U.S. – CUBA – BOLIVIA – NEEM Agro Eco Pueblo delegation

DECEMBER 11th – 19th 2015  Havana – Trinidad – Cienfuegos – Matanzas – Havana and Artemisa – Agroecology, Sustainable community and Eco Pueblos multinational delegation. NEEM is pleased to convene delegates from the U.S., Cuba and Bolivia on Agro Eco Pueblo and self sustaining community. NEEM entered into an agreement in Sacaba, Bolivia for the purpose of creating 3 Eco Pueblos and the multinational cooperative. We are meeting in Cuba to finalize the collaborative and secure the three knowledge exchange projects that contribute to the greater good.

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July 17th - As a cooperative we developed signed and sealed a conceptual document for Eco Pueblos that allowed us to leverage 75 Hectares (180 acres) in Sacaba, Cochabamba Bolivia. We used the bottom up community support, agreement and committed land to leverage the project funding. The Bolivian Senate has agreed to a $100 million USD budget in support of the project that includes International private investment.

December 11^th – 19^th NEEM leads a U.S., Bolivian, Cuba delegation including diplomats from Bolivia that will meet in Havana and develop an Eco Pueblos collaboration, based on the Cuban model, a similar agreement with a Cuban land commitment of 97 hectares (239 acres) with the target location identified. NEEM will seek on a smaller land scale a version of Eco Pueblos in Durham, North Carolina USA. We have a potential of 60 acres in Durham in a public/private partnership.
All three projects will behave as a cooperative, each autonomos but in support of project concept, goals, sustainable community development and establishment of the Eco Pueblos model with Agro ecological principals as the foundation.

“We are amazed at what was achieved in Bolivia and proud of that commitment to Eco Pueblos there. With the land, support, agreement and $100 million in funding is serious leverage for pre-investment platform in Cuba now and likewise in Durham at the NEEM land.” The possibility is there like opportunity. We did not miss opportunity in Bolivia, do not intend to in Cuba or in Durham.” JAE

Cuba and the U.S. to restore diplomatic relations and open embassies

The agreement between Cuba and the U.S. to restore diplomatic relations and open embassies in their respective capitals will be announced today; July 1, 2015

The restoration of diplomatic relations between our countries will open opportunities for the U.S. and Cuba to collaborate on issues of mutual interest like immigration, environmental conservation, and regional trade long held at bay by the embargo. We congratulate the tireless work of activists, Cuban and U.S. diplomats and policymakers who have helped make this historic event come to fruition.

Agroecological concepts and the infrastructure required to support it in a bottom-up knowledge exchange as the fulcrum to Sustainable  community development and NEEMs core mission.

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	Dear Jeffrey: Thank you for writing.  The best way to advance our Nation’s interests and values is through open engagement rather than isolation.  That is why after more than half a century, the United States is changing its relationship with the people of Cuba and working toward normalizing relations between our two countries. Decades of isolation have failed to produce meaningful change, and by charting a new course, my Administration is reaffirming our commitment to promoting the emergence of a more prosperous Cuba that respects the universal rights of all its citizens.  To achieve this, the United States is taking steps to increase travel, commerce, and the flow of information to and from Cuba.  We will also reestablish diplomatic relations with the Cuban Government, including opening an embassy in Havana.  Nobody represents America’s values better than the American people, and I believe this contact will ultimately serve to empower the Cuban people.  Additionally, I instructed Secretary of State John Kerry to review Cuba’s designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism.  After a careful review of Cuba’s record that was guided by the facts and the law, he recommended rescinding that designation, and I have notified Congress of the Administration’s intent to do so. Again, thank you for writing.  We must create more opportunities and begin a new chapter among the nations of the Americas.  By choosing to cut loose the shackles of the past, we can reach for a brighter future—for the Cuban people, for the American people, and for the world our children will inherit. . Sincerely, Barack Obama