Cuba in context : a consideration of issues and U.S. relations and restrictions /
Janet G. Campbell, editor.
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource.
- Latin American political, economic, and security issues .
Includes bibliographies and index.
CUBA IN CONTEXT: A CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES AND U.S. RELATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS; CUBA IN CONTEXT: A CONSIDERATION OF ISSUES AND U.S. RELATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: CUBA: ISSUES FOR THE 114TH CONGRESS; Chapter 2: CUBA SANCTIONS: LEGISLATIVE RESTRICTIONS LIMITING THE NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS Chapter 3: TESTIMONY OF ROBERTA S. JACOBSON, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. HEARING ON ''UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF U.S.POLICY CHANGES ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN CUBA''Chapter 4: TESTIMONY OF TOM P.MALINOWSKI, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. HEARING ON ''UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF U.S. POLICY CHANGES ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN CUBA''; INDEX
Political and economic developments in Cuba and U.S. policy toward the island nation, located just 90 miles from the United States, have been significant congressional concerns for many years. Especially since the end of the Cold War, Congress has played an active role in shaping U.S. policy toward Cuba, first with the enactment of the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 and then with the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996. Both of these measures strengthened U.S. economic sanctions on Cuba that had first been imposed in the early 1960s, but the measures also provided roadmaps for a n.