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Obama to Lift Cuba Travel Restrictions
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Apr 13, 2009 12:03pm |
| Category | Announcement |
| News Date | Apr 13, 2009 12:00pm |
| Description | President Obama will announce today that he is lifting travel restrictions that block Cuban Americans from traveling to Cuba and will relax the rules governing what items can be sent to the island, a senior White House official said.
The decision does not lift the trade embargo on communist Cuba but eases the prohibitions that have restricted Cuban Americans from visiting their relatives and has limited what they can send back home.
As a candidate, Obama promised to seek closer relations with Cuba, and courted Cuban voters in the key state of Florida. As president, he has signaled that he intends to move toward a greater openness. |
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