Will Biden restore ties with Cuba? Debate swirls over next steps as Florida loss muddies plans Nora Gámez Torres and Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald © Joshua Roberts/Getty Images North America/TNS President-elect Joe Biden speaks at the Queen Theatre on December 22, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware.
MIAMI On the campaign trail, President-elect Joe Biden promised to reverse Donald Trump’s restrictions on travel and remittances to Cuba. But he stopped short of saying just how far he’ll go in restoring ties with the communist island.
To rewrite Cuba policy, Biden will have to navigate the perilous waters of Florida politics, where a large exile population has turned increasingly Republican. The landscape in Cuba has also changed since former President Barack Obama and Raúl Castro agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations in December 2014.
EEUU recorta ayuda militar a El Salvador
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The U.S. is slashing foreign military aid to El Salvador despite staunchly pro-American President Nayib Bukele’s intense lobbying in Washington to counter criticism that he has taken his country down an authoritarian path.
Tucked into the omnibus spending and COVID-19 relief bill signed Sunday by President Trump was a provision barring access for El Salvador and also Guatemala and Honduras to a State Department program that finances the purchase of U.S. defense equipment.
The ban which was pushed by Rep. Norma Torres (D-Pomona), the only Central American immigrant serving in Congress is part of an initiative by House Democrats to strengthen anticorruption efforts in Central America.