Maritime / Marine Issues Between Cuba and the United States

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 THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA HAVE A NUMBER OF ISSUES BETWEEN THEM OF A MARINE OR MARITIME NATURE. BELOW ARE LINKS TO SITES EXPLAINING AND DEFINING, AND REPORTING ON THE PROGRESS OF THE BETTER KNOWN ISSUES

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Editor's Note 1/9/2015 Now that the U.S. and Cuba have reestablished diplomatic relations it seems a good time to check progress again on these issues.

 The first bone of contention between the United States and Cuba is the actual boundary between the two nations. There is not a lot of disagreement at the moment though the formal treaty setting the boundary has not been ratified by the U.S. Senate. Here is a link to a description of the ongoing issue: (the issue descriptions below are hyper links to relevant sites)

THE U.S. / CUBA BOUNDARY ISSUE: 

TEXT OF RELEVANT TREATY ( yet t o be ratified by U.S. Senate but observed in practice)

UNRESOLVED MARITIME BOUNDARY ISSUES OF THE CARIBBEAN

U.S. /CUBAN RELATIONS GENERALLY

CUBAN / AMERICAN SEARCH AND RESCUE AT SEA AGREEMENT

CUBAN MIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES


THE U.S. COAST GUARD ON ALIEN MIGRANT INTERDICTION

HUMAN COSTS OF ILLEGAL MIGRATION


CUBA'S OFFSHORE OIL DEVELOPMENT


CUBAN MARINE RESEARCH FOUNDATION


THE HISTORY AND POTENTIAL FOR TRADE BETWEEN CUBA AND THE UNITED STATES