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ABOUT THE PROJECT
The Cuba Project continues to be at the cutting edge of educational outreach on the domestic and international repercussions of the unilateral US embargo against Cuba.
The project, created by Senior Fellow Lissa Ree Weinmann in 1997, focuses on examining the impact of US sanctions on state and society in Cuba and the United States. The project organizes the annual National Summit on Cuba, which is held in a different city each year. The Summits underscore World Policy Institute's commitment to bring fresh voices on foreign policy issues to new audiences around the country.
Newspapers and
radio programs across the United States and abroad have also interviewed
and quoted project personnel on numerous occasions. DVDs that capture
more than 80 prominent American leaders’points of view on U.S.
Cuba policy at the National Summit on Cuba events have been catalogued
by the Library of Congress and other prominent national repositories
and are available through the project.
Ms. Weinmann and Project Director John Loggia are currently engaged in
putting together an international conference on Cuba, the US, and the new Latin American consensus.
Mr. Loggia is working on a documentary about the historical relationship between the United States
and Cuba and how it influences the current political climate. Ms. Weinmann is researching US
government spending on Cuba and how the US promotes its interests throughout Latin America.
Apart from assisting Ms. Weinmann, Associate Director Ryan Barnhart is involved with identifying
and mapping the human rights, international relations, poverty, and health care communities interested
and involved in the US - Cuba policy debate.
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