{"id":2766,"date":"2009-04-13T13:35:43","date_gmt":"2009-04-13T17:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=2766"},"modified":"2009-04-13T18:48:48","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T22:48:48","slug":"time-for-a-better-cuba-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2009\/04\/13\/time-for-a-better-cuba-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for a Better Cuba Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sounds like Obama&#8217;s going to <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.abcnews.com\/politicalpunch\/2009\/04\/president-ob-14.html?ref=fp1\">take some steps in the right direction<\/a> with respect to the US&#8217;s policy on Cuba:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s daily White House briefing, White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs will announce that the administration will lift travel, remittance, mail and business restrictions relating to the Communist nation of Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>The changes will allow unlimited visits to family members on the island as well as unlimited remittances &#8212; the cash recent immigrants to the U.S. send to relatives back home. President Bush imposed stricter restrictions on both in 2004.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well past time for this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> Steve Clemons <a href=\"http:\/\/tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2009\/04\/13\/obama_makes_first_move_in_long_dance_ahead_on_us-c\/\">gets at<\/a> what almost immediately bothered me about this policy change.\u00c2\u00a0 First, opening up travel only to Cuban-Americans is a necessary, but insufficient step, towards a better Cuba.\u00c2\u00a0 Second, creating a right (in this case, to travel to Cuba) based on ethnic origin (especially when it is not aimed at correcting a situation related to it)?\u00c2\u00a0 A really poor idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sounds like Obama&#8217;s going to take some steps in the right direction with respect to the US&#8217;s policy on Cuba: At today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s daily White House briefing, White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs will announce that the administration will lift travel, remittance, mail and business restrictions relating to the Communist nation of Cuba. 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