Congress To Ease Family Visits, Remittances To Cuba

Congress To Ease Family Visits, Remittances To Cuba
December 13, 2006 6:07 p.m. EST
Matthew Borghese - All Headline News Staff Writer

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The U.S. Congress will ease travel restrictions
to Cuba, as well as financial transfers for those with family on the
communist island.

Rep. William Delahunt (D-MA), a member of the House International
Relations Committee, says family visits and remittances will be easier
in 2007, yet stresses, "I don't think the embargo will change in 2007,
but the Bush administration may pre-empt Congress and approve these
other changes before we can."

There remains much speculation about what the U.S. will do with its
embargo against Cuba if a new Castro, Fidel's brother Raul, takes and
holds power.

According to Bloomberg, on Dec. 2 Raul Castro proposed talks with the
U.S. to help ease tensions and end the trade embargo first imposed in
1961. That offer was rejected by the U.S. State Department on Dec. 4.

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