No government--neither that of the Castros nor those of third countries--can credibly make the case that pushing the Cuban Government to respect universal human rights is taking sides in a dispute between Cuba and the United States.
Jacobson asserts that advocating for human rights in Cuba is not a partisan issue.
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I think the President has made very clear that Congress is the only body that can lift the embargo.
The President's new approach makes clear that the United States can no longer be blamed as an obstacle to progress on such things as access to information or connecting Cubans to the world.
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