Cuba Calls Easing of US Restrictions “Limited” Move

The Cuban government welcomed the latest U.S. measures to ease restrictions on travel and remittances to this country, but said they had a “limited reach.”
Meanwhile, academics who spoke to IPS said the easing of the rules by an executive order issued last Friday by U.S. President Barack Obama would boost this country’s nascent private sector. In a statement published Monday by Cuba’s government media, the Foreign Ministry said “the measures confirm that there is no willingness to change the policy of blockade and destabilisation against Cuba,” and they will be used “to strengthen the instruments of subversion and interference in the internal affairs of Cuba.” Read Article