Skip to Main Content Skip to Left Navigation Skip to Footer

United States of America

Department of Commerce

Commerce Seal montage illustrating the work Commerce does
 
Print without left or right navigation

Top News

NOTICE TO VISITOR:
THIS IS AN ARCHIVED SITE

This site contains information released online prior to January 20, 2009.

Click HERE to go the CURRENT commerce.gov website.
Information released from January 20, 2009 to present.

Please note: The content in this archive site is not updated and external links may not function.

Official portrait of Sercretary Gutierrez.

Gutierrez Calls on International Community to Focus on Cuban Human Rights Absuses

Cambridge, Mass. (Sept. 22)—U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez delivered keynote remarks on U.S.-Cuba relations to students and faculty of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. In his remarks he highlighted Cuba’s refusal of U.S. humanitarian aid following Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. He also called on the international community to focus attention on human rights abuses in Cuba. He said, “You may disagree on the embargo. You may disagree on our policy … But I hope there’s no disagreement about fundamental human rights.” (Transcript) (Video)