The Orlando Sentinel reported yesterday that President Obama and his Administration is considering easing the restrictions imposed on U.S. citizens on traveling to Cuba. Loosening the travel restrictions would expand opportunities for American students, educators and researchers to visit Cuba.  However, the ongoing economic embargo that the U.S. imposed on Cuba 50 years ago will remain intact. This is great news for the [...]

The New York Times reported today that a meeting is scheduled today for for the two governments to discuss ways to to reduce the immigration of Cuban nationals fleeing the island and endangering their lives at sea to reach the U.S. The last time U.S. diplomats traveled to Cuba about 5 months ago for these talks, they felt that the [...]

The New York Times reported yesterday that a meeting between the U.S. and Cuba officials is scheduled for February 19, 2010 to resume negotiations between the two governments to reduce the immigration of its nationals fleeing the island and endangering their lives at sea to reach the U.S. Under U.S. immigration and maritime laws, Cubans apprehended at sea are sent back.  However, Cubans who make it to the U.S. can apply [...]

The Los Angeles Times  reported today that the international community has been trying to pressure President Obama to lift the U.S. embargo on Cuba.  An embargo that almost every country opposes. In the past few months, the Obama administration has in fact taken steps to ease some of the sanctions that prior administrations have imposed on Cuba. For example, the U.S. [...]

The Wall Street Journal reported that Cuba has agreed this past weekend to resume discussions with the U.S. on topics such as the legal immigration of Cubans to the U.S. and direct mail service between the two countries. The Cuban government notified the U.S. that it had accepted a request from the Obama administration last month to restart the immigration talks, which were suspended [...]