Reply #14: Any connection to this? The US ban on publishing books written in Cuba

[Mika]

Suit's topic: ban on Cuban books
A group of U.S. publishers has sued in an effort to overturn publication rules for works from Cuba and other embargoed nations.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/9776017.htm

Six Cuban publications -- the most from any embargoed nation -- are on the groups' list of in-limbo works.

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The suit comes amid a Bush administration crackdown on relations with Cuba. Earlier this year, travel to the island was curbed and the amount of family remittances slashed. Now, publishers say, they, too, are falling victim to the get-tough policy.

According to OFAC, presses must obtain licenses to publish works from embargoed nations, which also include Iran and Sudan, or risk fines of up to $1 million or prison sentences of up to 10 years.

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'They want to limit the amount of money going into Cuba from publishing anything,'' said John S. Kavulich, president of the U.S. Cuba Trade and Economic Council. ``Anytime a document from Cuba is published in the U.S., it validates the revolution.''

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''Why should we publish theirs,'' asked Jaime Suchlicki, director of the University of Miami's Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies.

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