Don't Lift Cuba Restrictions, Republicans Tell Biden
The Biden administration shouldn’t relax restrictions on U.S. financial transactions with Cuba, which are needed to “hold the communist regime in Cuba accountable for human rights abuses and its sponsorship of international terrorism,” Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said in a Dec. 20 letter to the White House. The letter, signed by Sens. Jim Risch, of Idaho, and Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, both of Florida, specifically asks Biden not to revoke Cuba’s designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism.
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Any moves to lift Cuba restrictions “will be seen as rewarding the regime for its oppression of peaceful demonstrators, including minors, and demoralize those who continue to fight for freedom on the island,” the lawmakers said. The White House didn’t comment.