Latin America & Caribbean / Conference Report
Common goals, different strategies? options for a transatlantic agenda on Cuba
10/11/2005 By Publicaciones FRIDE
For over four decades, Cuba has been a controversial subject on the transatlantic agenda. Although the EU and the US both support a peaceful transition towards democracy in Cuba, the goals, means and instruments of their policies are very different.
While the EU promotes democratic change through economic engagement and political dialogue with the Cuban government, US policy is aimed at collapsing the current regime by means of economic and political sanctions.
This report reflects the contributions and debates of panel members during the Conference “Common Goals, Different Strategies? Options for a Transatlantic Agenda on Cuba”, co-organised by FRIDE in Madrid and by Freedom House in Washington DC.
The conference was held on November 8th, 2005, in Brussels. Logistical support
was provided by the Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) and the conference was sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
This report is based on transcriptions of the contributions by panel members and the public, and has been drafted and edited by Susanne Gratius and Laura
Herrán Rosemberg, researcher and research assistant at FRIDE, respectively.
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Keywords
Civil society Cuba Democratisation EU European Union USBio author: Publicaciones FRIDE
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