A Move to Free the Cuban Five

A Move to Free the Cuban Five

We visited Gerardo Hernandez at a maximum-security prison in Victorville, CA – as new court filings show the U.S. government paid Miami-based journalists to file negative stories about the Cuban Five.

US-Cuban Relations and the Jewish Community

US-Cuban Relations and the Jewish Community

Back in DC by popular demand, see the film by IPS Fellow Saul Landau, that vividly documents the history of U.S. – Cuba relations, including the fact that the United States sponsors terrorism.

Visiting Gerardo Hernandez in Federal Prison

We visited Gerardo Hernandez for the fifth time and, as usual, his spirits seemed higher than ours despite the fact that he resides in a maximum-security federal prison.

Obama, Give me Five!

Obama, Give me Five!

Attend an exciting evening with actor, director and activist Danny Glover, United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta, an art exhibit, poerty music and more, all in support of freeing the Cuban 5 and normalizing U.S.-Cuba relations.

Cuba: Looking Back and Ahead

Cuba: Looking Back and Ahead

In the first entry on a two-part series, we look at how Cuban leaders could forge a new environmental mission in 2012.

Saul Landau Speaks: U.S.-Cuba Relations, Past and Present

Saul Landau Speaks: U.S.-Cuba Relations, Past and Present

Join participate in a dialogue with Saul Landau, an internationally known scholar, author, commentator, and filmmaker on foreign and domestic policy issues. Landau is also an expert on Cuba issues and has traveled to the Island on countless occasions. He will discuss the cases of the Cuban 5, Alan Gross, and how each case as implicationts for teh other.

Cuban 5: A Judge Grants Dubious Probation

Cuban 5: A Judge Grants Dubious Probation

After ten years in prison, Rene Gonzalez is about to be free. But a stubborn judge wants him to remain in Miami with no protection from the Cuban exile terrorist groups there.

Heading for Havana

Heading for Havana

These days, you need not brave the sharks that populate the Straits of Florida to visit Cuba.