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| Above, El Capitolio, or the National Capitol Building, in Havana. Photo by Armand Vaquer/ |
When President Barack Obama re-established full diplomatic relations with Cuba, he did so without getting any concessions from the communist government.
Naturally, the influx of U.S. tourist dollars helped the Cuban government fund their military and aid the Venezuela's oppressive government.
President Trump reversed many of the Obama policies in June 2019 and restricted travel to Cuba. I just made it to Cuba in April 2019 before the restrictions were imposed.
Former Vice President Joe Biden says he'll reverse Trump's policies, again, without getting any concessions from the Cuban government that would help the Cuban people.
NBC New York reported:
America’s approach to Cuba, under a Joe Biden administration, would be very different than it is today.
That’s what the former vice president said in an exclusive interview with NBC 6 Anchor Jackie Nespral.
“I’d try to reverse the failed Trump policies, it inflicted harm on Cubans and their families,” Biden said. “It’s done nothing to advance democracy and human rights, on the contrary, the crackdown on Cubans by the regime has gotten worse under Trump, not better.”
Some are critical of Obama’s efforts, saying it resulted in no progress for the Cuban people.
“What he basically did was give Raul Castro a number of concessions and Raul Castro did not give any concessions to the US in terms of more freedom for the Cuban people,” said Jaime Suchlicki with the think tank Cuban Studies Institute.
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| Above, yours truly at the Plaza de la Revolución in Havana. Photo by Mitch Geriminsky. |
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3 comments:
Okay, I have to ask... why did you travel to Cuba when you knew that your "tourist dollars helped the Cuban government fund their military and aid the Venezuela's oppressive government"? I would never go to Cuba for that reason. (I've also heard the food there is terrible and the infrastructure sucks. My sister and her husband went and had NO HOT WATER in their resort for their entire two week stay. The food was so bad that he ate spaghetti the whole time.) Taking a vacation in Grenada is on my bucket list, however, and I'm sure you know why.
A friend found the cruise, which was just under $500. It was only basically a one day stop and a bus tour of Havana. I spent under $130 (which is what I exchanged there and I have a couple of CUCs left) on cigars and rum. The Cuban people were very friendly, as expected. I figured, "What the hell?" and went. It was interesting to see it for myself (as Nixon would have said, it was more a fact-finding tour). We didn't eat anything there and the only drinks we had were bottled water from the ship.
Grenada? To see the place "the Great Liberator" freed, of course! - A.
Okay, that makes sense. They can't foment too much world revolution with $130. I thought maybe you had gone to a resort there. Every time someone tells me they're going to Cuba (which Canadians have been allowed to do because our former PM Trudeau was best buddies with Castro, along with other "humanitarians" like Chairman Mao, if you can believe it) I always ask them why they are supporting a communist dictatorship. The answer is always, "We want to help the common people." All such tourists are doing is helping to keep "the common people" of Cuba in slavery, IMHO.
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