Obama is taking postive, but so far very very small steps, toward changing our policy toward Cuba.
He is easing restrictions to allow Cuban-American exiles to travel and send money to Cuba, and he is also allowing U.S. telecommunications firms to seek business in Cuba. For the time being, however, the trade embargo and travel restrictions for ordinary citizens will remain in place.
OK. Right direction. But far from enough.
It turns out that further changes will require an act of Congress to undo laws put in place long ago. So politics will be involved, led by the anti-Castro, Cuban exiles who have kept the embargo and travel restrictions in place since 1962. That is 47 years.
What has it accomplished? Isn't it time to change?
Ralph
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By the way, at the press conference to announce this, Obama's senior adviser for Latin American, Dan Restrepo, responded in Spanish to journalists from Latin American news sources.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how a leader's values -- in this case Obama's respectful attitude toward other people and their culture -- seems down into small gestures everywhere?