CARIBBEAN NATIONS

Articles and editorials

I'll Eat Anything I Can Get, E2177 [29NO]

Let Yankee Tourists Shower Dollars on Cuba's Poor, S1633 [27FE]

U.S. Should Help Aristide Rebuild Haiti, E209 [26FE]

Widening Window of Opportunity for Washington and Havana To Constructively Engage, E2310 [14DE]

Yes, Cuba Is a Terrorist Nation, E2141 [27NO]

Bills and resolutions

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: provide trade benefits for certain textile covers (see S. 510), S2117 [9MR]

———provide trade benefits for socks and hosiery (see H.R. 1589), H1604 [25AP]

Cuba: allow the financing of agricultural sales (see H.R. 173), H61 [6JA]

———assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see S. 894), S5005 [16MY] (see H.R. 1271), H1294 [28MR]

———human rights violations (see S. Res. 62), S2730 [22MR] (see H. Res. 91), H959 [19MR]

———lift trade embargo (see S. 400), S1616 [27FE] (see H.R. 174), H61 [6JA] (see H.R. 798), H507 [28FE] (see H.R. 2662), H4724 [26JY]

———lift travel restrictions and certain trade sanctions (see S. 171), S527 [24JA] (see S. 239), S1012 [1FE]

———make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines, and goods and services intended for children, lift travel restrictions, and provide scholarships for certain Cuban nationals (see S. 1017), S6127 [12JN] (see H.R. 2138), H3067 [12JN]

———make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, lift travel restrictions, and allow cash remittances to Cuban citizens (see S. 402), S1616 [27FE] (see H.R. 797), H507 [28FE]

———normal trade relations status (see S. 401), S1616 [27FE] (see H.R. 796), H507 [28FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: support exchange programs whereby African-American farmers and other agricultural specialists share technical knowledge with African and Caribbean farmers to improve farming in Africa (see H.R. 1894), H2333 [17MY]

Foreign aid: establish coordinated program to provide economic and development assistance (see H.R. 502), H222 [7FE]

Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: provide certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of status (see H.R. 348), H164 [31JA] (see H.R. 707), H397 [14FE]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: enter into negotiations with Cuban Government representatives to provide for increased cooperation on drug interdiction efforts (see H.R. 1124), H1011 [20MR]

Letters

Nomination of Jorge L. Arrizurieta to be Inter-American Development Bank Alternative Executive Director: Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida, S12855 [11DE]

———John B. Taylor, Dept. of the Treasury, S12855 [11DE]

———L. Jeffrey Ross, Dept. of Justice, S12855 [11DE]

———Senator Frist, S12855 [11DE]

———Senator Graham, S12855 [11DE]

Messages

National Emergency Relative to Cuba: President Bush, S1609 [27FE], H429 [27FE]

Petitions and memorials

Texas: removal of sanctions against Cuba, E1452 [26JY]

Remarks in House

Cuba: human rights violations, H836 [13MR]

———human rights violations (H. Res. 91), H1364-H1368 [3AP], E582 [5AP], E605 [24AP]

———lift trade embargo, E2310 [14DE]

———lift trade embargo (H.R. 2662), E1451 [26JY]

———lift travel restrictions, H4598-H4604 [25JY], H7543 [31OC], E1478 [31JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit funding to enforce economic embargo of Cuba, H4604-H4607 [25JY], E1478 [31JY]

Diseases: AIDS epidemic, E1261 [29JN]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries, H995-H1003 [20MR]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in the Caribbean nations, E1261 [29JN], E1403 [24JY]

Dominican American National Roundtable (organization): tribute, E2328 [19DE]

Drugs: Caribbean and South American nations drug interdiction assistance funding, H4342 [19JY]

Haiti: allocation of foreign aid relative to HIV/AIDS epidemic, H8188 [15NO], E2180 [29NO]

———attempted coup, H10176 [18DE]

———democracy efforts, E755 [8MY]

———U.S. policy, H10176 [18DE], E209 [26FE], E2099 [15NO], E2177 [29NO]

Remarks in Senate

Arrizurieta, Jorge L.: nomination to be Inter-American Development Bank Alternative Executive Director, S12854 [11DE]

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: provide trade benefits for certain textile covers (S. 510), S2131 [9MR]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (S. 894), S5007 [16MY], S5112 [17MY]

———condition the financing of agricultural and medical exports on certification that convicted felons living as fugitives in Cuba are returned to the U.S., S13103-S13110 [13DE]

———condition the financing of agricultural and medical exports on certification that the Cuban government is not a sponsor of international terrorism, S13102-S13110 [13DE], S13455, S13456 [18DE]

———exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, S11073 [25OC]

———human rights violations (S. Res. 62), S2778-S2781 [22MR]

———lift trade embargo (S. 400), S1632 [27FE]

———lift travel restrictions and certain trade sanctions (S. 171), S550-S552 [24JA]

———lift travel restrictions and certain trade sanctions (S. 239), S1014, S1015 [1FE]

———make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines, and goods and services intended for children, lift travel restrictions, and provide scholarships for certain Cuban nationals (S. 1017), S6135, S6136 [12JN]

———make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, lift travel restrictions, and allow cash remittances to Cuban citizens (S. 402), S1632 [27FE]

———normal trade relations status (S. 401), S1632 [27FE]

Drugs: Caribbean and South American nations drug interdiction strategy, S4883 [14MY], S6053 [11JN]

Haiti: attempted coup, S13351 [17DE]

———democracy efforts, S1165 [7FE]

International Trade Administration: trade agreement compliance funding through reductions in TV Marti funding, S9234-S9237 [10SE], S9359 [13SE]

Reports

Human Rights Violations in Cuba: Dept. of State, S2779 [22MR]

Reports filed

Nomination of Adolfo A. Franco To Be AID Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Latin America and the Caribbean: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S13051 [12DE]

Nomination of Earl N. Phillips, Jr., To Be Ambassador to Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S13049 [12DE]

Statements

Human Rights Violations in Cuba: Maritza Lugo, H836 [13MR]

Tables

HIV/AIDS statistics, H1000 [20MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 91, human rights violations in Cuba, H1364 [3AP]

S. 171, lift travel restrictions and certain trade sanctions on Cuba, S552 [24JA]

S. 239, Cuba Food and Medicine Access Act, S1014 [1FE]

S. 510, provide trade benefits for certain textile covers under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, S2131 [9MR]

S. Res. 62, human rights violations in Cuba, S2777 [22MR]