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November

October

• HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA SINCE THE PAPAL VISIT INS RESOURCE INFORMATION CENTER [PS/CUB/00.001] OCTOBER 1999 - The visit of Pope John Paul II to Cuba on January 21-25, 1998 opened new, though limited, space for the Cuban Catholic Church. However, the Cuban government of President Fidel Castro did not heed the Pope's call for democratic change.

  September

• CUBAN THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL SECURITY, Manuel Cereijo Guaracabuya IX-1999
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART 1, BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
  • PART 2, BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
  • PART 3, BIOLOGICAL WARFARE, GENETIC ENGINEERING
  • PART 4, BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
  • PART 5, CYBER WARFARE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ESPIONAGE
• MEASURING CUBAN PUBLIC OPINION United States Agency for International Development Agency contract LAG-G-00-98-00021-01 The University of Florida September, 1999 - The reality is that neither within the regime, nor within the dissidence, the respondents perceived a leadership with enough following to articulate an alternative to Castro and his brother.

  August

  July

• UNDER SECRETARY EIZENSTAT ON CUBA SANCTIONS -- Clinton renews suspension of Helms-Burton, Title III (July 16, 1999)
• CLINTON SUSPENDS TITLE III PROVISIONS OF HELMS-BURTON ACT -- Says action will "hasten the day" of democracy in Cuba (July 16, 1999)
• FACT SHEET: CLINTON SUSPENDS HELMS-BURTON FOR SIX MONTHS -- Details efforts to promote democracy in Cuba (July 16, 1999)
• Cuba in the Middle East: A Brief Chronology By Domingo Amuchastegui July, 1999 (Provided with the permission of the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies, University of Miami.) First, it chronicles Fidel Castro's intimate and long standing involvement with revolutionary and terrorist groups and "rogue" states in the Middle East. It is the first time, to my knowledge, that a high-ranking, former Cuban official publicly discusses in writing and in such detail Castro's ongoing connection with and support for anti-American and anti-Israel groups in this important, albeit volatile, region of the world.

  June

• Cuba ridicules report it has biological arms 24 June 1999 (Reuters) - Cuba dismissed on Thursday as a "ridiculous fantasy" a report in a U.S. newspaper that the island had developed biological weapons.
• U.S. skeptical of report on Cuban biological weapons, By JUAN O. TAMAYOe Miami Herald June 23, 1999 -- U.S. officials on Tuesday cast a skeptical eye on the allegation that Cuba is manufacturing biological weapons, which was published in a recent book by a senior defector from the Soviet germ and virus warfare program.

  May

  April

• U.S. ANNOUNCES CIVIL PENALTIES FOR CUBA TRAVEL -- Magazine and charter services fined for embargo violations (April 15, 1999)

  March

• CASTRO: A THREAT TO THE SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES Manuel Cereijo Guaracabuya III-1999
• STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL ON U.S.-EU UNDERSTANDING ON CUBA -- Larson urges implementation (March 9, 1999)

  February

  January

• FACT SHEET: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III "LIBERTAD" PROVISIONS -- Outlines decision on Cuba sanctions (Jan. 1999)
• EIZENSTAT ON CUBA SANCTIONS -- President Clinton again suspends Title II provision (Jan 16, 1999)
• CLINTON LETTER TO CONGRESS, SUSPENDING TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT -- Clinton extends suspension of Title III for another six months (Jan 14, 1999)