2014: Bernie Sanders calls for lifting Cuban embargo.
Americans Favor Ties with Cuba
A majority of Americans now favor normalizing relations or engaging more directly with the Cuban government, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Atlantic Council. The survey found that 56 percent of Americans favor changing Cuba policy. In Florida, home to the nation’s largest Cuban-American community, the majority is even greater: 63 percent. “We have had an embargo for 55 years. It’s counterproductive. It’s time we normalize relations,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders, just back from a weekend visit to Cuba. Sanders said lifting the embargo would benefit the economies of both countries.
http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/recent-business/americans-favor-ties-with-cuba
Cuba: Sanders Meets with Imprisoned American
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Sanders said that about half of the 155 detainees have been cleared for release and should be either returned to their home country or a third country. The high-value detainees should be tried, and if found guilty, serve their prison sentences in the United States.
He also said Guantánamo has cost taxpayers $4.8 billion since it opened in 2002 and $500 million a year to operate.
Sanders again called for the lifting of the U.S. embargo saying it has been an abject failure.
“It is my view after 55 years of an embargo the time has come to normalize relations,” Sanders said.
http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/must-read/cuba-sanders-meets-with-imprisoned-american
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