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U.S. House of Representatives approves changes in
policy on travel to Cuba
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (PL)-In
a blatant challenge to President George W. Bush, the
House of Representatives approved an amendment that
would allow Cubans residing in the United States to
travel once a year to their country of origin.
A measure enacted by the
Executive Branch enforced since last June 30
restricts Cubans living in the United States from
visiting their relatives in Cuba to once every three
years.
The House of Representatives
approved the bill put forward by Florida Democratic
representative Jim Davis by 225 votes in favor and
174 against.
The U.S. government should
not be in the business of separating families, Davis
stated in reference to the measures imposed by Bush
to destroy the Cuban Revolution.
Those measures also made it
more difficult for remittances to be sent from
Cubans residing in the U.S. to their families in
Cuba.
As part of the plan of
destroying the Revolution, the Republican
administration has also allocated $77 million to
subvert order in Cuba, and is also sponsoring
illegal radio and television broadcasts from the U.S.
to Cuba.
In a memo, the White House
requested legislators not to make any changes to its
policy on travel to Cuba although its demand did not
achieve the desired results.
The bill approved by the
representatives has little chance of being enacted
into law since it would need a green light from the
Senate and the president, analysts agree.
On various occasions, Bush
has threatened to veto any action tending to
alleviate the 45-year-old economic, financial, and
political blockade of Cuba. |
