For the majority of the inhabitants of Cuba, Joe Biden remains an unknown, as well as the policy which he will carry out vis-à-vis the socialist island, but they are certain of one thing: any president of the States -United will be better for them than Trump.
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In four years, the Trump administration has implemented 130 measures to strengthen the embargo, many of which have affected the population and the nascent private sector: restriction of sending money to Cuban families (remesas), suspension of American cruises and most direct flights from the United States, closure of the American consulate in Havana …
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However, since the revolution led by Fidel Castro in 1959, the island has faced 12 American presidents … and it is the Democrats who have applied the strongest measures to it, like the invasion of the Bay of Pigs, the entry into force of an embargo in 1962, the missile crisis, under the Kennedy era (1961-63).
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Joe Biden, however, has a point in his favor: Although little is known about the island, he has, as Obama’s vice president, encouraged collaboration between the two countries in many areas and contributed to family reunification. between the island and Florida. His election “means a return to foreign policy balance that was the principle of Obama’s policy.”
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