Reply #35: The President alone can't remove the embargo. It also involves consent from Congress, [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

which has been completely dominated by Cuban "exile" interests for ages.

Jimmy Carter greatly loosened the travel ban, only to have it wildly slamed shut by Ronald Reagan, at the behest of the Miami Cuban American National Foundation's insistance, and with the assistance of their Senate and House ennablers, like Jesse Helms and Tom DeLay.

Bill Clinton loosened areas of the travel ban, to a lesser degree, only to have that completely closed with only once every three year exceptions for Cuban Americans by _{George W. Bush.}

It will BOTH Presidential AND Congressional cooperation to achieve this, and it will have to involve loosening the control over Congress by the Cuban American reactionary right-wing original "exile" faction of the Cuban American community which has been overseeing not only this country's policy toward Cuba, but also toward Latin America in general.