Washington, March 4 (Agencies) A group of eighty Democratic congressmen has sent a letter to the President of the United States, Joe Biden, in which they request that he reverse the «cruel» restriction policies imposed on Cuba by the Administration of former President Donald Trump.
The text, which calls for renewing the «productive» dialogue with the Cuban Government, has reminded the president that «with a stroke of a pen he can help Cuban families in difficulties and promote a more constructive approach by quickly returning to the policy of commitment and normalization of relationships «.
Congressmen Bobby Rush of Illinois, Gwen Moore of Wisconsin, and Barbara Lee of California are among the main signers of the letter, according to information from the Bloomberg news agency. Rush, for his part, has presented a bill aimed at opening relations and markets between Americans and Cubans.
The letter comes after Biden ordered a review of Trump’s policies toward Cuba. This analysis is led by the National Security Agency. In addition, during his campaign, Biden assured that he would lift some of the restrictions on travel and trade between the two countries and that he would renew diplomatic talks.
However, this could run into rejection by anti-Cuban sectors in Congress. Democratic congressmen, for their part, have insisted on humanitarian and economic terms and have pointed out that «executive orders implemented by the Trump Administration tightened sanctions to levels not seen in decades.»
These restrictions, they explained, occurred at a time when «Cubans were facing a serious shortage of food and medicine exacerbated by their preventive economic closure, something that has helped limit the spread of the coronavirus.»
Thus, they have stated that they support a «more comprehensive effort to deepen the commitment and normalization, which includes restarting the diplomatic commitment directly with the Cuban Government, both at higher levels and through the reorganization of the Embassies in the two countries».
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