The former Obama White House official who negotiated the reopening of relations with Cuba is not happy with the policies of the current administration.
Ben Rhodes, who was Obama's deputy national security adviser, spoke about his feelings about the Biden-Cuba policy in an interview. The Cuban government had an agreement with me that they could trust.
He said that it was Trump who reversed the policy of normalized relations with Cuba. Rhodes said that Biden would double down on Trump policies.
Why would any Cuban official ever negotiate with the Americans again after this? This was politicized by Trump in the most callous way. It was a gaslighting to those people in Cuba when the Democratic administration continued it.
Some of the strongest criticisms yet of Biden from a senior Obama official were disputed by a White House national security spokesman.
Biden supports the Cuban people and protects their rights. The approach to Cuba is similar to any other country's, taking into account current political, economic, and security factors.
Conditions in Cuba and in the region have changed over the last few years, and we have adapted our Cuba policy accordingly.
Cuba and the U.S. have been at odds since 1959 when Cuba's communist government was installed by the Soviet Union. Millions of Cuban refugees settled in the U.S., and Cuban Americans became a key voting bloc in many states.
The Obama administration normalized relations with Havana, which was overseen by Rhodes and culminated in Obama's visit to Cuba in March 2016 The thaw was short-lived, however, when Trump reversed many of his predecessor's policies towards Cuba, citing the emergence of "Havana syndrome", a collection of odd symptoms.
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The chief of Cuba's Interior Ministry was targeted by the Biden administration because of his role in cracking down on hundreds of Cubans who protested economic conditions. Cuba was not invited to the Summit of the Americas conference hosted by Biden.
Cuba's communist government denounced Biden's moves, saying they caused shortages of food and medicine and punished the country's economy. According to the deputy director for U.S. affairs at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, there is no difference between Biden's and Trump's policies.
The assistant secretary of state for western hemisphere affairs blames the Cuban government for the country's economic troubles in an interview. He thinks it will be hard for the Cuban regime to improve their situation until they embrace democracy and free markets.
The Biden administration's refusal to invite Cuba to this year's Summit of the Americas conference caused leaders of Mexico, Bolivia and Honduras to boycott the event.
The host has the ability to invite anyone they want. Cuban leaders have been invited in the past, but have made no progress towards increasing their respect for democracy, human rights, or the rule of law. Allowing them to participate didn't make them behave better.
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