba. July 2006

Hurricane Katrina Analysis: U.S. Rejects Generous Offers of Hurricane Aid

Analysis of Changing Cuban-American Opinions on Travel Restrictions and the Embargo Read More

Money Matters: the Story Behind Cuba Vote Changes in the House by Traci Eckhaus

Poll Shows Erosion of Support for Cuba Policy Read More

Analysis Poll of Cuban Americans in Florida Read More

New Cuba Restrictions Take Effect Read More

Congressional response to the administration's new regulations Click Here

Cuba Travel Enforcement Victims Speak Out in Washington: Read More

Highlights of the recent report from the adminstration's "Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba" Click here

Read the Commission's full report at: http://www.state.gov/p/wha/rt/cuba/commission/2004/c12237.htm

The Bush Administration's election year "get tough" policy: Cracking Down on Cuba Travel

Ups and Downs: Recent US-Cuba Relations, June 1, 2003

LAWG/WOLA memo on repeated allegations that Cuba is a bio-terrorism threat, July 9, 2003

LAWG/WOLA memo on freedom to travel to Cuba
, July 2, 2003

LAWG press release on 2003 Senate travel bill
, April 30, 2003

Printable Flyer: Voice Your Opinion on Travel to Cuba
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