Roberta S. Jacobson: “But comprehensive changes in our economic relationship will require congressional action to lift the embargo, and the…”

As we move the process ahead, we hope we can also work together to find common ground toward our shared goal of enabling the Cuban people to freely determine their own future.

The reestablishment of diplomatic relations, including reopening our Embassy in Havana, will allow us to more effectively represent U.S. interests, including property claims, fugitives, human rights, and needed political reforms and…

I think the President has made very clear that Congress is the only body that can lift the embargo.

Most human rights abuses were official acts committed at the direction of the government.