April 4, 200917 yr President Obama intends to lift the U.S. ban on family members traveling to Cuba and remittances to the island, two senior administration officials said Saturday. Obama will announce the policy change before this month's Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement had not yet been made. The move would fulfill a pledge Obama made during the presidential campaign and could signal a new openness with the communist nation. Read More
April 4, 200917 yr President Obama intends to lift the U.S. ban on family members traveling to Cuba and remittances to the island, two senior administration officials said Saturday. Obama will announce the policy change before this month's Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement had not yet been made. The move would fulfill a pledge Obama made during the presidential campaign and could signal a new openness with the communist nation. Read More I know most will disagree with me, but I think this is a GOOD thing! I work with several Cuban immigrants. One gentleman, Primitivo, left Cuba with his wife 2 years ago, after waiting for over 10 years for permission to leave Cuba. While waiting to leave, his children grew too old to leave with their parents. The weren't permitted to leave. So Primitivo and his wife came to the US without them. Because of the restrictions here, and in Cuba, he has only seen his children once in two years, and has grandchildren he's never seen. God love him! I hope this makes things easier for him and his wife to see his family more often.
April 4, 200917 yr I know most will disagree with me, but I think this is a GOOD thing! I work with several Cuban immigrants. One gentleman, Primitivo, left Cuba with his wife 2 years ago, after waiting for over 10 years for permission to leave Cuba. While waiting to leave, his children grew too old to leave with their parents. The weren't permitted to leave. So Primitivo and his wife came to the US without them. Because of the restrictions here, and in Cuba, he has only seen his children once in two years, and has grandchildren he's never seen. God love him! I hope this makes things easier for him and his wife to see his family more often.I don't think you are in the minority. The Cold War is long over and our Cuba policy of isolation has failed. A different strategy has been due for a very long time.
April 4, 200917 yr I know most will disagree with me, but I think this is a GOOD thing! I work with several Cuban immigrants. One gentleman, Primitivo, left Cuba with his wife 2 years ago, after waiting for over 10 years for permission to leave Cuba. While waiting to leave, his children grew too old to leave with their parents. The weren't permitted to leave. So Primitivo and his wife came to the US without them. Because of the restrictions here, and in Cuba, he has only seen his children once in two years, and has grandchildren he's never seen. God love him! I hope this makes things easier for him and his wife to see his family more often. I don't disagree with you at all. I know many churches in our area that have conducted missions there but some have been unable to because the red tape and restrictions have become overbearing.
April 4, 200917 yr I've been in favor of ending the embargo for quite a while. Free markets aren't conducive to dictatorships.
April 4, 200917 yr Author I know most will disagree with me, but I think this is a GOOD thing! I work with several Cuban immigrants. One gentleman, Primitivo, left Cuba with his wife 2 years ago, after waiting for over 10 years for permission to leave Cuba. While waiting to leave, his children grew too old to leave with their parents. The weren't permitted to leave. So Primitivo and his wife came to the US without them. Because of the restrictions here, and in Cuba, he has only seen his children once in two years, and has grandchildren he's never seen. God love him! I hope this makes things easier for him and his wife to see his family more often. I agree totally. :thumb:
April 4, 200917 yr This may or may not be the right decision but it is almost certainly being made for the wrong reasons. It's only a matter of time before Obama apologizes to Cuba.
April 5, 200917 yr I have no problem with this. The two-way economic embargo needs to end, too, so I can get better cigars and rum. Hey, sue me.
April 5, 200917 yr I have no problem with this. The two-way economic embargo needs to end, too, so I can get better cigars and rum. Hey, sue me. :lol: :lol: I formally vote that Hearsay be appointed to the role of Cuban Ambassador. I'm sure you'll have a great platform of ideas headlined by "better cigars and rum".
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