Alan Gross

Key political risks to watch in Cuba

October 10, 2011

Reuters lists in its early October Factbox, key political risks to watch in the island: The pace and final version of reforms. The numbers and performance of the newly self-employed. Agricultural production. Resolution of bank account access for foreign businesses. Effects of global economic problems. The growth of American travel to Cuba. Arrival of drilling rig. Results [...]

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Detained US contractor’s wife visits him

September 24, 2010

Judy Gross, the wife of American contractor Alan Gross detained in communist Cuba on suspicion of espionage, was allowed to visit her husband last month in the first movement in a case that is complicating U.S.-Cuba relations. There has been speculation, denied by Washington, that the two governments might consider swapping Gross for five Cuban intelligence [...]

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Lifting the communications embargo

July 15, 2010

Christopher Sabatini, senior director of policy at the Americas Society/Council of the Americas and editor in chief of Americas Quarterly, argues for lifting the communications embargo on Cuba in the July/August 2010 issue of Foreign Policy magazine: This leaves Washington in a quandary. Last week’s release of the 52 prisoners — independent journalists and human [...]

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Diplomatic corner

June 18, 2010

Cuba and the United States begin a third round of talks over immigration, and on background, the detention of Alan Gross, a U.S. contractor accused of spying by Havana. [EFE] Bernardo Pericás, Brazil’s ambassador in Cuba, met with Army General Raúl Castro before ending his mission to the island. [Prensa Latina] Chinese ambassador in Cuba, [...]

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Plea for the release continues

June 3, 2010

Foreign Policy‘s The Cable blog reports on yesterday’s briefing by State Dept. spokesman P.J. Crowley: State continues to plea for the release of Alan Gross, the USAID contractor arrested in Cuba for distributing satellite phones, laptops, and the like. The U.S. has been granted consular access to Gross five times, most recently on May 25. Gross’ [...]

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