Publications
A New Chapter for El Salvador: The First Hundred Days of President Mauricio Funes, October 20, 2009
Un nuevo capítulo para El Salvador: Los primeros cien días del Presidente Mauricio Funes, 20 de Octubre, 2009
Sarah Stephens, executive director of the Center for Democracy in the Americas, appeared twice before congressional subcommittees in 2009. On April 29th she testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reforms Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs regarding "National Security Implications of U.S. Policy toward Cuba". The text of her testimony can be viewed and downloaded here.
Sarah also testified before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere regarding “The Crisis in Honduras" on July 10, 2009. The text of her testimony can be viewed and downloaded here.
The Center for Democracy in the Americas leads delegations to the region, often including Members of the U.S. Congress and their staffs, academics, philanthropists, and experts in relevant fields.
Upon our return from the region, we write and circulate reports about our trips to policymakers and others. You can read our reports as PDFs by clicking on the links below.
U.S. Policy, Reforms in Cuba, and the Future of Bilateral Relations: Report on the Senate Chiefs of Staff Delegation to Cuba, July 17-20, 2009
The Funes Inauguration in El Salvador, May 31-June 3, 2009
Report on El Salvador’s Presidential Election, March 15, 2009
Cuba After the Hurricanes, Sep. 18-21 2008
Venezuela Research Trip, July 31-August 5, 2008
Cuba's Reforms, June-July 2008
As Cubans Debate Reforms, April 2008
U.S. Policy, Cuba's Health Care System, and Cuba's Future, November 2007
Venezuela Research Trip, July 2007
Report of Chile Trip, May 2007
How can we break the fifty year old diplomatic deadlock between the United States and Cuba?
In a new report scheduled for publication in January 2009, the Center for Democracy in the Americas identifies nine critical areas where Washington and Havana can work together, and build relationships of confidence and trust, by solving problems in both countries’ national interests. We recruited a team of scholars and experts to offer their ideas for cooperation in military affairs, migration, energy, trade, academic exchange and other fields which could then produce the progress that has eluded our diplomats for five decades.
A summary of this report and its recommendations is available for download here.
The powerful arguments for changing U.S. foreign policy toward Cuba can be found in CDA’s publication, In Our National Interest: The Top Ten Reasons for Changing U.S. Policy toward Cuba, which has become a significant education and lobbying tool for the campaign to end the ban on legal travel to Cuba. This document is available for download at: www.thecubatopten.com.
In response to a request from the Center for International Policy, The Brattle Group analyzed the long-term impact on the U.S. economy of lifting restrictions on travel by Americans to Cuba. The final report, produced in 2002 and titled "The Impact on the U.S. Economy of Lifting Restrictions on Travel to Cuba" is available for download here.
