Tulane Cancels Enviro Conference After Visa Denials

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AP 05/17/02 15:22 

Tulane Cancels Cuba Conference

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Tulane University canceled a conference on Cuba's
environment after the State Department denied travel visas to eight
participants.

Cuban researchers and members of Cuba's Ministry of Science,
Technology and Environment and its Ministry of Tourism were expected
to be among the participants in the conference, which had been set to
begin on Thursday.

The State Department would not comment on the Cubans' case except to
cite a 1985 administrative ban on visits by Cuban government or
Communist Party officials. The ban can be waived on a case-by-case
basis.

Eric Dannenmaier of Tulane's Institute for Environmental Law and
Policy, which organized the conference, said he was dismayed at "the
lost opportunity for an open dialogue about environmental policy and
the role of civil society in Cuba."

The cancellation came as former President Carter ended a visit to
Cuba, where he urgied changes in U.S. policy toward the island
country and openings toward democracy in Cuba.

Copyright, 2002. The Associated Press. All rights reserved

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