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...everyone, however, was so pleased. Demonstrators followed Castro around, calling out, "Assassin!" Jose Cardenas, the director of the Cuban-American National Foundation in Washington, said, "How dispiriting for Cubans sitting in misery and squalor to see Fidel feted in New York by the powers that be. His acceptance by them could have set back the prospects for freedom and democracy in Cuba by five years." Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Jesse Helms vowed to renew efforts to make the embargo even tighter...
There is little chance that it will be eased very soon--Bill Clinton will not want to risk the votes of the fiercely anti-Castro Cuban-American community in Florida. But no matter how bad Castro's record on human rights and democracy may be, there is momentum in that direction. Clinton has quietly relaxed some travel restrictions. The embargo is cruel, say those who oppose it, and with the end of the cold war, it is a relic. Trade with Cuba, they argue, would open the country up to democratic influences...
...significant warming of relations, Clinton announced that the U.S. would lift some restrictions on travel to Cuba and would allow news organizations to open bureaus in Havana. Cuban-American student exchanges would also be permitted. The President said the move would help move the Communist country toward a "peaceful transition to a free and open society." Miami bureau chief Cathy Booth reports: "The Administration's line on this is that it would allow for closer monitoring of human rights abuses. But the easing of travel restrictions is also very important, because in allowing more people in to see their relatives...
Enter Castro, holding a carrot. Desperate for foreign currency, he has opened up large sectors of his economy to foreign investment, an opportunity that American companies-and Cuban-American entrepreneurs-can't take advantage of because of the embargo. Meanwhile, the children of older refugees, now grown, have little memory of Cuba and less attachment to the dream of returning...
Most still oppose lifting the embargo, though, which means the White House must play a delicate game if it still hopes to attract Cuban-American voters in the crucial state of Florida. While Clinton has promised not to lift the embargo unless Cuba institutes free elections and other democratic changes, his Administration is open to easing some restrictions in return for partial measures from Castro. For now, the White House is thinking of making travel to Cuba easier for academics and religious figures, as well as lifting obstacles to the posting of Cuban journalists in the U.S. and American journalists...