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Cuba-related bills in Congress: one already passed by the House

The Havana Journal provides a helpful outline of the bills related to the Cuba embargo that are currently sitting in Congress, awaiting judgment. H.R. 188 and H.R. 874 are described in more detail in a previous post, but new to readers might be the Baseball Diplomacy Act and the Pursuit of International Education Act of 2009, both worth a look.

A bill that will ease travel restrictions for Cuban-Americans traveling to the island was passed by the House on Wednesday and moved into the Senate, where it could face greater opposition. Read about it in English here.

 

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Melissa Lockhart Fortner

Melissa Lockhart Fortner is Senior External Affairs Officer at the Pacific Council on International Policy in Los Angeles, having served previously as Senior Programs Officer for the Council. From 2007-2009, she held a research position at the University of Southern California (USC) School of International Relations, where she closely followed economic and political developments in Mexico and in Cuba, and analyzed broader Latin American trends. Her research considered the rise and relative successes of Latin American multinationals (multilatinas); economic, social and political changes in Central America since the civil wars in the region; and Wal-Mart’s role in Latin America, among other topics. Melissa is a graduate of Pomona College, and currently resides in Pasadena, California, with her husband, Jeff Fortner.

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