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 It was formed an Emergency Coalition to Defend Educational travel (ECDET). The Emergency Coalition to Defend Educational Travel announces that their position is that “while those in our coalition oppose all restrictions on travel to Cuba, our particular concern is with those which in any way restrict the travel of academics and the structuring of study programs in Cuba. Clearly, the administration wishes to close off all contacts with Cuba. Unless we fight for our rights, the administration will not only hold to the restrictions already in place but impose even more stringent ones. It is time to say enough is enough.” Wayne Smith and Les McCabe would continue to serve in the role as the primary co-coordinators of this effort as they had for the Nov. 19th meeting in Washington. |
| On January 3. 2005, Wayne S. Smith, Professor at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and the Director of that institution’s Cuba Exchange Program sent a letter to the Honorable Steny Hoyer, at the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. to urge to him to promote and support legislation to rescind the amendments to the Cuban Assets Controls Regulations, Part 515 of chapter V of 31 CFR, as they relate to educational exchanges with Cuba. “The proposed regulations violate academic freedoms –said W. Smith- in a number of ways and do so in an altogether arbitrary manner. La Habana, 24 de enero de 2004. |
| El profesor Louis Perez, de Chapel Hill, ofreció una conferencia en la Universidad de La Habana bajo el título de: "El imaginario imperial. Cuba en la imaginación norteamericana." A la misma asistió gran numero de participantes interesados en la conferencia del profesor, especialista en estos temas y autor de conocidos textos sobre Cuba. |
| Desarrollada la feria del Libro en La Habana con mucha asistencia de público y una variada oferta de textos de gran valor para los lectores, así como para los estudiosos de Cuba. The Havana Book Fair is going on. There has being sold many books interesting for people that are studying Cuba as their main topic. |
| Vea Dictamen sobre las regulaciones de los EEUU relacionadas con los viajes por concepto de investigación profesional y actividades académicas en Cuba en la sección de Intercambio académico de este sitio. |
| Upcoming Events.
April 26
ECDET Organizational Meeting- to formalize our coalition, make any needed alterations, and announce our presence and action plans to the press.
April 27
Cuba Action Day:
Join the Majority, Change the Policy-The goal is to bring hundreds of people together (academics, students, Cuban-Americans, agricultural and business representatives and religious leaders) to protest travel controls and demand that they be removed. There will be meetings, a press conference and a massive effort to educate our members of Congress. Sign-up at: www.cubaactionday.org
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