In 2017, Trump declared changes to the U.S. approach toward Cuba, canceling the Obama-era approach and tightening travel and business restrictions to apply pressure to the Cuban regime. He framed the policy as turning back a "completely one-sided deal," and tied sanctions to political prisoner releases, elections, and legalizing parties. The administration published benchmarks that, if met, could alter sanctions, while showing a harsher stance than the prior administration, following long-standing objectives to challenge the Cuban government while maintaining some options for engagement.
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div President Donald J. Trump is changing the policy of the United States toward Cuba to achieve four objectives: 1. Enhance compliance with United States law—in particular the provisions that govern the embargo of Cuba and the ban on tourism; 2. Hold the Cuban regime accountable for oppression and human rights abuses ignored under the Obama policy; 3. Further the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States and those of the Cuban people; and 4. Lay the groundwork for...
trumpwhitehouse.archives.govCuba Archive - Recommendations for the Trump Administration
www.american.eduPresident Donald Trump thrust the U.S. and Cuba back on a path toward open hostility Friday with a blistering denunciation of the island's communist government.
www.cbsnews.comPresident Trump made a major address on U.S.-Cuba relations from Miami
www.cbsnews.com“Doors were starting to open, some that had been closed for more than 60 years. Until Donald Trump arrived.¨ How are the Cuba-US. Relations after governments changes?
www.americas.orgThis isn’t a strong statement on human rights. It’s a political sop to voters in Miami.
foreignpolicy.comIMPOSING SANCTIONS ON THE CUBAN REGIME: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order imposing new sanctions on the Cuban regime, protecting
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