• Roundtable on Cuba and U.S.-Cuban Relations

  Chairs:	Bernard W. Aronson William D. Rogers
  Staff:	Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies

  October 1, 1999 - March 1, 2001

  This roundtable, held in Washington D.C., addresses a range of issues such as the resolution of outstanding property claims; bilateral and regional security interests; the status of the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay; the implications for the Western Hemisphere of the restoration of a Cuban sugar quota; the impact on the Caribbean economy of resuming normal bilateral trade relations; Cuban participation in the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA); prospects for Cuba’s reentry into the Organization of American States (OAS); and the integration of Cuba into the international financial system. In addition, the roundtable highlights an examination of history, culture, race, and religion as these elements pertain to current conditions on the island and to policy implications for the United States.

  
  

   

  Meetings

  Inside the Cuban Revolution

  National Program Meeting

  
  October 7, 2002

  Related Project: Roundtable on Cuba and U.S.-Cuban Relations

  Panelist:	John H. Coatsworth, Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Studies, Harvard University
  Speaker:	Julia E. Sweig, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

   

  Inside the Cuban Revolution: Understanding Castro (San Francisco)

  National Program Meeting

  
  June 11, 2002

  Related Project: Roundtable on Cuba and U.S.-Cuban Relations

  Panelist:	Mathea Falco, President, Drug Strategies; former Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters
  Speaker:	Julia E. Sweig, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

   

  "U.S.-Cuba Relations and the Future of Unilateral Sanctions

  Roundtable Meeting

  
  September 29, 2000

  Related Project: Roundtable on Cuba and U.S.-Cuban Relations

  Presider:	Ruth Wedgwood
  Speaker:	Santiago Perez, Policy Analyst, Instituto Superiorde Relaciones Interntionales (Havana, Cuba)

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