Thursday, December 15, 2011

Mario's Christmas amendment: Not yet a done deal

  • National Journal: The House Appropriations Committee chair will re-open discussions about the spending bill with an eye to dropping the Diaz-Balart amendment to restore the Bush regulations on Cuban-American travel and remittances.

  • The Herald on the negative reaction to Rep. Diaz-Balart’s measure.

  • Bring on the smelling salts: Our friend Mauricio is swooning at the idea that the President of the United States would issue a statement about human rights in Cuba, and at the same time dare to mention his own policies.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 15, 2011 at 6:38 PM

    I bet its hard to find more than 2% of Cubans living in Cuba who would support the travel restrictions (family or general).

    Doesn't matter their view of the cuban govenrment, almost nobody in cuba agrees with US' hardline approach, b/c they know how counterproductive it is.

    why doesn't the miami folks in power listen to the Cuban people?

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  2. AnonymousDecember 16, 2011 at 7:00 AM

    As most Cubans I am very glad that the travel restrictions were not adopted as a part of the spending package.

    However, they remain a s a Damocles sword influencing ongoing spy swap negotiations.

    Remember the chess principle that a threat is often just as effective as a direct attack.

    CANTACLARO

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