U.S. Cuba Policy and the Cuban-American

The Center for International Policy of Washington, D.C. in collaboration with the Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies, Florida International University (FIU) & the Greater Miami Chapter of the ACLU 

Invite you to a discussion of

U.S. Cuba Policy and the Cuban-American

Thursday, October 4, 2012

4:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Tower Theater

1508 S.W. 8th Street

Miami, Florida

Recent U.S. regulations have allowed for unlimited Cuban-American travel and remittances to Cuba and increased “purposeful” travel by other citizens. In two panels we will explore the effect of this opening in Miami and Cuba and examine how Florida voting influences U.S. Cuba policy and how it is likely to do so in the future.

Wine and Cheese

4:00 – 4:45 p.m.

Performance by Yrak of Doble FILO Cuba hip-hop band

4:45 – 5:00 p.m.

(Courtesy of Miami Light Project)

Panel One – U.S.-Cuba Engagement

5:00 – 6:00 p.m.

• Tessie Aral, President, ABC Charters 
• Alejandro Barreras and Arturo Lopez-Levy, CAFE (Cuban Americans for Engagement) 
• John De Leon, President, Miami ACLU 
• Lillian Manzor, Director, Cuban Theater Digital Archive, Assoc. Professor of Modern Languages & Literatures, University of Miami
• Moderator: Silvia Wilhelm, President, CubaPuentes, Inc.

Panel Two – U.S. Policy and the Vote

6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

• Freddy Balsera, Managing Partner, Balsera Communications 
• Alvaro F. Fernandez, Miami Progressive Project
• Guillermo J. Grenier, Professor, Dept. of Global and Sociocultural Studies, FIU
• Wayne Smith, Director, Cuba Project, Center for International Policy
• Moderator: Wayne Smith