Has President Trump’s year-old Cuba policy helped the Cuban people?
Neither,
When
But here is a startling put perhaps coincidental statistic: Since Trump took office, the number of short-term detentions and people held for political motives has declined. The
The number of detentions spiked in the months before President
The number of monthly cases documented by the commission ranged from 319 to 347 during the first four months of this year. In May, they fell to 128 -- the lowest monthly number in three years. But
Instead, he said, the May numbers were lower because of other factors that affected Cubans' activism: Poor weather conditions kept many people indoors, Cubans were preoccupied and took more time trying to find food and other staples, transportation was difficult, and the deaths of 112 people in a
Cuban human rights activists estimated that at the end of May there were 120 political prisoners in
When Trump announced his new
Last November, as promised, the Trump administration published a list of 180 prohibited companies, hotels and stores controlled by the Cuban military that are off-limits. No American citizen, firm, green-card holder or person otherwise under
But the list, which hasn't been updated since November, doesn't even include all the hotels run by
Trump also promised
A
Under the new policy, visits by Americans to the island have slowed and
With only a skeletal staff at the embassy, visa-issuing operations have virtually shut down and It has become more difficult for Cubans to visit and emigrate to
During the seventh
While the embargo still remains in place, the Obama administration rewrote
"My
But it is travel that has taken the biggest hit. Tour operators say confusion about whether travel to the island by individuals is still allowed under the Trump regulations -- it is -- and a
A later
The number of Americans -- not counting visits by
"People can still go to
Rather than reaping a benefit because
"But there is one form of travel to
Meanwhile,
Since Trump took office, the two countries have met around two dozen times on topics such as migration, public health, combating illicit drugs, environmental protection, law enforcement, agriculture, people smuggling and migration fraud, fugitives from justice, cybersecurity, anti-money laundering, maritime safety, civil aviation and human rights.
In April both sides agreed to resume direct mail service on a permanent basis instead of relying on poky service through third countries, and in an event that would have been unthinkable during the Cold War era, Cuban scientists and researchers from the
Their goal: to identify possible land movement, coastal flooding and changes in sea level caused by tsunamis and hurricanes.
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