Statement on the Nomination of Senator Marco Rubio as Secretary of State: A Disastrous Choice for U.S.-Cuba Relations
The Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE) is deeply concerned and disappointed by President-elect Trump's decision to nominate Senator Marco Rubio as his Secretary of State. Senator Rubio’s well-documented track record…
ACERE Asks President Biden to Help as Cuba Suffers Unparalleled Energy Crisis
Since Friday October 18, 2024, Cuba’s national energy grid has collapsed three times, causing countrywide blackouts. While power has been restored on and off again, many communities have been without electricity for…
US Isolation Over Cuba Policy on Display at UN General Assembly
ACERE notes that at last week's 79th United Nations General Assembly in New York, nearly 50 heads of state and government called on the United States to either rescind the baseless designation…
ACERE Applauds Senator Menendez’s Decision to Resign Following Guilty Verdict
The Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE) celebrates the decision made by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) to resign from his duties in the United States Senate, effective August 20, 2024, following…
ACERE Calls Into Question State Department Report on Human Trafficking
The Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE) expresses concern over the 2024 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report released by the U.S. Department of State, which refers to Cuba’s international medical missions…
ACERE Celebrates New Regulations In Support of Cuban Entrepreneurs
The Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE) commends the Biden administration for finally implementing long overdue regulations — initially announced two years ago — designed to support the growth and operations…
ACERE Statement on the 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights: Cuba
The Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE) notes that the U.S. Department of State, in its 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights: Cuba, fails to mention the most serious human rights…
Protests in Cuba Have a Root Cause: U.S. Sanctions
The Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE) draws attention to the root causes of the scattered protests in Santiago and other towns in eastern Cuba on March 17. Per media reports,…
ACERE Statement: Press Conference on March 8 by House GOP Cuban Americans
The Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE) finds it necessary to set the record straight regarding the press conference held earlier today, March 8, by a group of House GOP Cuban…
ACERE Statement – “The Color Purple” author Alice Walker Refused Visit to US Embassy in Cuba
The Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE) finds it reprehensible that the Embassy of the United States in Cuba refused to meet with renowned author and civil rights activist Alice Walker.…
Statement from the Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE) on the State Department’s Country Reports on Terrorism 2022
The Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE) draws attention to the fact that the U.S. Department of State, in its Country Reports on Terrorism 2022, implicitly acknowledges there is no justification…
Statement from the Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE) Condemning the Acts of Terrorism against the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C.
The Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE) vehemently condemns the recent act of terrorism against the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C., where two Molotov cocktails were thrown at the building. Such…
Puentes de Amor Files Ethics Complaint Against Senator Marco Rubio
Grassroots members say Rubio is targeting and harassing them because they promote diplomacy and peaceful relations between the United States and Cuba
In response to Senator Marco Rubio’s baseless defamation and harassment against Puentes de…
A Call for Immediate U.S. Assistance to Fire Disaster in Cuba
On Friday, August 5, in the province of Matanzas, Cuba, lightning struck an oil tank in Cuba's largest oil storage facility. This led to a tremendous explosion and a still uncontrolled fire…
ACERE Statement Condemning Senator Rubio’s Attempt to Intimidate and Harass Puentes de Amor
Washington, DC - As Cuban-Americans and others came out on the streets of Miami on July 31 to oppose the over 60-year United States embargo against Cuba, Senator Marco Rubio decided to…
ACERE WELCOMES BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCEMENT OF LIMITED POLICY CHANGES TOWARDS CUBA
On May 16, 2022, the Biden administration announced new measures towards Cuba, taking an important step towards restoring the policies of engagement and reversing some Trump-era policies. ACERE welcomes the White House…
Acere Statement Concerning U.S. Migration Policy Towards Cuba
Recently, the United States and Cuba engaged in bilateral discussions regarding the U.S.-Cuba Migration Accords for the first time since 2018. We commend the Biden-Harris Administration for finally engaging with the Cuban…
Statement by Alliance for Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE)
For 29 years, member states of the United Nations have voted on a resolution condemning the U.S. economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba. Today, the international community spoke nearly unanimously again,…
Alliance on Cuba Engagement and Respect (ACERE) Statement on Trump Administration’s Adding Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terror
We are outraged to see that the Trump Administration has once again added Cuba to the list of State Sponsors of Terror.
This is a politicized move that has one goal: to place…