Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson, the top US diplomat for Latin America, will visit Cuba for the meetings, which were originally scheduled to discuss migration but will now cover normalizing ties after more than 50 years of enmity.
The United States and Cuba announced three weeks ago they had agreed to move toward restoring diplomatic ties that Washington severed more than 50 years ago. US President Barack Obama called for ending the US economic embargo against Cuba.
While the agenda for the Jan. 21-22 talks is not yet set, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said it will include the decision to re-establish diplomatic relations and related matters such as formally reopening embassies.
The migration talks, which are held roughly every six months, alternating between Cuba and the United States, cover ensuring safe, legal and orderly migration between the two nations.
Psaki announced the date for the talks as dissidents said that Cuba had freed six more detainees in keeping with its promise to release 53 people that the United States considers political prisoners as part of the Dec. 17 rapprochement.
Including three detainees released on yesterday, there have been nine people freed in the past 24 hours, political opposition groups on the communist-led island said. All nine had been had been accused of relatively minor offenses.
There has been some controversy regarding the pace of the releases. The United States has refused to name the 53, with a senior US official arguing today that doing so could compromise their release.
The State Department also has declined to say how many of the 53 have so far been freed.
[buenosairesherald.com]
8/1/15
--
-
GR
FR
DE
ES
IT
RU
EU
Annäherung zwischen USA und Kuba... Havanna lässt 25 Dissidenten frei ...
ReplyDeleteIm Zuge der diplomatischen Annäherung an die USA hat die kubanische Regierung weitere politische Häftlinge in die Freiheit entlassen. Inzwischen seien mindestens 25 Dissidenten auf freiem Fuß, teilte die Kommission für Menschenrechte und Nationale Versöhnung mit. Deren Chef Elizardo Sánchez wertete den Schritt als Teil der Vereinbarung zwischen Havanna und Washington, die die Freilassung von 53 Dissidenten vorsehe.
Nach und nach kamen 25 Dissidenten frei
Weder von den USA noch von Kuba gab es zunächst eine Stellungnahme dazu. Am Mittwoch hatte Sánchez zunächst die Freilassung der 19 Jahre alten Zwillingsbrüder Diango Vargas Martin und Bianko Vargas Martin gemeldet. Später kam Enrique Figuerola Miranda frei. Am Donnerstag hieß es, auch die Häftlinge Ernesto Riveri Gascon und Lazaro Romero Hurtado seien auf freiem Fuß. Im Laufe des Tages meldete die Kommission weitere Entlassungen.
Die meisten Betroffenen waren im Osten Kubas in Haft, wo die kleine Dissidentengruppe Patriotische Union ihren Sitz hat. Sie gilt als die regierungskritischste Dissidentengruppe im Karibikstaat.................http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/usa-kuba-105.html
9/1/15
Asciende a 30 el número de presos políticos liberados por Cuba, según defensores de DDHH ...
ReplyDeleteAl menos 30 presos políticos han sido liberados en Cuba desde el pasado miércoles en el marco de la normalización de relaciones entre La Habana y Washington, informaron este jueves defensores de derechos humanos cubanos.
El Gobierno cubano se comprometió a poner en libertad a 53 reclusos a los que EEUU considera presos políticos tras que el pasado 17 de diciembre, la Casa Blanca anunciara un "histórico" proceso que incluirá el restablecimiento de las relaciones diplomáticas, el aumento de las inversiones y del comercio, el levantamiento del embargo a los viajes y la autorización para usar tarjetas de crédito estadounidenses en la isla..............http://mundo.sputniknews.com/americalatina/20150109/1033093523.html
9/1/15
Cuba dissidents say 36 activists freed as part of deal with U.S....
ReplyDeleteOne of Cuba's most prominent dissident groups said on Friday that 36 opposition activists, including a popular hip-hop artist, have been freed in the last two days as part of a deal to improve relations between Cuba and the United States.
The dissident Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU) said 29 of its members were among those released, and that most had been warned by the communist government they would be sent back to prison if they continued their opposition activities.
"Our freed prisoners are committed to continue fighting for the democratic Cuba which we all want," UNPACU's leader Jose Daniel Ferrer said in a statement.
"The UNPACU activists have left prison with more energy, force and motivation than they had when they were jailed."
Cuba's commitment to free 53 prisoners was a key part of the historic deal announced on Dec. 17 under which the Cuban and U.S. governments agreed to renew diplomatic relations after more than 50 years of hostilities...............http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/09/us-cuba-usa-prisoners-idUSKBN0KI12N20150109?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews