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This Section has the latest U.S. Government statements and News on U.S. Policy toward Cuba                      

Intervención del Sr. James C. Cason, Jefe de Misión. Sección de Intereses de EE.UU. en La Habana, en el Seminario “Transición desde el comunismo: Lecciones aprendidas y futuros desafíos para Cuba”

State Department Condemns Human Rights Situation in Cuba
Boucher urges Castro regime to release all political prisoners
November 4, 2004

Funcionario E.U. expone esfuerzos impulsar libertad en Cuba
Dan Fisk vicesecretario de Estado adjunto para Asuntos del Hemisferio Occidental, dice que nuevas medidas socavan régimen de Castro.
14 de octubre de 2004

Noriega elogia participación E.U. en las Américas
5 Octubre, 2004

Palabras del Sr. James Cason, Jefe de Misión, Sección de Intereses de EE.UU. en ocasión de la bienvenida del Jefe Adjunto, Sr. Alex Lee.
8 Septiembre, 2004

Hope and Rebuilding: Three Years After 9/11

Fulfillment of USG Obligation to Issue 20,000 Travel Documents.
Press Statement by James C. Cason Chief of Mission U.S. Interests Section, Havana, Cuba. July 19, 2004

Cumplimiento del compromiso por parte del gobierno de los Estados Unidos de expedir 20,000 documentos de viaje.
Declaración a la Prensa de James C. Cason Jefe Misión Sección de Intereses de los Estados Unidos, La Habana, Cuba Julio 19, 2004

New Internet travel registration service for American citizens 

Palabras del Jefe de Misión James Cason en ocasión de la celebración del Día de Independencia de los Estados Unidos. July 1, 2004

General License - Certain Travel-Related Transactions in Cuba Until 12:0l a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on August 1, 2004  

Revocation of OFAC Specific Licenses To Engage in Travel-Related Transactions Incident to Visiting Close Relatives in Cuba  (effective June 30, 2004)

Amendments to Cuban Assets Control Regulations: 31 CFR part 515  (effective June 30, 2004)

Bush Observes Anniversary of Cuba's Birth  
Statement by The President. May 20, 2004

President Bush Calls for Freedom in Cuba  
Complete Text | White House Fact Sheet
May 6,  2004

Presidente Bush pide libertad en Cuba  
Texto completo | Hoja informativa de la Casa Blanca
May 6,  2004

Executive Summary: Report to the President from the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba 
Office of the Press Secretary, The White House, Washington, DC May 6, 2004

Breve Resumen: Reporte de la Comisión de Ayuda a una Cuba Libre presentado al Presidente.  
Office of the Press Secretary, The White House, Washington, DC May 6, 2004

Report to the President: Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba  
May 6, 2004

Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (Cuba)  
May, 2004

Patterns of Global Terrorism 2003 

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT - WORLDWIDE CAUTION  
April 29, 2004

Perfecting Democracy in the Hemisphere  
Roger F. Noriega, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs.
Remarks to the Baltimore Council on Foreign Relations. Baltimore, MD, April 13, 2004

U.S. Defends Support of Democracy in Venezuela, Elsewhere  
Response by Ambassador John F. Maisto, Permanent Representative of the United States, to charges made by the Delegation of Venezuela at the Regular Session of the OAS Permanent Council, March 31, 2004

E.U. defiende esfuerzos de promoción de la democracia Respuesta del embajador John F. Maisto, representante permanente de Estados Unidos, a las acusaciones hechas por la delegación de Venezuela en la sesión ordinaria del Consejo Permanente de la OEA, 31 de marzo de 2004

Powell Urges Solidarity with Democracy Advocates in Cuba  
Op-ed column by Secretary of State Colin Powell
March 18, 2004

Powell pide solidaridad con campeones de democracia en Cuba  
Artículo en aniversario de arrestos de cubanos por régimen de Castro. March 18, 2004

Cuba: New U.S. Policy To Deny Visas to Participants in March 2003 Show Trials  
Adam Ereli, Deputy Spokesman.Washington, DC.
March 18, 2004

Estados Unidos denegará visas a quienes participaron en juicio a disidentes  
Adam Ereli, Deputy Spokesman.Washington, DC.
March 18, 2004

Message to the Congress of the United States to prevent unauthorized U.S. vessels from entering Cuban territorial waters.  
President George W. Bush. The White House, February 26, 2004.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Cuba  
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor February 25, 2004

Informe sobre situación derechos humanos en Cuba en 2003  
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor February 25, 2004

International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
2003 INCSR (issued March 1, 2004)

Treasury Designates & Blocks 10 Entities for Cuban Embargo Violations
February 9, 2004                       

Treasury Secretary John W. Snow remarks to Cuban American Leaders Miami, FL
February 9, 2004

U.S. Condemns Continued Imprisonment of Cuban Human Rights Defenders
Press Statement, Adam Ereli, Deputy Spokesman.
January 21, 2004

E.U. condena injusta detención defensores derechos humanos en Cuba
Press Statement, Adam Ereli, Deputy Spokesman.
January 21, 2004

Humanitarian Aid for a Cuba in Transition
Ambassador Roger F. Noriega, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
Remarks at a USAID/Cuba Transition Project Seminar
January 16, 2004

Funcionario E.U. urge planear cuidadosamente transición en Cuba
Secretario adjunto Noriega habla en seminario USAID-Cuba
January 16, 2004

Remarks by President Bush at Inauguration Ceremony of the Special Summit of the Americas
Monterrey, Mexico. January 12, 2004

Cuba: Migration Talks
Daily Press Briefing, Richard Boucher, Spokesman
January 7, 2004

What We Will Do in 2004
Secretary Colin L. Powell. Op-Ed.
New York Times, January 1, 2004

Lo que haremos en 2004
Secretary Colin L. Powell. Op-Ed.
New York Times, January 1, 2004

President Bush Discusses Cuban Policy
Remarks by the President on Cuba. The Rose Garden.
October 10, 2003

Declaraciones del Presidente Bush sobre Cuba
Remarks by the President on Cuba. The Rose Garden.
October 10, 2003

Cuba: International Religious Freedom Report 2003
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor . December 18, 2003

Informe anual sobre libertad religiosa en Cuba en 2003
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor . December 18, 2003

The Dream Deferred: Fear and Freedom in Fidel’s Cuba
Fact Sheet released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and the Bureau of Public Affairs Washington, DC December 15, 2003
El sueño diferido: temor y libertad en la Cuba de Fidel Hoja informativa Distribuida por la Oficina de Democracia, Derechos Humanos y Trabajo y la Oficina de Asuntos Públicos Washington D.C
15 de diciembre de 2003

Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba
December 5, 2003

Open Door Won't Help Cuban
Letter to the Editor by Roger F. Noriega November 26, 2003

Irak será transcendental en la revolución democrática mundial
Palabras del presidente George W. Bush en el 20mo. aniversario de la Fundacion Nacional por la Democracia, Noviembre 6, 2003

U.S. Criticizes U.N. Call for End to Cuba Trade Embargo
Statement by Ambassador Sichan Siv in the United Nations General Assembly Plenary Session, on November 4, 2003

E.U. critica decisión ONU pide fin sanciones contra Cuba Declaración del embajador Sichan Siv en la sesión plenaria de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas el 4 de noviembre de 2003.

U.S. Relations With Central America
Secretary Colin L. Powell, interview on CNN en Español with Patricia Janiot .October 30, 2003

State Dept. Official Outlines U.S. Goals in Western Hemisphere
Remarks by Ambassador Roger F. Noriega, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs.
Miami Herald Americas Conference, October 29, 2003

Entering the Final Phase of Cuba's Inevitable Transition to Democracy
Ambassador Roger F. Noriega, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs.
Remarks at the Institute for Cuban Studies Miami, Florida October 4, 2003

Statement by Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger F. Noriega before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
October 2, 2003

Statement of R. Richard Newcomb Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control United States Department of the Treasury before the Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate Hearings on Travel and Trade with Cuba.
October 2, 2003

Statement by Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Alan P. Larson before the Senate Finance Committee. U.S.-Cuba Trade.
September 4, 2003

Powell Emphasizes Western Hemisphere's Importance to U.S.

American Internationalism
An Electronic Journal of the U.S. Department of State

State Department Issues Instructions for Diversity Visa Lottery
Nov. 1-Dec. 30, 2003; applications must be submitted electronically

Cuba: The State of Political Prisoners
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. August 1, 2003

U.S. Concern about the Health of Cuban Political Prisoner Marta Beatriz Roque Cabello
U.S. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher , July 29, 2003

Preocupa a Estados Unidos la salud de la presa política cubana Marta Beatriz Roque Cabello
U.S. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher , July 29, 2003

Cuban Dissidents' Incarceration Very Different From Castro's
By Gustavo Arcos Bergnes. This column was published by the New York Times on July 25, 2003. Permission has been granted for web-site/Washington File use.
Copyright (c) 2003 by the New York Times Co. Reprinted by permission.

Un preso se convierte en carcelero
By Gustavo Arcos Bergnes. This column was published by the New York Times on July 25, 2003. Permission has been granted for web-site/Washington File use.
Copyright (c) 2003 by the New York Times Co. Reprinted by permission.

U.S. Interests Section of the Embassy of Switzerland,
Havana, Cuba

Key Officers:
Chief of Mission:  
James C. Cason  
Deputy Chief of Mission: 
Edward A. Lee
Political/Economic Chief:
Francisco D. Saínz
Consul General:
    Richard C.  Beer  
Public Affairs Officer:
Kelly A. Keiderling
Management Officer:
David Elmo

Calzada between L & M Streets,
Vedado, Havana
Phone: (53-7) 833-3551 through 59

Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m
Emergencies/After Hours:
Phone: (53-7) 833-3026

Immigrant
Visa appointments/inquiries
Phone: (53-7) 834-4400/01/02
and (53-7) 836-0552/53/54
Fax: (53-7) 833-1084

Non-Immigrant
Visa appointments/ inquiries
Phone: (53-7) 833-1196
              (53-7) 833-1198


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