- 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.
- Dissidents Miriam Leiva and Oscar Espinosa Chepe have a message to Congress: don’t restrict visits and remittances.
- The St. Petersburg Times agrees.
- 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.
2 comments:
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?
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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