Obama will use spring summit to bring Cuba in from the cold

**Jason** · 03-09-2009, 06:55 AM

President Barack Obama is poised to offer an olive branch to Cuba in an effort to repair the US's tattered reputation in Latin America.

The White House has moved to ease some travel and trade restrictions as a cautious first step towards better ties with Havana, raising hopes of an eventual lifting of the four-decade-old economic embargo. Several Bush-era controls are expected to be relaxed in the run-up to next month's Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago to gild the president's regional debut and signal a new era of "Yankee" cooperation.

The administration has moved to ease draconian travel controls and lift limits on cash remittances that Cuban-Americans can send to the island, a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of families.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...administration

**simpswr** · 03-09-2009, 08:48 AM

It's about time . .

**sobeit** · 03-09-2009, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by simpswr

It's about time . .

I agree. Its been way too long.

**40sondacurb** · 03-09-2009, 10:31 AM

I don't want any restrictions which make it easier to travel here lifted until we do away with this amnesty for immigrants.

**simpswr** · 03-09-2009, 12:01 PM

What anmesty is that?

**40sondacurb** · 03-09-2009, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by simpswr

What anmesty is that?

Cubans who make it to US soil are not deported.

bry623 · 03-09-2009, 01:30 PM

Unless you are a little boy.

**Drew1369** · 03-09-2009, 02:34 PM

I'm with 40 on this... if you open up travel amnesty has to be gone...

However any cuban righ enough to fly to the US can just fly to Canada or Mexico and just cross the boarder...

bry623 · 03-10-2009, 07:00 AM

You have to have a pssport to go to Canada..... and we all know nobody would ever leave a country illegally.

03-09-2009, 06:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jason Faugh a ballagh Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pasco, FL Posts: 8,476 OS: Windows Vista My System Blog Entries: 2	Obama will use spring summit to bring Cuba in from the cold President Barack Obama is poised to offer an olive branch to Cuba in an effort to repair the US's tattered reputation in Latin America. The White House has moved to ease some travel and trade restrictions as a cautious first step towards better ties with Havana, raising hopes of an eventual lifting of the four-decade-old economic embargo. Several Bush-era controls are expected to be relaxed in the run-up to next month's Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago to gild the president's regional debut and signal a new era of "Yankee" cooperation. The administration has moved to ease draconian travel controls and lift limits on cash remittances that Cuban-Americans can send to the island, a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of families. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...administration __________________ Posting Tips \| Advice for New People \| Common Fixes \| Agus na damnaithe fágtha gan focal Glaoigh ormsa i measc na naomh

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40sondacurb Don't be a menace Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,285 OS: Vista sp2	Re: Obama will use spring summit to bring Cuba in from the cold I don't want any restrictions which make it easier to travel here lifted until we do away with this amnesty for immigrants. __________________ Donate to keep the forum running

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bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,692 OS: winxp pro sp2	Re: Obama will use spring summit to bring Cuba in from the cold Unless you are a little boy. __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain"

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Drew1369 Moderator Relaxation Room Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 3,428 OS: Win7 Ultimate	Re: Obama will use spring summit to bring Cuba in from the cold I'm with 40 on this... if you open up travel amnesty has to be gone... However any cuban righ enough to fly to the US can just fly to Canada or Mexico and just cross the boarder... __________________ We humans have a primal urge to kill because, thanks to natural selection, all the homo sapiens who didn't have a primal urge to kill, were themselves killed. http://obamaclock.org/

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bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,692 OS: winxp pro sp2	Re: Obama will use spring summit to bring Cuba in from the cold You have to have a pssport to go to Canada..... and we all know nobody would ever leave a country illegally. __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain"