“Roughly a year after Fidel Castro stepped aside and handed much of the responsibility for leading Cuba to his brother Raúl, there is new momentum in Washington for eliminating the ban on most U.S. travel to the island nation and for reexamining the severe limitations on U.S.-Cuban economic exchanges.
“At a Capitol Hill news conference scheduled for tomorrow, a wide array of senators and interest groups — including Senate Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Byron L. Dorgan (N.D.); Banking Committee Chairman Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.); Richard G. Lugar (Ind.), the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; and Human Rights Watch — will rally around a potentially historic bill to lift the travel ban.” (more @ Washington Post)
Update
- (4/11/09) After Obama olive branch, next move is Cuba’s
- (4/12/09) American tourists at home in Cuba
- (4/13/09) Obama to Allow Travel, Money Transfers to Cuba
- (4/13/09) Obama To Ease Limits On Cuba Travel, Remittances
- (4/13/09) Invade Cuba — with tourists
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