AXJ: USA A PUNTO DE LEVANTAR EL EMBARGO A CUBA

AXJ: EL PRESIDENTE OBAMA HA DADO EL VISTO BUENO AL PAULATINO LEVANTAMIENTO DEL EMBARGO A CUBA. ERA HORA, "EN CUANTO PRUEBEN UN POCO DE LIBERTAD LOS CUBANOS ECHARAN AL GOBIERNO DICTATRORIAL AL DIA SIGUIENTE" SEGUN UN AFILIADO DE AXJ EN CUBA.

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USA A PUNTO DE LEVANTAR EL EMBARGO A CUBA?
WASHINGTON NEWS

 Asunto: USA A PUNTO DE LEVANTAR EL EMBARGO A CUBA? USA A PUNTO DE LEVANTAR EL EMBARGO A CUBA?

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

WASHINGTON NEWS

Obama Eases Some Cuba Sanctions

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_090414.htm

The Obama Administration yesterday eased some travel and gift restrictions on Cuban Americans, a move that is generating ample and largely positive coverage, including reports on all three network newscasts. ABC World News, for example, reported President Obama "traded 50 years of anger towards Cuba for an olive branch." The Los Angeles Times, says the President "is attempting to make Cubans less dependent on the Castro regime, while still holding Cuban leaders accountable for human rights abuses by enforcing a wide-ranging trade embargo."

The Spanish-language Miami daily El Nuevo Herald reports that "the lifting of restrictions will benefit 1.5 million Cubans and Cuban-Americans, who will be able to travel and send money unrestricted to their relatives in the island," and the Wall Street Journal notes the changes would also "allow US telecommunications companies to set up shop in Cuba, a step that may be mostly symbolic in the short term," as American companies "would need the permission of the Cuban government." The Washington Post says that "the announcement could open the door for the American information revolution to enter the island nation." Under the new policy, says the Miami Herald, Americans will "be able to send Cubans cellphones, computers, software and satellite receivers."

The Miami Herald says the announcement "marks the most significant US gesture to Cuba in decades." The Washington Post says the announcement was "hailed by many advocates of greater openness toward the regime, including the business community, which sees new opportunities for commerce." But USA Today notes "some Cuban Americans...said more travel and aid will only embolden Cuba's communist rulers," and "a joint statement from Reps. Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida Republicans who are Cuban American, called Monday's move a 'serious mistake.'" The Diaz-Balarts wrote, "Unilateral concessions to the dictatorship embolden it to further isolate, imprison and brutalize pro-democracy activists." The Miami Herald reports "experts on Cuba-US relations say pressure on the Obama administration from Latin America and Europe to bring Cuba in from the cold...may lead Raúl Castro's government to consider itself in a position of strength."

The Politico noted that while yesterday's move "drew strong rebuke from traditional hard line supporters of the US embargo...a CNN poll last week found that two-thirds of Americans think the United States should lift its travel ban on Cuba, and three-quarters support relations with the island." The AP reports that Cuban-born Sen. Mel Martinez "is cautiously optimistic about...Obama's plan." Said Martinez, "It's going to bring families together," and "the technology piece is terrific." AFP also reports "the administration's actions won applause in US farm states hoping to gain a new markets for their agricultural products." Sen. Byron Dorgan said, "We should also immediately eliminate the roadblocks that the Bush Administration put in place to make it harder for farmers to sell food to Cuba. ... I also believe the embargo should be ended. When a policy has failed for nearly 50 years, it is time to change the policy." On the other hand, the AP reports Obama's "moves fell far short of the more drastic policy adjustments that some -- including Republican Sen. Richard Lugar -- have argued are required to...bring about change in Cuba."


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