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The
4th National Summit on Cuba was held in Mobile,
Alabama
on June 10-11, 2005
(See
below for online presentations as submitted by participants and
sound files of the original presentations. The full text of the
Summit will be available soon)
Louisiana
Governor Kathleen Blanco’s March 2005 trade mission to Cuba
highlighted the interest southern U.S. states have in increased
trade and interaction with their close geographic neighbor Cuba.
Cuba was Louisiana and other Southern states’ top export market
prior to the imposition of the embargo in 1960 and even
under current restrictions, there has been a surge in trade from
the United Staes to Cuba.
The Mobile Summit presented diverse, nationally recognized speakers
on the current U.S.- Cuba commercial relations and policy. While
the Summit focused on the impact of the U.S.-Cuba estrangement the
audience learned much about the many factors inherent in the ongoing
policy debate. Summit Co-sponsors icluded the
City of Mobile, Alabama State Port Authority, Gulf Coast Regional
Chamber Coalition, Cuba Trade Coalition, AlaCaribe Initiative, Inc.
, Maybank Shipping Company, Inc., Mobile Airport Port Authority,
A.R. Savage & Son, Inc., Port of Corpus Christi, Thompson Cat/Caterpillar
Inc., Page & Jones, Inc., Riverview Plaza Hotel, Society Mobile-La
Habana (USCSCA) and Americans For Humanitarian Trade With Cuba
National
Summit on Cuba Archive
The
agenda was as follows:
FRIDAY,
JUNE 10, 2005
Arthur R. Outlaw Mobile
Convention Center
The text and sound files (mp3)
listed below are for research purposes only. Permission to reproduce
them in any form must be obtained from theWorld Policy Institute
Cuba Project at the New School and the author of the speach. Please
contact us at cubaed@newschool.edu or call 212.229.5808 ext.4268.
All materials on this website are under copyright.
This website is being updated regularly. The sound
files are in segments created by the recording process and are of
varying lenghths. Missing sound files, transcripts and additional
materials will be added as they become available.
Governor
Mark Sanford:
Letter
Welcoming Participants to the 2005 National Summit on Cuba (pdf)
8:45 Call to Order
John Loggia, Summit Coordinator, World Policy Institute
Welcoming Statement
Mobile Mayor Michael
Dow (Part 1mp3)
(Part 2 mp3)
9:00 PERSPECTIVES
ON THE U.S. CUBA RELATIONSHIP
Moderator: Sonny Callahan, former U.S. Representative, Alabama
(Part 1mp3)
A Brief History of U.S.- Cuba Relations
Wayne Smith, PhD, former Chief of the U.S. Interests Section in
Havana; Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy (Part
1mp3)(Part 2mp3)(Part
3mp3)
Goals and Methods: The Bush Administration Approach
Ambassador Vicki Huddleston, Retired, Former Chief of the U.S. Interests
Section, Havana 1999 - 2002 (Part 1mp3)
(Part 2mp3) (Part 3mp3)
Congress and U.S. Government Restrictions on Travel to Cuba
U.S. Representative Jeff Flake (R-AZ) House Cuba Working Group (Part
1 mp3) (Part 2 mp3) (Part
3 mp3)
Changing Dynamics of the Cuban American Community
Alfredo Duran, Esq., Cuban Committee for Democracy; Bay of Pigs
Veteran (Part 1 mp3) (Part
2 mp3) (Part 3 mp3) (part
4mp3)
Politics of the Pro-Embargo Lobby
Tony Martinez Esq., Latin America Working Group
(Part1mp3) (Part 2mp3)
Cuba and U.S. National Security
General Edward Atkeson, U.S. Army (ret.)
(html)
Senior Fellow, Institute of Land Warfare, Association of the U.S.
Army (did not appear due to circunstances
but submitted comments)
Cuba Policy and U.S. Leadership in a Changing Latin America
The Honorable William D. Rogers, former Assistant Secretary of State
for Inter-American Affairs, Vice Chair, Kissinger Associates (Part
1 mp3) (Part 2 mp3)
Panel 1
(Question and Answer 1mp3) (Question
and Answer 2mp3)
10:30 CUBA AND THE AMERICAN SOUTH
Moderator: Winthrop M. Hallett III, President, Mobile Area
Chamber of Commerce(Part 1mp3)
Southern Agriculture and Cuba
Ron Sparks, Commissioner of Alabama Department of Agriculture &
Industries(Part 1mp3)
The Economic Impact on the South
Semoon
Chang, PhD, Director, Center for Business and Economic Research,
University of South Alabama (powerpoint) (Part
1mp3) (Part 2mp3)
Challenges and Opportunities for the State of Florida
Tim
Lynch, Florida State University (powerpoint) (Part
1 mp3) (Part
2 mp3)
John Parke Wright, Florida Cuba Business Council (Part
1 mp3) (Part
1 mp3)
Cuba and Mississippi’s Future
Don Allee, Mississippi Trade Development Council (Part
1 mp3) (Part
1 mp3)
Lloyd Moore, Mississippi Black Farmers and Agriculturists (Part
1 mp3)
The 2001 Texas State Resolution Calling for Normalized Trade
With Cuba and Developing a Memorandum of Understanding
Ruben Bonilla, Chairman, Corpus Christi Port Authority (Part
1 mp3) (Part
1 mp3)
The Special Case of Louisiana
Michael Olivier, Secretary of Economic Development, Louisiana
(Part 1 mp3) (Part
1 mp3)
12:00 BREAK FOR LUNCH
12:45 INTRODUCTION
Lissa Weinmann, Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute
12:50 LUNCHEON SPEAKER
Ann Louise Bardach, Journalist and
Author of best-selling book:
Cuba Confidential: Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana
(intro-Part
1 mp3 ) (Part
1 mp3) (Part
1 mp3)
1:30 NEW COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH CUBA
Moderator: Buffy Donlon, Cuba Trade Coalition
Who is Doing Business With Cuba and Why
Kirby Jones, President, U.S.-Cuba Trade Association
A Cuban Perspective on Trade with the U.S.
Pedro
Alvarez, Chairman, Alimport, Cuba (html) (comments given via
teleconferencing)
Ports, Shippers and Our Cuban Counterparts
Maria
Conchita Mendez, Port of Mobile (powerpoint)
Jay Brickman, Crowley Liner Services, Jacksonville, Florida
2:30 THE REALITY OF
CUBA TODAY
Moderator: Jay
Higginbotham, Mobile Municipal Archives (word)
Cuba’s Economic Performance and Trends for the Future
Emily Morris, Country Editor, Economist
Intelligence Unit, London (PowerPoint)
The Tourism Industry
Miguel
Figueras, Senior Advisor, Cuban Ministry of Tourism (powerpoint)
(comments given
via teleconferencing)
Joint Ventures: New Developments in Cuban Mining and Oil Exploration
Rafael Tenreyro, CUPET (Cuban Petroleum Corporation, via Havana
feed) (Tenreyro Part A) (Tenreyro
Part B) (word)
(comments given via teleconferencing)
Eloise
Linger, PhD, State University of New York (word)
Medical Industry, Biotechnology and Healthcare in Cuba
Peter Bourne, Chairman, Medical Education in Cooperation with Cuba
(MEDICC); former Special Health Adviser to President Carter
4:00 A CONSERVATIVE
ALTERNATIVE TO THE BUSH POLICY
Philip Peters, Vice President, Lexington Institute; Advisor, U.S.
House of Representatives Cuba Working Group; former U.S. State Department
Official under President Reagan
4:30 CONCLUSION / THANKS
Members of the Mobile Summit Planning Committee
DAY TWO
The second day of National Summit programming was scheduled for
Saturday,June 11, 2005 at historic Spring Hill College in Mobile.
An abbreviated session was convened at the Riverview Plaza Hotel
when the college was closed due to a tropical storm. Participants
explored the human dimensions of U.S. Cuba relations, starting with
morning discussions on religion in Cuba and how politics impacts
the free exchange and expression of faith. An afternoon panel
focused on the rich history of relations between Mobile and Cuba.
SATURDAY,
JUNE 11, 2005
CUBA : RELIGION AND THE CONTEXT OF HUMAN VALUES
Riverview Plaza Hotel
10:00 THE MEANING OF ELIAN (the little boy found at sea)
Rev. Dr. Joan Campbell Brown, Director of Religion, Chautauqua Institute,
Former General Secretary, National Council of Churches of Christ
of the USA (Part 1 mp3)(Part
2 mp3)(Part 3 mp3)(Part
4 mp3)(Part 5 mp3)(Part
6 mp3)
9:15 RELIGION AND HUMAN VALUES IN CUBA TODAY
Margaret Nell Johnston,
St. Charles Ave. Presbyterian Church, New Orleans
HEALING THE BROKEN CUBAN FAMILY
Silivia Wilhelm, President, Cuban American
Commission on Family Rights
(did
not appear but submitted comments) (word)
1:00 HISTORICAL TIES BETWEEN THE GULF COAST AND CUBA
Robert Schaefer, PhD, University
of Mobile
Speaker
Biographies
Information
on Current Legislation
Hurricaine
Dennis
Documentation
Commentary
Sponsored
By
The World Policy Institute
The City of Mobile
Alabama State Port Authority
Gulf Coast Regional Chamber Coalition
Cuba Trade Coalition
AlaCaribe Initiative, Inc.
Maybank Shipping Company, Inc.
Mobile Airport Port Authority
A.R. Savage & Son, Inc.
Port of Corpus Christi
Thompson Cat/Caterpillar Inc.
Page & Jones, Inc.
Riverview Plaza Hotel
Society Mobile-La Habana (USCSCA)
Americans
For Humnitarian Trade With Cuba
Online
Presentations
Governor
Mark Sanford’s Letter Welcoming Participants to the 2005 National
Summit on Cuba (pdf)
Tim
Lynch, Florida State University (powerpoint)
Emily
Morris, Country Editor, Economist Intelligence Unit, London
(powerpoint)
Maria
Conchita Mendez, Port of Mobile (powerpoint)
Pedro
Alvarez, Chairman, Alimport, Cuba (html)
Rafael Tenreyro,
CUPET (Cuban Petroleum Corporation)
Part a (pdf)
Part b (pdf)
Eloise
Linger, PhD, State University of New York (word)
Miguel
Figueras, Senior Advisor, Cuban Ministry of Tourism (powerpoint)
Semoon
Chang, PhD, Director, Center for Business and Economic Research,
University of South Alabama (powerpoint)
Jay
Higginbotham, Mobile Municipal Archives (word)
Robert
M. Schaefer, Society Mobile-La Habana (word)
Silivia
Wilhelm, President, Cuban American Commission on Family Rights
(word)
Margaret
Nell Johnston, St. Charles Ave. Presbyterian Church, New Orleans
(word)
General
Edward Atkeson, U.S. Army (ret.) (html)
National
Summit on Cuba Archive
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