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Biden Issues Tepid Cuba Response: White House Will Review Increase In Embassy Staff, Form Working Group On Remittances

Emily Zanotti
Biden Issues Tepid Cuba Response: White House Will Review Increase In Embassy Staff, Form Working Group On Remittances
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The White House has finally released its plan for Cuba, in light of some of the largest pro-democracy protests the Communist island has seen in decades and the Biden administration is proposing just two lukewarm policy changes: a review of a potential increase in staff in its Havana embassy and a “working group” charged with considering remittances — allowing Cubans in exile to again send money to relatives suffering under the despotic Cuban regime.

The Miami Herald reported Monday that the administration “took steps on Monday to respond to a historic wave of protests in Cuba, ordering the State Department to review an increase in staff at the U.S. Embassy in Havana and forming a working group that will consider remittances for Cuban families.”

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