According to senior White House officials, U.S. president Barack Obama is expected to announce the relaxing of travel and remittance restrictions to Cuba:
The expected changes to U.S. policy are to also include permitting U.S. telecom firms to apply for licenses in Cuba. Yet the decades-long trade embargo is to remain intact as well as “sending gifts or other items to high-ranking Cuban government officials and Communist Party members.”
The anticipated diplomatic actions come four days before the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago. U.S.-Cuba policy is expected to be a hot topic at the summit; most hemispheric leaders have recently called for eliminating the trade embargo on Cuba.
Congress is currently considering whether travel restrictions to Cuba should be removed for all U.S. visitors.
Online Sources- YouTube, USA TODAY, marketwatch.com, CNN, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, PoliticalPunch, The Latin Americanist
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