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Visas denied to Cuban academics
BY VANESSA ARRINGTON—Granma
daily staff writer—
HAVANA.—The U.S. authorities
have denied visas to a group of Cuban academics who
were hoping to attend a meeting of Latin American
experts in Puerto Rico, in yet another incident of
U.S. action against the island’s representatives.
A group of 55 philosophers,
economists and historians were informed last week
that they could not attend the Association of Latin
American Studies (AEL) Congress, to take place in
San Juan.
A further four visa applications
are pending according to experts involved in
organizing the congress.
Academic ties between Cuba and
the United States have declined during the last two
years since the Bush administration intensified the
economic blockade and travel restrictions in place
for years against the island.
The Congress of the AEL, an organization with
5,000-plus members, takes place every 18 months and
is the central forum for academic debate on Latin
America and the Caribbean.
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