House Hearings On Lifting Sanctions Against Cuba, March 17, 1996

House Hearings On Lifting Sanctions Against Cuba, March 17, 1996| Produced by Pacifica Foundation. – CONTENT: Reel Ten| Julie Drizin introduces Saul Landeau who explains Cuba’s influence in Africa. Landeau tells a story about being in Cuba with Bill Moyers when Moyers interviewed Fidel Castro. Conclusion of Irene Felipe’s testimony. Felipe argues for peaceful trade and contact with Cuba and how that would accelerate Democratic change within Cuba. Jorge Dominiques of Inter-American dialogue who told of the adverse situation between our countries. Carlo Molinas, who is a Cuban raised in the US and works for the American Public Health Association argues that the embargo is hurting public health. Kim Elliot of Justice and International Economics testifies that the heaviest sanctions aside from war have ever been levied, and the potential financial gains with Cuba far outweigh those in Vietnam. Julian Gunn, Professor at Georgetown University has taken ten trips to Cuba and written about investment and trade with Cuba, and argues that Cuba will lose control the more contact they have with capitalist companies. See notes for more description of testimony. – Broadcast on March 17, 1996.