Washington. In a joint statement, the Washington Office for Latin America (Will) and the Center for Democracy in the Americas (CDA) recommended a changed policy towards Cuba for the future. To do this, they put one of several professionals worked out Message entitled “The US and Cuba: A New Policy of Engagement”.
On 28 pages they describe how the next US administration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris could implement this policy towards Cuba. Six years after President Barack Obama’s announcement on December 17, 2014 that he would normalize relations with Cuba, they emphasize that such active engagement is still important “in order to advance the interests of the United States and the Cuban people”.
The authors come to the conclusion that Obama’s two-year policy of rapprochement has achieved more than the policy of hostility in 60 years. This is also “a more effective strategy to advance the cause of human rights, political freedom and economic reforms in Cuba”.
Such engagement will facilitate family ties, cultural exchanges and trade relationships, expand the market for US companies, raise the standard of living of the Cuban people and promote economic reforms on the island. In addition, a wide range of electoral groups in the US could be mobilized in support, including non-partisan interest groups from the business world, Congress and the Cuban Americans.
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Typically used by policy advisors and think tanks in Washington, this report presents a kind of “road map” with recommendations that build on each other: The first is “Repair the damage”, during which the damage is to be reversed during the first months of the new administration who wreaked havoc by President Donald Trump by undoing Obama’s rapprochement.
The second phase is to “take the initiative” by implementing additional new steps through the executive power of the president.
The third phase is to “finish the job,” that is, to change all the laws that have imposed sanctions and blockade provisions against Cuba and thus restrict the US president’s constitutional foreign policy authority. Finally, the blockade and sanctions should be ended, according to the authors.
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