United States-Cuba Relations

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      Sign facing U.S. Interests Section in Havana, 1978


 
 
1902
2002

 


Fidel Castro and sandal-clad Wayne Smith

ARTICLES
1902-1962
1963-1967
1968-1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009-2016
2017-2018


Platt Amendment
(1902-1934)

Good Neighbor Policy
Sumner Welles
 

ARTICLES:
The Purchase of Cuba Pictorially Considered
The Origin and Purpose of the Platt Amendment (The American Journal of International Law July, 1914)
Cuba and the United States: Origins and Antecedents of Relations 1760s-1860s (Cuban Studies, 1991)
Here Come the Yankees! The Rise and Decline of United States Colonies in Cuba, 1898-1930 (The Hispanic American Historical Review, Nov., 1998).
 

BOOKS
Fontaine, Roger. On Negotiating with Cuba (1974)
Lazo, Mario. Daga en el corazon (1972)
Lamrani, Salim. El Lobby Cubano en EE.UU. de 1959 hasta nuestros dias


INFORMATION:
Outstanding Claims Against Cuba, U.S. House of Representatives Hearing, 1979
Radio and TV Marti
Agora: The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act
U.S..- Cuba Trade and Economic Council, Inc.
U.S. Trade Embargo
 

U.S.-CUBA POLICY REPORT
1994-1996
1997-1998
1999-2000
2000-2003
 

CBS REPORTS (Oct. 2, 1974)
"Castro, Cuba and the U.S.A." Dan Rather and Frank Mankeiwicz interview Fidel Castro
 

CUBAN GOVERNMENT:
Lawsuit Against U.S. For Economic Damages
Statement by the Cuban Government on the Guantanamo Naval Base (Jan. 2002)
 

U.S. GOVERNMENT:
Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Cuban Remittance Affidavit
Cuba's Renewed Support for Violence in Latin America
Helms-Burton Act
Otto J. Reich, Combative Point Man on Latin Policy
Platt Amendment (1902-1934)
Treaty of Relations Between the United States and Cuba (May 29, 1934) Platt Amendment abrogated
Secretary of State Albright remarks on Cuba, March 20, 1998
Secretary of State Albright remarks on Cuba, January 5, 1999
Senator Jesse Helms: "Towards a Compassionate Conservative Foreign Policy"(Jan. 11, 2001)
State Department - Background Notes
USIA-Office of Cuba Broadcasting/Radio and TV Marti Gopher
USIA: The United States and Cuba
U.S. Interests Section - Havana
Travel Warnings ? Consular Information Sheets - Cuba
Report to the President: Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba
 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE:
19th century Despatches, Miscellaneous Letters, Congressional Globe and Speeches
U.S. State Department Dispatches 1933
U.S. State Department Dispatches 1934
U.S. State Department Dispatches 1952
U.S. State Department Dispatches 1953
U.S. State Department Dispatches 1954
U.S. State Department Dispatches 1955
U.S. State Department Dispatches 1956
U.S. State Department Dispatches 1957
U.S. State Department Dispatches 1958
U.S. State Department Dispatches 1959
U.S. State Department Dispatches 1960
Foreign Relations of the U.S.1961-63, Vol. X, Cuba 1961-1962
Foreign Relations of the U.S.1961-63, Vol. VI, Kennedy-Khrushchev Exchanges
Foreign Relations of the U.S. 1961-1963, Vol. XI, Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath
GIST. Bureau of Public Affairs. Department of State. US-Cuba Relations, July 1978
GIST. Bureau of Public Affairs. Department of State. US-Cuba Relations, November 1979
Cuba Transition (Draft of Study prepared by FIU, May 1993)
Working Group on U.S. Relations with Cuba (1995)
Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba: Report to the President, July 2006

Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files
Confidential Files Index 1910-1963
Confidential U.S. State Dept. Central Files 1945-1949
Confidential U.S. State Dept. Central Files 1950-1954
Confidential U.S. State Dept. Central Files (Nov. 1952-July 1953)
Confidential U.S. State Dept. Central Files (August 1953-Oct. 1954)
Confidential U.S. State Dept. Central Files 1955-1959
 
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Files
Records Processed in Response to FOIA Requests
National Security Council Records
Roger Fontaine Files

Wieland, William Arthur
Testimony of Edmund A. Chester (March 21, 1961) [Not published]
The Case of William Wieland (1962)
William Wieland, Foreign Service Retiree, 79, Dies (Washington Post, Sept. 27, 1987)
After 50 years, questions about Cuba still hound Wieland (Miami Herald, Jan. 1, 2009)


The American Annual Cyclopedia of 1869

United States Senate. The Revolution in Cuba. Exec. Doc. No. 7, 41st Congress, 2d Session, Dec. 20, 1869
_____. Claims of Citizens of the U.S. Against Spain. Doc. No. 79, 54th Congress, 2d Session, Jan. 22, 1897
 

U.S. Senate Hearings: Communist Threat to the United States Through the Caribbean
Testimony of Major Pedro L. Diaz Lanz (July 14, 1959)
Testimony of General C. P. Cabell (November 5, 1959)
Testimony of Rev. Father Eduardo Aguirre (May 3, 1960)
Testimony of Rev. Father Rosario Maxilliano Perez (May 3, 1960)
Testimony of Rafael Diaz-Balart (May 3, 1960)
Testimony of Manuel Antonio Ugalde Carrillo (May 3 and 4, 1960)
Testimony of Andres Jose Rivero-Aguero (May 4, 1960)
Testimony of Rev. Father Juan Ramon O'Farril (May 4, 1960)
Testimony of Gen. Francisco J. Tabernilla (May 6, 1960)
Testimony of Salvador Diaz-Verson (May 6, 1960)
Testimonies of Ambassadors Arthur Gadner and Earl E. T. Smith (August 27, 30, 1960)
Testimony of William D. Pawley (Sept. 2 and 8, 1960)
Testimony of Edmund A. Chester (March 21, 1961) [Not published]
Testimony of Ricardo Artigas Ravelo, Jorge Garcia Tuņon, Andres Perez-Chaumont (March 29 and June 1, 1961)

VIDEOS
HR 927 Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (1)
HR 927 Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (2)
 

COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
U.S.-Cuban Relations in the 21st Century
 

DRUG TRAFFICKING:
Cuban Drug Trafficking to the U.S.
 

ELIAN GONZALEZ CASE:

Elian Gonzalez Case
The Elian Gonzalez Case: The World's Most Watched and Politically-Charged Custody Battle that Reached the U.S. Supreme Court and Determined a Presidential Election, Harvard Latino Law Review, Vol. 18, Spring 2015, pp. 501-549.


GUANTANAMO NAVAL BASE
 
 


Cartoons of President John Kennedy
in the Cuban Press
 

MARIEL EXODUS 1980

 


Jimmy Carter visit to Cuba (May 12-17, 2002)
 
 


Bill, Fidel Shake Hands
Clinton breaks taboo to shake Castro's hand
Group Seeking Castro Arrest Moves On
It's a Handshake and Small Talk for Clinton and Castro