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 Washington’s
Hostile Policy against Cuba Remains Unchanged
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 8 (acn)
While U.S. President Barack Obama again campaigns on the promise of
change and several of his official spokespeople and advisors speak
of an alleged relaxation of the 50-year-old economic blockade of
Cuba, Victoria Nuland, spokesperson of
the U.S. State Department, acknowledged this week that Washington’s
policy towards the Caribbean nation remains unchanged.
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Meanwhile, Geoff Thale, program
director at the Washington Office on Latin
America (WOLA) think tank, recently cited the economic changes
now
underway in Cuba and added that the United States should not
ignore this
process.
Thale noted in a statement that it was time to move on from the
blockade.
“Sensible politicians ought to be pushing for greater engagement
and
dialogue between Cuba and the United States. Cuba is changing
and we
shouldn’t spend the next 50 years standing on the sidelines,” he
wrote.
“The embargo (blockade) is a relic, a remnant of the Cold War.
It is
outdated and it only harms the Cuban people, their relatives in
the United
States, and the U.S. interests,” he pointed out.
During a recent visit to Cuba, Thale said that “instead of
adjusting the
U.S. policy towards Cuba to adapt to a changing world, the
advocates of
the blockade have focused on adjusting their pretexts to
preserve an
obsolete policy.”
The expert added that the U.S. Congress is not going to
eliminate the
blockade overnight, but, he said, “sensible” politicians should
work for a
dialogue between Cuba and the United States.
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