Cuba Project

About Cuba Project

Bringing an end to the futile fifty-year effort to isolate Cuba.

The Cuba Project seeks to bring an end to the futile fifty-year effort to isolate Cuba, and to bring us a few steps closer to the day when these two neighbors, united by history and geography, can have normal diplomatic relations. The United States’ policy toward Cuba is one of the last vestiges of the Cold War, and our policy toward Cuba is now not only obsolete but actually counterproductive in terms of real U.S. interests and objectives.

Among the areas the Cuba Project has identified where the United States and Cuba can cooperate to the benefit of both are defending against hurricanes and protecting the Gulf of Mexico. In addition, the project strongly supports liberalized travel to Cuba as another significant avenue for engagement. We expect that the demonstrable benefits to both nations of such engagement and cooperation will encourage leaders in the United States and Cuba to move further in this direction.

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Katrina Veterans Learn About Cuba's Hurricane Management

By Elizabeth Newhouse

Dec-23-2011 | Report

In early December, the Center for International Policy’s Cuba Project took Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré (ret.), “the hero of Katrina,” to Cuba to look at how the Cubans prepare for and respond to hurricanes and other natural disasters. In 2005, the commander of the U.S. First Army, General Honoré arrived in New Orleans as head of the Joint Task Force Katrina and turned around the disintegrating situation.... Read More »

Questions of Racial Identity, Racism and anti-Racist Policies in Cuba: The View from Havana

By Elizabeth Newhouse

Dec-19-2011 | Report

A report from Elizabeth Newhouse summarizing the events of a Oct. delegation to Cuba that focused on the issue of racism in Cuba... Read More »

More Lessons from Cuba's Hurricane Preparedness and Civil Defense

By Elizabeth Newhouse

Dec-05-2011 | Report

Elizabeth Newhouse summarizes CIP's November 2011 delegation to cuba, which included the mayor of Galveston, Texas, and the Dean of the Texas State Senate... Read More »

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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 »

Squeezing Cuba

By Wayne Smith

Jul-07-2011 | Article

When it comes to encouraging more open societies in other countries, one can usually accomplish more by setting an example of adherence to democratic principles and of respect for human rights than by dictating rules for others to follow.... Read More »

Case Against Luis Posada Carriles Takes Welcome Turn

By Wayne Smith

Feb-22-2011 | Article

Astonishing! And just when many of us were convinced that the trial of Luis Posada Carriles was simply a ... Read More »

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Oil Drilling Off Cuba's North Coast

May-10-12 | The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Choate Room 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036

This conference will discuss the status of U.S.-Cuba engagement and cooperation on oil development in the Gulf of Mexico and what measures have been adopted in both countries to prevent and respond to major spills.... Read More »

A Discussion with Stephen Kimber on his new Book, and the Flawed Trial of the Cuban 5

Apr-18-12 | University of California Washington Center 1608 Rhode Island Ave., NW Washington, D.C.

Join us for a discussion with Stephen Kimber on the flawed trial of the Cuban Five and his new book, What Lies Across the Water... Read More »

A Call for Cuba's Removal from the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism

Dec-01-11 | Zinger Room of the National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, Washington, DC

Join CIP and the Latin America Working Group for a conference on the lack of evidence to keep Cuba on the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism and its effect on U.S. goals and interests... Read More »

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