Mission

Cubacentral.com is run by the Freedom to Travel Campaign of the Center
for Democracy in the Americas. Our mission is to change U.S. policy
from a strategy of confrontation to one of normalized relations and
common sense between the United States and Cuba.

For more that four decades, the United States has tried to isolate
Cuba, economically and diplomatically. While punitive U.S. sanctions
hurt Americans and Cubans, this foreign policy has left the United
States with precious little influence in Cuba as the Cuban people look
to their own future. Like us, our supporters in Congress favor a policy
of engagement-freedom to travel, the ability to sell food, the right to
exchange ideas, and the duty to support one's family-and that is the
agenda that we are fighting for in Congress. The majority of the
American people are with us, and we are working with Republicans and
Democrats in the Congress to reverse what President Bush has done and
continues to do.

Freedom To Travel

U.S. Travel Ban on Cuba

For more than four decades, the United States has tried to isolate Cuba, economically and diplomatically.

When we look at Cuba news, we see an increasingly public and vigorous debate about the economy. We see the nations of the region conducting ordinary and even extraordinary relations with Cuba. What we don't see is a story line involving the United States, the effectiveness of U.S. policy, or even much of a presence or a role as the possibilities of change unfold.

Top 10 List

"This top ten list is a powerful reminder to Congress and all Americans that sanctions against Cuba do nothing but violate American values, cost American jobs, stain our image overseas, and breach our basic rights," said Sarah Stephens of the Center for Democracy in the Americas. "As Cuba enters a new era, so should America, and replace our policy of isolating Cuba with one favoring engagement, travel and trade."