Background on the US Blockade Against Cuba





Alice Walker's
Letter to President Clinton
Letter from former Congressman Esteban Torres
To the Editor of the Washington Post

Legislation

The US blockade of Cuba remains unchanged in 1999. Policy changing legislation was killed in Congressional committee. The US prohibition on the sale of food and medicine to Cuba will continue to cause disease and death, until the blockade laws are revoked.

Another attempt to get "The Aschoft Ammendment" to pass will be made soon in the Senate

Facts on the U.S. Blockade of Cuba.
New Article: "Cuban Medical Purchases from US Still a 'Fantasy'"
Updated February 13, 1999
Comments & Observations on The Seizure of Humanitarian Aid
Think it's time the U.S. ended its blockade against Cuba?
Contact your government representatives and let them know!
Recommended Reading: The Soul of a Citizen: Living with conviction in a cynical time, by Paul Rogat Loeb, Utne Reader, July 1999.
Letter To The Los Angeles Times By Woody Harrelson Upon Returning from Cuba: "Suggesting An Open Heart"
Resolutions of the First U.S.- Cuba Friendship Conference,
Havana, Cuba, July 1998
Facts and Comments on the Downing of the Brothers to the Rescue Planes.



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