MIAMI, United States. – “The Biden administration is making a historic mistake by returning to Obama’s failed Cuba policy,” assured on Twitter Cuban-American congresswoman María Elvira Salazar after meeting the measures approved by the US Government this Monday.
“Secretary Blinken promised me – and it was recorded – that they would apply the Helms-Burton Act and consult the Cuban community in exile before normalizing relations with the regime. Biden has officially failed on both promises,” Salazar said.
He also added that “by doing business with the Cuban dictatorship, a weak president is giving power to a failed regime that starves, oppresses and murders its people.”
On Twitter, the Republican congresswoman also described the new measures by the Biden administration as “another slap in the face to the Cuban people and the cause of freedom.”
This Monday, the US Government. ad that would restore flights to various airports in Cuba, as well as the family reunification program suspended for years.
In addition, the Biden administration will also allow group trips for educational or professional exchanges and will lift the limits on remittances sent to the Island, which were subject to a maximum of 1,000 USD per quarter.
In this way, and as promised in his campaign for the presidency, Joe Biden reverses several measures adopted by former President Donald Trump, which tightened the embargo imposed on the Island regime.
According to sources consulted by the miami heraldthe new measures take into account the review of US policy towards Cuba announced by the White House.
“Our policy continues to focus on human rights, empowering the Cuban people to determine their own future and these are practical measures aimed at addressing the humanitarian situation and migratory flows,” said the official consulted by the miami herald.
The source also said that the Biden administration will encourage more electronic payment companies to work in Cuba to facilitate remittances. However, it will not remove Fincimex from the list of Cuban entities sanctioned by the United States Government.
The US government will also once again allow group travel under the “person-to-person” educational travel category, which was created by former President Barack Obama to allow Americans to travel to the island.
On the other hand, the source assured that the Biden administration will “explore” options to facilitate electronic payments and expand the access of Cuban entrepreneurs to microfinance. In fact, last week the US Government. ordered the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC, for its acronym in English) to issue the first license that authorizes a US entity to invest capital in a private company registered and located in Cuba.
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