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CUBA Related Organizations and Information
Recommended Links and Contact Information, including travel groups
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of this information, including U.S. Government agencies, officials and
representatives: Nothing in this website does, nor is intended to,
encourage illegal activity of any type whatsoever including illegally spending
money in Cuba or violation of any part of the U.S. Embargo against Cuba or any
other law by U.S. citizens or others. We believe all information reported here,
and all activity within this organization and website, to be within the allowed
scope of the law, and all readers are encouraged to validate this for
themselves. The purpose of information presented on this website is simply to
help people in both Cuba and the U.S.. We hereby assert our claim to all of our
U.S. Constitutional Rights including Freedom of Speech.
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www.Cubanos.org is organized to
help you form your own opinions on matters related to Cuba. To this end, the
Discover section serves as a clearinghouse (a portal) for the best of what
the web has to offer on topics dealing with Cuba, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro,
Cuban cigars, Cuba travel, Cuban links, maps, news, Havana, Latin music,
Cuba tours, tourism, trade sanctions, the U.S. economic embargo, the exile
community, and much more. The real purpose, beyond our Cuba portal function
is to help you turn your interest and passion into action. (Note from
webmaster - This is a GREAT site. The image gallery has tons of great photos
from our local photographer Larry Benvenutti.)
LATIN AMERICAN WORKING GROUP
http://www.lawg.org - You can be a political activist to help us
change our US - Cuban policy. This site links to current US legislation,
allows you to contact your representatives, makes suggestions on what
actions you need to take and gives you email updates (if you want) of
legislative or policy changes toward Cuba. Please go there and help us
change US Policy.
Cuban American Alliance
http://www.cubamer.org - nonprofit
national network of Cuban
Americans that educates on issues related to hardships caused by current United
States-Cuba relations.
www.cubanow.org - educational/cultural programs for licensed travel to
Cuba.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaNews/ - free email service from Yahoo
that gathers info from all media daily for current info on Cuba.
www.cubaupdate.org - Center for
Cuban studies - licensed travel to Cuba
For the official CUBA website, go to
www.Cuba.com (don't forget to come back
here for boating info
GECYT
www.gecyt.cu - Gerente de Proyectos - in Cuba
For Cuban Tourism, go to
www.cubanacan.cu
www.nationalsummitoncuba.org – website for September 17, 2002
National Summit On Cuba meeting, held at the National Press Club, Washington DC
Cuban Health Network
www.CubanHealthNetwork.org Nonprofit organization organizing the
donation and transportation of needed medical equipment and supplies to Cuba.
Americans for Humanitarian Trade with Cuba (AHTC)
Lissa Weinmann, Executive Director
www.ahtc.org e-mail:
lweinmann@ahtc.org
Tel: 718-416-1653 One of the sponsors of the National Summit on Cuba
meeting September 2002, they also have a Treasury license for travel to Cuba by
qualified groups. Their humanitarian efforts toward Cuba are far more ranging
than simply the travel aspects.
Washington Office on Latin America
1630 Connecticut Ave, NW Suite 200, Washington DC 20009
Tel 202-797-2171, Fax 202-797-2172
www.wola.org (May 2002 report from them: “A time for change –
rethinking US-Cuba policy”) This is an excellent report and you
should get a copy.
Latin America Working Group
110 Maryland Ave NE, Box 15, Washington DC 20077-8170
Tel: 202-546-7010
www.lawg.org This is an excellent website that will keep you apprised
of the latest legislation regarding Cuba. It is involved in policy education and
advocacy. It maintains an email network of people interested in helping promote
change in US Cuba policy, and will, if requested, provide you with timely
periodic updates when important policy matters are pending.
Professional Medical Education Association
Gregory Absten, Executive Director
PO Box 522379, Marathon Shores FL 33052
Tel: 305-289-9056 Fax: 305-946-0232
www.MedicalSymposia.org (Medical meetings in Cuba will be listed on
this site)
Asociacion Medica Del Caribe (AMECA) - also called the
Caribbean Medical Association
Calle 18 #710 e/ 7 ma y 29, Maramar, Playa, Ciudad de la Habana. Apdo.
Postal 6332
Tel: (53-7) 205-1575 Fax: (53-7) 66-2075
www.ameca.cu E-mail:
amecacma@infomed.sld.cu
www.cubaweb.cu – listing of Cuban websites with Cuban media, speeches,
announcements, and other official information.
Alamar Associations – Consultants on Trade and
Business with Cuba
Kirby Jones, President2000 L St NW, Suite 200, Washington DC 20036
Tel: 202-530-5234 Fax: 202-530-5235
alacuba@aol.com www.alamarcuba.com
Cuba Committee for Democracy
nonprofit organization to educate, update on Cuba related legislation, and
let the public know that Cuban-Americans are not uniformly conservative and
support the Cuban embargo.
Alfredo Duran, President
600 Brickell Avenue, Suite 301H, Miami, Florida 33131
Tel: 305-373-4754 Fax: 305-373-4755
ccd@ccdusa.org
Cuba Policy Foundation
Washington based organization led by senior diplomats in Republican
Administrations
2300 M Street NW, Eight Floor, Washington DC 20037
Tel: 202-835-0200, Fax: 202-835-0291
www.CubaPolicyFoundation.org
(has report by agricultural economists citing $4.84 billion annually in U.S.
losses from agriculture & related sectors. Also has report from Rice University
showing $2-$3 billion annual potential for U.S. Energy industry)
Lexington Institute
Peter Phillips, Vice President1655 Fort Myer Drive, Arlington VA 22209
Tel: 703-522-5828
www.lexingtoninstitute.org
(prepared report: “SURVIVAL STORY: Cuba’s Economy in the Post-Soviet Decade”)
studies on Cuba’s economy
Brattle Group
1133 Twentieth St NW, Suite 800, Washington DC 20036
Tel: 202-955-5050, Fax: 202-955-5059
office@brattle.com
(prepared report for the Center for International Policy on “The Impact on
the U.S. Economy of Lifting Restrictions on Travel to Cuba”)
The Closest of Enemies – book by Wayne Smith, Chief
of U.S. Interests Section in Havana from 1979-1982. One section describes
overtures in 1981-82 whereby Cubans urged negotiations in Central America and
between the U.S. and Cuba. He describes how the U.S. would keep changing the
goal posts and refuse to cooperate with the Cubans.
Center for International Policy
1717 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC 20036
Tel: 202-232-3317, Fax: 202-232-3317,
www.ciponline.org This is a nonprofit educational and research
organization whose mission is to promote a U.S. foreign policy based on
international cooperation, demilitarization and respect for basic human rights.
The have the special report “Cuba on the terrorist list: In defense of the
nation or political calculation?” – This is an excellent 10 page report.
It essentially debunks all the claims that the Bush administration is making
against Cuba being a terrorist nation, and exposes the hypocrisy and deceit of
the U.S. government over the years in dealing with Cuba. I will scan it and post
it on the National Summit on Cuba Page on
this website.
Cuba News
a free email service through Yahoo that will gather all Cuba related
materials daily through mainstream and alternative media and send it to you by
individual email, a daily digest, or web-only.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaNews/
Georgetown University Cuba Briefing Paper Series
www.georgetown.edu/sfs/programs/clas/Caribe/cbps.htm Series of in
depth papers covering economic, social and political topics
Canadian Foundation for the Americas
www.focal.ca paper on “Cuba’s Economic Performance and the
Challenges Ahead”
US-Cuba Sister Cities Association
Lisa Valanti
320 Lowenhill St, Pittsburgh PA 15216
Tel: 412-563-1519 Fax: 412-563-1945
USCSCA@aol.com ,
www.USCSCA.org organization putting together similar U.S. and Cuban
cities and fostering people to people contact.
Cuban American Alliance Education Fund, Inc (CAAEF)
Delvis Fernandez Levy, PhD , President
614 Maryland Ave NE, Ste 2 , Washington DC 20002-5825
Tel: 202-543-6780 Fax: 202-543-6434
caaef@igc.org
www.cubamer.org - nonprofit national
network of Cuban Americans that educates on
issues related to hardships caused by current United States-Cuba relations.
www.Cubanos.org
is organized to help you form your own opinions on matters related to Cuba. To
this end, the Discover section serves as a clearinghouse (a portal) for the best
of what the web has to offer on topics dealing with Cuba, Che Guevara, Fidel
Castro, Cuban cigars, Cuba travel, Cuban links, maps, news, Havana, Latin music,
Cuba tours, tourism, trade sanctions, the U.S. economic embargo, the exile
community, and much more. The real purpose, beyond our Cuba portal function is
to help you turn your interest and passion into action. (Note from webmaster -
This is a GREAT site. The image gallery has tons of great photos from our local
(Florida Keys) photographer Larry Benvenutti.)
World Reach
Rusty Price, Director of the Cuban project
Raleigh North Carolina, Tel: 888-596-5078
www.cubashare.org This nonprofit religious organization supports
humanitarian relief efforts around the World. Cuba is a major benefactor of
their efforts. They need your financial support.
Conchord Cayo Hueso.
John Young, Executive Director
Key West, Florida Tel: 305-294-0205
jitters@aol.com www.geocities.com/conchordcayohueso/
Humanitarian group out of Key West that arranges for donations to Cuba through
American travelers. They do have an export license to allow such donations, but
do not have an OFAC travel license.
www.Cuba.com
The official Cuban Government website
www.cubanacan.cu Cuban Tourism. The official Cuban travel agency
Office
of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Treasury Annex
Washington DC 20220 Tel: 202-622-2480
www.treas.gov/ofac Office that
regulates licensing and enforcement of travel to Cuba by Americans.
www.treas.gov/ofac/legal/index.html
Copies of Executive Orders, United Nations Security Council Resolutions,
Statutes, and Regulations related to OFAC's programs, including Cuba, in *.PDF
format
Other Cuba Travel Groups:
Also see AHTC listed above
Puentes Cubanos
Sylvia Wilhelm, Executive Director
Cubapuente@aol.com or (305)
858-4002
Travel group licensed by the Treasury Dept to conduct educational, professional
and cultural exchanges between people of Cuba and the United States. She was the
primary coordinator for the American Advocacy Day to support changes to Cuba
policy, in Washington the day after the summit meeting.
Center for Cuban Studies
travel seminars and licensed travel to Cuba
124 W 23rd St, NY, NY 10011
Tel: 212-242-0559 Fax: 212-242-1937
www.cubaupdate.org ,
www.cubanartspace.net
CubaNow.org
John Gilderbloom, PhD, Executive Director
1931 Eastview Ave, Ste 3, Louisville, KY 40205
Tel: 502-479-3666 Fax: 502-459-4908
cubanow@mindspring.com ,
www.cubanow.org
Golden Airlines
GoldenCuba3@goldenairlines.com
Miami FL. 800-462-8226 -- Public/Private Charter Service to Cuba from Miami.
(Must be licensed under OFAC to use these direct flights). Departures Thursdays
and Sundays for publicly scheduled flights to Havana from Miami. 7 days a week
to any city in Cuba for private charters. Will coordinate arrival flight
schedules into Miami for groups of 16 or more. Cuban Visa arranged as part of
flights.
Island Travel & Tours Ltd.
2111 Wisconsin Ave NW, Ste 319, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Tel: 866-488-8687 Fax: 202-342-3308,
E-mail:
INFO@ISLANDTRAVELTOURS.COM
www.IslandTravelTours.com
Common Ground Education & Travel Services
55 Norfolk St, Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel: 617-661-7653, 877-661-7653 Fax: 617-491-1543, E-mail:
commonground@mdeiaone.net , no web site
Cuba Linda
www.cubalinda.com
German travel agency that can book flights for you and offers advice to US
travelers to Cuba on this website.
MILA Tours
Vicki Martin, Cultural and Educational programs specialist
100 S Greenleaf, Gurnee IL 60031-3378 Tel: 847-625-3571 Fax: 847-249-2772
www.MILATours.com licensed travel to Cuba
Sprachcaffe Cuba Travel
http://www.sprachcaffe-kuba.com
Offering Cuba group and individual tours - Hotels - Spanish
courses - Diving course - Dancing courses.
Headquarters Frankfurt - Germany
Gartenstrasse 6
D 60594 Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
email contact: tomy.lorsch@sprachcaffe.de
Tel. +49 69 61 091 20 Fax +49 69 610453
Viajes America, & Center for Development Studies
Alexandra Jost, Executive Director
Washington DC, Tel: 202-333-3921
alijost10025@yahoo.com Travel to Cuba. Hosts Cultural and
Artistic programs
GO TO THE
NATIONAL SUMMIT ON CUBA PAGE - Summary of US/Cuban relationship & politics
RETURN TO THE CUBA PAGE
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