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Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee: Promoting Civil Society in Cuba, Panel 2
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SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS-SUBCOMMITTEE ON WESTERN HEMISPHERE, PEACE CORPS AND GLOBAL NARCOTICS AFFAIRS 30646001 Efforts to Promote Civil Society in Cuba HD ESS To shine a spotlight on the tremendous growth of civil society in Cuba, as well as growing repression by the regime of the movement, leading to a level of arbitrary arrests and detentions not seen in Cuba since the 1960s. Panel One Roberta Jacobson, assistant secretary of State for Western Hemisphere affairs As Assistant Secretary, she is responsible for managing and promoting U.S. interests in the region by supporting democracy, trade, and sustainable economic development; and fostering cooperation on issues such as drug trafficking and crime, expanding economic opportunity for all, and environmental protection. Panel Two Normando Hernandez Gonzalez, fellow, National Endowment for Democracy, and former Cuban political prisoner Mr. Normando Hern is an independent journalist who has dedicated his career to providing alternative sources of news and information in Cuba. In 1999, he co-founded the Cuban Foundation for Human Rights, and in 2000, he established the Camaguey Association of Journalists, the first independent organization in Camaguey province since 1959. 10:45a-1p 419 Dirksen SOB www.senate.gov
www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306460-2
from C-SPAN Video Library Programs Recently Aired by info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)
SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS-SUBCOMMITTEE ON WESTERN HEMISPHERE, PEACE CORPS AND GLOBAL NARCOTICS AFFAIRS 30646001 Efforts to Promote Civil Society in Cuba HD ESS To shine a spotlight on the tremendous growth of civil society in Cuba, as well as growing repression by the regime of the movement, leading to a level of arbitrary arrests and detentions not seen in Cuba since the 1960s. Panel One Roberta Jacobson, assistant secretary of State for Western Hemisphere affairs As Assistant Secretary, she is responsible for managing and promoting U.S. interests in the region by supporting democracy, trade, and sustainable economic development; and fostering cooperation on issues such as drug trafficking and crime, expanding economic opportunity for all, and environmental protection. Panel Two Normando Hernandez Gonzalez, fellow, National Endowment for Democracy, and former Cuban political prisoner Mr. Normando Hern is an independent journalist who has dedicated his career to providing alternative sources of news and information in Cuba. In 1999, he co-founded the Cuban Foundation for Human Rights, and in 2000, he established the Camaguey Association of Journalists, the first independent organization in Camaguey province since 1959. 10:45a-1p 419 Dirksen SOB www.senate.gov
www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306460-2
