President Trump ramps up pressure on Cuba with new restrictions on US travel and remittances in Latin America offensive
A Cuban sells onions and garlic in the street in Havana, Cuba. The Trump administration on April 17, 2019 said it was restricting US travel and remittances to Cuba, undoing much of the thaw under former president Obama. April 17, 2019.
The Obama administration had lifted limits on remittances, but the new limit will be $1,000 per person per quarter, Bolton said. Remittances to Cuba from the US amounted to $3 billion in 2016, according to the Department of State. He said Obama administration policies gave the Cuban government "political cover to expand its malign influence" across the region, including in Venezuela. Cuba has trained Venezuelan security forces to repress civilians and support Maduro, Bolton said.
Meanwhile, with the high stakes of the Cold War a fading memory, some critics of US policy toward Venezuela worry that the Trump administration's stance that all options are on the table, including a military one, to oust Maduro is an empty threat that will only serve to ignite the streets and geopolitical tensions with Russia, compounding the misery of Venezuelan citizens.
Pompeo's decision gives Americans the right to sue companies that operate out of hotels, tobacco factories, distilleries and other properties Cuba nationalised after Fidel Castro took power. It allows Cubans who became US citizens years after their properties were taken to sue.
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