Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba -Report Home Page
Released by the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
May 6, 2004
Table of Contents
PREFACE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: HASTENING CUBA’S TRANSITION
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Empower Cuban Civil Society
- Current U.S. Assistance Program
- Improve U.S. Outreach to Cuban Civil Society
- Break the Information Blockade
- Deny Revenues to the Castro Regime
- Undermine Regime-sustaining Tourism
- Limit the Regime’s Manipulation of Humanitarian U.S. Policies
- Deny Other Sources of Revenue to the Regime
- Illuminate the Reality of Castro’s Cuba
- Encourage International Diplomatic Efforts to Support Cuban Civil Society and to Challenge the Castro Regime
- Undermine the Regime’s Succession Strategy
CHAPTER 2: MEETING BASIC HUMAN NEEDS IN THE AREAS OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, HOUSING, AND HUMAN SERVICES
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Immediate Actions
- The Current Situation in Cuba Prior to Transition
- Developing a Transition Assistance Plan
- Humanitarian Assessment and Program Design
- Challenges in Providing Humanitarian Aid
- Implementing Short-Term Assistance
- Food Aid for Cuba in the Short-term
- Action Plan
- Medium- and Long-Term Actions
- Health
- Education and Culture
- Food and Agriculture
- Housing and Urban Policy
- Other Human Services
- Consulting and Coordinating with the International Community
CHAPTER 3: ESTABLISHING DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, RULE OF LAW, AND NATIONAL JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION
- Executive Summary
- U.S. Assistance to a Transition Government
- Human Rights
- Political Prisoners
- Prison Conditions
- Other Human Rights Abuses
- Cuban Human Rights Commission
- International Support for Human Rights
- Guaranteeing Free Speech
- Ensuring Equal Opportunity
- National Justice and Reconciliation
- Truth Commission
- Preserving the Old Regime’s Records
- Renunciation of Official Violence
- International Fugitives from Justice
- Establishing Democratic Institutions
- Strengthening Legislative Institutions
- Independent Political Parties and Interest Groups
- Free and Fair Elections
- International Support for Elections
- Inter-American Democratic Charter
- Public Sector Reform
- Fighting Corruption
- Independent Trade Unions
- Support for Decentralization
- Rule of Law
- Constitutional Reform
- The Armed Forces
- Independent Judiciary
- Reconstituting Police Forces and Functions
CHAPTER 4: ESTABLISHING THE CORE INSTITUTIONS OF A FREE ECONOMY
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Immediate Actions
- Introduction
- Stabilize the Economy, Decontrol Pricing, and Begin to Denationalize State-Owned/Controlled Entities
- Trade
- Rejoin International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and Other International/Regional Institutions
- Encourage Foreign Investment
- Reschedule the External Debt
- Trade Financing/Credits
- Medium- and Long-Term Actions
- Settle Outstanding Expropriated Property Claims
- Rekindle Entrepreneurship and Private Enterprise
- Establish an Independent Banking System and an Independent Central Bank
- Build an Effective Finance/Economy Ministry
- Create an Independent Tax Collection Agency
- Streamline Existing Government Economic Ministries
- Promote Ownership of Private Property
- Establish Free And Efficient Labor Markets
- Promote Healthy Labor Management Relations with Newly Independent Unions
- Engaging and Empowering the Cuban People
- Consulting and Coordinating with the International Community
CHAPTER 5: MODERNIZING INFRASTRUCTURE
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Immediate Actions
- Transportation
- Aviation
- Maritime
- Railroads
- Highways
- Energy Infrastructure
- Water Resources Infrastructure
- Medium- and Long-Term Actions
- Regional Planning Councils
- Transportation
- Aviation
- Maritime
- Railroads
- Public Transportation
- Highways
- Traffic and Vehicle Safety
- Energy Infrastructure
- Telecommunication
- Water Resources
- Cultural and Historical Infrastructure
- Engaging and Empowering the Cuban People
- Consulting and Coordination with the International Community
CHAPTER 6: ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Immediate Actions
- Drinking Water and Wastewater
- Medium- and Long-Term Actions
- Environmental Quality and Protection
- Environmental Governance
- Water Quality
- Land Management
- Air Quality
- Other Environmental Issues
- Natural, Cultural, and Historical Resources
- Parks and Protected Areas, Forests, and Marine Protected Areas
- Wildlife and Fisheries Management
- Engaging & Empowering the Cuban People
- Consulting & Coordination with the International Community
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