The U.S. president, Barack Obama, yesterday gave orders to his administration to relax restrictions on academic travel, cultural and religious to Cuba. The White House asked the departments of State, Treasury and Homeland Security take the steps necessary to "continue efforts to move closer to the Cuban people to support their desire to freely determine the future of their country." In addition to ordering the relaxation of controls on academic travel, cultural and religious, Obama ordered to allow Americans to send remittances of up to $ 500 per quarter, if not for members of the Government or the Communist Party in Cuba, and allow any airport in the U.S.can apply for a license to operate charter flights to the island. The changes, which come into force within two weeks, aroused the jealousies of those within and outside Congress, are opposed to loosen the embargo that the U.S. maintains against Cuba since 1962. The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations, John Kerry, in a statement praised Obama's decision because, in his view, efforts to expand contacts between the two peoples and remittances "open the way for forging ...
deeper links of interest to the U.S. today and in the future. " "This is an important step. If governments can not solve the problems between them, at least should step aside and allow citizens to work in the search for solutions, "said Kerry. However, he noted that" unfortunately, Cuba remains the only country world that the U.S.
government does not allow its citizens to travel freely, "so assured that it will continue fighting so that all Americans traveling to the island. But from the Cuban exile community, Republican Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Letina considered smooth these restrictions "will not help improve the situation for a democratic Cuba." These changes will not achieve the Castro regime to respect human rights.
And certainly not help the Cuban people free themselves from tyranny that oppresses them, "he said. Ros-Lehtinen, who now chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, believes the changes announced yesterday," undermines our foreign policy and goals security and will only bring economic benefits to the moribund Cuban regime.
"In the same sense spoke Frank Calzon, the Cuban Center in Washington, who stressed that" it may seem counterproductive, sending dollars to Cuba only helps the Government Cuba remains in effect its repressive policies, "not to" implement economic reforms. "
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