Cuba

Cuba's deputy foreign minister, Abelardo Moreno said March 2005, in London that Bush administration "officials are publicly speaking of regime change in Cuba. They were already attacking us as sponsors of terrorism. Now we are told we are an 'outpost of tyranny.'" [1]

The BBC reported January 19, 2005, that "US relations with Cuba have been stormy since Fidel Castro took power in 1959, and a US invasion failed in 1961. ... Under President Bush, the US has tightened trade and travel regulations still further. ... Washington has regularly criticised communist Cuba's rejection of political opposition, and jailing of dissidents. ... Two days after Mr Bush's re-election, state department spokesman Richard Boucher said: 'The United States condemns the Cuban regime's abuse of advocates of peaceful change and reform. We call on the regime to cease its repression and release all political prisoners.'" [2]

SourceWatch Resources

• globalization
• Guantanamo Bay
• Human Rights Watch
• outposts of tyranny
• Pax Americana
• preemptive war
• rogue nation
• war on terrorism

External Links

• Country Profile: Cuba, BBC.
• Timeline: U.S.-Cuba Relations, BBC.
• CubaGov.cu website.
• Paul Crespo, "Cuba needs regime change," Miami Herald, April 28, 2003.
• "Bush seeking ideas for regime change in Cuba," AP, October 10, 2003.
• "US to tighten Cuba sanctions," BBC, October 10, 2003: "US President George W. Bush has announced fresh measures designed to hasten the end of communist rule in Cuba."
• Marjorie Cohn, "Bush Gunning for Regime Change in Cuba," CounterPunch, October 16, 2003.
• Wayne S. Smith and Chloe Schwabe, "Bush Call for Regime Change in Cuba Violates OAS Charter," wicuba.org, February 22, 2004.
• "U.S. weighs tougher steps against Cuba. Amid push to end regime, commission suggests cutting cash flows," AP, May 3, 2004.
• "Cuba Commission Recommends Regime Change," TinyVital.com, May 3, 2004.
• Amy Goodman interviews Jane Franklin, "Campaign for Regime Change: Bush Tightens Cuba Embargo," Democracy Now!, May 7, 2004: "President Bush agreed to give Cuban dissidents seeking to get rid of President Fidel Castro $36 million more in funding and plans to launch psychological operations using EC-130 aircraft. He also announced new measures against Cuba in an effort to decrease the number of Americans traveling to the island."
• Miriam Leiva, "Whose country is it, anyway?," Salon, May 24, 2004: "A Cuban journalist questions the effectiveness of new U.S. measures aimed at regime change in the island nation -- and says they will merely result in more imprisonment of dissidents."
• Jane Franklin, "Building a prison and preaching democracy," Zmag, June 7, 2004.
• Hope Bastian, "Uncovering Bush Plan for Regime Change in Cuba," Global Exchange, November 11, 2004.
• "At-a-glance: 'Outposts of tyranny'," BBC, January 19, 2005: "Condoleezza Rice, President George W Bush's nominee for secretary of state, has hinted at the direction of future US foreign policy by identifying six "outposts of tyranny" around the world. ...
• Pablo Bachelet, "Rice: Cuba an 'outpost of tyranny,' Venezuela a `negative force'," Miami Herald, January 20, 2005.
• "'Outposts of tyranny' Cuba and Iran thumb noses at Bush with cooperation deal," AFP, January 21, 2005.
• Gary Younge, "A Fantasy of Freedom. If Bush Wanted to Tackle Tyranny, He Could Start with Regimes Under US Control. But liberty clearly has limits," Guardian/UK, January 25, 2005.
• "Castro says Cuba doesn’t need US," Miami Herald, February 3, 2005.
• Vanessa Arrington, "Castro calls Bush 'deranged person'," AP, February 3, 2005.
• Simon Tisdall, "Regime change next door?," Guardian/UK, March 9, 2005: "The U.S. is expected to increase pressure on Cuba at next week's human rights meeting in Geneva, but Castro's new friends in Latin America may provide some protection."