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HAPPY 2005 !

(Dec 18) U.S. and Cuba wage battle of billboards in Havana; said Chicago Tribune

 

(Dec 19) Dueling policies choke holiday spirit; by Vanessa Bauzá

(Dec 15) Take down holiday decorations, U.S. told

(Dec 9) Gigantic "75" illuminates Christmas decoration in Havanaa

(Dec 15) Holiday display angers Cuba
Gigantic "75" illuminates Christmas decoration in Havana Cuba

(Dec 27) Colombian cocaine suspect in Cuba, out of U.S. reach

 

(Dec 23) HONDURAS: 52 Cuban refugees arrive in four days

 

(Dec 22) Restrictions reduce U.S. travel to Cuba by more than half

(Dec 16) Cuban border guards try to sink migrants' vessel; From Cuba by José Antonio Fornaris

(Dec 14)

 3 Cuban dissidents find 'bugs' on home phones

 3 Cuban dissidents find 'bugs' on home phones Osvaldo Payá Sardiñas show the spy component

(Dec 14) Amnesty International calls for a commission of inquiry into conditions at the Carmichael Detention Centre in Bahamas

(Dec 14) EU to scale down cocktails to repair Cuba ties

(Dec 14) Cuba not likely to get economic reprieve

(Dec 14) U.S.: Show of Cuban Military a Diversion

(Dec 13) Cuba buys around 15,000 T Colombia sugar-trade

(Dec 13) Diplomat Says End Is Near for Castro Government James Cason - Diplomat Says End Is Near for Castro Government

(Dec 11) Cuba plans drill as a show of force

(Dec 10) Cuban travel agency added to U.S. ban list

(Dec 10) Cuban dissident sentenced to a third year in prison; warned for "inciting to rebellion"; From Cuba by Maria Elena Alpizar, Decoro Group

(Dec 9) What Raúl Rivero's release from prison means for Cuba 

(Dec 7) Cuban dissidents plan national meeting

(Dec 7) THE CUBA TRAVEL BAN APPEALS PROCESS

(Dec 7) EVENTS IN CUBA POINT TO ISLAND NATION'S DESPERATE STATE

(Dec 7) Don't reward Castro for releasing prisoners

(Dec 7) Cuba frees seventh dissident in a week: Jorge Olivera Castillo

(Dec 7) Couple face fine for Cuba trip

(Dec 6) Activist's Daughter Sahilí Navarro Speaks Against Castro.

 Activist's Daughter Sahilí Navarro Speaks Against Castro

(Dec 6) INTERVIEW-Cuba, with eye on EU, plans more dissident releases By Pascal Fletcher, Reuters

(Dec 6) Trade trip to Cuba has its critics

(Dec 6) Man sentenced to two years imprisonment for being disrespectful of Fidel Castro

(Dec 6)Cuban dissident sentenced to 15 months in prison; from Cuba by Félix C. Reyes -Cubanacán Press-

(Dec 5) Freed dissident ponders his future by Anita Snow

Roger Noriega

(Dec 4) Diplomat is critical of Spain's Cuba stance

CANF in the NEWS

PRESS RELEASE

(Dec 10) CANF ADVOCATES TO SECURE WELFARE OF CUBAN DETAINEES IN NASSAU, BAHAMAS ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

 

(Nov 15) CANF PRAISES MASS DEFECTION OF CUBAN DANCE TROUPE “HAVANA NIGHT”

(Nov 15) Letter directed to all members of European Union from the Cuban American National Foundation

(Nov 3) CANF CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT BUSH ON SUCCESSFUL RE-ELECTION BID

(Oct 28) CANF CONCLUDES SUCCESSFUL FIRST DAY OF PARTICIPATION IN CDI (IDC) CUBA AND DEMOCRACY SEMINAR

(Oct 27) CANF STATEMENT ON CUBAN REGIME'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO STOP DOLLAR CIRCULATION

(Oct 26) CANF AND THE ELECTIONS, speech delivered by Camila Ruiz, Director of Government Relations, CANF, at Florida International University town hall meeting

 

(Oct 26) MEDIA ADVISORY:

 

CANF TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON CUBA AND DEMOCRACY

 

(Oct 26) Cuban policy discussion stays respectful

(Oct 8) CANF letter of support for Smith (R-NJ) amendments to legislation that endagers rights of Cuban asylum seekers

(Oct 2) Vote drives gear up to beat deadline

(Aug 26) In letters to Bush, Kerry, Cuban exiles seek firmer anti-Castro US stance

(Aug 23) CANF PRAISES BUSH ADMINISTRATION FOR SUCCESSFUL TRANSMISSION OF TV MARTI INTO CUBA

(Aug 6) CANF REACTS TO MICHAEL MOORE’S COMMENTS

(Jul 19) Martinez gambling on Cuba stand by Marc Caputo

(Jun 29) As US sanctions take effect, Cuban exiles fear for families

(Oct 20) NEWS RELEASE --- ACLU, Cuban Americans Call on Congress to Reject Anti-immigrant Provisions in Intelligence Reform Bill

CANF Policy Recommendations to the White House 

(November 2003)

Presidential Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba Report 

(external link)

"Make a difference.  Have a Purpose. Shine a Light" address by Chairman Jorge Mas Santos before the InterAmerican Dialogue (February 7, 2001)

EDITORIALS

(Dec 21) Christmas in Havana; (The Miami Herald)

 

(Nov 30) Release of a few inmates part of castro's charade (The Miami Herald)

 

(Nov 18) A terrible choice: Flesh and blood, or future?

 

(Oct 27) When Castro falls for good; Deseret Morning News editorial

 

(Oct 13) Havel calls for democracy in Cuba ( Voice of America October 11, 2004). An editorial reflecting the views of the United States Government

 

(Oct 5) Peddling influence for a communist state; The Miami Herald

 

(Sep 7) End the cruelty ---The Miami Herald's Editorial---

 

(Jul 21) Free Cuba's political prisoners by Voice of America

 

(Jul 12) Cuba policy as election football

 

(Jun 28) ELECTION-YEAR CUBA POLICY

NY Times

 

(Jun 28) KERRY'S CRUEL REALISM by David Brooks

 

(Jun 28) MISDIRECTION ON CUBA -Boston Globe's Editorial

 

 

HISTORIC DOCUMENTS

 

 

PARTIAL LIST OF CASTRO'S VICTIMS, EXECUTED, MURDERED and DISAPPEARED

 

Letter to Fidel Castro from the Deputy of the German Bundestag, Rainer Eppelmann.

 

Terror and torture suffered by women prisoners

 

CUBAN POLITICAL PRISONERS TODAY

 

BONIATO PRISON IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA

 

FUGITIVES FROM U.S. JUSTICE IN CUBA

 

U.S. Department of State - CUBA
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices  - 2003

 


Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
February 25, 2004

 

 

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