• President Obama has promised to loosen the restraints on
Cuban-Americans wanting to visit and send money to their
relatives.
• He commented that the US seeks a new beginning with Cuba at
the Summit of Americas at Trinidad and Tobago. The Summit follows
a thaw in relations between the two countries though Cuba did not
attend it.
• Further he said that there is a longer journey to be
travelled to overcome the decades of mistrust but critical steps
have to be taken towards a new day.
• In a speech in Little Havana, Obama said that until there's
justice in Cuba, there's no justice anywhere.
• He is also willing for talks with Raul Castro to strengthen
ties he said.
• Obama supports the embargo but optimists hope that his modest
moves will encourage the Democrat controlled government to do
something bold.
• Obama in answer to a blogger's questions said that his
administration was in the process of engagement with the Cuban
government on issues relating to migration and mail service and
was awaiting response from the Cuban administration.
• Obama's answers have not attained anything remarkable with
Cuba but he is ready to pursue direct diplomacy. He says he isn't
interested in talking for the sake of talking.
• During his election campaign he wrote in an opinion piece in
Miami Herald that 'Cuban American connections to family in Cuba
are not only a basic right in humanitarian terms but also our
best tools to foster the beginnings of grass root democracy on
the island.'
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