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Obama's liberalization of Cuba travel regulations a step towards deeper engagement

By Yuriy Vilner

William M. LeoGrande [Dean, School of Public Affairs at American University]: "President Obama's new regulations liberalizing travel to Cuba represent a key step forward in his policy of engagement. The new regulations eliminate the barriers to academic, educational, and cultural exchange imposed by President George W. Bush in 2003 and 2004. Those barriers eliminated most contact with Cuban civil society, which had expanded significantly under President Bill Clinton. President Obama came to office having criticized U.S. policy toward Cuba for fifty years of failure, and promising to try something different. His goal was to improve inter-government relations by engaging in dialogue on issues of mutual interest, expanding people-to-people contacts, and

Full post as published by JURIST - Hotline on February 04, 2011 (boomark / email).