The Effect of Travel Restrictions on Scientific Collaboration
Between American and Cuban Scientists

By Elisa Muñoz
July 1998

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Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. The Right to Travel—International Standards
2. U.S. Policy on Travel to Cuba
3. U.S. Restrictions on U.S. Scientists
4. U.S. Restrictions on Cuban Scientists
5. Problems with U.S. Travel Policy
6. Cuban Travel Policy
7. Cuban Restrictions on Cuban Scientists
8. Problems with Cuban Travel Policy
9. Conclusions and Recommendations
10. Future AAAS Activities

Appendices
(Note: Some appendices are currently unavailable online)

1. Summary of United Nations’ working paper on the right to freedom of movement and related issues
2. "Visas Denied Scholars Travelling to Cuba," History of Science Society Newsletter
3. Letter of invitation from the White House to Dr. Carlos Gomez Gutierrez
4. "Cuban Scientists Are Still Barred from U.S.," Letter to the Editor, The New York Times
5. Summary of visa request outcomes for travel to the U.S. by University of Havana academics
6. Outcomes of license requests made to the Cuban Ministry of Science, Technology, and the Environment for U.S.-Cuban scientific collaborations
7. U.S. Department of State official response to preliminary AAAS report
8. Selected discussion papers from AAAS meeting on the right of scientists to travel to and from the U.S. and Cuba

   • U.S. Policy Toward Cuba, Michael E. Ranneberger,
   • United States Department of State, Office of Cuban Affairs
   • Remarks of Dagoberto Rodriguez, Cuban Interests Section
   • Constitutional Foundations of the Right to Travel,
   • Kate Martin, Center for National Security Studies
   • The Scene in Washington and the Impact of U.S. Policy on Cuban Civil Society: The Pope’s Umbrella and Door with the Frozen Hinge, Gillian Gunn Clissold, Georgetown University Caribbean Project
   • The "Red Scare" and the "Blue Scare": A Comparison of Causes and Effects, Gillian Gunn Clissold, Georgetown University Caribbean Project
   • AAAS Scientific Visit to Cuba, Richard Getzinger, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Office of International Programs
   • Remarks of Ernest Eliel, Department of Chemistry, Univeristy of North Carolina
   • The Impact of the U.S. Embargo on Health and Nutrition in Cuba, Peter Bourne, M.D., Chairman of the Board, American Association for World Health
9. Flyer on Cuban assets control regulations from the U.S. Department of the Treasury
   (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
10. Full text of Presidential Proclamation 5377

The Right to Travel

A Clearinghouse of Information on Scientific and Academic Travel Between Cuba and the U.S.