Biden Eases SOME Trump Cuban Sanctions

 

         In the USA's two-party political system, all administrations since 1962 have supported the cruel U. S. economic Embargo-Blockade of Cuba for the purpose of punishing the Cubans on the island to induce them to rise up and overthrow their Revolutionary government, apparently to restore another U.S.-friendly Batista-like rule to the Caribbean's largest and most beautiful country. The punishments have been relentless although the Revolutionary government of Cuba has somehow survived into a 64TH YEAR. The Republican Trump presidency, on behalf of some Cubans in Miami, was the cruelest on Cubans in Cuba but Trump's successor, the Democratic Biden presidency, has been very slow to change Trump's ultra-Draconian policies. Yet -- today, on January 12th-2023 -- Biden, after two years, seems to be changing some of the Embargo's harshest dictates.

     This month the U. S. has partially re-opened the U. S. Embassy in Havana. And today -- Jan. 12th-2023 -- the Reuters News Agency reports that "The Biden administration plans to send an official delegation to Havana this month to restart U.S.-Cuba talks on law-enforcement issues that were halted under former President Donald Trump, the U. S. State Department said on Thursday."

      Also today -- Jan. 12th-2023 -- Western Union has announced that the Biden administration is permitting it to reopen three offices in Miami that can resume sending remittances to Cubans in Cuba. Both Western Union and the Biden White House are thus resuming money that Cubans in the U. S. can send to Cubans in Cuba to help them survive. The third paragraph above says: "Tight U. S. sanctions hit Cuba's economy hard. As such, the latest move from Western Union is expected to be beneficial for its economy, which is still recovering from the pandemic and finding it hard to rely on its struggling tourism industry. The resumption of services will also likely reduce dependency on informal money-changing services."

    At least today -- on Jan. 12th-2023 -- the Biden presidency is admitting that the twin perils of the Embargo & Pandemic was combining to too harshly starve, deprive, and make miserable too many Cubans on the island. Thus, in these opening days of 2023, the U. S. is easing some aspects of the Embargo, which has existed for over six decades.

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