Raul Castro: Onus not on Cuba for US relations
Raul Castro dismissed President Obama's recent policy changes as the bare minimum, since the embargo is still in tact. He claims that the embargo has not political or moral pretext, and thus, Cuba should not be forced to politically or morally restructure itself in order to have the embargo removed.
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US farmers, ranchers push for greater Cuba access
The farm lobby is pushing Congress to ease trade restrictions with Cuba, so that the US can continue exporting goods to Cuba. A 2005 interpretation of the embargo required that Cuban importers pay before the goods are shipped; an interpretation that has "severly restricted sales." 15 US Senators are now supportive of revisiting the trade embargo.
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30 inmates cleared to leave Guantanamo, Holder says
US Attorney General Eric Holder has stated that about 30 inmates at Guantanamo Bay have been cleared for release. Holder has been speaking with many different European countries in an attempt to establish where the detainees will be released to. Holder also noted that the US plans to cooperate with Spain's investigation into whether or not the Bush administration violated international torture laws.
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