U.S. Government Regulations

The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University has received an institutional license from the U.S. Treasury Department that permits the Center to engage in certain academic exchanges. The license was renewed on January 8, 2008 and expires January 9, 2009.

The Center’s license permits the Center to authorize students to engage in travel-related transactions in Cuba for educational programs. Such travel would otherwise be illegal for U.S. citizens and residents because of the U.S. embargo on trade with Cuba. Undergraduate students who enroll in formal courses of instruction at a Cuban academic institution, provided that they are eligible to receive Harvard College credit for those courses (requires formal approval from the Office of International Programs (OIP)), and provided the course of study is no shorter than 10 weeks in duration are eligible to travel under the Center’s license. The Center’s license only applies to students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate degree programs at Harvard University.