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Cuba

Citizenship and Country Documents

US Government Reports
  • State Department - Country Documents
  • Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (LLOC)
    • Cuba: U.S. Restrictions on Travel and Remittances - Dec. 2022
    • Family Reunification Laws in Selected Jurisdictions - July 2014
Foreign Government Reports
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • Exit Visas/Permits
      • CUB104288.E: New exit-permit rules for Cuban citizens, including requirements and procedures; situation of Cuban citizens who left under the previous rules and are in violation of the law; whether doctors encounter obstacles to obtain exit permits because of their profession. - Feb. 2013
      • CUB103999.E - Requirements and procedures to obtain an exit permit and to extend an exit permit while outside Cuba; information on migration regulations and how they are applied to citizens, including consequences for returning to Cuba with an expired permit; whether individuals are prosecuted for violating migration regulations or experience restrictions after entering the country, such as being precluded from housing, health care or other social services. - April 2012
      • CUB103444.FE - Procedure for obtaining an exit permit; procedure for extending an exit permit from outside Cuba; consequences of returning to Cuba with an expired exit permit. - Apr. 2010
      • CUB101911.E - Procedures followed to obtain an exit permit; procedures followed to extend an exit permit while outside of Cuba; consequences to returning to Cuba with an expired exit permit - Jan. 2007
      • CUB102202.E - Checks and balances to protect against government employees taking bribes or giving favors for issuing exit visas to persons who have been deemed unreliable or been refused permission to travel, or both; whether records are kept of exit visas that would be accessible when a person failed to return on time; whether the issuer of the exit visa could be identified through a paper trail. - Jan. 2007
    • CUB104901.FE Cuba: The application of government measures for individuals who have exceeded the time limits for returning to the country, namely 11 months before January 2013 and 24 months as of January 2013, and the treatment of such individuals, if any - June 2014
    • CUB104291.E: Whether a person suspected of anti-government activities or a person who has been punished for not being patriotic would have been able to obtain a passport and an exit permit. - Feb. 2013
    • CUB103429.FE - Emigration permit (permiso de emigración) issued to a minor. - Apr. 2010
    • ZZZ103764.E - Rights and obligations associated with having an American Visa that states "Not a visa. Foil prepared at the DHS Request. Special Parole for Family Members of Cuban Immigrant Beneficiaries"; whether this entitles the holder to permanent residence. - May 2011
    • CUB106230.FE - B-4 visa, including the classes of persons to which it is issued; requirements and procedures to obtain (2017-January 2019). - Jan. 2019

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Children

Foreign Government Reports
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • CUB104825.E - Military service, including legislation, obligations, and alternatives; consequences for refusal - March 2014
    • CUB103429.FE - Emigration permit (permiso de emigración) issued to a minor. - April 2010
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Coalition to stop the use of Child Soldiers - Child Soldiers Global Report - 2008

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Corruption

Foreign Government Reports
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • CUB104825.E - Military service, including legislation, obligations, and alternatives; consequences for refusal - March 2014
    • CUB104066.E - Corruption at the state and private level - May 2012

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Disabilities

Elections

Non-Government Sources

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Ethnic Groups / Race

Non-Government Organization Reports
  • World Directory of Minorities - Overview

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Ethnic Groups / Race - Afro Cubans

Non-Government Reports

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Gender

Foreign Government Reports
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • CUB104825.E - Military service, including legislation, obligations, and alternatives; consequences for refusal - March 2014
    • CUB102200.FE - Protection and recourse for women who are victims of domestic violence. - Jan. 2007

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Human Rights

US Government Reports Foreign Government Reports
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • CUB104825.E - Military service, including legislation, obligations, and alternatives; consequences for refusal - March 2014
    • CUB102203.E - Treatment of family members of persons who left Cuba to immigrate to other countries. - Jan. 2007
Non-Government Organization Report

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Justice System

Foreign Government Reports
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • CUB101910.E - Information on jobs occupied by Cuban nationals at the Canadian Embassy in Havana and associated hiring procedures; whether Cuban national staff have access to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) communications, specifically from Etobicoke, Ontario; whether there are any reports or allegations of Cuban national staff relaying information to Cuban state authorities about refugee claimants - Nov. 2006

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Law

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Responses to Information Requests
    • CUB104825.E - Military service, including legislation, obligations, and alternatives; consequences for refusal - March 2014
    • CUB102204.E - A section of the penal code entitled "Abandonment of Functions" and its use to punish employees of the government who defect and abandon their positions (2002 - Dec. 2006) - Feb. 2007

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Maps

  • Maps University of Texas Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection Cuba
 

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Medical Availability

Foreign Government Reports
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • CUB103952.FE - The procedure for obtaining a medical report; whether there is a standard form at the national level; whether doctors are required to report serious injuries or injuries sustained as a result of a crime. - May 2012
Intergovernmental Organization Reports
  • World Health Organization Page

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Political Figures and Parties

US Government Reports  

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Human Rights Watch
    • New Castro, Same Cuba - Political Prisoners in the Post-Fidel Era - Nov. 2009
  • Freedom House

    • Not Out of Reach - The Global Scale and Scope of Transnational Repression - Feb 2021

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Refugees / IDPs

Religion

US Government Reports

Non-Government Organization Reports
  • USCIRF - United States Commission on International Religious Freedom - 2021

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Sexual Orientation

Specific Country Issues - CDR's/Revolution Defence Committees

Foreign Government Reports
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • CUB103443.FE - Revolution Defence Committees (Comités de Defensa de la Revolución, CDR); whether informants with the CDRs report the population's activities to the police, government or security agencies; the consequences of refusing to join a CDR (2008-April 2010) - Apr. 2010

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Specific Country Issues - Deserters

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Immigration and Refugee Board

    • CUB105318.E: Treatment of "deserters," and whether the law regarding dereliction of duty is applied, including towards university professors (2014-2015) - Oct. 2015

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Specific Country Issues - Treatment of Returnees/Repatriated balseros

US Government Reports
  • US Immigration and Naturalization Service (RIC Report)
    • Organization formed by people repatriated to the island - May 2000
Foreign Government Reports
  • Canada Response to Information Requests (RIRS)

    • CUB105498.E Cuba: Treatment by authorities of failed asylum seekers that have returned to Cuba, including treatment of family members that remained in Cuba (2014-April 2016). May 2016

    • CUB104290.E: Treatment by authorities of failed asylum seekers that have returned to Cuba, including the treatment of family members that remained in Cuba. -  Feb. 2013

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Specific Country Issues - Movimiento 24 de Febrero

US Government Reports
  • US Immigration and Naturalization Service (RIC Report)

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Speech / Press / Internet

Non-Government Organization Reports

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Timeline

US Government Reports

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Terrorism

US Government Reports

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Torture

Updated March 1, 2024