Statements and Reports
JUST RELEASED CANF WHITE PAPER: A New Course for U.S.-Cuba policy: Advancing People Driven Change
Since the end of the Cold War our policy toward Cuba has remained static, reactive and focused on responding to developments following the demise of Fidel Castro. That policy, in our opinion, does not advance or promote the best interests of the United States or of the Cuban people; it relegates the U.S.'s role to that of passive observer rather than active supporter of the process of democratization for one of our closest hemispheric neighbors... Read More >>
CANF White Paper: Cuba in Transition 2006
Despite the many uncertainties plaguing Cuba's current political scenario following the transfer of dictatorial powers from Fidel to Raul Castro, something remains certain: the totalitarian system created, maintained and supported, almost exclusively, by Fidel Castro's overpowering personality and style of government cannot survive his physical demise. In effect, what we are witnessing since July 31, 2006, is the final chapter of an era. What remains substantially uncertain is the nature of what it is to come... Read More >>
Summary: CANF Policy Recommendations in a post-Fidel Castro era
Following the transfer of power from Fidel to Raul Castro on July 31, 2006, the Cuban regime has demonstrated that without Fidel Castro at the helm, Cuba will be forced to undergo change. There are those within the circles of power who will wish to cling to the status quo, eventually, if not already, they will be faced with the harsh reality that the present situation is not a sustainable one and that Raul Castro lacks the skill and tenaciousness that marked his brother's brutal, yet regrettably successful, hold on power... Read More>>
CANF White Paper-2003: Recommendations for the Immediate Implementation of a U.S. Cuba Policy under the 'Four Promises' Doctrine
It is a well known fact that Vaclav Havel's Charter 77 in Czechoslovakia, and the strength of student and union movements like ‘Solidarity' in Poland, gave rise to civil society, building islands of independent thought, movement, interaction and self-reliance among the repressed peoples of Eastern Europe. The development of a self-contained civil society within the gates of repression helped create a parallel culture that offered the people of the former Soviet Bloc countries an alternative to the corruption, exploitation, fear and powerlessness that characterizes communist regimes. It offered them hope... Read More >>
Proposal for a viable alternative to the 'Wet-foot, Dry-foot' policy
The recent images of Cubans dying in the Florida Straits are a sad reminder of what has happened all too often when Cubans attempt the perilous journey across the Florida straits. The Cuban American National Foundation (CANF) believes it is our duty to call attention, once more, to this ongoing human crisis at sea and to offer a sensible, viable alternative to the continued loss of lives in the Florida Straits... Read More >>
