The Center for International Policy
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
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