Cuba USA
- Cuba Assures There Is Progress In The Negotiations Between The Two Countries
by Sergio Alejandro Gómez source Granma Delegations from the two countries have been meeting in Washington since December 14, to negotiate issues regarding civil aviation. Significant progress has been made and they are close to reaching a memorandum...
- Press Release From The Cuban Delegation On Immigration Talks In The U.s.
source Granma On November 30, a new round of migratory talks took place between delegations from Cuba and the United States, respectively led by the Ministry of Foreign Relations’ Director General for the United States, Josefina Vidal Ferreiro,...
- Press Release By The Cuba´s Delegation To Restore Diplomatic Relations With The Us.
source MINREXOn January 22, 2015, talks were held between delegations of the United States and Cuba aimed at defining the steps that are to be taken with the purpose of formalizing the decision announced by Presidents Raúl Castro Ruz and Barack Obama...
- Press Release Of The Cuban Delegation On The Round Of Migratory Talks Between The Us And Cuba In Havana.
source MINREX On January 21, 2015, a new round of migration talks was held between US and Cuban delegations, which were headed by Edward Alex Lee, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, and Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, Director-General...
- Press Release Issued By The Cuban Delegation On The Migration Talks With The United States. Washington, July 9, 2014.
On July 9, 2014, a new round of migration talks was held between the delegations of the United States and Cuba, which were presided over, respectively, by Edward Alex Lee, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau for Western Hemisphere Affairs of the...
Cuba USA
Press Release by the Cuban Delegation on talks with the US about bilateral and cooperation issues
source MINREX
On January 22, 2015, the delegations from the United States and Cuba, headed respectively by Roberta S. Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; and Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, Director-General of the US Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, held an exchange on other bilateral issues, including some areas of cooperation of mutual interest.
Both delegations reviewed the status of cooperation in different areas, such as aviation security and safety and the response to oil spills. They also identified other areas in which there is a potential to establish or expand bilateral cooperation, such as the combat of drug-trafficking, terrorism and epidemics. With regard to the latter, the Cuban delegation suggested having a meeting in order to define the modalities of cooperation, with the purpose of efficiently and effectively coping with the Ebola virus.
The Cuban delegation reiterated the willingness on the part of the Cuban authorities to exchange with their US counterparts on seismic monitoring, protected marine areas and hydrography, and also participate in joint researches on marine species.
Furthermore, the Cuban delegation suggested to establish a scientific cooperation in a number of areas such as the protection of the environment, the mitigation of the impact of climate change and the prevention of natural disasters.
The Cuban representatives expressed their willingness to discuss the delimitation of the Eastern Gap in the Gulf of Mexico and showed their interest in the next steps required for the implementation of a Pilot Plan to establish mail service between the two countries.
When addressing the topics on which both countries have different conceptions, the Cuban delegation expressed its serious concerns about the guarantee and protection of human rights in the United States. It emphasized the persistent illegal character of detentions at the Guantanamo Naval Base and the recognized acts of torture committed there against prisoners; as well as the ever more alarming cases of brutality and police abuse as the ones seen in the recent events occurred in Ferguson and New York, which show the worsening of racism and racial discrimination.
Likewise, the Cuban delegation recalled the differentiated racial pattern followed in the application of the death penalty in that country, particularly against Afro-Americans, Latinos, members of other minority groups, sick persons and minors. Besides, it also expressed its concern about unequal pay in the United States, for women are paid 25% less salary as compared to men for a similar job; as well as about child work and the restrictions to the exercise of trade union freedom and collective bargaining, among other issues.
The Cuban delegation suggested to have a respectful and reciprocal dialogue about this issue in the future, building up on the positive experience achieved in Cuba with regard to the enjoyment of human rights and our contribution to the improvement of these rights in many countries of the world.
- Cuba Assures There Is Progress In The Negotiations Between The Two Countries
by Sergio Alejandro Gómez source Granma Delegations from the two countries have been meeting in Washington since December 14, to negotiate issues regarding civil aviation. Significant progress has been made and they are close to reaching a memorandum...
- Press Release From The Cuban Delegation On Immigration Talks In The U.s.
source Granma On November 30, a new round of migratory talks took place between delegations from Cuba and the United States, respectively led by the Ministry of Foreign Relations’ Director General for the United States, Josefina Vidal Ferreiro,...
- Press Release By The Cuba´s Delegation To Restore Diplomatic Relations With The Us.
source MINREXOn January 22, 2015, talks were held between delegations of the United States and Cuba aimed at defining the steps that are to be taken with the purpose of formalizing the decision announced by Presidents Raúl Castro Ruz and Barack Obama...
- Press Release Of The Cuban Delegation On The Round Of Migratory Talks Between The Us And Cuba In Havana.
source MINREX On January 21, 2015, a new round of migration talks was held between US and Cuban delegations, which were headed by Edward Alex Lee, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, and Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, Director-General...
- Press Release Issued By The Cuban Delegation On The Migration Talks With The United States. Washington, July 9, 2014.
On July 9, 2014, a new round of migration talks was held between the delegations of the United States and Cuba, which were presided over, respectively, by Edward Alex Lee, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau for Western Hemisphere Affairs of the...