The Four Ways Cuba Says Biden Can Help Its People Without Losing Votes

[Judi Lynn]

BY TOM O'CONNOR ON 10/3/23 AT 5:00 AM EDT

President Joe Biden can immediately take at least four steps to improve the lives of everyday Cubans without having to rely on Congress or face significant backlash at the ballot, a senior diplomat from the Caribbean island nation told Newsweek.

As the United Nations General Assembly high-level week concluded in New York, Cuban Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío Domínguez issued an appeal to the White House on the sidelines of an international gathering that has regularly condemned Washington's long-running sanctions against Havana with rare unanimity.

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"In fact, it has very good relations with the rest of the world," he added. "It only suffers hostility from the United States, and it's a policy that is rejected by the international community."
At home, de Cossío said that that the U.S. policy "hurts the livelihood of every Cuban, of the nation as a whole."

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Now, just weeks after Biden boosted ties with Vietnam, another Communist-led country that harbors a far bloodier history with the U.S., de Cossío offered four actions the president could take on his own, arguing that "doesn't need the permission of Congress to remove some of the most damaging measures put in place by his predecessor."

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