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    Biden administration to resume remittances, travel to Cuba

    WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama took historic steps to thaw the hostile, Cold War-era relationship with the island nation of Cuba, 120 miles south of Miami. President Donald Trump did his best to put everything back on ice. Now the Biden administration says it will lift some of Trump’s restrictions on business and travel between the U.S. and Cuba, and renew diplomatic talks. But President ...
    by Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times Feb 12, 2021 4 minutes

    WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama took historic steps to thaw the hostile, Cold War-era relationship with the island nation of Cuba, 120 miles south of Miami. President Donald Trump did his best to put everything back on ice.

    Now the Biden administration says it will lift some of Trump’s restrictions on business and travel between the U.S. and Cuba, and renew diplomatic talks.

    But President Joe Biden’s initial actions will disappoint advocates longing for the more robust relationship that was emerging in the Obama years.

    Although he promised during the campaign to aggressively reverse Trump’s Cuba policy, Biden’s plans will have to roll out more slowly than some of his advisers had hoped.

    He faces stiff resistance in Congress from members

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