Cuba not a "Tier Three" Human Trafficker
by Wayne Smith
Jul-12-2011 | Policy Brief
Wayne Smith argues that this year's State Department Trafficking in Persons Report wrongly portrays Cuba as a tier three violator. ... Read More »
Wayne Smith
director
Latin America Rights & Security: Cuba Project
Email: wsmith@ciponline.org
Phone: (202) 232-3317
Wayne Smith is a senior fellow and director of the Cuba Project. He is a visiting professor of Latin American Studies and director of the University of Havana exchange program at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. He is a former senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. During his twenty-five years with the State Department (1957-82), Smith served as executive secretary of President Kennedy's Latin American Task Force and chief of mission at the U.S. Interests Section in Havana. In addition, he served in Argentina, Brazil and the Soviet Union.
Work by this expert
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Publications
Carter's Press Conference in Havana
by Wayne Smith
Apr-11-2011 | Policy Brief
Wayne Smith discusses President Carter's press conference in Havana.... Read More »
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Commentary
More Chicanery in the Cases of the Cuban Five
by Wayne Smith
Apr-29-2012 | Article
Many Americans seem to believe the now-famous Cuban Five were spies working for Havana against the United States and therefore deserve what they got – years in prison. But that is far from the truth... Read More »
Relationship Could Not Have Been Cozier
by Wayne Smith
Jul-13-2011 | Article
It is poetic justice (though a macabre form of poetry, to be sure). Just as President Bush and Vice President Cheney are assuring us that John Edwards must be a low-life because he's a lawyer, Ken Lay, their erstwhile closest buddy and associate, is indicted for crimes related to the Enron scandal.... Read More »
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In the Press
Cuba Drilling Continues as US Groups Press Spill Response Need
Wayne Smith
May-11-2012 | Quotes
That won’t be easy, observed Wayne Smith, a CIP senior fellow and director of its Cuba project... Read More »
Pope Heads to Cuba After Call for Change
Wayne Smith
Mar-26-2012 | Quotes
"They want this [visit] to be constructive and positive in tone," said Wayne Smith on the Pope's trip to Cuba... Read More »
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