Cuba
20 November 2009 Obama
Tells Blogger He Wants Greater Freedom for Cubans Renowned Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez had seven questions for President
Obama related to the U.S.-Cuba relationship, the Cuban exile community in the United
States, and Cuba’s emerging civil society groups. As she wrote in her blog, Generacíon
Y, she directed separate
sets of questions to President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro because “I
want to know, from my diminutive position as a citizen, how this dispute is going
to play out, when will it cease to be the central theme in every aspect of our
lives.”
19 November 2009 U.S.
Congress Studying Current Restrictions on Travel to Cuba The U.S. Congress is looking at removing a decades-old policy that restricts travel
by Americans to Cuba. “U.S. law lets American citizens travel to any country
on earth, friend or foe — with one exception: Cuba. It’s time for us
to scrap this anachronistic ban, imposed during one of the chilliest periods of
the Cold War,” two influential
members of Congress said in a recent opinion article in the Miami Herald newspaper.
04 June 2009 United States Welcomes OAS Resolution on Cuba The U.S. welcomes a decision by the Organization of American States to lift a 47-year-old suspension against Cuba and allow Cuba to be readmitted when it makes a commitment to the organization’s
democratic values, the State Department said in a prepared statement.
01 June 2009 U.S., Cuba Agree to Resume Talks on Immigration, Direct Mail Cuban officials signaled to the U.S. that they want to resume talks on the legal immigration of Cubans to the United States and resume direct mail service between the two nations, a senior U.S. official says. The Cubans also indicated they want to hold talks with the United States on drug trafficking, fighting terrorism, and hurricane and disaster preparedness and response, the senior State Department official said during a background briefing May 31.
21 April 2009 Obama Says U.S., Cuba Taking Critical Steps Toward a New Day The fifth Summit of the Americas helped serve as the setting for the United States to re-engage with the nations of the Western Hemisphere and provided a significant moment for President Obama to "seek a new beginning with Cuba."
13 April 2009 Obama to Allow More Travel, Money Transfers to Cuba The U.S. will allow Cuban Americans unlimited travel and money transfers to family in Cuba, the White House says. Cuban Americans may also send clothes, personal hygiene items, seeds, fishing gear and other personal necessities to family members in Cuba. Businesses will be able to obtain licenses to sell cellular telephones, television services and other telecommunications devices to Cubans, with family members in the U.S. allowed to pay for them.
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