On January 12, U.S. Representatives (Tom Emmer (Rep., MN), who is the Chair of the House’s Cuba Working Group, and Kathy Castor (Dem., FL) introduced a bill (H.R. 442)– the Cuba Trade Act—“to lift the Cuba embargo. This . . . [bill] would allow businesses in the private sector to trade freely with Cuba, while … Continue reading Representatives Emmer and Castor Introduce Bill To End Embargo of Cuba
This year two bipartisan congressional bills have been filed to reverse two U.S. policies regarding Cuba. The most recent one would improve U.S. travel to the island while the other would abolish the U.S. embargo of Cuba. Improve U.S. Travel to Cuba[1] On July 23, 2019, H.R. 3960 (Freedom for Americans To Travel to Cuba) … Continue reading Congressional Bipartisan Bills for Reversal of U.S. Policies Regarding Cuba
A prior post discussed the recent rumors that the Trump Administration, next month, is planning to reverse various aspects of the U.S. normalization of relations with Cuba that commenced on December 17, 2014. In resistance to this threat, the U.S. Senate this week saw two new bipartisan bills embracing such normalization. Protecting American Travel to … Continue reading New U.S. Senate Bills Embrace Normalization of Relations with Cuba
Next Friday, June 16, in Miami, President Trump reportedly will announce certain changes in U.S. policies regarding Cuba. These changes will be the result of an overall review of such policies that has been conducted from the first days of this administration. Not surprisingly the review process has revealed conflicts between leaders of various federal departments … Continue reading Trump Administration Reportedly Planning Reversal of Some Aspects of U.S. Normalization of Cuba Relations
This past week there have been two gatherings in Washington, D.C. focused on promoting U.S.-Cuba collaboration on various projects. Environmental Sustainability and Historic Preservation[1] The first conference was on June 4, Advancing Environmental Sustainability and Historic Preservation in Cuba, that was organized by the Center for International Policy and the Ocean Doctor organizations. It explored … Continue reading Conferences About Continued U.S.-Cuba Cooperation on Various Issues
U.S. objections to the new U.S. policies regarding Cuba (and Venezuela and Nicaragua) have been registered by a Bloomberg News editorial; by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; by Representative Eliot Engel, the Chair of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and other representatives and by groups and individuals outside the government. They will be discussed … Continue reading U.S. Reactions to New U.S. Anti-Cuba Policies
As reported in prior posts, the Trump Administration presumably has been conducting an overall review of U.S. policies regarding Cuba.[1] Although the completion of that review has not been publicly announced, there are rumors that in mid-June the Administration will be announcing a rollback of at least some of the various normalization measures announced by … Continue reading Rumors of Upcoming Trump Administration Rollback of U.S. Normalization of Relations with Cuba
The November 25th death of Fidel Castro has prompted comments from President-Elect Donald Trump and his aides, the Obama Administration, U.S. Senators and Representatives, U.S. editorial boards and columnists and U.S. business interests and others. All of this has fueled speculation about the future Trump Administration’s policies regarding Cuba. These topics will be explored in this … Continue reading U.S. Reactions to the Death of Fidel Castro
Number Date Title 934 01/01/17 Report for dwkcommentaries–2016 935 01/02/17 More Reasons To Believe There Is a Dim Future for U.S.-Cuba Normalization 936 01/05/17 Secretary of State John Kerry’s Review of His Stewardship of U.S. Foreign Policy Regarding Cuba 937 01/06/17 U.S. Secretaries of Commerce and Treasury Comment on Developments Regarding Cuba 938 … Continue reading List of Posts to dwkcommentaries–Chronological (2017)
On June 16, as noted in a prior post, President Donald Trump announced a reversal of some aspects of the Cuba normalization policies that had been instituted by his predecessor, President Barack Obama. Now we look at U.S. reactions to this change of policy. Subsequent posts will examine Cuban reactions and conclude with this blogger’s … Continue reading U.S. Reactions to Trump Reversals of Some U.S.-Cuba Normalization Policies
